I love the stories and pastimes in the Krsna Book, and never tiring of hearing them. I ran across the above image on the Internet, I found it so sweet, that I opened up the Krsna Book and re-read the story of Krsna Subduing the Kaliya Serpent.
…When this story was being narrated by Sukadeva Gosvami, Maharaja Pariksit became eager to hear more about Krsna’s childhood pastimes. He inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami how Krsna chastised Kaliya, who was living in the water for many years. Actually, Maha
The following is a collection of quotes by Srila Prabhupada on the subject of reading his books. This is just an excerpt from a larger file entitled “A Spiritual Approach” by Vidura Mahatma dasa, which can be found at the end of this post.
The importance of Srila Prabhupada’s books upon humanity can not be over stressed! Thus it is with pleasure we repeat some of these quotes on hearing through reading.
“These are not ordinary books. It is recorded chanting. Anyone who reads, he is hearing.” (L
ISKCON Malaysia: Hare Krishna. We regret to inform that HG Radha Madhava Prabhu a disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami just left his body at his home in Teluk Intan this morning at 7.30AM. HG was the Regional Council Chairman of the ISKCON Perak Council, a Trustee of ISKCON Malaysia and also director of ISKCON Malaysia farms. We offer our deepest condolences to his family members and bearing in mind he has left on this auspicious Damodara month. HG was very instrumental in the success of many preach
George Harrison, Shyamasundar Das (on Harrison's right) and other devotees chant together in London.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad changed the world. When he came to America from India in 1965, few Westerners knew the deep spiritual truths behind ancient Vedic culture and civilization. Within a decade most humans on the planet had heard the Hare Krishna mantra. Shyamasundar Das (Sam Speer
Torchlight Publishing is happy to announce the release today of a new e-book of the condensed version of the great epic, The Mahabharata by the world renown author Krishna Dharma. Mahabharata: The condensed version of the world’s greatest epic, is now available on Amazon.com. As part of the release promotions, the book is free for 3 days from November 6 - 8 inclusive.
Krishna Dharma says, “I have simply tried to make the work easily accessible. I have remained faithful to the original, often pre
A video currently making the rounds on social media shows well-known U.S. kirtan chanters Gaura Vani and Ananta Govinda dancing out of a conference room into the hallway at the Korea Yoga Conference in South Korea.
They’re followed by two lines of smiling Koreans, who are holding their arms up in the air, swaying with the Swami step, and sweetly chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
“Korean people are very hardworking, very modern, and tend to be very stressed out,” says Gaura Vani, who toured
By Nila Kamala das
In continuation with Vraj Parikrama, HH Subhag Swami Maharaj took a group of devotees to Raval, Chinta Haran and Brahmanda Ghat. Buses left straight after mangala arti, all devotees were requested to attend the arti in order to invoke an auspicious start to the yatra.
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In order to seek the blessings of Srimati Radharani we firstly visited Raval Dham. After taking darshan and praying
Devotees conduct kirtan in a Christian church, New York (1 min video)
In late September, a few friends and I were asked to organise and participate in an interfaith prayer session in New York City. Members from The Bhakti Center led kirtan for an hour. It was a beautiful evening.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/L7bYie
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By Parividha Das
Prananatha das edited the different video recordings that were made during my performance of five of my songs in Kolkata in August 2015 at the 50th anniversary of Prabhupada’s leaving for the US.
Dmitry Randar and Matty “Bhima” Dread edited the video backgrounds that you can see on the screen of 15 x 60 feet. Achintya Rupa das made this video compilation of the five videos.
I requested Lokanatha and Bhakti Charu maharaja, who were present during the performance.
to write a revi
Lecture On Forgive and Be Free by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 19 May 2014 at Jagannath Puri
(HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. He was initiated by the spiritual name His Grace Devamrita Dasa.)
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Lecture on Brahma-First Guru of all Sampradaya by HG Vishwarup Prabhu on 25 Oct 2015 at Manchester
(HG Vishwarup Prabhu delivered professional and spiritual discourses to medical professionals in UK and USA in 2007-2008.)
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Lecture on The Essence of Bhagavad Gita by HG Kundal Krishna Prabhu on 01 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Nairobi
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Mukunda Goswami
Mukunda Goswami is making a slow but steady recovery from the surgeries.
While in ICU he was looked after 24/7 by a team of doctors and nurses to make sure that his vital functions were properly restored. Their particular concern was Maharaja’s lungs (risk of a pneumonia) from extended confinement to bed due to the hip fracture as well as possible clotting. Therefore the day after the hip surgery physiotherapists started gently but forcefully encouraging Maharaja to sit up
Krsnaizing Halloween (Album with photos)
Even Halloween can be engaged in Lord Krsna’s service. At TKG Academy we celebrated the Fall Festival with the students dressed as characters from our devotional scriptures. The costumes included some of the Lord’s main incarnations, such as Lord Nrsimhadeva, Lord Vamanadeva, Lord Ramacandra along with His wife Sita, Their devotee Jatayu and Ahalya, Lord Parasurama and Kurma Avatar. There were other manifestations such as The Universal Form and Mohini
On October 25, 2015, the inaugural day of Sri Govind Gau Gram Prachar Yatra in ISKCON Hyderabad, several devotees from city had accompanied the Yatra devotees to the first village of Ramapuram. They had tasted the nectar of preaching in village. They did not wish to come back to the artificial life of city but were forced by their conditions. Again when they got the opportunity of weekend break, they fled towards Mattampalli in their cars. The sto
Seminar on Vaishnava Sadachar by HG Dravida Prabhu (playlist with 3 videos)
Vaishnava Sadachar by Dravida Prabhu at ISKCON Mira Road on 2015-10-25
Watch them here: https://goo.gl/RzYKIu
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Visit Holy India and spend time with renowned teacher and spiritual activist Radhanath Swami. From January 24-30 spend a life changing week at the Govardhan Eco Village for the inaugural Bhakti Immersion Festival diving deep into the essence of India’s Yoga traditions, with Radhanath Swami and a host of wonderful teachers and artists including kirtan musicians Gaura Vani and Vishvambhar Sheth, master yoga instructors Raghunatha Cappo & Gopi Kinnicutt, Dhanya and Virabadha teaching Ayurveda and
Hare Krishna! When Science leads to God
If you think strongly enough, you will be forced by science to believe in God: Lord Kelvin There is a perfect brain behind all the natural physical laws: Albert Einstein This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being…This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all, and on account of His dominion He is to be called Lord God,
