We should realise that if we have no faith in ourselves, it is because we think that we are the doers. We believe that we are doing things and the results will depend on our actions. But actually, we should know that everything depends on Krsna and on Krsna’s mercy. So if we say, “Oh, my shortcomings will get in the way and make it difficult for me to advance,” then we are not calculating Krsna’s unlimited potency and power. Basically we are saying, “I am so fallen, Krsna can’t lift me up!”
In
In a world shrunken by digital connections are we still nourishing the right connections in our lives and in society?
How can we get better connected spiritually ,with ourselves and with each other? Spiritual leader Radhanath Swami addresses these questions in this insightful talk.
Radhanath Swami is a world renowned author, philanthropist and community builder.
He has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and spiritual teacher for more than 40 years. He is the inspiration behind a free mid-day meal
Lecture on Take only Krishna Prasada by HG Sri Giridhari Prabhu (Tamil)
(His Grace Sri Giridhari Das was introduced to krishna consciousness in the year 1999 and was initiated by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami Maharaj in the year 2002. He currently serves as Editor of Tamil division of Bhaktivedanta Book Trust(BBT) as well as the Editor of Back to Godhead(BTG) Magazine in Tamil.)
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Lecture on Bhakti is Superior to Jnana and Yoga by Bhanu Swami
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 02, Text 32)
(Bhanu Swami has been a GBC member since 2003. His zonal assignments cover South India, and he is co-GBC for Japan. His history in management is as a regional secretary for South India since 1986.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 17, Text 27 by Bhakti Vinoda Swami on 31 Jan 2016 at ISKCON Coimbatore
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Lecture on How to become attentive when mind keeps orbitting around foolishly by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 03 June 2015
(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)
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Abhishek at the groundbreaking ceremony
The Govardhana Retreat has been going on since 2000 – the first with only thirty students under the trees surrounding Giriraja (we still remember having to crawl under a barbed wire fence to get to our spot!), the most recent with almost a thousand students, now at a rented ashram.
As the number of students has grown, so too has the Retreat leaders' desire to serve this ever-expanding community of devotees by building their own centre at Govardhana, a
A Bhakti Vriksha group gathers in Columbus
ISKCON of Columbus, Ohio, USA, has purchased fifty acres of prime real estate fifteen minutes’ drive from downtown Columbus.
On the land, which they have offered to Srila Prabhupada for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary, devotees plan to develop a Krishna conscious community that offers the best of both urban and rural worlds.
The local congregation raised $500,000 and bought the new property outright. Located in a fast-developing suburb called Hilliard, it
O Lord Krishna, the people of this world, both men and women, are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Unaware of their real benefit, they do not worship You but instead seek happiness by entangling themselves in family affairs, which are actually sources of misery. That person has an impure mind who, despite having somehow or other obtained the rare and highly evolved human form of life, does not worship Your lotus feet.
Misidentifying the mortal body as the self, becoming attached to children
It’s finally here! The launch of the highly anticipated BBT publication of Our Family Business - The Great Art of Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s Books. And the timing couldn’t be better, as ISKCON’s leaders from around the world gather in Mayapur to kick off the 50th anniversary celebration of the incorporation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness by its Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
It’s as if Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself wrote the sc
Lecture on Using your Imagination by Charu Prabhu on Feb 2016
(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples.)
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Lecture on The Science of Souland Reincarnation by HG Prema Manjari Mataji on 28 Jan 2016 at Singapore
(HG Prema Manjari mataji joined ISKCON in 1992 during her MBBS days and received her first initiation from HH Radhanath Swami maharaj in 1996. She has set an example for others to follow by wonderfully balancing between her hectic professional life as a radiologist and spiritual life.)
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Lecture on Surrender brings Protection by Bhakti Vinoda Swami on 04 Feb 2016
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Lecture on Lord protects devotees anhilates demons by Bhanu Swami on 23 Jan 2016
(Bhanu Swami has been a GBC member since 2003. His zonal assignments cover South India, and he is co-GBC for Japan. His history in management is as a regional secretary for South India since 1986.)
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Hare Krsna
Dear Devotee,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The CDM office in these last few weeks, we have been extremely busy at preparing ourselves for the upcoming ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) from the 24th of February until the 2nd of March.
This year we have 9 presentations on several interesting topics like Youth, Life Counseling, Pre-marital Training, Bhakti Vrikshas' expansion, amongst many others. In one of those seminars, Guru Maharaja will be prese
Mayapur: Departure of our bull “Jagannath”!
One of the attraction of our Saturday elephant procession is our beautiful big horned black bull Jagannath, majestically pulling the bullock cart of Gaura Nitai. It is a usual sight that the visitors would somehow sneak in to have a snap with him. He is a very gentle, very friendly bull, who has been doing this service for years for the pleasure of Gaura Nitai. Sometimes he also pulls the Goshala bullock cart that used to run from Govinda’s to Goshala
He first came to the flat where I do video recordings – I think of it as my digital bhajan kutir. When he saw a picture of Srila Prabhupada in the studio, he immediately said, “This is from New Vrindavan. It was in 1972, Kirtananada Maharaja was near Prabhupada and I was there too, standing where you are.” He pointed to where I was standing. Looking closely at the picture and then at me, he said, “No, I was not that close. I was where Vaishnava Seva Prabhu is.” He pointed to a spot a couple of
By Jagat Vira das
Devotee Care
“Almost 10 years ago, an unknown face appeared at the Alachua Temple, searching for truth and feeling the pull of Krishna’s love – once he stepped on the sacred ground of ISKCON Alachua, immediately he felt at home. Taken by the loving hands of senior devotees – he felt cared for and warmly welcomed. This level of care opened his heart after many years of feeling lost – and gently welcomed him home
sravanad darsanad dhyanan
mayi bhavo ’nukirtanat
na tatha sannikarsena
pratiyata tato grhan
“It is by hearing about Me, seeing My Deity form, meditating upon Me, and chanting My names and glories that love for Me develops, not by physical proximity. Therefore please go back to your homes.” (SB 10.23.33)
Giriraj Swami: “When devotees are attracted to Krishna, they may feel—and I am sure many of you have felt the same way—that they don’t want to do anything else but serve Krishna. Now, this verse
Every year a group of yoga students from America go to the gardens of a flower grower in Vrindavan (India), who produces large amounts of flowers for the garlands and decorations in the many temples there. This year, however, the gardens did not have much to show. Weather and other factors had wiped out the crop and the gardener, already poor by our standards, was even poorer. As they sat with him he was jovial, telling them stories of Krishna and his temple experiences.
‘How can you be so happ
