Q. I encountered a verse that seemingly contradicts a verse in the Bhagavad Gita. and I was wondering if you could help me to understand how to reconcile these two verses.
Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 2, chapter 2, text 27)
“In that planet of Satyaloka, there is neither bereavement, nor old age nor death. There is no pain of any kind, and therefore there are no anxieties, save that sometimes, due to consciousness, there is a feeling of compassion for those unaware of the process of devotional servi
SRIKSETRA PURI PARIKRAMA 2017
Org. by ISKCON Sri Mayapur
Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We would like to welcome you to our 13th anniversary celebration of Sri kñetra parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 22nd November. On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 19 Km. This parikrama has been performed since the time Vidyapati visited Sri Ksetra. ISKCON has been organizing this parikrama for the last tw
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
"No meat eating, Including fish and eggs"
Unknown to most devotees and vegetarians in general we are breaking regulative principles by taking gelatin from cows, buffaloes, pigs, chickens and so on, we have started a petition to support government initiatives to use vegetarian capsules. Kindly support this cause so that devotees may be aware and demand vegetarian capsules. Currently there's apathy surrounding tak
This morning I read a posting by Vijaya Dasa, ISKCON’s Minister of Book Distribution, in which he relates an interesting encounter he had heard described after one of his classes:
When in Alachua I gave a Bhagavatam class about book distribution, a Vaishnavi, Guru Prasad dasi, commented on an experience she had had distributing books.
She was distributing at the Dallas airport without much success, but she was still happily approaching people.
A lady sitting nearby was watching and finally walk
The Russian Kalash installation team has now completed three Kalashes on the Chatris and is currently working on the Main Dome/Planetarium Kalash.
Alongside the installation of the Kalashes onto the Domes and Chatris, laying of the blue tiles also continues simultaneously. In the photos you can also view the GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) ‘ribs’ being placed onto the Main Dome.
By Vijay Krsna Kumar Das
Scholars and academicians from various parts of the country and abroad converged at the Kalina campus of Mumbai University to participate in a first of its kind International conference on the topic “Relevance, Role and Resurgence of Vaishnavism studies in 21st century.” Jointly organized by the Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha Research Center of ISKCON and Shree Halari Oswal College, the conference witnessed participation of more than 200 students, scholars and administrators
If the name ISKCON conjures montages of Dev Anand’s 1971 blockbuster film Hare Rama Hare Krishna to mind, you are not alone. Many have associated the decadence of the hippie culture depicted in the film with the Vaishnava religious movement, but that is only one side of the coin. Although many of the initial followers happened to be hippies, ISKCON has evolved into something more. But it begs the question. How did the hippies cotton on to ISKCON?
“ISKCON, which turned 50 last year, was incorpor
Question: Dear Bada Haridas, I’ve been reading your blog posts and I really enjoy the question and answers format and content.
I wanted to express my appreciation for your insights, suggestions, lifestyle, kirtan, everything. You are very inspiring to me and I am grateful to have your association. I hope that you come for a visit soon and that we can do kirtan together.
My initial intention with this email was to just express my gratitude, but now I have my own question to submit.
Unfortunately
GST (Goods & Service Tax) Vs (Greater Spiritual Tax )
Nowadays GST buzz word in India from common man to corporate world & manufacture to end customer. All are talking about GST you may say politician , media ,economist & business man ..many people.
As Indians in general calculating which goods & service comes under which tax slab & assess their financial impact on their overall balance sheet. Without GST (Goods & Service Tax) paying for the government we cannot live happily.
In material wor
Work on the Chakras is progressing alongside of the placement of the Kalashes on the domes.
The Nava Yogendras, embellishments around the Chakra, are being attached and Sadbhuja, Avatar Gauranga and Ajita Chaitanya prabhus can be seen in the photos doing the final inspection of the work.
Respected Maharajas and Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It's a great privilege for ISKCON that by Srila Prabhupada's mercy, we got an opportunity to meet Shri. Ramnath Kovind today. He is the Presidential candidate from the ruling NDA and widely tipped to be the next President of India.
Shri. Kovind received us warmly and deeply appreciated the contributions being made by ISKCON globally. He received a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and went through t
Vaishnavas like Prahlada Maharaja are always present wherever the topics of Srimad Bhagavatam are discussed. Those who worship Srimad Bhagavatam are beyond the jurisdiction of Kali.
Those persons who worship the Vaishnava literature Srimad Bhagavatam in their house are freed from all sins and they become worshipable by even the demigods.
In the age of Kali, I become very pleased with those who regularly worship Srimad Bhagavatam in their house and dance without fear.
O My dear son, as long as S
(Notes from a class given by Hari Pārṣada Dāsa on 2nd July 2017 at the home of Narottam Prabhu and Manjari Mataji)
Basic Principle 1: Every relationship has an expiry date attached to it:
bandhu-jñāty-ari-madhyastha-mitrodāsīna-vidviṣaḥ
Translation: In this material world, which advances like a river that carries away the living entity, all people become friends, relatives and enemies in due course of time. (Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 6.16.5)
It is wise therefore, to stay a bit detached in general.
B
What a week of Vaisnava sadhu-satsanga this has been! I leave the richer, having exchanged with my family members, old and new, Godbrothers, Godsisters, nephews and nieces. While I feel most unqualified to speak to you today, I am honoured and privileged to join my Godsisters in voicing my concerns as a woman in ISKCON.
As the GBC body, all of you are responsible for establishing Srila Prabhupada’s legacy, which, in these difficult and turbulent times, is at stake. One realm of that legacy – th
Turin Hare Krishna Cultural Center in Italy has celebrated the 2nd Anniversary.
It is a miraculous story like the ones of Srila Prabhupada! Prabhu das, Hayagriva das and Abhiram das came to Turin, Italy, to establish ISKCON Turin with nothing in their hands. It was a mission given to them by H.G. MadhuSevita Prabu.
They had only their camper and a desire to give the Holy Name to the city of Turin. With the power of sadhana bhakti, they started preaching and distributing books in Turin and the l
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we held our first festival of the summer. As I looked at the photos I realized they could have come from any of the 1,200 festivals we have done along the Baltic Sea coast over the last 28 years. But then I realized that each festival is unique in itself, for every year the guests at our events are different. Remembering a purport from Srimad Bhagavatam, I was struck with wonder how by participating in our programs many hundreds of thousands of people [ Srila Prabhu
including New York Times Best Selling Author and Spiritual Guide Radhanath Swami (3 min video)
Giriraj Swami: I just saw the film for the second time, and got even more out of it than the first time, and I am eagerly looking forward to seeing it again—and again.
…last night at the movie ‘Hare Krishna: The Mantra, The Movement and the Man who started it all’ …….with some wonderful association, including Guru Maharaj, the Producers and the Director (Yadubara das and Visakha dasi) of the film.
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Srila Prabhupada: Nowadays people are very much inclined to the meditational process, which is not practical in this age, but if anyone practices meditating on Krishna twenty-four hours a day by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra round his beads, he is surely the greatest meditator and the greatest yogi. (Bhagavad-Gita, 9.27 Purport)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/uFP9Bu
Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra – ISKCON of Central NJ, Plainfield, NJ. Sunday 25th June 2016
Plainfield, NJ. Radha Krishna Temple and Cultural Center (ISKCON of Central NJ), Plainfield, NJ celebrated Sri-Jagannath Rath Yatra with sincere devotion and active participation by more than One thousand devotees – on the actual day of Jagannath-Puri Rath Yatra.
Devotees started coming to the temple and brought bhoga to be offered to the supreme siblings – Lord Jagannath (Sri-Krishna), His elder brother Lord
The most important and uncontrollable sense is the tongue. If one can control the tongue, then there is every possibility of controlling the other senses. The function of the tongue is to taste and to vibrate. Therefore, by systematic regulation, the tongue should always be engaged in tasting the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Kṛṣṇa and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Although one may conquer all of the other senses, as long as the tongue is not conquered it cannot be said that one has controlled his s
