Dear Vaisnavas, friends, my family and all,
I want to express my gratitude to all of you for your kindness, your prayers and good wishes in this trying time. It has been about a month since I was diagnosed with a tumor in the rectum. In two operations, the cancer affected areas have been removed. Initially doctors were recommending a follow up treatment of chemo and radiation combined. I must say that I had great difficulty in my mind to surrender to such a hellish treatment, which may destroy
Recently I bought a book by Sadananda Swami, the German sannyasi godbrother of Srila Prabhupada, a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhantha. This was a book by him and his disciple Vamana das, who was a writer known in Austria known as Walter Eidlitz. Several of his books were also translated into English. Sadananda Swami wrote about suffering in the material world and then he said, “We should not have the misconception that Lord Caitanya’s movement is meant to, in any way, minimize the suffering of
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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: March 4th 2016
Speaker: HH Badri Narayan Maharaj
Subject: S.B.7.2.11
TEXT 11
viṣṇur dvija-kriyā-mūlo
yajño dharmamayaḥ pumān
devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūtānāṁ
dharmasya ca parāyaṇam
TRANSLATION
The basic principle of brahminical culture is to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu, the personification of sacrificial and ritualistic ceremonies. Lord Viṣṇu is the personified reservoir
Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Begins.
Sri Jiva Goswami started from his residence at Candradvipa to Navadvipa & throughout this journey, streams of tears were flowing from his eyes. While crying he called out with a loud voice, “O life of the living entities, O Sri Gauranga, O Nityananda Prabhu, when will You bestow Your mercy upon me and give me Your darsana? ( Navadvipa dhama Mahatmya)
This is the mood of Sri Jiva Goswami, when he set out to Navadvipa to visit pastime places of Sri Gauranga, u
Vidura Prabhu holding the umbrella serving Srila Prabhupada
On Febuary 20th a friend and Godbrother, Vidura Prabhu, left his body peacefully at his home in New Vrindaban, WV, on the auspicious appearance day of Lord Nityananda, February 20, 2016, at the age of 71. Vidura Prabhu is survived by his wife of 45 years, Tryadhisa Dasi, and many friends around the world.
Vidura Prabhu 1944 – 2016
Vidura Das, born November 25, 1944, left his body peacefully at his home in New Vrindaban, WV, on the ausp
“Forever indebted to Srila Prabhupada for the teachings of the Golden Avatar”
Varsana Swami: “In 1974, my spiritual enthusiasm increased as Srila Prabhupada inundated us with new nectar – the printing of the entire Caitanya-caritamrta which was then coming to light for the first time in the English language. Whenever a new volume arrived fresh off the printing press, I would read and relish it from cover to cover. I literally hid in the barn’s corn crib to avoid being detected or interrupted in
“So in your letter you are not finding fault with anyone. So you are good Vaisnava. You do not find fault with anyone. This is the qualification. We should always think ourselves very humble and meek. This you must know.
So we have to all cooperate amongst ourselves, otherwise what will people think if we ourselves fight with one another? A devotee is always ideal in behavior.” (Srila Prabhupada letter, December 12, 1974) Ayodhyadeva dasa: If with devotees we become like flies and feel the “ne
Karma is the result of getting involved with the material energy for the purpose of enjoyment. When we try to enjoy the material energy, the result is karma – we get reaction for every action. But if we engage that same material energy in the service of Krsna then that same material energy will liberate us and then no more karma will be incurred! So, the key to accumulating karma is trying to enjoy the material energy bu
Chanting the Lord's Names in Theroor
ISKCON devotees in Kanyakumari, the southernmost district in Tamil Nadu state and in mainland India, are in the process of holding fifty Gita Yajnas for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
“In this program, our aim is to distribute 5,000 copies of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and to have recipients take an oath during a fire ceremony to read at least one page daily,” says organizer Vikrama Govinda Das.
“We also plan to distribute prasadam – sanctifie
Nityam Bhagavata-sevaya is a Fortnightly E-magazine for serving Srimad Bhagavatam.If you ever desire to cross over this ocean of material existence and achieve the lotus feet of Supreme Lord Sri Hari then please take shelter of Srimad Bhagavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures.Srimad Bhagavatam is declared to be the essence of all Vedanta philosophy. One who has felt satisfaction from its nectarean mellows will never be attracted to any other literature. Srila Vyasadev
Declaring Dependence upon the Holy Name.
Romapada Swami: Is there anything that exists that we can say is ours? We can’t say that the body is ours because it can be taken away. Our mind is not ours because it is not under our control. Our possessions are certainly not ours. Even the soul itself is the property of Krsna. So what can we say is ours? Our acharyas give us the answer: the one thing we can say is ours is our relationship with Krsna. It can’t be taken away from us, just like the free
Milan Parmar
Milan Parmar, a member of ISKCON youth group Pandava Sena in the UK, has released an introspective hip-hop album that tracks the soul’s spiritual journey throughout one lifetime in the material world.
Out on January 29th on Pandava Sena’s own label, “When a Soul Acknowledges” features smooth production by Deva Deva Das, uplifting melodic hooks by female vocalist Sobia Khan, and Parmar’s mesmerizing unbroken flow. It’s a professional effort that clearly has its finger on the p
By Radhanath Swami
(SB 11.10.17)
Translation
Although the performer of fruitive activities desires perpetual happiness, it is clearly observed that materialistic workers are often unhappy and only occasionally satisfied, thus proving that they are not independent or in control of their destiny. When a person is always under the superior control of another, how can he expect any valuable results from his own fruitive actions?
Purport
Although materialistic persons reject Kṛṣṇa consciousness a
By Piyush
“I am glad to see that my Thursday lectures have brought some changes in the mind of the young offenders. If the lectures are continued I am sure to turn these offenders into saintly characters.”
1962, Letter to Sri Puri, Superintendent, Tihar Prison
We all know that Krsna’s birthplace was a prison cell. Not many of us, however, know that before Srila Prabhupada left for the West, Srila Prabhupadaa brought Krishna’s message to the Tihar prison, Asia’s largest prison based out of De
The innovative sankirtan outreach project Fortunate People is inviting devotees to post videos of themselves and newcomers chanting the Hare Krishna mantra to its website fortunate-people.com, with an aim to gather 50,000 chants for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
Fortunate People is a UK-based project that allows distributors of Prabhupada’s books to keep in touch with people they’ve met on the street.
“We ask them to “Like” the Fortunate People Facebook page on their smartphones on the spot,” s
The headlines of this intriguing reads: “Could this forbidden ancient technology beneath the Arabian Sea force mankind to rewrite the history?” Analysis aside, after watching the video, even a common man would ask why the research work on the submerged city of Dwarka was discontinued? If spending was not the issue as claimed in the video, what actually was it?
Right! The issue is not funding. Governments spend billions of dollars around the world on research work. The question is, after the
Around 300 youth aged 15 to 35 from all over Europe are expected to attend Youth Mela in Leicester, UK from September 1st to 4th this year.
The convention, organized by the Pandava Sena and ISKCON Europe Youth Ministry, aims to empower youth throughout ISKCON Europe and connect them with Srila Prabhupada.
“The event is inspired by the International Leadership Sanga in Mayapur, and Kulimela worldwide,” says Kumari Kunti Dasi, who is coordinating with her husband Visvambhara Caitanya Das. “So
By Ambika devi dasi
Bhaktivedanta Gurukula (http://www.krishnaschool.org/) has welcomed students at the beginning of the new school year. Gurukulas are very important in our society because while the students are being trained in academic knowledge, they are also being guided to remember the cause of all causes, Lord Krishna. This early guidance will remain with them throughout their lives and will assist them to see the Lord’s presence in everything.
In the sixth chapter of Bhagavad gita, Kr
The innovative sankirtan outreach project Fortunate People is inviting devotees to post videos of themselves and newcomers chanting the Hare Krishna mantra to its website fortunate-people.com, with an aim to gather 50,000 chants for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
Fortunate People is a UK-based project that allows distributors of Prabhupada’s books to keep in touch with people they’ve met on the street.
“We ask them to “Like” the Fortunate People Facebook page on their smartphones on the spot,” says
"Chanting the names of Krishna, the Supreme Lord, is the best and most effect means in this period."
We are all children of the same God but unfortunately we decided in the past to sever our bond with him and so we came in this mortal material world. We thought we can enjoy better independently here without him. But our fantasies were mistaken and here our suffering does not seem to end.
And so all the sacred books ask us to salvage our life by ge
