One day I was having a really nice conversation with my friend, KB, and then all of a sudden he looked at his wrist watch and I thought oh he is in a hurry. So I said, “ KB, You’ve somewhere else to go?” He said, “No No! I was just looking at my watch. I did not mean anything by it.” But later I thought, how tiny diversions of attention have a big impact. And then I started to consider how many inattention habits have I developed over time.
A few months later, I was at a conference and I was si
A conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In June 1976 at New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna farm community in West Virginia, Srila Prabhupada fields questions sent to him from the editors of Bhavan’s Journal, one of Bombay’s leading cultural and religious periodicals.
Devotee: Here is the first question:
“It is said that the greatest strength of Hinduism is its catholicity, or breadth of outlook, but that this is also its greatest weakness in that there are very fe
Keshava Prabhu, from Hare Krishna Valley (New Nandagram) in Bambra, Victoria, invited Devamrta Maharaja and I to the Radha Krishna boat festival at the farm.The previous day was hot and gusty but the weather turned more pleasant on Sunday and there were 300-400 guests who attended.
The day started with arati and kirtan at the temple, then everyone went in procession down the hill to the lake. There was a joyous mood as the devotees anticipated seeing Their Lordships, Sri Sri Radha Krishna in a
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Pada Pitham Inauguration in Iskcon Namahatta, Mayapur
Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service. If one is captivated by the pleasing pastimes of Lord Caitanya, the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed.
Queen’s Park has become one of the most popular spots to go for kirtan, meeting people and doing book sales. Why? The legislative building for the province of Ontario is just South of the park, and the greenspace (now snow white) is at the core of the nation's largest university, U of T. Thoughtful people come here. They walk through the multi tread area to go from classroom to classroom. One other advantage to this destination is that it is a mere one and a half kilometres from our ashram.
It
The following account is related by Malika Mala Devi Dasi, a preacher in Russia and Kazakhstan.
Once, with Kirtirani Mataji, we performed at a festival in Astana, Kazakhstan. We did not have time to have dinner and rushed to the plane because we were going to be late for the flight. The local devotees handed us a big bag with prasadam.
I said, “Krishna! The flight from Astana to Alma-Ata is just an hour and a half. We don’t need anything, especially at night.”
But Kirtirani said, “I’m hungry!”
Krsna dasa Kaviraja Goswami writes (CC Adi 10.115): “The three brothers, Govinda, Madhava, and Vasudeva were the eighty-second, eighty-third, and eighty-fourth branches of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityananda used to dance in their kirtana performances.
In his Caitanya-Caritamrta commentary, Srila Prabhupada writes: ”The three brothers, Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva Ghosh all belonged to a kayastha family. Govinda established the Gopinatha temple in Agradvipa, where he resided. Madh
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One of the things I like to do most is to give a class on bhakti. Today was my turn to deliver the message from the Bhagavatam, Canto five, which addresses the complexities of cosmology from the Vedic perspective. The verse was technical presenting the measurements or distances between our planets, beginning with Chandra, the moon.
The task in delivering some inspiration from the more technical side of things is to motivate th listeners towards devotion. It becomes obvious that one can become a
What he said cleared things up for me. “If I throw a handful of stones into the water, the circles they make will overlap and clash. But if I could throw the stones all at one center point, the circles would never clash. In the same way, if I have my center of interest and you have your center of interest, our interests will clash. But if we find the perfect center, we’ll have perfect harmony.”
“Ever since the Stone Age, people have come up with so many nonsensical ideas to explain the forces o
By Visvambhara Das
A crowd of people were waiting for someone to come out of the car in the motorway service area. When he came out, he came towards me. He had bodyguards keeping the crowd distant. Because he was wearing a mask, I couldn’t recognize him, but l placed the Bhagavad Gita in his hand. He said to me, “l recognize you. You are someone famous.” l replied, ” l am not famous. l am a man of God.” He said, “If you’re a man of God, pray for me.” I replied, “If you read this book, l’ll pray
Nurses and doctors on a well-being tour to India organised by Sukanti Radha devi dasi visited Delhi Temple and had an amazing Bhagavad Gita Experience.
ISKCON Delhi houses the world’s biggest Bhagavad Gita weighing 800 Kg
Topics on Karma, the soul and becoming vegetarian became a very thought provoking idea for discussion in the group. It was a very informative experience for all.
Several nurses got inspired to get a copy of the Gita to study further the nectar they had just tasted.
For some it
March 14, 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 Prabhupa
The North American Regional Governing Body (NA RGB) of ISKCON acknowledges the recent shocking and horrifying testimony of child abuse shared by Vedasara dasa—including testimony against Anirdesya Vapu, the former Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami (legal name Alan Ross Wexler).
Vedasara dasa currently serves as the Temple President of ISKCON Atlanta. As his colleagues, we accept his statements as factual and are greatly pained to learn of the suffering he underwent—and the burdens he carries today. We p
By Khusboo Basan
Vasis Studio Music Concepts was born in Sri Mayapur Dham around 2 years ago with the proposal of offering a comprehensive, straightforward method for anyone to learn kirtan music with instruments from scratch.
Initially, they were a kirtan band traveling the whole India and other countries (more than 20) doing Stage programs which were forbidden because of COVID restrictions. They raised funds with friends and followers for almost 10 years and finally established a music studio
For two consecutive days I had meaningful walks with a growing recruitment of devotees residing in the ashram. I believe it’s good for these great individuals to come out of the bubble of the bhakti zone (the ashram) and get a breath of fresh air for just an hour to see a piece of the city from a more devotional perspective. Of course, I encourage each of them to chant on their mediation beads in the process.
Across from ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), a man with his super-speed bike said, “Buddha
Today is the divine appearance of Srivas Pandita. All the devotees celebrated in a grand way in Sri Mayapur Dham. We had a maha-abhishek of our small Srivas Pandit deity, followed by Arati and Maha-prasadam distribution.
The following is an account of the life and past times of Srivas Pandit:
Shrivasa Pandit, fifth member of the Panca-tattva, Shri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Shri Advaita, Gadadhara, Shrivasadi, Gaura Bhakta Vrinda lived in Navadwipa before the advent of Lord Chaitanya.
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
In Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya 22.128, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu explains that of all devotional practices, five are most potent. The life of HH Kadamba Kanana Swami was an ideal illustration of all five of these most potent limbs of bhakti: sadhu-sanga (association of the Vaisnavas), nama-kirtana (chanting the holy names), bhagavata-sravana (hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam), mathura-vasa (residing in the holy dham),
While in Cape Town, South Africa, I heard this amazing story about how several sincere souls in that city become devotees.
Jed was looking into Buddhism and found out about Krsna from one of the books. He purchased a Bhagavad Gita (not Srila Prabhupada’s) and read it, but he couldn’t understand what it was about. He still wanted to know about Krsna though, so he ordered a couple of books from Amazon.com about the life of Krsna (neither of the books he ordered was by Srila Prabhupada).
When he r
On February 28th, 2023 Bhaktivedanta Research Center (BRC) and Scottish Church College entered into a collaborative agreement to serve society through their mutual interest in service learning and whole-person education.
BRC instituted an endowment in the name of “A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Memorial Award” to be given to the most meritorious student for a university final result and to a faculty member for outstanding community service.
The agreement is signed by the Principal of Scott
