Keisha Castle-Hughes and her Hollywood team gets the mercy! 
Drumila Dasa: It was either earlier today, or yesterday, when I was driving alone in my van and an old movie from 2002 popped into my mind. It was one of the most spiritual and uplifting movies that I ever saw, without it containing Krishna Conscious subject matter. A young 13-year-old ‘Keisha Castle-Hugheshttp://www.keishacastlehughes.com/ 'was it’s star, and was later nominated for an Academy award in the 'Best Actress’ category. T

In honor of the 50th anniversary of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON movement, the Temple of the Holy Name in Prabhupada Village in Sandy Ridge, NC invites you to the installation of Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, which will take place on the most auspicious day of the year – Akshaya Tritiya – on Sunday, May 8, 2016. The festivities begin with a 6-hour kirtan on Saturday, May 7. Please see the schedule below.

So who is Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu? “Sri-krsna-caitanya radha-krsna nahe anya

Jaya Gaurasundara dasa: The Temple of the Holy Name is situated in Prabhupada Village, a rural community in the foothills of central North Carolina. From its inception in 1992, when Madhuha prabhu purchased the 350 acre tract of land and subdivided it, Prabhupada Village very quickly became the home of many sincere, senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada. There were enthusiastic morning programs, Sunday feasts and festivals, a day school, a nice cow and oxen program, some agriculture, and a good

On the 50th anniversary of ISKCON, the Hungarian devotees make increased efforts to attract more and more people to special events. This year New Vraja Dhama (NVD) is introducing several such popular festivals, like the Henna Festival, Festival of Flowers, Karela and Pumpkin festival etc. One of these popular events is the first grazing of the cows.

Cow protection is central to Vaishnavism, and this is very much in the focus at New Vraja Dhama, which is known as Krishna Valley to the general pu

For the last several months, one of our dear Canadian brahmacaris (renunciate monks) has been in Cuba helping to share our wonderful Hare Krishna culture! Below is a (slightly edited) report given by Hayagriva das along with some amazing pictures:

Our Cuban journey is now finished. We were very privileged to be able to share Krishna Consciousness in Cuba.   A few things we really appreciated about the Cubans is that they are very warm people, they are kindhearted and have quite a natural serv

Question: Experiencing happiness within devotional service: Is that considered selfish? I get so much happiness with devotional service. However, I fear that if it is a selfish desire rather sincere motivation to please Krsna. How can I differentiate and improve where I am not focusing on my happiness, but rather making Krsna happy?
Answer by Romapada Swami: Feeling happiness in relation to Krishna is good! As you mature in Krishna consciousness, however, gradually and deliberately shift your

National Hotel, Red park, Moscow, Russia
21st June, 1971.
My dear uncle Prabhupada Lalita Prasad Thakur,
Kindly accept my humble obeisance to your lotus feet. At present I am staying at the above mentioned hotel in Moscow, Room No. 356. With me there are two American disciples.
Here the preaching subject will be 1. Vedic Conception of Communism, 2. Knowledge derived from authoritative tradition, 3. Scientific classless society. Now with your blessing in this severely atheistic country the teac

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a peaceful fraternal movement incorporated in 1966 in New York by its founder Acharya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and it is aimed at teaching a simple way of living in harmony with nature and to achieve the ultimate goal of human life. “We shall call our society ISKCON.” Prabhupada playfully coined first the acronym, although many alternative names were proposed by his close associates. The principal place

Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam2.3.23.

“In other words, Lord Krishna is the property of His pure, unconditional devotees, and as such only the devotees can deliver Krishna to another devotee; Krishna is never obtainable directly. Lord Chaitanya therefore designated Himself as gopi-bharatuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasanudasah, or ‘the most obedient servant of the servants of the Lord, who maintains the gopi damsels at Vrindavan.’ A pure devotee therefore never approaches the Lord

We need some happiness in Krsna consciousness. A little happiness helps; it makes life easier so we need some friends. As the Hare Krsna movement became bigger, it lost some of its original spirit of being like a family, of being like a group of friends and instead, became a society and the members of the society sort of became like colleagues.

The mood between colleagues is very different to that between family or friends. With colleagues it is like,“You know, get it together. I mean, pull up

Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam2.3.23.

“We are not the saviors, but we can give people the process by which they can save themselves. The process is to surrender to Krishna and engage in His devotional service. That will relieve people from the suffering caused by their—or our—falsely trying to be God. It is subtle, but trying to help others can be also manifestation of that misconception. We are not the best friend—but we can act as the best friend if we tell others that Kr

By the blessings of all of you My ‘little boy’ now is a full-fledged Vaisnava Brahmin, a servant of the servants of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. I can’t ask for more.
Prahlad Nrsmha Das Adhikari: In my way to Sridham Mayapur for the graduation of Sri Paramahansa Goura from Gurukul, he has been since 6 years old under the guidance and care of Srila Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami and his dear disciples. Sri Goura presently is the Head Boy in the Gurukula, he is graduating as a student and becoming a t

Truth is what that does not changes and that which changes is not Truth..Every thing in this materialistic world which changes is false,fake and lie whether it is living or non-living..Even this human body is not truth because it does changes with the time..our body changes from child born with energy to weak and thin unenergetic old age body before death..The soul inside us is the supreme thing that does not changes it remains as it is ..And this what the krishna says the soul inside you is me

THE NECTAR OF SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM -DRINKING IT AND ASSIMILATING IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE

It is known to everyone that Srimad BHAGAVATAM was told to the King Parikshit by Sukh Dev ji Maharaj, son of Shri Ved Vyas ji, who created Srimad BHAGAVATAM.

While describing the beauty of Srimad BHAGAVATAM, Sri Ved Vyas ji, through the following stanza,

nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ

 śuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutam

pibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayam

 muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ

(Volume 1, Chapter 1, Stanza 3

1.Mystic Universe – An Introduction Vedic Cosmology

Cosmology has been of great interest to devotees ever since Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed his disciples to construct the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. However, since the Vedic cosmic model is so different from the modern one, devotees often struggle with many common differences such as heliocentric vs. geocentric models of the “solar system”, flat vs. round descriptions of the planets, rotating vs. stationary models of the Earth, the enormou

Many times devotees try to reconcile this essentially Christian concept with Vedic understanding, but end up writing lengthy explanations that do not always satisfy the curiosity. This is because it is mostly incompatible with the truths of Bhagavad-Gita, for it has to be broken down in a simplified manner to give a satisfactory and brief explanation.

Predestination

As we may know, the five truths covered by Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, namely Krishna, the jiva souls, nature, time and action or karm

WHO IS THE PERSON YOU THINK YOU ARE, AND DO YOU ASPIRE TO IMPROVE?; NATURE VERSUS NURTURE, OR KARMA VERSUS FREE WILL?: At this point in my life I am doing my best to really understand what is true and what we can all do to be the best person possible, both on the human and spiritual level.

I know what it is like to either focus on the spiritual in theory while neglecting the material, as well as those whose total emphasis is on material progress, often at the cost of the environment and any pos

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