Realizations from a pilgrimage in Mayapur.
Aniruddha Dasa: Flew into Melbourne this morning after an odd night on the flight from Singapore to Melbourne. I don’t think it possible to be comfortable in an airplane even if you are in First Class. We were in Business. We used up frequent flyer points, just for the record.
Here’s the rub. The material world is meant for suffering. First class, second class and third class passengers are all suffering in the material world. Whichever class you are i
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One of Satsvarupa Goswami's paintings
Shippensburg Arts Programming and Education (SHAPE), which is based in Pennsylvania, USA has announced a truly unique show for the month of April.
ISKCON-guru Satsvarupa Das Goswami has been painting since the 1990’s. As he tells it, “ … I had not heard of outsider art or art brut (a French word for ‘rough art’). I just painted for the fun of it, but with a passion and as a therapeutic release from my migraine headache syndrome.” He continues, “I don't
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02, Chapter 09, Text 36 by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu at ISKCON Melbourne
(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)
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Lecture on Distinctive Features of Lord Gaurangas Sampradaya by HH Sachinandana Swami on 26 Feb 2016
(Born in 1954 in Hamburg, Germany, At a young age, he began searching for answers anywhere they could be found—from the esoteric teachings of the old world spiritual traditions to the modern theories of psychology and parapsychology.)
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Hare Krishna Kirtan by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 31 Jan 2016 at Radhadesh
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)
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Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7. Chapter 2, Hiranyakashipu, the king of the demons,
verse-14:
SB:7.2.14
TEXT 14
pura-grāma-vrajodyāna-
kṣetrārāmāśramākarān
kheṭa-kharvaṭa-ghoṣāṁś ca
dadahuḥ pattanāni ca
TRANSLATION
The demons set fire to the cities, villages, pasturing grounds, Cowpens, gardens, agricultural fields and natural forests. They burned the hermitages of the saintly persons, the important mines that produced valuable metals, the residential quarters of the agriculturalists,
The demons set fire to the cities, villages, pasturing grounds, Cowpens, gardens, agricultural fields and natural forests. They burned the hermitages of the saintly persons, the important mines that produced valuable metals, the residential quarters of the agriculturalists,
It started with Lord Nityananda Himself taking His dear devotee, Jiva Gosvami, on a tour to this mystical and most merciful land of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He said to Jiva: “My Gauranga never gives up Mayapur or Navadvipa. The devotees can perceive His daily Lila. You, Jiva, will also see Gauranga dancing.” When Jiva Gosvami heard this, with tears in his eyes, he fell flat like a stick at Nityananda’s feet and requested, “You will show real mercy on this unworthy wretch if You Yourself take
The cover artwork of 'The Yoga Zapper'
With his first novel, “The Yoga Zapper,” ISKCON devotee Hari Mohan Das (Mohan Ashtakala) has blended exciting fantasy storytelling with themes from the Srimad-Bhagavatam, including the prophesied appearance of Kalki Avatar at the end of Kali Yuga.
He hopes to entertain and educate a diverse Western audience with this potent mix, published by mid-sized Canadian publisher Books We Love.
Mohan has all the requisite background for a mystical novel like this
A new sannyasi for Iskcon.
Dear devotees,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is with great joy that we announce that HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami
will be awarding sannyasa to HG Mahat Tattva Prabhu on the auspicious day of Ekadasi, Saturday, 19 March 2016 at ISKCON Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. Mahat Tattva Prabhu will be the first devotee to receive the renounced order of life from Maharaja.
Srila Prabhupada: Any devotee who has developed genuine love for Krishna can also explain the truth about Krishn
Kolkata: It's a perfect example of science meeting faith and technology buttressing myth. A detailed study conducted by IIT-Kharagpur - using GPS, one of the latest tech tools - could well turn the clock back on Varanasi, indicating that the holy town has been a continuous human settlement since the days of the Indus Valley Civilization, around 6000 years ago.
The project, funded by the Union ministry of human resources development (it has released Rs 20 crore just for the first phase), has
The project, funded by the Union ministry of human resources development (it has released Rs 20 crore just for the first phase), has
By Nitya Kishor Dasi
Early in the morning we left the beautiful Pratapnagar towards the Ganges shore (only 2 km walk). We boarded the boats and ship to Sankarpur. You can’t imagine how it is to get all these boats on the right time and cross the Ganga with more than one thousand people. How much managerial work is necessary to get these things done? To be honest with you there is no such thing as Boat Company here and the boats need to be hired individually, what takes a lot of time, patient
Lecture by HG Anuttama Prabhu at ISKCON Mayapur ON 2016-03-12
Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7. Chapter 2, Hiranyakashipu, the king of the demons, verse-14:
SB:7.2.14
TEXT 14
pura-grāma-vrajodyāna-
kṣetrārāmāśramākarān
kheṭa-kharvaṭa-ghoṣāṁś ca
dadahuḥ pattanāni ca
TRANSLATION
The demons set fire to the cities, villages, pasturing grounds, Cowpens, gardens, agricultural fields and natural forests. They burned the hermitages of the saintly persons, the important mines that produced valua
New York, 26 2nd Avenue. "Can an ancient Eastern religious tradition be relevant in the modern 21st century?"
In 1965, a 69 year-old spiritual teacher from India arrives in the West and settles among the hippies of New York’s Lower East Side. From a tiny storefront, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami starts a revolution of consciousness influencing tens of thousands in the US and worldwide. But what happens to his spiritual movement after their charismatic leader’s passing? Will it survive? Will it c
Sri Gauranga Bari Temple at Katwa is the actual site where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa from Sri Keshava Bharati in year 1510 AD at the end of His twenty-fourth year. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu left Navadvipa and crossed the river Ganges at a place known as Nidayara-ghata. Then He reached Kantaka-nagara, orKatoya (Katwa), where He accepted sannyasa. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted sannyasa, three personalities were with Him to perform all the necessary activities. They were Nityanan
By: on March 16, 2016
Serving prasad at the Shantipur Festival last year
Devotees from ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal are expected to feed hot sanctified vegetarian meals to around 50,000 villagers in the nearby town of Shantipur on March 20th.
The Shantipur festival has been a key part of ISKCON Mayapur’s Gaura Purnima festival for many years.
Historically, it was put on by fifteenth century saint Advaita Acharya in honor of the Disappearance Day of his guru,
By Abhaya Mudra Dasi
“The Manu named King Satyavrata formerly saved himself by tying the small boat of the entire world to the horn of the Matsya avatara, the fish incarnation. By the grace of the Matsya avatara, Manu saved himself from the great danger of the flood. May that same fish incarnation save us from the great and fearful danger caused by the son of Tvashta.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam 6.9.23)
A single event of the ancient world has been covered by a number of scriptures—even though some of
By Patita Pavana dasa
There are a few ISKCON old-timers, relics of the ’60’s—including me—who feel that Dylan was sort of planted into the wonderland of that era’s counter culture by a guiding hand of destiny. Much of his influence was positive in directing the young people away from a stone-like social order that was on the verge of self-destruction with the Viet Nam War in full swing and a giant Cold War overhead. His anti-establishment message has led us to consider that at least a few of hi
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day, also known as Nityananda Triyodasi, is celebrated all over the world by Gaudiya Vaisnavas. Lord Nityanada is the most magnanimous expansion of Lord Sri Krishna, and Who is none different from Lord Balaram. Lord Nityananda is the adi guru, the first guru, and He is worshiped as the most merciful incarnation of Godhead.
New Vrindaban devotees celebrated this most auspicious appearance day of Lord Nityananda on February 20th, 2016. Around 120 devotees from the co
On my healing journey
to postpone my death,
I missed hearing the subtle
first murmurings of spring,
when Winter just begins to dream
of all that it can become—
through rest and rejuvenation,
during snow and freezing rain,
leafless trees and barren landscapes—
transforming into new life possibilities.
I first learned this sensing
on our forested, countryside land
after adjusting to the quiet
while quieting my city mind’s busy-ness
learning to be present and open
without imposing on the environme
Today, as I was thinking about Lord Caitanya and the upcoming celebration this week, I received three reminders of his teachings.
1. On the internet I came across a saying by St. Augustine – “He who sings prays twice.” One of the trademarks of the Krishna Bhakti movement of Sri Caitanya is the coming together and singing of Krishna’s names. We do it all the time! This is called kirtan – the call and response chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. I think we can all appreciate how singing can evok
