Reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 chapter 19 ‘The Appearance of Sukadeva Goswami’, Text 12
sukhopavistesv atha tesu bhuyah krta-pranamah sva-cikirsitam yat vijñapayam asa vivikta-ceta upasthito ’gre ’bhigrhita-panih
Translation: “After all the rsis and others had seated themselves comfortably, the King, humbly standing before them with folded hands, told them of his decision to fast until death.”
Hare Krishna! It is an honour and privilege to have the opportunity to speak somethin
tasmin kute ’hite naste krtta-mule vanas-patau vitapa iva susyanti visnu-prana divaukasah (SB 7.1.9)
Translation: “When the root of a tree is cut and the tree falls down, its branches and twigs automatically dry up. Similarly, when I have killed this diplomatic Visnu, the demigods, for whom Lord Visnu is the life and soul, will lose the source of their life and wither away.”
tavad yata bhuvam yuyam brahma-ksatra-samedhitam sudayadhvam tapo-yajña- svadhyaya-vrata-daninah (SB 7.1.10)
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I’m back at home base – the holy town of Vrindavana. Here we periodically return to reassess, refine and refresh. This spiritual hub, almost inconspicuously, helps one shed the illusory layers of lamentation and hankering, reminding us of the real business in life. In 1958, while residing as a lone, penniless mendicant in this remote town, Srila Prabhupada wrote a beautiful poem. “In this mood,” he said, “I am getting many realisations.”
Krishna has shown me the naked form of material nature,
Devotees in Moscow are focusing on staying connected to Srila Prabhupada and his vision as they celebrate ISKCON’s 50th and look toward the next 50 years.
They began their 2016 as they mean to go on, with the second annual “Our Prabhupada” festival. The first, in December 2014, saw Suresvara Das speaking about Srila Prabhupada as ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya.
At this year’s festival from January 15th to 20th at the ISKCON Moscow temple, hundreds of devotees learned about Srila Prabhupada as a perso
In our latest photo-journalism piece blogger Manoj, an Indian living in Australia, shares a highlight of his recent trip to ISKCON’s headquarters in holy Mayapur, India. There, he caught a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the hard-working temple cooks prepare food for thousands of devotees.
Here devotee women chop vegetables, their bright saris blending with blood-red tomatoes, yellow melons, and green leaves to create a vividly colorful
Around fifteen ISKCON devotees brought the sound of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and the taste of sanctified vegetarian food to a huge anti-nuclear march in London on February 27th.
It was Britain’s biggest anti-nuclear march in a generation. Thousands of campaigners gathered from all over the world to protest the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons program, estimated to cost £41 billion. The money, they said, should be spent on education and the National Health Service instead.
“Books not B
I Think the main ideas of Bhakti Rasamrita Sindu (without technicalities) are:
1) What is love?
2) How can you “practice” love?
3) How do you practice love?
4) What are the inspirations to practice love?
5) How is love experienced?
1) What is love?
Love is an expression of affection.
Affection is the desire to make someone happy and prosperous.
Pure love is when that expression has no ulterior motive and is given top priority.
Topmost pure love is when that pure love finds the topmost belove
Every year at the time of the Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival, the GBCs from all over the world come to meet.
There are many proposals of various kinds put to the GBC body and discussions go
Giving fingerprints to purchase food? Reports on what is happening in Venezuela, and what the world awaits, needs your attention because it might come to you soon. Last August Natural News reported that Venezuelan farmers and food producers were now required to sell anywhere from 30 percent to 100 percent of their products to state-owned stores. The order covered staple foods such as rice, milk, oil, sugar and flour. It quoted theFinancial Times saying that the desperate Maduro government has t
We are trying to create the most aesthetic and colorful gardens in India for the pleasure of the Lord.
By clicking on an icon number, you will get a glimpse of how magnificent the surrounding TOVP gardens will look. There are currently 2 sections available: Vegetation and Outdoor furniture.
Here is the link for the masterplan: http://masterplan.tovp.org
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The ISKCON Leadership (ILS) seminars in Sridhama Mayapur during ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary celebrations and the Gaur Purnima Festival are underway and a dynamic partnership with the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) Fundraising Team is helping to facilitate this year’s seminars.
These seminars are organized every two years under the direction of Gopal Bhatta Das to educate, train and inspire ISKCON devotees in different areas of management, outreach, devotee care and much more. They are att
Gunagrahi das Goswami Health Update - Official.
Written by Mahahari das and Gandharvika devi dasi
Dear Devotees, family and well wishers,
Please accept our obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and His Holiness Gunagrahi das Goswami.
My Husband and I both spoke to His Holiness Gunagrahi Maharaja today.
After undergoing his second MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) it was discovered that the cancer has gotten worse. It has not spread to new areas of the body, but has gained strength in exist
The Heart of a Vaisnava.
A wonderful lecture by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami about the Vaisnavas who voluntarily, out of their causeless mercy come down to this miserable place, this material world.
To read the entire article click here: https://goo.gl/Sdmkcz
We have commenced the stainless steel structure for the West Wing kalash.
What you’re seeing in the photo and video is the first segment for the small dome. There will be three more layers on top of that. This gives an indication of the immense size of the kalashes. Soon work will commence on the main dome kalash.
Source: http://tovp.org/news/construction/beginning-of-west-wing-kalash-installation-first-segment/
1st March 2016, Mayapur, India
By Romapada Das
At the pre-launch of ISKCON Connection on the 7th day of the ILS, Praharana Devi Dasi explained that the new initiative will help connect every devotee to our worldwide community. ISKCON Connection, which will be formally launched on Gaura Purnima day this year, is a 50th anniversary initiative.
“Any ISKCON devotee can register on the website, and will be able to connect to other ISKCON devotees, become familiar with GBC activities, be nurtured in
Everything Srila Prabhupada did, he did for our benefit, for the benefit of the living entities and especially for his disciples.
Ambarish: I found a palatial estate that was the Fisher Mansion and later became the Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center. We went there to look at it, and Srila Prabhupada immediately liked it. He mentioned, “Who would not like such a building?”
Govardhan said, “Well, Ambarish doesn’t like it.” It was dirty, and there were dogs in it, and the neighborhood was really bad.
On Monday, 15th February 2016, HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja addressed approximately 600 students and congregational members at Sagar Institute of Research & Technology collage, Bhopal (India). HH Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaj also accompanied Maharaj in this program.
Maharaja was enthusiastically greeted by the audience and after Maharaja arrived, a drama named “Live from Ahobilam” was performed. Thereafter, Guru Maharaja started the program with a very wonderful prayer. Maharaja began the class
By Praghosa Das
The ILS seminars in Sridhama Mayapur during ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary celebrations and the Gaur Purnima Festival are underway and a dynamic partnership with the TOVP Fundraising Team is helping to facilitate this year’s seminars.
These seminars are organized every two years under the direction of Gopal Bhatta prabhu to educate, train and inspire ISKCON devotees in different areas of management, outreach, devotee care and much more. They are attended by hundreds of GBC’s, sannyas
THE AROMA OF CUMIN, TURMERIC, FENNEL AND CLOVES grows stronger as we walk through the crowded parking lot towards the ISKCON of Houston in Oak Forest, its towering temple domes glowing overhead like beacons in the night. Sounds of chatter, chanting, bells and drums join the fragrance drifting from the entrance of the temple’s multicultural center.
Inside, a line has formed for the Sunday Love Feast, which begins promptly at 7:30 p.m. The completely vegetarian, South Asian–style meal is always o
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Guru, and Gauranga!
SadhusangaOnline.com is presenting a continuous Srimad-Bhagavatam Online Study Series during 2016 wherein we scrutinize a segment of one Canto per month. In February we studied the catuh-sloki verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and in March we’ll learn how Lord Brahma practically applied what he learned while performing his devotional service. despite various obstacles and diversions inherent in
