Lecture on Accepting What is Favorable and Rejecting What is Unfavorable by Dravida Prabhu on 25 Dec 2015 at Chicago
(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)
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UK National Sankirtan Celebrations.
Saturday 9th Jan @ Bhaktivedanta Manor
7.00am – Deity Greetings & Extended Guru Puja
7.45am – Class by HH Sivarama Swami
9.00am-2.00pm – Videos, Stories, Scores, Presentations, Gifts and Awards
2.00pm – FEAST!
Please please come along for a wonderful celebration!
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Appeal by the 50th Anniversary Global Office to mark the official start of worldwide celebrations
By ISKCON 50 Global Office
The 50th anniversary year of ISKCON starts from 1st January 2016, with many historical events scheduled all over the world. The Global Office for the 50th Anniversary has requested temples all over the world to participate enthusiastically by holding local and national events that can accelerate the preaching mission of Srila Prabhupada.
“The 50th Anniversary offers a on
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Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, The Matchless Gift
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Chapter One
Spiritual Knowledge Through Kṛṣṇa
The aim of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to bring all living entities back to their original consciousness. All living entities within the material world are, to varying degrees, afflicted with a type of madness. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement aims at curing man of his material disease and reestablishing his original
2016 is an historic year for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. It marks the 50th anniversary of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada’s founding and incorporating ISKCON. All over the world ISKCON devotees will mark this occasion with special events. We hope to create some interest in Alachua County also. If you have any ideas on ways to glorify this occasion, please contact Mukhya devi dasi at the Temple Office, or let me know you’d like to be part of a planning team. Go towww.i
Giriraj Swami and Guru Prasada Swami share more realizations of their lives in Krishna consciousness over the last decades.
“If we cry for Krishna, then we feel the effect of the holy name. Then the bond becomes so strong that when we are not chanting or not connected to Krishna for a moment it is like an infinity. Then we come to the final stage when we are really connected to Krishna and the holy name. Then it doesn’t matter what is happening in our life — whether I’m happy, whether things g
Lecture on True Humility Precedes True Bhakti by HH Romapada Swami in 25 Dec 2015 at Chicago
(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)
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By Subhang Balaram Das
25th December 2015, marked the first day of the 14th ‘Bhagavat-Katha Saptah’ in Pune with HH Lokanath Swami Maharaja. Every year devotees from all over the world set aside the last seven days of the year and join Maharaja for ‘nityam bhagavata-sevaya’. Surely there is no better way than this to not only end a year, but also begin a new one. This katha proved to be a very special one as there was glorification of one dhama each day.
It was a feast for devotees accompanying
Our sacred plant, Tulsi devi, is doing very well this winter – not because it’s been a mild winter so far but because we have a new greenhouse positioned to get a large dose of the daily sun. Tulsi devi thrives on plenty of sunshine and we see such a difference in her plant health between this year and last.
Who does not love the bright sun on a cold winter day? It keeps our spirits up as it floods into our rooms bringing life and energy. Sunshine is also a metaphor used in the teachings of bha
खुले आसमान को अपलक मै निहारूँ
क्योंकि ऊपरवाला कहते हैं सब तुझे.
कभी किसी दिन बन जाए किस्मत
और तेरी एक झलक मिल जाए मुझे..
कभी कोशिश करूँ मै ह्रदय में झाँकू
कहते हैं लोग कि तू वहाँ भी है रहता.
मन को लगन है कि अब देखूं तुझे
कहीं से मिल जाये बस मुझे तेरा पता.
कण-कण में है तू, जन-जन में हैं तू
फिर मेरा मन क्यों खाली है इतना.
क्यों लगता मुझे तू बहुत दूर मुझसे
इस धरती से अम्बर है दूर जितना.
जीवन में मेरे तेरी कमी है कान्हा पर
तुझे लाने का जरिया मुझे मालूम नही.
मुझसे न कुछ आस लगा, बस आ जा
मै न जानू क्या गलत और
Saphala Ekadasi
Yudhisthira Maharaj said, “O my Dear Lord Sri Krishna, what is the name of
that Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Pausha
(December-January)? How is it observed, and which Deity is to be worshipped
on that sacred day? Please narrate these details to me fully, so that I may
understand Oh Janardana.”
The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna then replied, “O best of
kings, because you desire to hear, I shall fully describe to you the
glories of th
Disappearance Day of Bhakti Siddhanta Thakur by Laxmimoni Mataji at ISKCON Mayapur on 29 Dec 2015
(Laxmimoni Dasi was initiated by Srila Prabhuada in 1969 while attending the State University of New York at Buffalo. She received a B.A. in psychology after getting an "A" for her senior sociology project: "Life in a Krishna Temple." She has been involved in ISKCON educational projects since 1974.)
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Full Dependence on Krishna Utter Humility by Dravida Prabhu at Chicago on 26 Dec 2015
(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)
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Don't let a wrong definition of success defeat you by Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(Chaitanya Charan Das is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune.)
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Lecture on Disappearance Day of Srimati Yamuna Mataji by Radhanath Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan on 08 Jan 2013
(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago, USA. In his teenage years, he embarked on a journey of discovery of the world and religion that ultimately led him to India where he met Srila Prabhupada in 1971 and embraced his teachings.)
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जिधर दृष्टि डालें हम इस सृष्टि में
हर दिशा विभिन्न रंगों से है सराबोर.
बादलों की गरज, पंछियों का कलरव
एक मधुर संगीत-सा फैला है हर ओर.
लगती है ये दुनिया जैसे कैनवास
हर कोना करीने से सजाया गया है.
भांति-भांति के हैं रंग रूप इसमें
सही जगह सबको बिठाया गया है.
जैसे कोई हाथों में ले रंग औ कूंची
बड़े प्यार से जग में रंग भर रहा है.
वही है कलाकार, वही है सूत्रधार
जिसके इशारों पे समय चल रहा है.
बारिश में बरसते बादल रिमझिम
उसने ही बनाया तारों की टिमटिम
आसमान के फलक पे उगता सूरज
उसी ने बनाया है ढलता हुआ दिन.
पौधों की हरिया
जितनी सीमित और संकीर्ण
है हमारी दुनिया
उतना ही विशाल और विस्तृत
प्रभु का संसार है.
हमारी सोच है सीमित,
हमारे विचार है सीमित
सीमित है हमारे अपने
और सीमित है हमारे प्रेम का दायरा
प्रभु सबके सुहृत हैं
सबकी ही उनको फिक्र है.
सारा जग उनका अपना है
उनकी करुणा असीम, अथाह, अपार है.
हम किसी को कुछ देते
तो कभी भूलते नही.
वे सब कुछ देकर भी सबको
कभी भी किसी को याद नही दिलाते.
मौन रहकर मदद करते
ये हवा, ये पानी, ये साधन-संसाधन उनका ही तो है.
हर चलती हमारी साँस
उनका हमारे साथ होना ही तो है.
हमारी संकीर्ण बुद्धि
कृपा आपकी देख नही पा
