Respectfully submitted by Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami
This morning we received the news that His Holiness Bhakti Vrajendranandana Swami has left his body. We have lost yet another great soul from our society.
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to associate with Maharaja during my tours in Malaysia. At the Kuala Lampur temple, I would often take prasad together with him in the VIP room. In spite of his health problems, he would amazingly pack in large amount of very good quality pras
The Hare Krishnas are something of a cultural artifact. Tied to the peace and love flower children of the 1960s, the Krishnas seemed a cultural and spiritual outgrowth of hippies who, having experimented (or continuing to experiment) with drugs, sought some sort of enlightenment unavailable or unattainable via Western religion. In a pre-9/11 world, the Krishnas could be seen as the saffron-robed devotees selling flowers, stickers, and literature at airports (as parodied in the 1980 film Airplan
Time flies by when you are reading KKSBlog! And indeed, you have been visiting the site and reading many articles. Facebook offers “Your year in review”, other sites do their annual closing year posts and KKSBlog takes the time to share what you have been reading, commenting and reacting on in 2016. So sit back and enjoy this year’s summary…
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Elementary and some secondary school students at the Govardhan Academy in Saranagati, B.C., Canada have produced an inspirational and heartfelt puppet show film of how Srila Prabhupada founded ISKCON for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
The forty-minute film premiered at Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s disappearance day at the Saranagati temple on December 17th, and was very well received. It is now available to view for free on Youtube, and the children’s stunning dedication, hard work and love fo
I will never forget the moment when I heard that George Harrison had passed away, shortly after Thanksgiving in 2001. My strong feelings of separation surprised me—and made me think how important and dear George must have been to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krishna. And I remembered my own little experience with George in Bombay.
In 1974, almost exactly forty years ago, George came to visit Srila Prabhupada at Hare Krishna Land, in Juhu. I took him around the construction site, and he expressed hi
From retired Chinese army officers to brilliant Cambridge University students, from tour operators to politicians to jolly kung-fu teachers, here’s just a few of the many fortunate souls across the UK who’ve recently received Srila Prabhupada’s books in Chinese (Japanese & Korean too)…
(In the photo: Joyful students visiting from Taiwan take the “Perfection of Yoga” and extra “Beyond Birth and Death” copies for friends.)
(Photos by Suan Mui) Find them here: https://goo.gl/Ez0Xf9
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There are few if any greater benedictions one can receive than devotional service, for devotees their service is their life and soul and they are eager to protect at all costs. Indeed the Bhagavad-gita essentially deals with no other subject, than the subject of bhakti-yoga;
“It is understood here that Bhagavad-gita is simply expounding the science of devotional service. Devotional service is the main and sole objective. Unintelligent commentators on the Bhagavad-gita try to divert the mind of
In honour of ISKCONS 50th anniversary, the devotees of Ahmedabad pledged to do one five-day padayatra and five one-day padayatras this year. The first five-day padayatra was held in January with Lokanath Swami attending. During the course of the year, they also completed the 4 one-day padayatras they had pledged. On December 18th, they successfully held the fifth one-day padayatra thus completing their vow. They are now planning to do these padayatras every year for the pleasure of all the vai
On December 12th, Peruvian devotee Bhadra Rupa Das was presented with an honorary doctorate by the National University of Education, Peru at the Peruvian Parliament in Lima. But he quickly turned what was set to be an event in his honor into one in praise of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON, and ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
The prestigious Parliament setting was a rare opportunity, as the honorary degree is normally presented at the university itself. The ceremony, which turned out to be one of the most
During Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja celebration, expert cook Sunanda Prabhu (ACBSP), told us a story about how he had prepared cauliflower pakoras for Srila Prabhupada. He had cooked them at Srila Prabhupada’s request one morning as Srila Prabhupada traveled on the Radha Damodar bus from New York to Gita Nagari, Pennsylvania. Srila Prabhupada had a chest cold and therefore wanted something hot for breakfast. Actually, he had asked for pakoras made from green chilies. But because Sunanda Prabhu
Latur to Goroba Ter
The devotees of Latur, Maharasthra, organized a three-day padayatra to celebrate ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. The padayatra took place from Latur to Ter started on October 24th and ended on October 26th. Latur is a city in the Marathwada region of Maharasthra and is popular with tourists for its historical monuments. Ter is a village located in the Osmanabad district about 50 kilometers away from Latur. The village was once home to Sant Gora Kumbhar (also known as Goroba) who
After the slow recovery of Kadamba Kanana Swami’s health, he commented during a room conversation that he is “sick of being sick” and he subsequently organized a full schedule of programs and parikramas around the Braj area. After the Bangladesh tour (story, recordings) and other shorter parikramas from past years, 2016 is the first year of many parikramas around the Vrindavan area. Maharaj used this opportunity to introduce devotees into the pastimes of Braj and simultaneously do some philosop
It is often difficult to keep secrets, especially about one’s health, so after due consideration, I am publically sharing that after preliminary tests, secondary cancer has been discovered in a swollen lymph node in my neck. There is at least one more test in conventional medicine that could be performed—a PET or full body scan—to try to find the primary cancer. Unfortunately, I have found that just mentioning the word cancer freaks everyone out, as if this is a death sentence. However, this is
seen with her family, then with Srila Prabhupada, her early godbrothers and godsisters like Jayanananda Prabhu, Tamal Krishna Goswami, Vishnujana Swami, Mukunda Goswami, Malati Dasi, Guru Das, Hayagriva Das, talking with some celebrities like George Harrison and John Lennon, during the first Ratha Yatra in San Francisco, from her marriage, with a Godbrother of Srila Prabhupada and from her recent life before she left her body.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/Igfgjj
and here: https://goo.gl/Al3BF
“The throne is yours, Bharatha. All yours.” The words dripped from Kaikeyi’s lips like sweet poison, enchanting yet deadly. She held the world in her hands and was handing it to him, gift-wrapped. Only a fool would walk away. Did it matter that her delicate fingers were steeped in blood and tears? His father’s blood and the tears of all of Ayodhya?
Power, such a seductive thing. It begins when we are infants and learn that a shrill cry can get you immediate attention. First we cry because we ne
According to the Vedas, God owns everything, not only in this universe but also in countless other universes, and in the spiritual world. But in Moscow, Krishna … has not home, has not a Temple. How so? In fact, here Krsna has already a beautiful, amazing Temple. Only time, and our efforts are separating us from it. By combining our efforts, thanks to the strong faith and friendship, we will be able to see it first hand and say, “Now, God has a house.” Please take part in the appearance of Kris
Srila Prabhupada’s mercy is simply wonderful. It is said that Lord Jagannatha’s mercy too is simply wonderful. For those who come take darshan of Lord Jagannatha, they are sure to get unlimited mercy, unlimited mahaprasadam and unlimited bliss. And for those who cannot come to take His darshan, Lord Jagannatha has special arrangements for them: He sends His own mercy personified in the form of Srila Prabhupada to start Ratha Yatras in all those unlikely places and thus give His darshan to tho
Dear Devotees ,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Shrila Prabhupad.
With great pleasure we wish to announce the 7th Annual VIHE International Vaishnavi Retreat, which is to be held at the foot of Shri Giriraj Govardhan on March 21-26, 2017.
This year’s retreat will be centered around the theme of pictorial art in ISKCON, “Windows to the Spiritual World”, with recollections by a senior Shrila Prabhupad disciple, H.G. Dhriti Devi Dasi on his instructions to the artists, BBT artis
What will please Srila Prabhupada the most? Well, I remember a story of Tamal Krsna Maharaj. He was appointed as the GBC secretary for India and he was taking care for all of India. This was a very important service as these were big, big projects. But for some time, Tamal Krsna Maharaj had been preaching in America with the Radha Damodara party.
Then Prabhupada said that since Tamal Krsna Maharaj had left India, things were not going so well and Prabhupada said that he should go back to India
If you are eager to advance in devotional service and to experience spiritual bliss, look to discipline.
Brahma, the first, and most intelligent being in the universe was advised by Sarasvati to engage in spiritual discipline by chanting the Krsna mantra. Brahma did this diligently for a long time, until Krsna was pleased with him and showed him the spiritual world.
The word discipline is related to the word disciple. “Disciple,” comes from Latin, discipulus, which means, “learner.”
And the wor
