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
Our dear Madana-mohana-mohini dasi has left this world at 5:11 pm evening, 12 March 2023.
She left very peacefully while listening to her favorite kirtan in her room, and surrounded by devotees and her favorite maha paraphernalia.
Please pray for her onward journey.
Thank you so much. Hare Krishna.
Your aspiring servants,
Parasurama das, Shyamangi Radhika dasi, and Audarya Radhika dasi
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/her-grace-madana-mohana-mohini-dasi-departs/
By Sunanda Das
The TOVP 3D Department has recently finished a 360° panorama view of the completed Nrsimhadeva Wing. Srisha das and Pavan Gopa das have rendered their collection of cgi images into an all-encompassing and awe-inspiring picture of the entire hall and altar, viewable from left to right, up and down, and zoomable in or out.
In October, 2023 all ISKCON members will be joyfully celebrating the much- anticipated opening of the completed Nrsimhadeva Wing of the Temple of the Vedic Plane
Ruslan is a newish devotee from Ukraine. He came to our ashram during the time I was in India. In an effort to get better acquainted with him, I invited him to the streets of Yorkville and U of T. He doesn’t speak a stitch of English, so I tried to convey that he and I will concentrate on walking and japa meditation. He was okay with that. Both of us knew that the trekking was going to be interesting – navigating through a world of slush at intersections. The sun was upon us and the snow was br
By Radha devi dasi
ISKCON’s Vaishnavi Ministry has organized a virtual panel discussion entitled “Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable World: The Right Blend of Intent, Intuition, and the Feminine Heart with Information and Technology.” This panel will explore how we can bring feminine intuition and spiritual practice into our efforts to create a sustainable world. Women are blessed with intuition and biologically programmed for connecting with others. Leading from the heart, building commu
My dear Kadamba Kanana Swami Maharaja,
Please accept my prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. And all glories to your wonderful service to him.
Srila Prabhupada said that when a Vaishnava departs, we feel simultaneously happy and sad. We feel happy because we know that the Vaishnava has gone to serve Krishna, but we feel sad because we will miss the Vaishnava’s association. In your case, I am also happy that you no longer have to suffer in your disease-ridde
Acclimating to the cold is fairly easy for me. Apparently, several centimetres were to land on surfaces in all directions on this day. Sure enough, a storm hit delivering generous amounts of the white magic. It came down quite fiercely. It’s humbling.
I am looking forward to some walking once it clears somewhat.
I was so touched that members of our Bhakti Academy are alternating at giving classes for the Bhagavatam session. In my absence, the program has been going on. Today’s presenter was Leo
A series of events honouring George Harrison’s spiritual life were held in Liverpool in celebration of what would have been his 80th birthday.
Inspired by Pradyumna Das, who credits George Harrison for his attraction to Krishna consciousness, devotees from around the country put on a number of special events in the Spiritual Beatle’s birth city, including an exclusive interview with Gurudas Prabhu, who flew into the UK especially for the occasion.
Liverpool Philharmonic: My Sweet Lord, The Sp
Dear Devotees
On Thursday 9th March at 12.06pm, under the gaze of Śrī Giriraja, in the holy land of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma, in the loving company of his spiritual master and the vaisnavas, with a resounding kirtan party, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami departed from this material realm.
In the coming hours we will send details of the Samadhi Ceremony and online links for viewing.
“Intelligent persons who take shelter of beautiful Vrndavana’s opulent vines melting with motherly love, and throw fa
By Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Swami
As expected, HH Kadamba Kanana Swami’s health situation is gradually declining. Every day, however, there are encouraging reports of the kirtans, readings and beautiful interactions he has with devotees in Vrindavana during this time.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/health-update-hh-kadamba-kanana-swami/
Whilst we lower the Gaura Purnima flag to bring the festivities to a close, HH Kadamba Kanana Swami departs from this world. Just as though he was waiting for this day to come.
Dear DevoteesOn Thursday 9th March at 12.06pm, under the gaze of Śrī Giriraja, in the holy land of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma, in the loving company of his spiritual master and the vaisnavas, with a resounding kirtan party, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami departed from this material realm. In the coming hours, we will send de
On Thursday 9th March at 12.06pm, under the gaze of Śrī Giriraja, in the holy land of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma, in the loving company of his spiritual master and the vaisnavas, with a resounding kirtan party, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami departed from this material realm.
“Intelligent persons who take shelter of beautiful Vrndavana’s opulent vines melting with motherly love, and throw far away the idea that they are material, become supremely successful, both in this life and also after death
The road to the Delhi Airport was quite smooth. I asked our driver what the name of the road was, but there’s a language barrier. Shame on me. I should know some Hindi by now. There were the shortcuts. They were rough.
Parama Karuna, the professional dancer who was part of our drama troupe, left for Paris from here. The rest of us – Chris, Anya, Dhruva, Kunti, Vya, and I – waited at our gate for Lufthansa Airlines for a stop at Frankfurt before proceeding back to Canada.
Reflections of India
By Baladeva das
Every year, the festival of the blessing of fruits was held in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
This is a traditional Christian festival, which became part of the protocol of the provincial state and has been celebrated since 1938, in which God is thanked for the crops.
Mendoza has had an Interreligious Council since approximately 1976, in which various religious leaders of different confessions came together to give refuge to those exiled from Chile, due to the military cou
By Khusboo Basan
Haribol Foods With Their Stall at the ILS 2023 With HH Niranjana Swami Maharaj and HG Gauranga Das
At the ISKCON Leadership Sanga this year, HARIBOL Foods was showcased at the plenary session focused on conscious giving back. HARIBOL Foods in perpetuity pledged 100% profits to Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir (TOVP), “His Divine Grace AC Srila Prabhupada dream project”.
Yachneet Pushkarna, CEO of HARIBOL Foods said in 2023 – 24 we would be in most temples in The United States, th
~Mayapur Gaura Purnima Nectar~
As we all know, Gaura Purnima festival is not a one-day celebration in Sri Dham Mayapur but a long, one-month celebration; hence, we are very grateful to all those that have participated in sponsoring several sevas during this period. From festival inauguration prasadam to all prasadam sponsorship, Jagannath Misra feast, Sravan Utsav, Kirtan Mela, event sponsorships, Navadwip Parikram, Shantipur Festival, Kirtan Purnima, Maha Abhisheka, and lots more…This Gaura
Devotees from across the UK descended on Liverpool, the city of George’s birthplace for a series of special events aptly titled ‘The Spiritual Beatle’, celebrating his spiritual journey.
Gurudas, one of the ISKCON UK’s pioneers, who first met George Harrison in 1968 came especially for the celebration.
Events included a music-mantra tribute at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, hari nāma processions across the city centre, panel discussions and interviews at the two Beatles museums, including a d
The most auspicious Gaura Purnima, appearance day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabu.
Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 4.9
janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
So Krishna is saying that if we know Krishna, or His actions, in tattva then we will not take birth
This morning after my sadhana, spiritual exercise, I put some attention to my machinery. I’m speaking more particularly about the bridge of my upper teeth. Keshava, our dear friend from Malaysia and former ISKCON Toronto temple president, is also a dentist. It took some time to break the old bridge that was cracked. One main reason for the crack is my excess grinding which I apparently do during sleep. My night guard is something I used to be proactive at using for protection and dental care, b
