Today is Gaura Kishor Das Babaji’s appearance day. In our line of gurus he comes after Bhaktivinode Thakur and before Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati. He is a very important person because his life was an example of vairagya, or renunciation.
His life was an example of an authentic detachment from sense gratification and the utmost attraction to spiritual gratification. He lived alone most of the time, often on the bank of the Ganges river in Mayapur. He ate very little, and spent his time chanting t
Sastra Dana, Anna Dana & Damodara school programs in Malaysia (Album with photos)
Simheswara Dasa: Scriptures state that the Damodara Kartika month is beneficial for performing devotional services to Lord Sri Krishna. And this is why our ISKCON Sastra Dana Anna Dana & Damodara programme at schools is done this month and which is getting bigger every year. *Since 21 October we have already visited 12 national type Tamil schools and distributed 5,240 plates of vegetarian meals, handed 1,012 free
ISKCON Youth Ministry's Mexico bus tour between December 9, 2016 and January 3, 2017, will be an extraordinary adventure presenting Krishna culture festivals in towns, auditoriums and yoga studios, and visiting pyramids, jungle waterfalls and tropical beaches.
"It's a life changing experience," says Manorama dasa, one of the organizers. "We get to put on Krishna Culture Festivals in exotic places, spreading the Holy Name through kirtana, dance, theater, prasadam and book distribution. We also
Two intrepid devotee explorers are set to travel to the last frontier, and bring kirtan and Srila Prabhupada’s books to Antarctica – the southernmost and coldest continent in the world.
The continent is largely uninhabited and 98 per cent of it is covered by ice, but it does have a tourist season and many international research stations to reach out to. One thing’s for sure – venturing there is a unique offering to Prabhupada for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
The two devotees set to travel this No
Even when we are so transcendental ourselves, we still have to take people’s feelings very serious, even if they are partially motivated by false ego – it doesn’t matter, just like a child. But when you are an adult, you see it different although a father leaving home is not a small thing; that is real suffering but what can be done!?
When I was a kid, I lost my favourite toy car in a sand-pit; I never got over it. It was a big thing. I dug up the whole sand-pit and sifted through the whole thi
Vaishnava marriage counselors Partha Das and Uttama Dasi were recently invited, under the recommendation of GBC Bhakti Vijnana Swami, to offer marital and premarital education to devotees in Moscow, Russia, for the first time.
The effort was an important service to the vast and fast-growing 10,000 member ISKCON Moscow community, who were grateful to learn practical advice and new paradigms.
Initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1973, husband and wife Partha and Uttama have an incredible amount of ex
Jagattarini Dasi (ACBSP): Puppetry was a big part of my life a long, long time ago… it’s a powerful form of artistic expression, and a great way to share a message or a story. Recently, much to the delight of some of my very dear friends (both young and old) who were attending our recent Kartik festivities here at The Sacred India Gallery, I spontaneously revived the puppetry spirit! Here’s a video capturing some more of the fun called “The Most Valuable Thing”
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/QY4
Selected quotes from Sadaputa Prabhu’s upcoming book “Maya: The World As Virtual Reality”
“The problem here is that anything that we can fully describe in words is something of which we are aware, and thus it is not awareness itself. But if awareness is not fully describable by words, then is it anything at all? One person will say, “Of course it is something; I am aware of being aware all the time.” But someone else may say, “If you can’t define it, then what is it? It doesn’t exist in the dom
Srila Prabhupada:
From a letter to Kulashekara, written in Los Angeles, on January 21, 1969:
“In this age no one is able to remain aloof from the general human society. Therefore one need not go into the forest in a secluded place to try to make spiritual advancement. Much better idea is that one associate with devotees in the Krishna Consciousness Centres; this will bring better spiritual results than living in the forest. Krishna Consciousness is possible when one is in association of devotee
Nityananda Chandra das: The mayor gave a stellar introduction to our temple and also invited listeners to Janmastami both in the beginning and the end of our invocation.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/rVeq9Q
This e-book explains the Bhagavad-Gita teachings as taught by SrilaPrabhupada and other Vedic saints with 181 Q&A. Very practical and simple to understand book.
Hare Krishna respected Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila
Prabhupada.
Gadeigiri is a beautiful village situated amidst the tranquil solitude of
rural Orissa surrounded by lotus-filled ponds and green paddy fields.
Gadeigiri has a most interesting history. The village is named after its
founder, Gadai Giri, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This
village is extremely special as Lord Gopal Jiu came here especially from
Sri Vrindavana Dha
We pray that this update finds you all experiencing a very propitious and auspicious Kartika, dear friends. We began the month of October with a painting marathon in anticipation of the *millions* of pilgrims who would soon be inundating Radha Kunda to honor Srimati Radharani’s special Kartika month also known as the month of Damodara. As we hoped, construction on the kitchen has begun! Despite half the building crew coming down with chikungunya (similar to dengue fever only worse), they manage
Latest blissful photos of Arabic book distribution to university students from Saudi Arabia. Two of them insisted on also getting the English Gita -- to learn English from something they suddenly found fascinating -- after being amazed to receive books in their own language! (feel free to share this 
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** Make this bliss happen every single day at the universities and tourist spots in your own area! It's not only easy and ecstatic to do, but it increases your local language book sales at the
Lord Damodar with his wooden mortar enters Bollywood!
On the evening of the 27th of Oct 2016, Bollywood fashion designer Rohit Verma invited Guru Maharaja to have a Damodar program at his fashion studio in Mumbai. It was a short and well organized program where Rohit Verma had invited about 50 of his close friends. Guru Maharaja gave an excellent 15 min class on the Damodar Lila pastime. He especially stressed how Prabhupada wrote him a letter that this Kartik month was a special opportunity li
Diary of a Traveling Monk
By Indradyumna Swami
Volume 14, Chapter 11
November 7, 2016
O Resident of Kailash!
My fascination with Tibet began in the 1960s. I was fifteen, and the hippie movement, with its unconventional philosophies and ways of life, had just taken hold in America. I often visited alternative bookstores in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and one day I found The Tibetan Book of the Dead in the Eastern Spirituality section. I read it for years until I found a deeper
Radha Mohan das delivered a thought-provoking presentation and answered questions at a public seminar on the subject of science and religion. Other panellists included Revd Prof Nick Goulding PhD, Prof Polina Bayvel FREng FRS and Barney Leith OBE and the event was organised by the Revd Canon Dr Tim Bull from the famous St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire, UK.
“Like most youth of my generation and many previous on the whole I was brought up to believe in God” explained Radha Mohan das in his pr
One thousand Russian devotees, friends of Krishna and Indian community members gathered to celebrate Diwali in spectacular style in Moscow on Saturday October 29th.
The crowd packed out a rented auditorium in ISKCON Moscow’s Kuusinena Street building, just ten minutes’ drive from the Kremlin.
The afternoon was a cultural event to commemorate welcoming Lord Rama and his wife Sita Devi, the heroes of the epic Ramayana, back to their capital Ayodhya.
As guests arrived at 3pm, they entered a foyer
When I was around 17 or 18 years old, I had a desire to join the army and represent India in that way. I wanted to be a Jawan and fight for India. I don’t think I would have been selected in the Army since I have flat feet and wear glasses.
My fledgling Indianism or one can call it patriotism gradually changed after I read Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As it Is. Because, for Srila Prabhupada India was not just a boundary on a map. He transcended sectarian India and made the real Bharata Kand
