Dear Devotees, Friends and Well-wishers of HH Lokanath Swami.
We would like to briefly inform you of Maharaja’s current health situation.
Last month Maharaja was diagnosed with acute laryngitis and his voice was badly affected. He was not able to speak clearly and gradually it was becoming more severe. After consultation with a renowned ENT specialist in New Delhi, Maharaja was suggested to undergo Laryngoscopy and was given proper treatment and therapy. Maharaja has responded really well and t
The Samadhi Dance Company from Amsterdam performs on the Apollo Theater's stage in London
David C. Photography
On November 24th, the UK ISKCON devotees celebrated their 50th Anniversary in grandeaur at the famous Apollo Theater in downtown London. The show brought together performing arts from East and West, theatrical acrobatics, live music and sacred song, immersive mantra choir experience, award-winning dance and incredible 3D visuals.
The legendary Apollo Theater in London
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Hridayananda das Goswami stayed with me in Carpinteria over the weekend, and we had many enlivening and enlightening conversations. I could really appreciate Srila Prabhupada’s statement that Maharaja has a “transcendental brain.” He is intent on serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission, especially in America, and our common interest is to please Srila Prabhupada and become Krishna conscious by his divine grace.
I pray for the association of Srila Prabhupada’s sincere, committed, and affectionate fol
On November 16th, the Govinda Restaurant of Goranga Yoga of Istanbul had the opportunity to serve prasadam to legendary Canadian rock star Bryan Adams and his concert crew.
The first disciple of Sivarama Swami in Turkey, Nrsimha Krsna Das (Zonal Supervisor of Turkey) and his life partner Krsna Mala devi dasi are the founder of Goranga Yoga center of ISKCON Turkey where they serve all day long with other devotee by giving advanced yoga training courses, running the
Last night I finished hearing Radhika Ramana dasa’s wonderful seminar on “The Glories of Srimad-Bhagavatam,” delivered at ISV in September 2015. I highly recommend it to all devotees.
dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsaranam satam
vedyam vastavam atra vastu sivadam tapa-trayonmulanam
srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte kim va parair isvarah
sadyo hrdy avarudhyate ’tra krtibhih susrusubhis tat-ksanat
“Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhaga
By His Divine Grace A.C.B. Swami Prabhupada
Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) – Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation – SB 2.9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version
Verse – 33
aham evasam evagre
nanyad yat sad-asat param
pascad aham yad etac ca
yo ’vasisyeta so ’smy aham
Synonyms: aham — I, the Personality of Godhead; eva — certainly; asam — existed; eva — only; agre — before the creation;na — never; anyat — anything else; yat — all those; sat — the effect; asat — the cause; param — the supreme;
Gratitude is a divine virtue that is so important that other divine virtues could not exist without it. Spirituality grows like seeds within our heart. The goodness of our lifestyle protects that seed. Our spiritual practice of chanting God’s names, reading scriptures, doing seva for God and others waters that seed. But gratitude is what makes the ground fertile so that all these other virtues will actually have its maximum effect. A fertile soil allows the seed to have deep roots and grow ve
We began our fourth Indraprastha ISKCON Noida to Vrindavan padayatra on September 29, but the preparations had been started long before. We planned for an ox cart sankirtan rath and an advance party to about fifteen villages and this year included arrangements for the ladies, whereas for the past three years it had been for prabhujis only. The number of participants on this year’s walk was set at thirty devotees.
The inauguration ceremony took place at 2pm after the Sunday love feast. About 20
Prayers required for the imminent departure of Cyavana Swami, a pioneer disciple of Srila Prabhupada, presently in coma.
Cyavana Swami was born in Cincinnati Ohio in 1945.
At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was stationed aboard a Cutter based at Boston Harbor. That’s where he first encountered his Spiritual Master A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami when he arrived in America in 1965 aboard the Indian steamship freighter Jaladuta.
“I stood frozen in time as his ship
Dear Respected Devotees,
Hare Krsna. Please accept my most humble obeisances at your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-guruve namah
I have been thinking of all the countless moments in this life that I feel so grateful for, and how they all are connected to Srila Prabhupada and His society of devotees. Those moments are all filled with amazement, spiritual joy and transcendental purpose and hints of real love. I c
Excerpt from the Bhagavad-Gita As it Is 7.7:
TEXT 7
mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva
SYNONYMS
mattah—beyond Myself; parataram—superior; na—not; anyat—anything else; kincit—something; asti—there is;dhananjaya—O conquerer of wealth;mayi—in Me; sarvam—all that be; idam—which we see; protam—strung; sutre—on a thread; mani-ganah—pearls; iva—likened.
TRANSLATION
O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no T
The Disappearance day of Srila Narahari Sarakara Thakura. Sri Narahari Sarkar Thakura was born at Sri Khanda. Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami describes that the residents of Sri Khanda formed a branch of the desire tree of love of God. "Sri Khan davasi (the residents of Sri Khanda) Mukunda and his son Raghu nandan were the thirty ninth branch of the tree, Narahari was the fortieth, Chiran Jiva the forty first and Sulocana the forty second. They were all big branches of the all merciful tree of C
Saradiya: Swamiji? When we go to Krsnaloka to be with Krsna…
Prabhupada: Just see this girl, little girl, is aiming for going back to Krsnaloka. Just see.
(Srila Prabhupada lecture, Montreal, June 16, 1968)
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Prabhupada: How you are feeling, Saradiya? Nice?
Saradiya: I’m fine.
Prabhupada: You are going to Europe? No? You have got to attend your school? That’s nice.
(Srila Prabhupada conversation, Montreal, October 27, 1968)
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Saradiya: Simply by Your Divine Grace, on Krsna’s appearance day in S
Devotional Psychology by Ananta Gauranga Das
The demon king Ravana - the quintessence of an intelligent fool had expert knowledge of the Vedas. However, he abused his knowledge because his selfishness and lack of EI and S.I stole his wisdom. As a result, he exploited his subjects. People with high I.Q more book knowledge and low E.I and S.I result in characters without character. When we engage in spiritual subject matter it should not just enter into our heads. Rather it should penetrate our
His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind President of India and his wife Savita Kovind visited the temple of ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines in the afternoon on October 20th, 2019.
This was the President’s first visit to the Philippines and devotees were jubilant about being able to host him.
What made Ram Nath Kovind’s visit truly auspicious is that it happened during the month of Kartik, which is considered to be a special period of t
Before I took to my American Airlines flight to Los Angeles, and then on to Argentina, I just had to get some footsteps in at 3:00 a.m. I ventured off to the Chinese farm enclave near the ISKCON temple in Burnaby. It was quiet for sure, favourable for stepping out and mantra meditating.
[During a lecture Srila Prabhupada interrupts his discourse on the Srimad-Bhagavatam verse when he notices some of his disciples leaving the
lecture, apparently to attend to other services] Srila Prabhupada: Why they are going? They are busy in some other work? Eh? Ugra-karma.
Without hearing, what will he do?
Nonsense? Sravanam kirtanam, this is our main business. If you don’t hear, what will you do? You will simply
do sense gratification. That’s all. So this is the difficulty, that we are not
