In his Upadesamrta, Srila Rupa Goswami describes the six loving exchanges between devotees, two of which are offering and accepting gifts. As the holiday season is coming upon us, when we exchange gifts with our loved ones, we ask that you consider extending your gifts to our students as well.
“Kalpavrksa” is a wish-fulfilling tree, and the devotees are also known to be fulfilling desires. We are hoping for our wishes to come true, with your help. Big or small, every gift counts.
Thank you very
Lecture on Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 500th Anniversary to Vrindavan Visit by HH Lokanath Swami on 25 Nov 2015 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Chaitanay Charitamrit Madhya Lila Chapter - 08, Text - 140,142 by His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami on 23 Nov 2015 at Punjabi Bagh
(His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in October 1968, about two months before HH Jayapataka Swami, awarding him the name “Makhanlal das”.)
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Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi Lila Chapter - 11, Text - 25 by HG Kripamoya Prabhu on 14 Nov 2015 at Bhaktivedanta Manor
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Lecture on Recap of Women Masters or Mothers by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 18 Nov 2015 at Vrindavan
(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. )
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The One Stop Solution for Bad Karma (5 min video)
How do you make up for wrong when you know you’ve done it and you feel bad for that?
Speaking from the wisdom of the yoga texts, that which is right is that which furthers your spiritual development and that which is wrong is that which interferes with your spiritual development. Who decides what is right and what is wrong? In terms of rectifying those wrongs we’ve done, it’s practically impossible to deal with all our ‘bad karma’ piece by pie
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 September 2015, Durban, South Africa, BYS Retreat – Lecture at the Goshala)
I was at a university in Johannesburg and there was a girl who said, “I have ten boyfriends and I like them very much. What’s the problem? What’s wrong with sex?” Then everyone said, “Yeah! What is your hangup with sex?”
So I told her, “If you are happy with your ten boyfriends, good for you. But only for you because there is something greater that you can do with your life as a woman and
TOVP UK Tour.
Final House Programme - highest Pledge!
Our stars in the highest pledged category for home programmes pledging a total of £60,000 by the assembled devotees tonight. Our final house programme with the highest score! Majority of the devotees are silver patron pledgers pledging £7000 each! The TOVP team would like to thank the hosts Bhavesh Prabhu and Kundalata mataji for a very successful evening and a grande finale of the house programmes.
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Ereyone assembled expressed their agreement with what the King had said. This put Pṛthu’s mind at ease, and he said, “Ah! All of you have given me a great, kind gift! You accept Hari as the ultimate goal of your efforts, the most important guide, and the supreme proprietor. And, you agree with my advice to carefully and reliably dedicate your own worldly responsibilities to his service.”
The great devotees and philosophers replied, “You are our king, of course we will follow your instructions.”
By popular demand, here is a quick summery of the last Thursday’s discussion at Krishna Lounge.
Unless things are put in perspective, they can not really be understood and thus can not really be discussed. Once I witnessed two people vehemently arguing over the statement, “all you need is love.” One thought the statement was true while the other person insisted that we need other things such as food. The concept, “love,” obviously has to
Smaranam kirtanam kelih preksanam guhyam asanam (Srila Prabhupada Lecture, SB 6.1.11, 25 July 1971, NY). It is said that hearing about illicit sex; speaking about illicit sex; remembering illicit sex; looking, joking, sitting with a member of the opposite sex in a secluded place; or actually contemplating illicit sexual activity or actually engaging in the act itself – all these eight constitute illicit sex. So, when we promised no illicit sex, it means we have to really like, not just deal on
By Kumari Kunti Dasi
November 2015 will be a month remembered in worry and fear for Muslims all over Europe, after the Paris attacks, yet again marked the tensions their religious community faces in Europe and the rest of the world.
Just a week before the attacks, from Oct. 26 – Nov 2nd, youth from all over Europe were building a network of peace and connection at the Religions for Peace Interfaith Youth Conference, in San Gandolfo Italy.
The outcome of the event was simple and hopeful – friend
While there are many ways to frame, or lead into, speaking about the root cause of the problems of the world, or of the country I live in, looking more closely at the concept of selfishness will be helpful. I have often thought that fanaticism is the real enemy of the world, since people’s inability to consider other viewpoints is at the root of most world or local conflicts. To me, fanaticism is a type of selfishness, or the result of a very narrow vision. Both come from bodily identification
Forget to Remember, the new transformational short film from young Russian director Shaktyavesha Avatar Das, is now available online with English subtitles.
The 36-minute Russian language short won second place at the viewer-voted Moscow film festival “I See God,” which is dedicated to work that explores different understandings of God.
The film tells the story of Danny, a young Russian man who is pursuing a career in music, despite pressure from his father to continue the family business. But w
It’s coming very soon. And ISKCON devotees in 75 countries across six continents are determined to make their guru and Founder-Acharya Srila Prabhupada proud.
In the UK, an avalanche of major, inspirational events for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary are being planned throughout the year 2016, including some that will be tied into international efforts by all ISKCON temples.
ISKCON 50 reps at the 13 temples across the UK and Ireland have already held several events in 2015 in honor of the 50th annivers
Warming up for the December marathon of book distribution!
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Balavanta, 23rd November 1976 “I am very glad to hear how the book distribution is increasing more and more. This is our greatest weapon. The more the books are distributed, the more the ignorance of the age of Kali will be smashed. The world is feeling the weight of this Hare Krsna movement, especially in your country. We have to increase this book distribution work more and more to firmly establish this mo
We came across a wonderful list of guidelines for married couples, families and anyone trying to build a strong Krsna conscious lifestyle. This list was written by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami, a senior sannyasi (monk) in our Hare Krishna movement.
Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. Inspired by the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, he decided to dedicate his life for propagating the message o
‘My great grandfather Henry Ford would have been very happy with the lifestyle I am leading and the things I believe in.’
He’s a servant of God. A temple builder. Manu Shah meets the Ford who spreads word about the glories of Krishna.
Alfred B Ford during a ceremony to commence the construction of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness temple in Kolkata.
Alfred B Ford, right, during a ceremony to commence the construction of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness templ
While on a vacation trip to a scenic pilgrimage destination a while back , I was fortunate to witness this intriguing conversation between a couple where the husband would daily whine to his wife that their neighbours were so filthy, so unheigenic as their clothes hanging on the dryer in their balcony were always soiled and unclean. They were always full of dirt. He would use abusive words to address them. On the sixth day, the husband suddenly exclaimed, "Finally good sense has prevailed on my
