When I say “our street” I mean the one that we live on as well as the back alley that runs parallel to it and let’s not forget the street parallel to it and then the one also parallel but on the other side of the tracks. This was my route for the night; with snow and ice all over its surface.
It is awfully peaceful at the hour of 9 to 10 p.m. This is no doubt conducive to a soft chant rolling off the lips.
The quiet, combined with space, also lends itself to thoughts of the day’s affairs. To ba
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Deena Bandhu Das: Please join us in prayers for my very dear older Godbrother, Vishal Prabhu, who was living here in Vrindavan. Devotees hadn’t seen him for a couple of days, so just a half-hour ago, the police broke the door and found his lifeless body! Just happened so no details yet, but he was 85 years old. He constantly distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books till the present day!
Whenever Prabhupada would circumambulate the temple in the morning in Vrindavan, Vishal would be
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By Rupa Vilas Das
Whenever Prabhupada would circumambulate the temple in the morning in Vrindavan, Vishal would be standing with his hands folded chanting prayers from the Bhagavatam and then give the English translations. On this particular morning there was water on the temple steps because it had just rained. Prabhupada just snapped at Vishal and said, “Do something practical,” He said, “Clean this up.” (laughs) So that was his response to the glorification. He ordered him
By Dayal Gopal dasa, Nepal sankirtan preacher
Padayatra in Nepal began on January 19, 2021.
In a recent ISKCON Leadership Sangha (ILS-2020) our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, instructed Nepal regional secretary Patri dasa to organize a padayatra in Nepal. Patri took Maharaja’s words to heart and discussed the idea with the Nepali devotees.
A friend of Patri, Brahmacari Sahastranam dasa from Ukraine, who has been serving in Nepal for twelve years engaged in community and farm services, was
Twice this message was sent to me. “The longest walkable road of the world is from Capetown to Magdan (Russia). There are bridges across rivers, no boat or air journey is required. It is 22,000 km long and takes 587 days to cover for a person walking 8 hours a day. Covers 17 countries in 6 time zones and the traveler will experience all the seasons and weathers of the world in this journey.”
That is impressive if someone can do it and take to the task. Had I started my walking ventures earlier i
Nartaka Gopala dasi: “Our Godbrother Hansavatara Prabhu, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, passed away on January 15 in Riviera Beach, Florida from throat cancer. His dear wife Yogamaya devi has asked me to compile this article. Here in Alachua, where they lived for the past year, Yogamaya devi arranged a beautiful fire yajna and loving ceremony last week at Tejo Prakash Prabhu and Laksmana devi’s property in his honor. At ISKCON Miami, Dharma Prabhu offer
By Madhava Smullen
What has kept the International Society for Krishna consciousness going for 54 years now, “systematically propagating spiritual knowledge to society at large” as Srila Prabhupada wrote when incorporating the movement in 1966?
Much has been down to the steady efforts of quietly dedicated devotees, doing their services day in and day out for decades – the pujaris, the teachers, the mothers, the cooks, the cleaners, the maintenance workers, the accountants, the book editors, the
Shyam was about three years old when I last saw him — fuzzy sand coloured hair, climbing the walls, trying to speak. Like most kids his age, he loved the temple on Sundays. There are all kinds of stairs, levels and everything was like a labyrinth for them. There was a lot of excitement in the air with the beating of drums as well as people dancing and singing. And the eating. He was known to snatch sweets from others’ plates.
He is now 22. He and his mum, Bhadara Kali, came down to meet me at th
There is a vast disparity from the milk production of northern breeds and the Zebu types of India. There are many types of cows in India broadly termed as Zebu however only a few are specifically noted for their milk productivity. Good milking Zebu cows (Sahiwal for example) can produce 2000 litres over a 305 day lactation. In the UK the average amount of milk for the same period is about 8,000 litres per year. ISKCON northern breed cows (predominantly Meusse-Rhine-Issel type) at Bhaktivedanta M
By Shyama Sakhi Dasi and Shyama Gopi Dasi
Globally, as of today, there have been 104,370,550 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,271,180 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. Many lives have been upended, disrupted and impacted in unprecedented ways as a result of the pandemic. Monumental efforts are undertaken to counteract the tightening grip of this novel coronavirus, an entity not even visible to the naked eye.
Vaccines to prevent the COVID-19 are perhaps the best hope for
It is all by the blessings and mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as we happily welcome you all to Sri Mayapur Gaura Purnima 2021. Do not hesitate to join us whether present in Mayapur or not! For guest house bookings, please write to gprb108@gmail.com. For Parikrama inquiries and participation, please visitnavadwipaparikrama.com For Gaura Purnima Sponsorhips, Donations etc… Click Me!
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Upcoming: Radha Krishna Records celebrates Mantra Lounge Volume 4 launch and more
By: ISKCON-London Communications
Radha Krishna Records is rejoicing a fruitful year ahead as it flows into its 12th year as a not-for-profit record label. There is lately a wave of buzzing activity for the label as it introduces Mantra Lounge Volume 4 later this year, whilst presenting a brand new website with unprecedented offerings as well as a refreshed YouTube channel. With its spirit of devotional positivity,
By Pankajanghri Prabhu
The fact that people just love to hear stories is one reason why some of the Vedic codes were gradually transmitted in story form, like the epic histories Mahabharata and Ramayana and the Puranas. When such stories concern the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees, they are called lilas. Being labeled Lord Nrsimhadeva’s pujari in Mayapur, I have been asked to recount some stories in connection with Him, but unlike the sastras (scriptures), these “lilas” (pastimes) have no
The book being offered to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari in Juhu on the temple opening's 43rd anniversary
By Nanda Kishor Das
On January 14, 2021, the much-awaited book I’ll Build You a Temple: The Juhu Story by Giriraj Swami was launched. This landmark book stands as a historical document of the blood, sweat, tears, love, and devotion that went into building the Juhu temple under Srila Prabhupada’s guidance in the 1970s. The celebration of the book’s advent coincided with the 43rd anniversary of the
In 1970 Dhanajaya Prabhu came with a group of devotees from London to the ‘Festival of the Midnight Sun’ in Sweden
In this video, you will see some unique film clips and photos from the festival outside Jönköping 50 years ago
Enjoy!
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Join us for a virtual tour of TKG Academy, a PK-12 independent private school in Dallas. Learn about the college preparatory academic and spiritual programs, rooted in the bhakti traditions of India. Meet dedicated teachers, take a look at classrooms, and answer all your questions.
His Grace Shyamasundar Jagannath Das Prabhu Passed Away in Mayapur.
After class, Mahavaraha Prabhu announced that one very dear Mayapurvasi, our godbrother, left his body today. His Grace Shyamasundar Jagannath Das was a professional accountant, took early retirement and served in that capacity in Mayapur.
He had attended darshan arati, gave the English Srimad-Bhagavatam class, went home, experienced chest pains and departed from this world. Prabhu said he will be sorely missed, such a humble an
By Madhava Smullen
The Mantra Lounge in Philadelphia, known for its book distribution, has been reaching out to people during the COVID-19 pandemic by feeding the homeless and others in need.
“When the pandemic began in Spring last year, we saw people start to lose their jobs pretty quickly, and remembered Srila Prabhupada’s instruction that no one within a ten-mile radius of any ISKCON center should go hungry,” says Mangal-Arti Dasi, president of the Mantra Lounge in Fishtown and affiliated Tit
A Dubai commuter, stuck in traffic, muses on how modern inventions have failed to improve the quality of our lives and have added to our distress.
It’s 7:00 P.M., and I’ve been driving for more than an hour. As I head home from work along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, I’m caught in the usual evening traffic jam. Like the car ahead of me, my car starts, stops, and starts again. While my car moves slowly, my mind races. I do mental mathematics with the number on the car plate in front of me. The tr
I wait by the storm till my driver will arrive.
So intense is the snow, I hope he’s still alive.
Wicked is the weather, the vision is obscure.
Fearless he appears, that is him for sure.
I’m grateful he penetrated the white wind, the storm.
And hopeful nature’s wrath comes down to some norm.
Behind the wheel is Nanda with nothing to impede.
Our mission — an essential — to address a dental need.
I was pensive for a moment; the world is just like that —
Perilous and precarious, we must admit t
