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Lecture on Rukmini's Message to Lord Krishna by HG Vishwarup Prabhu on 31 Oct 2014 at Chowpatty

(He is a spiritual counsellor at Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Gopal's Garden High School & at ISKCON Chowpatty temple. He is a regular spiritual speaker on TV. He loves preaching & takes devotees on yatra regularly. Besides being a counsellor, he also serves ISKCON by playing the role of administrator trustee at the school and hospital.)

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The basic story Bheeshmak, the king of Vidarbha, had two children, Prince Rukmi and Princess Rukmini. Bheeshmak had heard many stories of Krishna's valor and secretly wished him to be his son-in-law. He knew that it might not be possible as Kans's father in law, Jarasandh, was their overlord and he was Krishna's sworn enemy.

Now Rukmi was a friend of Kans and owed his allegiance to Jarasandh. He wanted his younger sister to marry Shishupal, Krishna's cousin and prince of Chedi, who also was fav

Once upon a time, a man found a magical lamp 
That could materialise his dream of total life-revamp
He could rub the lamp and summon a genie, 
Who was at his beck and call and helped him earn money
Only condition ever, this crazy genie had
That if left idle and bored, 
Genie would attack the man and leave him dead.
Man kept the genie engaged and made a fortune
Genie kept dancing to his master’s tunes
One day this man got tired and wanted to take a break
Genie came to know this and started going

The highlight of Chandan yatra festival in  Mayapur is that different veshas depicting various pastimes of the Lord are offered to small Sri Radha-Madhava. Devotees wait eagerly for the curtains to open to reveal the day’s pastime. Being the last day of Sri Radha-Madhava boat & Swing festival, very aptly, Khat Dholi or swing pastime of the Lord is the vesha offered. Sri Madhava also gave His special Darshan of the year as Blue Madhava in blue chandan.

Khat Dholi: Swing Pastime

Of all the festiv

By Kadamba Kanana Swami

om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah

When Srila Prabhupada was lecturing on the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadev in Bombay, he was lecturing immediately after a play and he was glorifying Hiranyakasipu because the part was played so well. Then he explained more about the pastimes of Lord Nrsimhadev and at the end he said, “If I had more time, I would have spoken about the prayers of Prahlad.” These prayers of Prahlad

By Chaitanya Charan das

madopaśamanaṁ śāstraṁ khalānāṁ kurute madam
cakṣuḥ prakāśakaṁ teja ulūkānām ivāndhatām

madopaśamanam — removers of arrogance; śāstram — scriptures; khalānām — for the wicked; kurute — they increase; madam — arrogance; cakṣuḥ-prakāśakam — eye illuminating; tejaḥ — brilliance [of the sun]; ulūkānām — for the owls; iva — like; andhatām — blindness.

“The arrogance of the wicked increases on studying scripture, which is actually meant to remove arrogance, just as the darkness

Having a spiritual master is not a casual thing! One should really dedicate himself to the spiritual master and to the desire of the spiritual master; that is very important. Sometimes, we may feel that our spiritual master is not really giving us a lot of instruction and he is not really telling us something special. That means, he just wants us to do the regular things like daily chanting sixteen rounds of japa and following four regulative principles – no meat, fish or eggs; no gambling; no

By ISKCON Mayapur

“My Dear Jayananda,

Please accept my blessings.

I am feeling very intensely your separation. In 1967 you joined me in San Francisco. You were driving my car and chanting Hare Krsna. You were the first man to give me some contribution ($5000) for printing my Bhagavad-gita. After that, you have rendered very favorable service to Krsna in different ways. I so hope at the time of your death you were remembering Krsna and as such, you have been promoted to the eternal association

In this episode with Pierre Edel (Premamaya Vasudeva dasa)...

• Hear the story of how a young musician from Paris, covered in tattoos became a devotee in Moscow and went on to get 10 million+ views on his video
• Find out about the special deal he made with Krishna in Mayapur and how it played out
• Find out who is his famous "grandpa"
• The number 1 musical mistake most devotees make and its parallel in spiritual life
• The key to effectively sharing Krishna consciousness

Listen to the podcast episode here.

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Soon after posting an interview with a devotee (recorded a year earlier)I received an email informing me that  the devotee I had interviewed had left Krishna consciousness.

To verify this I checked out his Facebook Page and I was sad to see this post...

I was even more sad to see this post... even a little angry...

In response, I posted this Facebook Live Video...

How should we threat devotees who leave Krishna consciousness?

Let me know you thoughts either in the comments below or on the Facebook v

Dear Maharaja's and Prabhu's

Please accept my humble obeisance.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are extremely happy to announce the Grand Inauguration of "ISKCON Sri Sri Giridhari Dauji Mandir, Jaipur, also known as Gupt Vrindavan, has many of the prominent deities established by our Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharyas.  Srila Prabhupada felt Jaipur to be a very important spiritual city and it was his keen desire to have a Krishna Balarama temple here. 

In one letter Srila Prabhupada wrote

"So I

HARE KRSNA TELEVISION THANKS HH GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI FOR HIS SUPPORT AND BLESSINGS

On 20th April, 2018 at ISKCON Mira Road, during an evening program, Hare Krsna TV / ISKCON Desire Tree Team offered their gratitude to His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj for helping the channel reach lacs of households.

Maharaj appreciated the work of Hare Krsna TV: “As you know if you open TV, there are so many programs running on television including many religious channels. HARE KRSNA TV has been st

Hare Krishna! With great joy in my heart, I announce on this holy Akshaya Tritiya day, my book Vraja-Lila Part One is now available on Amazon. I have personally revised and enhanced the book since the last publication over a decade ago. It has been out of print for many years and devotees are always asking for copies, so this is the best way to make it available to all. Who ever already has the book or are going to buy it, I request you to please write a review on Amazon. All the funds collecte

Sri Vraja Mandala Parikrama
On behalf of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama (VMP), we would like to invite all the devotees to participate in 32nd Vraja Mandal Parikrama 2018.
Please find below the schedule of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama 2018

ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama 2018 Schedule :

Headed by Premavatar Gauranga prabhu, the TOVP Construction Manager, we recently began mounting the decorative stars and ribbons onto the domes, beginning with the Planetarium dome.

Work is progressing rapidly and three segments have already been completed. Once completed, each segment is sealed and waterproofed insuring they will maintain their integrity and beauty for hundreds of years into the future.

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This miraculous visit to New Ekachakra Dhama on Wednesday, April 18th has become another history making event on the TOVP Euro Tour. So much so that we will also include some related lilas that led to the planning and arrival of Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari in Slovakia.

The story begins in 2015 with Mahasankarsana prabhu, one of the temple leaders from New Ekachakra Dhama, speaking with Tukarama prabhu in Mayapur.

“He took me inside the TOVP and showed and explained e