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Some people say, “After 36 years that I have been chanting, I can see no result!”
Do not worry, one day we will all realise that making spiritual advancement is not easy. It takes time. It is a slow process. We make spiritual advancement but we do not see it. One may have no taste for chanting but if one day, it is forbidden to chant; we still cannot stop it. It is not possible. That is how it is. It is deeper that we think it is. At the end of life, all that counts is spiritual advancement. Al
From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 3, 2018
Speaker: HG Vaisesika Das
Subject: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.8.3-8
TEXT 3
tata uccaiḥśravā nāma
hayo ’bhūc candra-pāṇḍuraḥ
tasmin baliḥ spṛhāṁ cakre
nendra īśvara-śikṣayā
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, a horse named Uccaiḥśravā, which was as white as the moon, was generated. Bali Mahārāja desired to possess this horse, and Indra, the King of heaven, did not protest, for he had previously been so advised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 4
By GBC Attorney Guru Gauranga Das (ACBSP)
On January 19, 2018, an emergency hearing was held in New York Supreme Court for Kings County on an application for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) enjoining the Bharati Center Board led by Ramabhadra Das (the “Ramabhadra Board”) “from interfering with any congregant’s attendance at worship, service and other religious functions in the ISKCON Bharati Center house of worship in Brooklyn, NY.”
The application was submitted jointly by ISKCON’s Govern
Hare Krishna!
Till about sometime, despite being a very staunch devotee of Lord Sri Krishna, the one thing that frightened me the most was "DEATH and DISEASE". The very thought of both used to send shivers... Most of us , despite knowing all philosophies , when it comes to practical implementation find it impossible to come to terms with separation of our near and dear ones and also fear of our own departure. The highly evolved souls such as Arjuna, Parikshit Maharaja and others also suffered
Diving deep into the Bhaktivedanta purports, this course aims to provide a comprehensive and practical understanding of what it means to be a householder practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness according to teachings of our Founder-Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.
The Topics:
- Principles of Kṛṣṇa conscious marriage
- Dynamics of Gṛhastha life:
- The better half – decoding the husband-wife relationship
- Understanding misunderstandings
- Small things – Big difference
- Divorce:
- The artificial law
- This is tap
The aim of the Course is to cultivate the aspects of Vaiṣṇava way of life, as presented in the teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda, throughout ISKCON Communities.
What you will learn in this Course :
- Temple Room Etiquette
- Vaiṣṇava Culture in Receiving Guests
- Vaiṣṇava Cleanliness
- Serving and Honoring Prasādam
- Vaiṣṇava Dress
- Showing Respect in Vaiṣṇava Society
Class Timings – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue – MI Class Room at Chaitanya Bhawan, 2nd Floor
By Lila-sakti Devi dasi
2017 was a year full of forward movement and positive changes at ISKCON New Goloka. Established in 1985, our aging temple infrastructure is currently being upgraded and updated to comply with required local building codes. Orange County, North Carolina is particularly stringent with their commercial code requirements, so the renovation process has been long, tedious, and costly. By Krishna’s mercy, however, we are in the home stretch of completing the first part of a mul
By Rasika Kanai Das
On the occasion of ‘Narottama Purnima’, the birth anniversary of Prema Bhakti Mahajan Srila Narottama Das Thakur Mahasaya with fully auspicious festivity in Kheturi Dham, Godagari, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabu left behind Krishna Prema through Padmavati, the river Padma flowing by the side of Prematali, the most auspicious holy place for the vaishnavas. At the age of twelve Narottama dasa Thakura had a vision of Lord Nityananda in a dream. He told Nar
By Hari Narayana Das
Sulawesi is one of the main islands of Indonesia and Kendari is the capital city of South East Sulawesi. We took a flight from Bali to Makassar for a transit of about two hours then another flight to Pomala airport at Kolaka, Sulawesi where devotees were eagerly waiting to receive us. That evening we had the opportunity to interact with few guests who were leaders of Hindu community there. They were happy to discuss Bhagavad-gita with us and also took some books. Next day,
By Rasika Raman Das
A two-day international conference on Vaishnavism: Theory and Practice was held on 18th and 19th December, 2017 at Jadavpur University, organized in collaboration with Stockholm University (Sweden). In this session devotees from various academic fields represented proper a understanding of Vaishnavism and the impact of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement.
Pro Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University, Prof. PK Ghosh, spoke on the importance of interdisciplinary studies, religi
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TEXT 34
dronam ca bhismam ca jayadratham ca
karnam tathanyan api yodha-viran
maya hatams tvam jahi ma vyathistha
yudhyasva jetasi rane sapatnan
karnam tathanyan api yodha-viran
maya hatams tvam jahi ma vyathistha
yudhyasva jetasi rane sapatnan
SYNONYMS
dronam ca—also Drona; bhismam ca—also Bhisma; jayadratham ca—also Jayadratha; karnam—also Karna; tatha—also; anyan—others; api—certainly; yodha-viran—great warriors; maya—by Me; hatan—already killed; tvam—you; jahi—become victorious; ma—never; vyathisthah—be disturbed; yudhyasva—just fight; jetasi—just conquer; rane—in the fight; sapatnan—enemies.
TRAN
Renunciation, when real, is powerful. On a recent trip to Assisi, Italy I studied the life and teachings of St. Francis – a much beloved mystic in the Franciscan line. Because he was filled so totally with love for the supreme living being, God, he wanted nothing from this world. He lived simply and austerely with both the realization of seeing God everywhere and the longing in his heart to be with Him.
Such extraordinary renunciation gives us a glimpse of another world, another reality. The 6
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
Srila Rupa Goswami said, “Do not go to Kesi Ghat if you have material desires.” But when Krsna plays his flute in Vrindavan how can one not go. We should all go to Vrindavan. Srila Prabhupada used to tell the story of the thief in a village…
Krsna is unlimitedly beautiful. One of His flutes is called sammohini, the bewildering flute. Krsna is always dressed beautifully and on His chest He has a big Kastubha jewel. Once a thief heard about that and he thought that his lif
By Chandan Yatra Das
Sri Kurma Ksetra is an ancient and very important temple of Sri Kurmadeva, the second incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited this temple in year 1510 during His tour to South India. The famous pastime related to leper Vasudeva took place here, when Lord Caitanya touched the leper Vasudeva, both his leprosy and his distress went far away. [Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya lila chapter 7, 113-152] Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura established t
Devotees from all over the world travelled to Mayapur to see the Chakras of the ToVP installed on the domes of Their Lordships, Sri Sri Radha Madhava/Panca Tattva and Lord Nrsimhadeva.
The ceremony started around 9.00am with a welcome from Braja Vilasa das, (chief fundraiser) and speeches from many of the leading devotees of the movement.
This was followed by a maha-yajna and abhiseka of the Sudarsana Chakras themselves. Finally, the Chakras were lifted by a giant crane and installed on each
O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord.
PURPORT
To be obedient to the wishes of the Supreme Lord is the natural position of every living entity. But due only to past misdeeds, a living being becomes averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord and suffers all the miseries of material existence. No one has anything to do but render
Over 100 new people committed to chanting at least one round of the Hare Krishna mahamantra everyday at a week-long Bhagavata Saptah discourse from 9th January to 15th January in Surat.
Almost 1500 devotees thronged to hear the discourse based on the story of Prahalada Maharaja in the Srimad Bhagavatam, delivered by Chandra Govinda Das, an eminent exponent of Srimad Bhagavatam, who is a disciple of His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami.
“The lectures started with melodious kirtan and bhajans every
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krishna!
The makers of Bina PK and OMG Returns are back with another masterpiece Magnum opus Drama : "The Queens of Victory and Escape"
It was performed recently at Drama festival in Mumbai and received 5 star reviews from all devotees including many Srila Prabhupada disciples and senior devotees.
You can get a glimpse of it in the trailer below.
On demand of many devotees we are performing two shows in Pune for your pleasure.
Date: Sunday 25th F
