Kartik is an auspicious month to go deeper into our spiritual practice. This month is particularly dear to Krishna and those that perform spiritual activities, including chanting and hearing, will see the benefits compounded.
A great way to receive special mercy of the Lord is to chant and dance together for as many hours as possible in a day. For that reason we are inviting every one of you to join for this 12 hour kirtan. Come, chant and dance with your family and friends with all your hear
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By Ramai Swami
The GBC Body met at ISKCON Ujjain on the invitation of HH Bhakti Caru Maharaja, this year’s GBC Chairman. The mid-term meeting is held at a different location every year and next year it will be at ISKCON Kanpur.
The meeting is usually a strategic planning session with discussions on constitution, outreach preaching, communication etc. The GBC also spent two days with the Indian Bureau members who are responsible for overseeing ISKCON’s activities in India.
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Roles of zonal supervisors should meet standards set by Srila Prabhupada, assert members
About three dozen Governing Body Commission members, including the senior sanyasi and sadhu of the ISKCON, went on a sight-seeing tour of Ujjain, under the guidance of chairman Bhakticharu Maharaj. They first paid a visit to the Mahakaleshwar Temple and then visited Narsing Ghat, Ram Ghat, Sandipani Ashram. They were briefe on the importance of these places.
Ujjain : The Governing Body Commission (GBC), to
By Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha
If we understand the underlying cause of what we think of as bad in someone, instead of being hateful, we will be compassionate ……
The below article is an answer to the Open Book Exam (Canto 6.1-9) to the question: Parikshit was compassionate to conditioned souls despite having only a few days to live. To what extent may a sadhaka imbibe this spirit?
The compassion exhibited by Parikshit Maharaj is indeed exemplary. Although he had a few days to live, still he inter
From Back to Godhead
By Chaitanya Charana Dasa
The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control.
Prayer is the universal language by which the human heart communes with the divine heart. Poetry is an artistic means for verbalizing the heart’s deep emotions. Singing is a popular method to express one’s emotions.
The integration of these three – prayers composed poetically and sung individually or collectively – is a powerful and joyful way to channel human emotions
By Chirag Dangarwala
In Bhagavad-Gita 14th Chapter, Lord Krishna explains the three modes of natures that are controlling the activities of all the living entities in the material world. Lord Krishna says,
sattvaḿ rajas tama iti
guṇāḥ prakṛti-sambhavāḥ
nibadhnanti mahā-bāho
dehe dehinam avyayam [ B.g 14.5]
“Material nature consists of three modes — goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by
By Ishvara Krishna Das
I would like this work to be considered a contribution not only to the study of the Bhagavad Gita, but to the emerging field of Comparative Theology, as once the structures of great theological works could be articulated, these could be compared, contrasted and grouped together, thereby offering a unified sense of pluralistic spirituality which may serve as an alternative to materialism. Originally, Greek philosophy was inseparable from Greek religion, and only gradually
By Bhakta Mukesh
Brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva, guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (CC Madhya 19.151). True to this revelation by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the lives of Wellington Vaiṣṇava community blossomed with good fortune when HH Vedavyasapriya Swami Maharaj recently graced Wellington. A disciple of Srila Prabhupada and one of the initiating gurus of ISKCON, Maharaj visited Wellington from 27th Sep (Wed) to 2nd Oct (Mon) to reunite with Wellington community and created an env
By Srila Vyasadeva
The Bhagavata Purana, commonly referred to as the Srimad-Bhagavatam, is considered the ripened fruit of all Vedic knowledge. Sri Vyasa Muni, the compiler of the Vedic texts, advises us as follows:
nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam shuka-mukhad amrita-drava-samyutam nigama bhagavatam rasam alayam muhur aho rasika bhuvi bhavukah
“O expert and thoughtful men, relish Srimad-Bhagavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from the lips of Sri Shuk
By Padmapani das
Our dear Godbrother, Tribhuvanatha das, departed from this world on October 16, 2001. A lot has been written about Tribhuvanatha Prabhu over the years — his dynamic preaching programs, his ecstatic harinamas, his fired up classes, etc. — but I simply remember him as my best friend.
Over the years there were so many special times that we shared together in England, India and the Middle East. Wherever we met the nectar always flowed with Prabhupada-katha. Sometimes due to flight
By Anand Caitanya das
ISKCON’s Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV, www.ecovillage.org.in) received the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Green Platinum Ratings during the Green Building Congress 2017 which took place on October 4th – 7th in Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur, India. Shri Gauranga Das, Director of Govardhan Ecovillage, received this award from the hands of Mr. Gurmit Singh Arora, Co-Chair, IGBC Mumbai Chapter.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has established Indian Green Building Council
By Narada Muni Das
Rome - A seminar, held on September 26th, 2017, in Italy’s House of Parliament, at the Sala del Refettorio, and organized in co-operation with MP Lacquaniti, has discussed the problems of religious freedom in Russia, a cause of serious concern in Europe.
A case in question was the recent banishing of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In the meantime, Russian authorities have moved against other religious and spiritual movements, with the same accusations of "extremism" used to suppor
By Danae King
On a recent sunny morning, Dr. Piyush Gupta was gazing across a broad expanse of land just west of Hilliard.
Many might just see a dew-covered field dotted with groups of trees, but Gupta can imagine a large, white stone temple rising up from the ground.
The site, just off Walker Road, is the future home of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Columbus, of which Gupta is a council member. ISKCON is a society for Hare Krishnas, who believe meditation can purify one’s
By Cintamani Dhama-dasi
Many devotees undergo so much material tribulation in life. Despite the fact that we have given up the four sinful activities and we daily engage in Sri Krishna Sankirtan…still we suffer from financial problems, severe health problems, relationship problems, political persecution….Why? In this exchange between the imprisoned kings and Lord Krishna we get an amazing insight why this is all actually the mercy of the Lord on His devotees:
“The time element is so strong that
By BBT staff
A European division of BBT (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) is in the process of printing the largest sacred text in the world! Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As t Is. It will be 2.8 meters high (9.18 feet) and 2 meters large (6.56 feet). It will weight 750 kgs. The idea is to make it travel all over the world as a big piece of religious art and people can take darshan and worship the Bhagavad-gita as a Deity. The Bhagavad-gita is also a Deity of Lord Krishna because His words are the
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
Krsna personally takes charge of the life of his devotee. Srila Madhvacarya mentioned that when a devotee says, “Krsna, I’m yours!” then from that day on, Krsna will fully accept that devotee under his personal care. So in this way, Krsna is directly involved in our lives. Krsna is also present within the heart as caitya-guru, the guru that resides within the heart.
It is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita (10.11), in the purport to the verse teṣām evānukampārtham,
By Madhava Smullen
Kevin Wu, a Youtube star with over 300 million views on his “KevJumba” channel, has been left feeling spiritually uplifted after following and filming sankirtan devotee Madhava Puri Das on book distribution.
Wu met Madhava Puri while staying at the ISKCON Los Angeles ashram, looking for spiritual answers during a difficult period in his life.
“I was seeking a sage or guru who could impart wisdom to me,” Wu says. “Madhava seemed so focused on Krishna consciousness; I think wh
By Ramai Swami
Our temple in Ujjain was officially opened in 2006. It is a magnificent structure with beautiful deities of Sri Sri Radha Madanamohana, Krsna Balarama, Jagannatha, Balarama, Subhadra, Gaura Nitai and Lord Nrsimhadeva.
The compound also has a large brahmacari asrama, guest house, two big apartment complexes and a goshala at the back. The devotees, under the auspices of Bhakti Caru Maharaja, looked after our every need.
Source: http://www.ramaiswami.com/iskcon-temple-in-ujjain/
By Bimal Krishna Das
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, visited ISKCON Ujjain on 6th October. He was greeted by a large group of devotees chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. As he stepped out of his car, he became so inspired by that kirtan that he also started dancing. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami garlanded His Honourable Chief Minister and welcomed him.
Since the temple Darshan was closed, both proceeded to a private meeting where His Holiness informed the C
By Anuttama Dasa
Ujjain, India; October 11—Zonal Supervisors, an important leadership role created by the Governing Body Commission (GBC) to improve management in ISKCON around the world, was the first topic of today’s GBC meeting. Working directly under an individual GBC member, a Zonal Supervisor assists that GBC member by supervising a number of temples and projects within a particular geographical zone.
Currently most GBC members directly oversee all the temples in their zones. Some GBC mem
