Sri Radha Nila Madhava Satsang
ISKCON – Trivandrum
14th Annual Rathyatra was celebrated with pomp and splendor in the state capital. Hundreds of devotees pulled Sri Jagannath Rath with loudly reverberating Holy names. Sri Vimal, Asst DGP inaugurated the Rath. Inaugural ceremonies took place in SFI union building, which is a landmark. HG Vaishnava seva prabhu (ISKCON Rajkot TP) and HG Kalachakra prabhu inaugurated the ceremony.
Hundreds of Srila Prabhupada’s books were distributed during the pr
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In this presentation, Hari-dhama dasa discusses an important social issue for the Society: that of providing care for the terminally ill in the movement. Since Vaisnava hold very dear the hope of dying in the association of devotees and at a place of pilgrimage, ISKCON faces a challenging task in providing this facility and care for its members. The author argues that both spiritual care and medical care should be available to patients, be they in a secular hospice or in a religious institution
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
The development of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness is very interesting. Srila Prabhupada at an old age was very mature and brought everything – the perfection of spiritual life, the maturity of age and his vision and experience. All his followers were in their twenties with an exceptional one in his thirties. By the time Prabhupada left there were a number in their thirties, but basically there was a fifty year gap. We are looking at a fifty year gap, a
There was this incredible nature's light show last evening, the likes of which none of us had ever seen before. I'm talking about extraordinary cloud formations in the night, lit up by constant flashes of light, thunder bolts, all in the presence of the moon. We were enroute to the festival site, the old Durban Drive-In Theatre, and it became astounding to see, and was the talk of the town. Upon reaching our destination, the extravaganza continued. It looked like the gods at war, execute
By Achyut Gopal Das
Someone is born, Someone dies.
Someone is hired, Someone is fired.
Someone is married, Someone gets divorced.
Someone gets rich, Someone gets poor.
Someone is praised, Someone is criticised.
Someone is a success, Someone is a failure.
What kind of world is this? Is this a serious place or a funny one? I would say - this is a seriously funny place.
THE SERIOUS SIDE
In the Bible, Jesus Christ tells his follower the story of Prodigal son - of a son who wanted t
Someone is married, Someone gets divorced.
Someone gets rich, Someone gets poor.
Someone is praised, Someone is criticised.
Someone is a success, Someone is a failure.
What kind of world is this? Is this a serious place or a funny one? I would say - this is a seriously funny place.
THE SERIOUS SIDE
In the Bible, Jesus Christ tells his follower the story of Prodigal son - of a son who wanted t
By Srutakirti dasa
October 7, 1972, Berkeley, California
One evening, Srila Prabhupada spoke at the University of California in Berkeley, the heart of the hippie capital. The San Francisco devotees enthusiastically received him and relished his lecture. They prepared barrels of popcorn and distributed it following Srila Prabhupada’s lecture.
“What is that?” His Divine Grace asked.
“Popcorn, Srila Prabhupada,” Jayananda explained. “Would you like some?”
“Yes, give me some,” Srila Prabhupada said
A talk by Giriraj Swami, September 5, 2010, Sri Vrindavan Dham, Kazakhstan.
Hearing His Holiness Niranjana Swami’s wonderful talk, I felt we were being elevated to the spiritual world. He quoted from Vishnujana Maharaja. Vishnujana had a program in which he went by boat along the Ganges River, in Bengal, and chanted the holy names all day, stopping at villages along the way and chanting and speaking and distributing books about Krishna. Once, when I was in Los Angeles recovering from being sick
My day started with zestful walking in the temple of Radha Radhanath. I did circle motions within the room while other chanters paced back and forth, and others still just sat while fingering their beads and simultaneously moving lips to chant. Occasionally, I would stop to talk to a maharaja, a senior monk, or to acknowledge someone I've known, and who had just arrived in town for the festival. I noticed two new fellows. They were from Cape Town. I stopped to talk.
"How are you guys? Ho
By Achyut Gopal Das
"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go for a picnic. If you want happiness for a month, get married. If you want happiness for a lifetime, serve others." - Chinese Proverb
When and where have we seen a master take the role of a servant? Probably never or if at all, very rarely. Here, I would like to briefly touch upon a few touching stories from the life of Lord Krishna, who even though is The Supreme Master of everything and
When and where have we seen a master take the role of a servant? Probably never or if at all, very rarely. Here, I would like to briefly touch upon a few touching stories from the life of Lord Krishna, who even though is The Supreme Master of everything and
The Glories of Varuthini Ekadasi: Sri Yudhisthira Maharaj said, “Oh Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You. Please now describe to me the Ekadasi of the dark fortnight (krsna paksha) of the month of Vaisakha (April-May), including its specific merits and influence.”
Lord Sri Krishna replied, “Oh King, in this world and the next, the most auspicious and magnanimous Ekadasi is Varuthini Ekadasi, which occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Vaisakha.
Whosoever observes a co
Vrndavana Dasa was born in Mamagachi in the Navadvipa area of West Bengal. His mother was Narayani, the niece of Srivasa Pandita.
Vrndavana Dasa’s father, Vaikunthanatha Vipra, was from Sylet in East Bengal. However, it is said that his father died before he was born and so his mother moved to the house of Srivasa in Mayapur.
In his youth Vrndavana Dasa took initiation from Lord Nityananda and he was apparently the last disciple that Nityananda accepted.
In 1535, Vrndavana Dasa wrote the Chaita
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
In the Eleventh Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam there is a chapter entitled the Bhumi Gita – the song of the earth. The earth is explaining, “So many have tried to possess me, to control me, lord it over me. And now what remains of them? Only names.” So we see that influence of time which destroys everything and takes everything away. It is painful to lose one’s influence, to lose one’s power. It is painful to become old, but there also is an advantage, if one is engaged
At the Johannesburg Airport yesterday, a young black Uber man, accustomed to securing passengers at arrivals, saw me and was about to make his pitch. Before he could complete a sentence, I said, "I already have a ride!"
"That's okay. So you're a monk?" he asked. I would say he was quite ‘lit’, as they say. "It's amazing to meet you. You must be so enlightened."
I did not sense an ounce of sarcasm in him. He was very genuine. Without knowing me personally, he went on about how some
By Acarya-nistha Das
On April 8th, at 5:34pm His Grace Visvakarma Das departed this world. A beloved friend and guide to many, Visvakarma Das dedicated his entire life to the service of Lord Krsna. The past 22 years he spent devotedly cooking for the ISKCON Chicago community, amazing devotees with his qualities of compassion, care, and expertise in service.
Hemangi Devi Dasi, the current Temple President recalls, “Vishwakarma Prabhu was a responsible husband, a loving and caring father, a d
People are noticing a slight limp in my walk. It's been there for a little while now. I would attribute this imperfection in my movement to the long distances of walking on roads where the shoulders slant. At least one Oriental chiropractic therapist in Toronto told me to make a deliberate straight thrust forward with both the right and the left legs. I know that he is correct, that I must simply de-program myself from the very conditioning my body has gone through to create this tilt in my
By Achyut Gopal Das
Don't live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually and emotionally. - Germany Kent
We all have our own comfort zones which we don't want to leave. Why? Because life is very predictable and set according to our convenience. "Why should you leave all this to embrace a life of risk, unpredictability and inconvenience", reasons the mind. This may be true but it also true that life without challenges is not lif
The Hare Krishna movement was built on a pioneering spirit. Srila Prabhupada was the original pioneer who then empowered three couples – Mukunda and Janaki, Shyamasundara and Malati (with their baby Sarasvati), and Gurudasa and Yamuna – with a dream to start a center in London and meet the biggest band in the world, the Beatles, to help spread Krishna Consciousness.
The couples arrived in London in September 1968, and by Christmas, they were chanting Hare Krishna with the Beatles themselves! On
We may read or hear some gurus say that Sri Vrndavana Dhama is the land of Sambhoga, or meeting with Lord Krishna. Devotees might think this is at odds with what Srila Prabhupada taught us in Krishna Book and Srimad Bhagavatam tenth canto. Does not Vipralambha occur in Vrndavana?
Have we ever considered why Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His most elevated ecstatic emotions, not in Navadvipa or Vrndavana-dhama, but in Jagannatha-puri?
One answer is that Sri Jagannatha-puri is also referred t
By Kalacakra Krsna das
The inauguration ceremony of ISKCON temple in Rajkot, “The Glory of Saurashtra” was celebrated with great enthusiasm on the auspicious day of Sri Rama Navami (14th Apr) in the presence of exalted sannyasis, senior disciples of Prabhupada and senior vaishnavas from across the world, presided over by ISKCON India Chairman and GBC HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and ISKCON Gujarat Secretary and senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, HG Yashomatinandan Prabhu. Thousands of de
Allow me to give you a little flavour of South Africa. Mangoes are sweet. So are bananas. Papayas, too. It all depends on the season.
The people are sweet too. However, there are some issues.
Phodiso is a twenty-seven year old fellow from the Pretoria area. We had him cast as Krishna in our drama. He has the persona down and the build with a warm face. Masculine, but moves with grace. Phodiso received a call today and was told to get back home right away. His cousin was murdered,
