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sri bhagavan uvaca
abhayam sattva-samsuddhir
jnana-yoga-vyavasthitih
danam damas ca yajnas ca
svadhyayas tapa arjavam

ahimsa satyam akrodhas
tyagah santir apaisunam
daya bhutesv aloluptvam
mardavam hrir acapalam

tejah ksama dhrtih saucam
adroho natimanita
bhavanti sampadam daivim
abhijatasya bharata

Srila Prabhupada: The first thing is that bhagavan uvaca. These things required for purification. Sattva-samsuddhih. The human life is meant for sattva. Sattva. Sattva means existence. We are existi

“One may cleanse himself daily by taking a bath in water, but if one takes a bath even once in the sacred Ganges water of Bhagavad-gita,
for him the dirt of material life is altogether vanquished. One who drinks the water of the Ganges attains salvation, so what to speak of one who drinks the nectar of Bhagavad-gita? Bhagavad-gita is the essential nectar of the Mahabharata, and it is spoken by Lord Krishna Himself, the original Vishnu.” – Introduction to Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Sometimes when I

A happy recipient of the Holy Name! (1 min video)
So enchanting, rhythmic and joyful!
Completely spontaneous. Just like that…
Source: https://goo.gl/RQYj2D

The new animation movie: “Krishna Book Busters!” (7 min video)From the creator of the “Manic Mataji” and “japatrap” :-) A book distribution adventure shown as a video game

Source: http://m.dandavats.com/?p=18236

Prabhupäda: We have experimented in Bengal, and here also, he is also going, sankirtana party. But he could not do it in a large scale for want of facilities. And in foreign countries these boys are so sacrificing spirit, as soon as we give him some program, immediately they make arrangement. Immediately. We are going village to village with books in buses. Hundreds of buses are working.

Meeting with MP, Mr. Krishna Modi — August 31, 1976, Delhi

On December 22, 2015, the Yatra bus reached the

The Higher Taste restaurant in Wellington has been operating for many years with various cooks and management.

Last year four devotee chefs came from India to raise the standard of the menu, especially in the matter of “a la carte.”

This has proven very successful and popular with the customers.

Source: http://www.ramaiswami.com/higher-taste-restaurant-2/

Recordings of the Siksastakam Seminar given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami in Mayapur, at the Kirtan Academy, are available below.

You may listen online by clicking the “play” button or to download, right-click on a title and save-target-as

Source: https://soundcloud.com/premasindhu/hg-madhava-hg-radhika-art-of

Supporters and well-wishers of ISKCON who attended a 50th Anniversary gala event in Ahmedabad on 19th December sponsored over 12,500 Bhagavad-gitas as part of the December marathon in India.

Devotees at the Ahmedabad temple had organized an event to celebrate Gita Jayanti at Regenta Hotel, which was attended by over 200 business leaders. The event was hosted by Rajesh Karia, owner of Regenta Hotel, who is a member of the local congregation.

While releasing a special souvenir on the occasion, ti

I felt nostalgic living in a van with two bramacaris in December, because this was how I spent my youth in the 1970s and 80s. 

Back then, on our first day out, Brajananda told me that he is always grateful for the training he received: “If you can stay in the ring, you will be a prize fighter.”

“Good advice,” I replied. 

A lot of books have been sold in Asheville, North Carolina, and I seemed to be running into all the folks who already had one or else were not interested. It started to rain. I