(The following is an interview with Sripad Aindra dasa done last year for the forthcoming book Kirtan Meditations The Mood and Technique of Bhakti Kirtan compiled by Dhanurdhara Swami and Akincana Krishna dasa. Due to the unexpected loss of this great soul I decided to release his interview quite before the editing has been finished. I hope it gives some pleasure and solace to the congregation of the devotees feeling the loss of this great soul.)
AINDRA DASA
Doing
Mahavishnu Maharaj left his body at 3.25 pm afternoon on 25th January 2010 at the age of 91.
Maharaj was born in the outskirts of Mumbai in 1920 on the auspicious day of Dattatreya Purnima in the month of Marga Sirsha. He appeared in a family of Vaishnavas since 8 generations. Aged 84, he is the most elderly sannyasi in ISCKON today.
Highly educated, with M.A degrees in both English and Sanskrit, Maharaj is effectively multilingual in Marathi, Hindi, Gujerati (his native tongue), Urdu, Sans
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Mine was a typical Arranged marriage... My parents found a well educated and well settled match for me, and for them the reason that I want to marry a devotee was not "practical enough" to say no to this marriage. After marriage I discovered that my husband loves eating non-veg food, drinks alcohol quite frequently, smokes occasionally and is agnostic spiritually. These were certainly not the qualities I had ever imagined my life partner would have. I felt quite helpless and didn't know what to
Her Grace Yamuna devi dasi, premier disciple of Srila Prabhupada, known for her deeply spiritual qualities and connection with His Divine Grace, for her glorious offering of the Govindam prayers that we hear and chant daily, for her love of pure kirtan, for her ecstatic award winning cook books which were infused with spiritual anecdotes, for greatly inspiring and encouraging the younger generation of ISKCON devotees in their Krishna Consciousness. On Saphala Ekadasi day this year was her first
I always remember Prabhupada's words "think big". If I want to distribute many books, first I count how many books I want to distribute, how many points I want to win. For example, I make my plan to distribute 100 books a day. Then I take with me 100 books. The more you take, the more you distribute. Remember, books of Krishna do not like to lie in your bag, and psychologically you do not like your bag is heavy. Therefore you try to distribute them as soon as possibl
Walking through Golden Gate Park one day, they heard a scratching coming from a garbage can. Prabhupada went over and looked in, then pulled back in repulsion. A big city rat had somehow become trapped in the garbage can and was scratching, trying to get out. Prabhupada shook his head and said, "He is doomed." He walked on. Prabhupada commented that later the garbagemen would come, see the rat, and kill him. Prabhupada was always after the philosophical and Krsna cons
An ode to Kali Yuga on the special occasion of the “New Year” 2013
Hey Kali, be happy,
A number changes,
In a calendar,
Seconds tick away,
In a clock,
People drink,
Loose control.
People dance,
Loose control.
Whatever you do,
MUST loose control !
Hey Kali, be happy !
Loose control, is what you want !
Everyone says,
Happy New Year !
Everyone knows,
There is nothing new,
Everyone knows,
There is no happy thing,
Still,
Everyone says,
Happy New Year !
Keep the illusion going folks !
Keep the show going, as they say !
Hey Ka
The International Kirtan Festival Mumbai
Friday 15th February
Bhajan Sandya & Adhivaas: 3pm - 8pm
(Dinner Prasad at 8pm)
Saturday 16th February
Kirtan: 8am - 10pm
Opening Ceremony Speech By HH Radhanath Swami at 8am
(Breakfast: 7:00am, Lunch: 1pm, Dinner: 7pm)
Sunday 17th February
Kirtan: 8am - 10pm
(Breakfast: 7:00am, Lunch: 1pm, Dinner: 7pm)
Venue:
Bhaktivedanta Mission School
Shastri Nagar
Off Link Road
Near Laxmi Industrial Estate
Andheri (W)
400 056
The following sanyassi’s and senior devotees will be pa
Nature’s ecological balance is so perfect that the scientists get bewildered. Scientists often envision the idea of manufacturing symbiotic factories i.e. the factories which will support each other. For e.g. if there are two factories then the waste product of factory ‘A’ becomes the raw material for factory ‘B’ and the waste product of factory ‘B’ becomes the raw material for factory ‘A’. If this is achieved then it will revolutionize the world. The factory would generate almost 100% profit as
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Today is 01 Jan 2013, an important vaishnava tithi of Disappearance Day of HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasavti Thakura, spiritual master of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON. On this holy day, as a service to the vaishnava community, we are happy to announce the release of our latest website - www.harekrishnaquotes.com
This website has more than 2500 important vaishnava quotes categorised and tagged
After a groundswell of support from ISKCON devotees and leaders, a Samadhi (mausoleum) is being constructed in the sacred land of Vrindavana, India for Srila Prabhupada’s famous early disciple Yamuna Devi. Yamuna is well-known for singing the Govindam song played at ISKCON temples around the world every morning, for writing the award-winning cookbook Lord Krishna’s Cuisine, and for being an ISKCON pioneer in the UK. She passed away on December 20th, 2011 at the age of 69 due to heart complicati
Dear Vaishnavas, Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to Guru parampara,
Inauguration of New Vedic Cultural Centre (ISKCON-NVCC) & installation of Sri Sri Radha Vrindavanchandra, Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva Subhadra, Sri Sri Gaur Nitai and Sri Balaji would be performed on the gracious occasion of SRI NITYANANDA TRAYODASHI, ie 23rd & 24th February 2013.
We heartily invite all of you to come and participate in this wonderful festival. To avail Accommoda
Dear Vaishnavas, Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to Guru parampara,
Inauguration of New Vedic Cultural Centre (ISKCON-NVCC) & installation of Sri Sri Radha Vrindavanchandra, Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva Subhadra, Sri Sri Gaur Nitai and Sri Balaji would be performed on the gracious occasion of SRI NITYANANDA TRAYODASHI, ie 23rd & 24th February 2013.
We heartily invite all of you to come and participate in this wonderful festival. To avail Accommoda
I am professional classical and opera singer with many degrees and diplomas, and with many concerts worldwide from my childhood, 6 years of age. But when I became a devotee for 15 years I was learning to sing only for Krishna, the Lord, and nearly did not open my mouth. I thought that to sing for Krishna you must learn to sing so beautifully that Krishna would like to listen. Devotees were telling me that only devotion matters, not the vo
Srila Prabhupada story
Madhudvisa Prabhu
Another incident that comes to mind was in 1968 or 69. We had a very well attended temple on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles. The devotees went to Griffith Park in Los Angeles and chanted and distributed prasadam. Visnujan had little puppets and we would have puppet shows there and bring people from Griffith Park to the temple. We also went to the meditation room in "The Mystic Arts Book Store" in Laguna Beach. They let us have kirtan there and we wo
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The Congregational Development Ministry and His Holiness Jayapataka Swami are proud to present our new campaign to inspire all the members of International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Maharaj inspired us to create and promote this campaign to remind us to be happy in Krishna consciousness. We hope you will be happy to help us to promote this campaign and message!!!
Happy to be A Bhakti Yogi t-shirts are avail
Dear all,
We hope that you are doing very well in your family and career.
In the past many great personalities have praised Bhagavad Gita because of the wisdom it contains. We found that people were finding it difficult to access this great wisdom because of their busy life and lack of interest. So with this in mind, Gita Champions League (GCL) contest was started to spread the profound wisdom of Bhagavad Gita in an interesting manner.
We are very happy to announce that we are organizing
In educated society today, we are exposed to this concept of 'Great Men'. These Giants, these Tall men are said to rewrite the history of the world with their magnificent ideas and actions.
From a very young age, we are advised to read their biographies, their books etc. We are advised to emulate them and strive to develop a character like them. We are encouraged to be just like them.
The realization that I had never possessed the inclination to do all of the above, came to me a few days ago.
And
