The common understanding of an Advanced Civilization in today’s context is to be advanced in Technology, having a comfortable lifestyle, Earning Lots of money and having enough or rather lavish facilities to enjoy the senses to the fullest. This is the yard stick that is generally used to gauge the Advancement in Civilization. Owing to this yardstick Countries like United States of America, Great Britain etc are considered as First world Countries and more advanced in civilization then others.
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From “The Universal Form as Revealed in the Bhagavad-gıta” in Back to Godhead, Vol. 57, No. 3 (May/June 2023):
“To help us better appreciate the vision of the universal form, the Gita describes it thrice: in Krishna’s words, in Sañjaya’s words, and in Arjuna’s words.”
“Why does the Gita use this triple descriptive framework? To help us gain a sense of a vision that is otherwise incomprehensible. When something is difficult to understand, it’s helpful to have that thing described or explained fr
By Jay Subal Balaram Das, Jiva G, Yogesvara Das, and Namamrita Das
There is a quiet yet powerful revolution occurring within the safe and confidential walls of the Bhakti Recovery Group (BRG). With hundreds attending meetings happening daily worldwide, ISKCON members, leaders, and many of the BRG participants agree that this may be one of the most significant developments in devotee care today.
BRG combines bhakti yoga with the famed twelve-step recovery program developed in the 1930s by the fo
“Rsabhadeva told his sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in the penance and austerity to attain the diving position of devotional service. By such activity, one’s heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, whi
Bhaktivedanta Manor: It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Pujya Shri Rambapa
Shri Rambapa was an exceptional spiritual leader and teacher, who led a dedicated life of service and devotion to the Supreme Lord.
Today we express our eternal gratitude to Shri Rambapa for the gift of our beautiful deities, Sri Sri Sita Rama Laxman Hanuman, whom he gifted to Bhaktivedanta Manor in the early Eighties.
We offer heartfelt prayers as a community for Shri Rambapa’s soul’s onward
By Vandana Dasi
“Vaisnava philosophy leads us to be activists,” Anuttama Dasa, ISKCON GBC member, and Global Communications Director, said, citing Isopanisad Mantra 1, which states that everything within the universe is owned by the Lord and therefore, one should accept only what is necessary for His maintenance.
“This is a very heavy philosophical statement about how we are supposed to live in the world. Nothing in our tradition says the world was created for us to have dominion over. Everyt
A letter was dispatched in 1973
Meant for leaders, the you and me
Penned by our dear His Divine Grace
Of the concept he willed us to embrace
It was 50 years ago that his message came through
Very thematic to the belief of Mahaprabhu
One that Krishna taught in chapter 9
Of His presence and absence both at the same time
The topic was one of unity and diversity
And how to apply it to country and city
To our daily life and to our every moment
All along it's been there but we were dormant
Like a tre
The City of Miami published an article on their website advertising the Coconut Grove Mango Strut Parade “For over 30 years, Miamians have kept the tongue-in-cheek parade alive with satirical costumes, marching bands and floats, usually with a facetious focus on local, national and global events from the last year. The parade also features actual marching bands, such as the New Orleans Funeral Marching Band and local high school marching bands, and local groups like the Grove Jugglers and the C
January 27, 2023
Dear follower of Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Kindly submit your homage to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa-puja book by April 15.
NOTE: This year a new team of devotees will be producing Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja book. Therefore please do not send your homage to Dravida Dasa at dravida108@gmail.com but rather to Ananda Tirtha Dasa at Ananda.Tirtha.pvs@pamho.net.
In addition, if you’re a direct disciple of Srila Prabhu
By Vraja Prema
Super rare memorabilia from the early days of ISKCON in New york (Bought on Ebay – not for sale).
My husband found in the magazine The Village Voice (23 June 1966) the advertising , from which Michael (Mukunda Goswami) find for Srila Prabhupada information, for renting the first ISKCON center on the west “The “Matchless Gifts,” on 26 2nd Avenue.
[VedaBase 22. Biographies and Glorification of Śrīla Prabhupāda / Miracle on 2nd Avenue – Mukunda Goswami] All he needed was a decent
MONK STUDENT GOPAL KRISHNA DAS GRADUATED FROM ASHRAMA 26.1.2023
On Thursday, the 26 Jan, on the auspicious day of Vasantha Panchami, our monk student (brahmachari) Gopal Krishna Dasa graduated from stage of life of brahmacharya and moved to the stage of live of ghrihasta (householder) giving up the saffron clothing.
During his ten-year brahmacharya, he deepened his knowledge on the teachings and lifestyle of Krishna consciousness. He also served in various capacities. His services will continue
Nikil became my walking partner in 0° weather. I mentioned to him on the is four kilometre walk that I will focus mainly on chanting japa apart from moving the legs. During our short less-than-an-hour trek we became distracted when we became somewhat interrupted.
While on Bloor Street at this evening hour about 9 pm, a woman passed us who was very scantily clad and I couldn’t resist from saying to Nikil, “That woman who just went by us is so inspiring.” Of course, I was being facetious. “She wa
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Lecture by HH Bhakti Caru Swami ISKCON Mayapur on 2017-02-09
Nityananda Prabhu’s appearance day lecture.
Hare Krishna!, So Nityananda prabhu is Balaram.
“brajendra-nandana yei, Saci-suta hoilo sei,
balarama hoilo nitai “
Brajendra Nandana Krishna became Sacinandana Gaura Hari, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Balaram appeared as Nityananda prabhu. One interesting thing to
Today is Varaha-dvadasi, the appearance day of the boar incarnation, Varahadeva. To celebrate His appearance, we shall read one verse about Him from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Two, Chapter Seven, “Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions.”
TEXT 1
brahmovaca
yatrodyatah ksiti-taloddharanaya bibhrat
kraudim tanum sakala-yajna-mayim anantah
antar-maharnava upagatam adi-daityam
tam damstrayadrim iva vajra-dharo dadara
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahma said: When the unlimite
By Vraja Prema
Super rare memorabilia from the early days of ISKCON in New york (Bought on Ebay – not for sale).
My husband found in the magazine The Village Voice (23 June 1966) the advertising , from which Michael (Mukunda Goswami) find for Srila Prabhupada information, for renting the first ISKCON center on the west “The “Matchless Gifts,” on 26 2nd Avenue.
[VedaBase 22. Biographies and Glorification of Śrīla Prabhupāda / Miracle on 2nd Avenue – Mukunda Goswami] All he needed was a decent
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to announce that The Nectar of Lockdown, Volume 2 is now available in English (232-page soft cover book). In his talks in May 2020, Niranjana Swami gives invaluable instructions on keeping Krishna’s holy names prominent in our daily lives and the proper consciousness to develop. These talks were given relatively early during the COVID-19 global pandemic, following those published in Volume 1 of The Nectar of Lockdown. Although many pandemic lockdowns have been lift
The ISKCON Ukraine devotees would like to thank ISKCON North America for organizing and collecting over $100,000 to help them, who are now in the middle of winter, have power and heat. The NAC Support Office led the fundraising effort, specifically Kuladri das. The NAC would like to thank all the temples and individuals who gave to this effort.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/news-brief-ukraine-winter-appeal/
Sometime people ask me how I do it, whether it be a long walk or busy at flying from country to country. My usual answer is something like, “The mercy of the Creator.”
I had to question my own answer of confidence when at our Niagara gathering; I was doubting my own conviction. I was signing books at our centre when my eyelids closed just momentarily out of fatigue. And then when I took to the sponsored feast, an integral party of Sunday gatherings, I was chomping on the delicious food when sud
For five centuries, St. Peter’s Basilica was the largest religious building in the world. A primacy that will soon lose, at least on the surface. To overcome it, the new temple of the Hare Krishna religion which stands out in Mayapur, on the banks of the river Ganges, a three-hour drive from Calcutta, eight in times of traffic. The only road leading to Mayapur is among the most tortuous and dangerous on the subcontinent. Crossroads without signs follow one another, from which animals and vehicl
Ram Lila and I were to take a flight at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, a very modest-sized facility, to destination, Suriname. It’s another country just east of Guyana. The aircraft takes ten passengers. There was an issue over my not having a yellow fever card, but what became nothing more than a slight tussle ended up giving me a pass for over an hour’s flight to another tiny airport, a tad bit larger than a barn.
Ram Lila and I were greeted by a sweet couple with garlands of th
