Here I stand, a Hindu, with a constant dichotomy within me as to what it really meansmy nationality or my religion.
It’s not a very fortunate thing that even the names by which a major religion, or for that matter, the native people who are believed to be its followers and its country of origin are generally designated, both by the natives and foreigners, have been all so much a subject of misinterpretation and politicization. The names, all related though, in consideration, are Hindu and i
April 15th marks the appearance day of Lord Ramacandra and the 41st anniversary of the installation of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Krishna Balaram and Radha Shyamasundara by Srila Prabhupada.
Observations begin the day before, Thurday the 14th, with a special sobha yatra, a procession of the three sets of Utsava Murtis (small deities) carried on palanquins by devotees accompanied by kirtan. They will visit all the different temple departments, Srila Prabhupadas house, Samadhi and Gurukula and finishin
Prabhupada Ghat To Accommodate Millions Of Pilgrims In Pandharpur Dhama.
An offering to Srila Prabhupada for ISKCON Jubilee.
ISKCON Pandharpur, under the leadership of Lokanath Swami, took the initiative of constructing a ghat on the eastern bank of the Chandrabhaga, right down the temple property.
Srila Prabhupada Ghat is situated on the Eastern bank of river Chandrabhaga. The ghat under development is 270 mtrs long & 90 mtrs wide. The different salient features of the Ghat are as follows Chan
Many people who look at Vedic philosophy in current times, understand it as Advaita, which is an interpretation of Vedanta, that claims that the ultimately reality is a singular, unified existence called Brahman, from which the world is produced, and the world is maya or illusion. The Brahman is equated with consciousness, although how consciousness comes under illusion is a contentious issue since the time of saṅkaracarya who first propounded Advaita but did not provide a clear explanation of
By Govinda dasa
Parasurama Prabhu, who runs the Food For All centre in London, grew up in Ireland at a time when it was considered very strange to be anything other than a Catholic. In fact, he never met anyone from a different religion until he was eighteen, when he met a protestant.
The story of how he joined the Hare Krishnas is interesting. In 1983, when he was eighteen, he seriously prayed to the Virgin Mary to reveal to him the absolute truth. Being a lay missionary for many years, he rep
The power of Prasadam!
Kishori devi dasi: Prasadam means Krishna’s mercy, and is the remnants of something that has been prepared for the pleasure of Krishna with love and offered to Him for His enjoyment.
Because Krishna has tasted it or enjoyed it, prasadam is not a material thing - it becomes transcendental. Krishna and Krishna prasadam are non-different.
That means one can get the same benefits by honoring Krishna prasadam as one could get by being personally present with Krishna face- t
Ujjain : Devotees, who will throng to the city during Simhastha fair from across the country, will feel like watching ‘Samudra Manthan’ live while enjoying the legendary tale on hemispherical screen here in a large dome, at the camp of ISKCON located in Mangalnath zone.
The entire story of Samudra Manthan will be flashed on the hemispherical shaped projection screen in the dome shaped auditorium, which has the sitting capacity of around hundred viewers at a time. Media in-charge of ISKCON, Pan
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JAMMU, Apr 20: Shree Jagannath Rath Yatra, will be taken out on April 30 by International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). This was announced by Navayogendra Swami Maharaj chairman of Lord Jagarnath Rath Yatra Committee while talking to reporters here today.
He said prior to the rath yatra a Maha Aarti Utsav of the lord will be held at City Palace, here on April 29 from 5 pm onwards. In this festival 56 Bhoga (foodstuffs) will be offered to the Lord. This will
Govinda Valley Retreat at New South Wales, Australia.
Ambika devi dasi: With a beautiful, tranquil setting, fantastic prasadam and great programs, twenty one local senior women felt blessed to spend time reconnecting and relaxing at Govinda Valley Retreat Centre. This retreat reunited Vaisnavis who served in ISKCON in the 70’s. Locals who attended included Mandakini, Rasarani, Krsna Premi, Surabhi, Ambika, Jaleyu and Visalini.
An ice-breaking session by Mandakini on arrival was great fun. Dail
Iskcon Pakistan: Hare Krishna
All Glories to Guru and Gauranga.
I am Lakshmi Bai student of BBA.
I am in Krishna Bhakti since 2 years. Before joining Krishna Bhakti I was very confused person because there were no one who can guide me But after joining Krishna Bhakti my life has been changed, I started getting knowledge of Sanatana Dharam according to Shastras Most importantly I know myself that who I am and what are my duties,what are the four principles. Within 2years of Krsna Bhakti I get en
Indian PM Sri Narendra Modi ji receives with reverence the Munificent Deity of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Srila Prabhupada: Our only request is that if you want happiness, if you want to prosper, make your life successful, you must read Bhagavad-gita thoroughly, as it is, as Krishna says. Don’t try to misinterpret. Bombay, April 2, 1974.
By Satyananda Krishna Das
Hare Krishna,
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada.
On 23rd March 2016 while the whole world was celebrating the most auspicious event in our calendar year Sri Gaura Purnima, one of the pioneer devotee of ISKCON Malaysia and a senior disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj, His Grace Govinda Sevaka Das passed away from this world surrounded by Srila Prabupada’s Kirtan and devotee’s Japa at 10.02 am at the age of 72.
HG came in contact with one of Srila Prabhupada’s disciple
By Gaurangi Dasi
April 12, 2016 : I’m still in Mayapur, contacting devotees who are doing padayatra right now, preparing one, or seriously thinking about it.
During the 8 day 2016 ISKCON Leadership Sanga, we had a padayatra booth and held 3 padayatra seminars, which provided new contacts and padayatra organizers. In the display area, there were 2 giant displays of Padayatra worldwide. (See attached photos).
The 2016 Padayatra Newsletter is very attractive and innovative. Lokanath Swami liked it
Focus of purpose is what I was thinking about and that is what I would like you to think about. What is your purpose? I am not going to carry people and sort of micromanage their life. Of course, if you want to ask about material life, how to deal with it, I will try to answer. But whatever advice I give about material things, it is not necessarily absolute. When I give advice about scripture, Krsna’s or Prabhupad’s teachings, that is absolute. But for questions like, ‘Should I stay in this cou
Last evening, after returning home from work, my friend suddenly burst into a fit of intense rage. He was howling, screaming, followed by an outburst of tears. His mother approached me asking me to look into what exactly was troubling her son. After interacting with him, I learnt that his boss had reprimanded him that morning for an error that he had committed in his work. Now, something that the boss told him just once that morning had been lingering on his mind all through the day right till t
Dhruva did intense penance on the encouragement of his mother Suneeti and as per the advice of Saint Narada. His penance was so intense that all the three worlds trembled as Dhruva continued focussing within him that form and shape of the Supreme Being, the very source of all the principles starting with Mahat Tattva and also the Controller of both Prakriti and Purusha.
When that prince stood with his one leg, at that time the earth which got pressed wi
Question: If soul is constitutionally Caitanya (conscious) and not influenced by karma, then how does karma influence its rebirth?
Romapada Swami Answers: If someone lost their hard-earned money, the person himself is not hurt by the incident, but because they are attached to the money and identify it as their property, they have to suffer the consequence of the loss. Similarly, the soul mistakenly identifies himself with the material body, and thus becomes attached and 'conditioned' by the desir
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