By Kadamba Kanana Swami
We really have to take responsibility for our own Krsna consciousness; to make arrangements for it. If we say, “Oh, I find it very difficult to be a devotee. I find it difficult to avoid the influence of maya.” In such an instance where it is difficult to resist maya, we must be careful and consciously keep a safe distance from such maya.
Sometimes, we have devotees who are also professionals. They have their jobs which require them to perform all kinds of activities, bu
This year in Sridhama Mayapur between the 16th of May and the 13th of June, the resident devotees will make their way to the temple each evening through the summer heat for an opportunity that only comes once every three years. At the temple, the twilight will be illuminated by hundreds of handheld lamps moving in circular motions as they are offered to the Deities by the devotees. Simultaneously, songs written by the Vaishnava acharyas in glorification of Radha and Krishna will be sung.
An obs
By Acarya Dasa
On May 2nd we were at Hospet, on the bank of the Tungabhadra River, 12 km from Hampi. Officially named Hosapete, the town is located in the Bellary District of central Karnataka. We stayed there for 3 days and performed sankirtana in different areas. Sarveswar Shyam Dasa, a disciple of HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja, made all arrangements for our accommodations.
BIRTH PLACE OF HANUMAN
We also visited Hampi, as it is just 12 km from the city. Anjeyanadri Hill is an interesting destin
By Sunanda Das
The following is an explanation about the auspicious nature of the month of Purusottama.
Every few years when the month of Purusottama appears the TOVP fundraising department encourages donors to consider making larger pledge payments or completing their pledges during this month since donating to spiritual purposes and making similar vratas (vows) increases one’s bhakti and love for the Lord when offered during Purusottama month.
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Michael Scherer: On Mother’s Day, I spoke with the president of the Hare Krishna temple in the Washington, DC area. Ananda Vrindavaneshwari Devi Dasi is widely respected and has done a lot to develop the local Hare Krishna community. We talked about her early years in Ireland, her travels, and her current work.
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By Madhava Smullen
On April 25th, twenty officials and staff from the Israeli Embassy, including a representative from its Community Relations office, visited ISKCON of Washington D.C.
“Part of their community relations involves interacting with and learning about different religious communities,” says Amrita Hari of ISKCON Communications, which is based in D.C.
“When they wanted to visit a Hindu temple, they approached the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), an advocacy group that has had a goo
The Jagrata Chatra Samaj is a Spiritual Academy for Formation and Education (SAFE), an outreach program specifically aimed for students from schools and colleges in West Bengal, India. Their goal is to improve the quality of students within society at large in order to promote the long-term wellbeing of Srila Prabhupada’s movement and its members.
A team of eleven devotees goes to different schools and colleges in Nadia, Barddhaman, Murshidabad and Midnapore Districts of West Bengal and holds
By Mukunda Bhakti Das
10th May was the day of joy for the Hindu prisoners at Chittagong’s prison-house. With the help of the Chittagong jail administration and the support of ISKCON Chittagong divisional committee in Bangladesh, devotees of ISKCON Nandankanan Sri Sri Radha Madhav temple & Sri Sri Gour Nitai Ashram organized a wonderful event in Chittagong central jail for the Hindu prisoners.
ISKCON Nandankanan distributed copies of the Bhagavat-gita and prasadam among 300 prisoners as well as
By BB Govinda Swami
I think it is one thing to join the Krishna consciousness movement, it is one thing to just sort of float on whatever is happening within the Krishna consciousness movement and it’s another thing to actually take control of the situation and have the determination to advance in Krishna consciousness.
As we mentioned before it appears that some people come to Krishna consciousness and they just float in whatever is going on and then there is some type of awakening process a
Comment:
The process of surrender is meant to be dynamic and continuous. To accept favourable things and reject the unfavourable things, however is not an easy process. Even if we know that ultimately Krsna protects us, it is still not easy to surrender in the moment.
Kadamba Kanana Swami:
Let me read that again and start commenting; “The process of surrender is meant to be dynamic and continuous.”
Well, sometimes it appears that the process of surrender is not so dynamic. Sometimes it seems tha
By Padmapani das
When I first joined the temple in the early ’70s, our main service was to go out and distribute BTG’s—or Back to Godhead magazines—in the streets of downtown Vancouver and Victoria. The devotees wore thin cotton dhotis and saris (even in cold weather), and carried sticks of incense in hand. Sometimes we traveled east to places like Calgary, Alberta in mid-winter. To stay warm we had to run from person to person in mall parking lots offering people sticks of incense in minus 30
This year Purushottama Masa falls in the period 18 August to 15 September 2012
Activities for the most auspicious Purushottama Month
1. Establish the Deity/photo of Sri Sri Radha Krishna in your home and worship Them with love and devotion.
2. Offer daily puja by chanting the mahamantra; Chant as many rounds of Hare Krsna Mantra as possible: hare krishna hare Krishna krishna krishna hare hare / hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
3. Study
By BB Govinda Swami
One should feel oneself meek and humble and also has to tolerate. Tolerance without any limits. Krishna will do this to us because that’s the standard. He’ll do it to us. It’s not that He dislikes us for a moment. But He will test our tolerance until the end of our ability to tolerate anything. We think: “After this point I’m gonna go crazy”. And Krishna says “Ok” and will push us a few kilometres beyond that point, to make us see that we have to tolerate everything without
By Madhava Smullen
The Jaguar’s Story, a brand new children’s book by Kosa Ely (Kosarupa Dasi) about the plight of Jaguars in the Amazon rainforest, was released on April 21st at the Earth Day Festival in Orlando, Florida.
The book, which inspires care for Mother Earth, had its own booth at the festival’s Kids’ Zone, with large posters of its stunning artwork attracting passersby. Kids begged for the book, while parents and grandparents were excited to meet the author and get autographed copie
By Abhay Charan Nimai Dasa
“If you want to experience the real nectar, then go on padayatra.”
One day I met Akhila Dhara Prabhu, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, who told me boldly, “If you want to experience the real nectar, then go on Padayatra”. So I decided to go, thinking, “If I am not going for ever, then at least I should go for a week.” So, on March 13th I joined the Padayatra India party, then in Bangalore, Karnataka. First I saw the magnificent oxen of the Kankrej breed, and I
By Hari Narayana Das
Sunday night, Cilegon was hot. The moon is not round yet, dimly lighted lights on both sides of the road stretching approximately 250 meters full of people on both sides. Young-old, male-female. All liked getting out of the corners of the City. At 07.00 PM the music thrashed. All participants gathered behind the stage except the Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladeva, and Subadra Devi sat on the chariot beside the honored guest stage.
Cilegon Night festival, that was the theme of th
“Simple Living — High Thinking” is a Strategic Partnership project involving youth workers and youth from 5 partner organisations from Sweden, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, and Czech. All the organisations are active in youth work, connected with areas of self-sustainability, healthy lifestyles, and youth employment. The partners expressed their mutual interest in creating a network based on strong partnerships aimed to connect more and exchange the good practices in relevant areas of their work.
Question: What is the highest act we may perform to attract the mercy of Radharani?
To serve Lord Nityananda. Radharani is so exhalted and pure that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati instructed that only those who are liberated and in the madhurya-rasa can go to Srimati Radharani, while everyone else must go to Lord Nityananda. You can think of it as two counter windows at the ‘Mercy Office’. On Radharani’s counter, there is a sign that reads ‘Liberated souls only!‘ And then you have Lord Nityana
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
We live in a society that is based on passion and ignorance. This is all we know; nothing else. We have become conditioned by this society and continue to remain frustrated and unfulfilled by it. Even when we come into contact with spiritual life, we become convinced by transcendental knowledge to a degree and prepare to take up the process, however, still we find it very difficult to fully enter into the culture of Srimad Bhagavatam. If for instance, we come together wi
