Our venue for meetings with Hare Krishna leaders, the Canad Inn was packed with family and communities for dinner sake. Of course, it is Thanksgiving weekend for Canada. The pumpkin pies are devoured and more tragically, the turkeys. People appear to have a happy time with each other in the dining room section, while we, the Krishnaites have mixed feelings in our wrap up and departing gestures. We put a closure to our meetings with a cake to honour our splendid time with each other over the wee
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The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) has issued its 2026 Kartik appeal, calling on devotees worldwide to support preparations for a six-month grand opening celebration scheduled to begin November 1, 2027, marking the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance.
In their message, Ambarisa Dasa and Braja Vilasa Dasa outline plans to relocate Mayapur’s Sri Sri Radha Madhava and the Ashta Sakhis, Sri Pancha Tattva, and Lord Nrsimhadeva into the temple, where worship of fifteen new ach
Among the intimate associates of Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Murāri Gupta holds a special place as an embodiment of humility, compassion, and unwavering devotion. A physician by profession and a treasure house of love of God, he dedicated his life to serving the Lord and His devotees. In the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition, he is revered as the incarnation of Śrī Hanumān, the eternal servant of Lord Śrī Rāmacandra.
According to Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (91):
murāri-gupto hanumān
aṅgadaḥ śrī-puranda
SRI MURARI GUPTA’S HOUSE
AT “SRI ANTARDVIPA” ISLAND OF SRI NAVADVIPA-MAYAPUR DHAM
"Murari Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya." - Sri Caitanya-Caritamrta Adi Lila 10.49
INTIMATE ASSOCIATE, INTIMATE PASTIMES
Sri Murari Gupta was a very intimate associate whose pastimes with Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were steeped in the loving bond of their eternal relations
Sri Murari Gupta Thakur
“An expert physician by the name Murari Gupta could cure people of their disease of material existence. Along with so many other Vaisnavas, Advaita Acarya, Sen Sivananda, Jagannath Misra, Nilambar Cakravarti, he also appeared in Sylhet. [C. B. Adi 2.35] Srivas Pandit, Candrasekhara Acarya and Sri Murari Gupta Thakur were all from Srihatta. Murari Gupta came from there to live in Navadwip, near the home of Jagannath Misra. He was a few years older than Caitanya Mahaprabh
bhagavan api ta ratrih
saradotphulla-mallikah
viksy- a rantum manas cakre
yoga-mayam upasritah
Sri Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency. — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.29.1
On the full moon night of Kārtika, the forests of Vṛndāvana are remembered as the setting for one of the most enchanting past
The first full moon of the autumn season marks the celebration of Krsna's dancing with the gopis.
On this day the deities of Vrndavana are nicely decorated in white. Krsna lila dramas are enacted. Because the moon is very auspicious, the vraja vasis leave pots of sweet rice exposed to the full moon for the whole night, to turn the sweet rice into ambrosial amrta.
(October 17, 2026) Michael A. Cremo, internationally hailed as ‘The Forbidden Archeologist,’ has departed from this world on October 14, 2026 at the VA Hospice in North Hills, California, after discontinuing life support. For decades Cremo challenged modern explanations of evolution, exploring Vedic interpretations of consciousness and prevailing theories of human antiquity. Respected as a groundbreaking pioneer in exposing anomalous archeological evidence, Cremo’s meticulous research was vene
SEVA Care of Alachua will host a celebration of the life of Kripasindhu Dasa on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at the ISKCON New Raman Reti temple in Alachua, Florida. The program will feature remembrances from 1 to 4 p.m., followed by prasadam at 5:30 p.m. All times are US Eastern.
The memorial will also be streamed live online for those unable to attend in person. To watch, visit here.
Source: https://iskconnews.org/new-raman-reti-memorial-to-honor-kripasindhu-dasa-on-october-25/
Every year the GBC body has two meetings, one in February/March in Mayapur, and another in October at a different location every year.
This year all the members, including ministers and other leaders, came together at Govardhan Eco-village and stayed for five days discussing ways to improve and spread the Krsna Consciousness Movement all over the world.
Kirtan is introduced to our young at an early age. If there is a microphone turned on in the temple they see it as an opportunity. This evening at ISKCON Manitoba’s temple, also known as Sri Hari Vaikuntha Dham, there was an uproarious chanting session, after some hours of penetrating meetings. During the song in praise of the Lion Avatar three young boys wanted to get ‘a piece of the action.’ They are obvious playmates, they teamed up together and appeared to know the song which begins with “N
The Indian High Commission in London hosted a special gathering on October 13 celebrating the progress and spiritual significance of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) in Mayapur, India. The event brought together diplomats, ISKCON leaders, devotees, and well-wishers for an evening of presentations, devotional music, and fellowship. TOVP Vice Chairman Braja Vilasa Dasa provided updates on the temple’s construction and shared a video highlighting the recent visit of Indian Home Minister A
Among the great saints of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition, Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī shines as an extraordinary example of renunciation, humility, and unwavering love for Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu. One of the Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, he dedicated his entire life to the loving service of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
Born into an immensely wealthy family in Bengal, Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī possessed everything the material world could offer. Yet his heart longed for something far greater—the merc
Among the exalted Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī shines as a remarkable example of humility, purity, and loving service to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His life teaches us that devotion is not measured by the number of books one writes or the extent of one’s scholarship, but by the sincerity with which one serves the Lord, the Vaiṣṇavas, and the holy name.
Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī was born around 1505 CE in Rāmapura, on the banks of the Padma River in East Bengal.
Today is the auspicious disappearance day of three great acharyas in the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradaya: Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, and Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami. We shall read about Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami from Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Chapter Thirteen: “Pastimes with Jagadananda Pandita and Raghunatha Bhatta.”
TEXT 89
etha tapana-misra-putra raghunatha-bhattacarya
prabhure de
In around 1503 AD, Raghunath Bhattacharya appeared as the son of Tapana Mishra, a dear devotee of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who hailed from the village of Ramapura on the banks of the Padma River in East Bengal.
Mahaprabhu first met Tapana Mishra when he went to East Bengal during his career as a teacher of Sanskrit. Tapana Mishra had studied many scriptures but was still bewildered about the purpose of life and what to do to attain it. He had a dream in which he was instructed by a Brahmin to go
By Ramai Swami
Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami was born in a Nadiya family of physicians at the village of Jhamatpur, within the district of Barddhaman, near Naihati. His father was Sri Bhagiratha, and his mother was Sri Sunanda. He had a younger brother named Syama das.
The deity of Gaura-Nityananda installed by Sri Kaviraja Gosvamis is still being worshiped there. It appears that his family line is no more. More information about the early life of Sri Kaviraja is available in a book called
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami used to reside on the bank of Sri Radha-kunda. At the time Radha-kunda was just a small pond of water, and therefore sometimes Raghunatha would meditate on enlarging the kund. Then he would chastise himself for desiring something which would require a large amount of money.
Around this time one very wealthy Seth underwent great austerity by walking to Badarikasrama in the Himalayas. Arriving there he very reverently worshiped Sri Badrinarayana and offered much wealth at H
In light of the recent passing of Drutakarmā Dāsa (Michael Cremo), Forbidden Archeology’s principal author, and of one of its lead researchers, Mādhavendra Purī Dāsa (Stephen Bernath), last July, I feel inspired to write something about Forbidden Archeology, a book which we all worked on together as a team under the direction of Sadāpūta Dāsa (Richard L. Thompson) at the San Diego branch of the Bhaktivedanta Institute.
The history of that book begins in 1984, when Rāmeśvara Dāsa, then serving as
By Chaya Devi and ISCOWP Staff
His Grace Balabhadra Das, president and cofounder of the International Society for Cow Protection (ISCOWP), passed away peacefully at the ISCOWP cow sanctuary on October 17, 2026, at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his beloved cows, his Deity Lord Giriraj, his family, and Srila Prabhupada chanting japa.
Since 2008, he had medical difficulties each year, from which he recovered and thus continued his service to the cows. In the past three years, he became seriou
