Nagapatni was the only one of six children who showed any interest in her father’s academic career as a professor of theology at a Catholic University. When she was about 13 she started asking her father questions about why we were here and where we were going. And, “Why is one child born into a rich family and another born into severe poverty?”
He told her she just had to live with these types of questions. But she couldn’t. There were too many of them and a world full of misery. She started
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In Srimad Bhagavatam, in the discussions with Kapila Muni, it is said that doubt is a symptom of intelligence. So this is interesting, doubt as a symptom of intelligence. We always thought that doubt was a symptom of faithlessness and so on. No, an intelligent person will inquire and will not just blindly accept. So doubt is alright and pure devotees are there to alleviate doubt by their own personal example.
This is a very important point and this is why I call Prabhupada the shortcut. See,
ISKCON or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been known for propagating the Holy Name of Lord Krishna through the Hare Krishna Mahamantra worldwide as instructed by our previous acharyas.
The weeklong festival celebrated every year aims towards engaging devotees in spreading the glories of the holy name everywhere through special kirtans, events, harinams and much more.
For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and in celebration of ISKCON50, World Holy Name Week 2016 was cele
Correction and chastisement is the business of guru. Those who aspire for bhakti should be careful not to try to cheaply thrust themselves into the position of guru, the position of Krishna. Therefore Bhaktivinode instructs us that if we want bhakti then, guru-abhimāna tyaji — “give up the abhimāna or conceit that you are guru.”
Guru is that person in whom we have faith. The injunction for vaiṣṇavas is that we should not instruct others unless they have faith in us — aśraddhadhāne vimukhe’pya
Dear Prabhu(s) / Mataji(s),
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We are extremely delighted to inform yourself that Govardhan Eco Village won the Prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organizations (UNWTO) Award for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism in the NGO Sector. Please find few links of the videos, documents and press release in regards to that.
1. GEV receiving the UNWTO Award on 18 Jan 2017 in Madrid, Spain: https://www.youtube.com/w
Rukmini Priya Poddar’s book 100 Obscure Emotions, about the complicated variety of feelings in the human experience, and her new illustrated advice column series – currently blowing up social media – are deeply resonating with readers.
A second-generation devotee who grew up in the ISKCON community in Alachua, Florida, Rukmini received a B.A. in graphic design from the University of Florida, where she learned to work in digital mediums on logo design and marketing.
But in 2015, inspired by Inst
Chant for Love & Peace!
Fortunate people invites everybody to join this unique loving network and chant for change!
We want to see Love and Peace all over the world!
Please chant the great Maha-Mantra to bring auspiciousness to the globe!
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Boxers meet in a ring and fight each other for a set number of “rounds.” Each round lasts three minutes and each fight (called a “bout”) features up to twelve rounds.
As a round begins, an official rings a bell and the fighters come out of their corners, touch gloves, and then begin boxing. Artfully dancing about, jabbing at one another with their gloves, each fighter seeks to gain an advantage.
Often in a bout, one of the fighters wins by a “knockout” when he catches his challenger off guard a
Q: Since Lord Krishna is the actual beneficiary of our results, why is Krishna known to be a renounced person?
Romapada Swami: Krishna is known as Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The word Bhagavan is defined in the Visnu Purana by Parasara Muni as one who is full in all six opulences— full strength, fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty, and renunciation.
In BG 9.9-10, Krsna mentions that the material manifestation is created and annihilated merely by His Supreme will. In the purport Sr
On January 29, Wikipedia made a tribute to ISKCON50 by featuring a prominent reference to the 50th anniversary of the Mantra-Rock Dance, complete
with an image of the famous promotional poster with Srila Prabhupada, under its On This Day. section on the Main Page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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with links to Srila Prabhupada’s and the Mantra-Rock Dance’s full articles:
The feature will stay on the Main Page for 24 hours until midnight (UT
He Whom all the Vedic hymns glorify and Whom all the devas worship and obey, the Supreme Lord of all, Parameswara, chose to descend in His most merciful and generous incarnation as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534). His divine appearance in the land of Navadvip had been predicted and celebrated throughout the Vedas, specially the Vedic histories, the Puranas.
Seeing the fallen nature of mankind, whose spiritual blindness kept increasing due to this dark age of quarrel, He descended out of His
Albert Einstein had the insight to observe that two things were infinite: [1] Human stupidity and [2] The cosmos. But he wasn’t too sure about the second one.
What in the solar system does schooling have to do with exalted arcane ‘facts’ such as the big-bang and evolution? Nothing at all really, but everything to do with sanity and the theft of knowledge.
There was one sagely looking fellow, a Mr. Darwin, who when analyzing the complexities of an eye, saw the absurdity of his own evolution theo
The purpose of this paper is to both establish the importance of the seva of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books as well as understanding the essence of the message in Prabhupada’s books which is the performance of devotional service, regardless of one’s role or place in society.
Firstly I would like to present my own personal reading resume: I have read the Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta five times, the five-volume set of the unedited letters of Srila Prabhupada three times, the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
A weekend Bhakti Yoga Retreat will give local Puerto Rican students, yoga practioners and permaculture enthusiasts a taste of the simple living, high thinking lifestyle from March 17th to 19th.
The retreat will take place at the 15-acre Plenitud Eco Farm in the picturesque mountains of Las Marias, Puerto Rico. Established in 2010, Plenitud offers university students and other visitors courses, internships and demonstrations on sustainabiblity and permaculture.
The eco farm also happens to be ru
Barada Hari Das from Bulgaria sharing his experience with Krishna Conscious Grihasta Ashrama Course at Mayapur Institute- It has been 23 years now since we got married, but still we got benefited from the course. It is based on Srila Prabhupada's teachings. Well organised. All important aspects of family life are listed including raising of children and also some common challenges that particularly devotees face. Overall I find it inspiring. Also some practical guidelines were suggested, what
Uff today I am not well. Coughing,having sore throat,runny nose ohh why these unwanted guest comes to me? Krsna I am sorry I cannot chant today,no strength.Krsna is kind and will understand my situation.Drinking hot drinks to get strength back with cold.(After few hours) something is not right, I am not feeling good. Let's try to chant few rounds, then I am not able to continue I won't chant. Wow I have completed 4 rounds! Not bad,let's do more may I am able to complete 16 rounds.Yehhh !!! Thank
MI offering Krsna Conscious Grihasthasrama Course - 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. Enroll now -http://mayapurinstitute.org/course/krsna-conscious-grhastha-asrama/
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Last week I happened to go for book distribution near a bus stand. It was not very crowded place. It was getting dark and thus fast food restaurants were getting filled with people. While I was holding books and roaming around, a middle aged, lean man, slightly drunkard approaches me and asks me in an impatient manner – where is the wine shop here? He was already too drunk to go to wine shop again but he was getting strength from his inner desire and that was fuelling him to h
Hearing others - is not easy
Speech is one of the most common method of communication. We like to talk, we like to put forward our thoughts, we like to share our internal dialogues. We like to be heard, we want people to pay attention to us. But when we are obsessed with the thought of being heard always then its very difficult for us to hear from others. Krishna Consciousness is more about hearing than speaking. Its about hearing Hari Kirtan, its about hearing Harikatha, Its about hearing othe
FEAR OF LOSING
Have you ever noticed a bird eating the grains that are spread on street roads. Is it peacefully eating with its beaks ? No, it is in constant anxiety - anxiety of falling prey to someone, anxiety of losing its part of diet. It is continuously turning its head left and right, up and down to avoid the awful situation. Not only the bird and beasts, even we as human beings suffer from this ailment of being fearful.
We have the tendency to acquire something big and once we get that, we
