All glories to Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! His mercy, flowing through His devotees, brought India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kolkata for the 100th anniversary of Gaudiya math, founded by His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada.
Congratulations to all the Gaudiya math devotees who have worked hard all these years, and by joining hands with ISKCON’s global preaching mission of spreading the divine message of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, have enlightened ma
14/02/2016 - 22/02/2016 Camp: New Delhi, 8 p.m. This past week has swept us all into a tornado of unexpected urgency, surprise and surrender. Beginning from the holy birthplace of our Adi-guru, Lord Nityananda, in Sri Ekachakra Dhama, Guru Maharaj performed the abhiseka and prana- pratistha of Sri Sri Radha Vrindavana-Mohana and Sri Sri Nityanandacandra Gaurangaraya on the auspicious day of Advaita Saptami. On the morning of the temple opening, Guru Maharaj woke up with a fever. We were all wor
It is said that the pastime of ‘Lifting Goverdhana Hill’ is the favorite of Sri Krishna because in this lila, all the different devotees from all the different rasas take part simultaneously. Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda Devi were there, as we’ll as the cowherd boys and the beautiful Vraja gopis. Krishna convinced His father and others that the worship of Goverdhana, the cows and the brahmanas was superior to worshiping Indra. He spoke saying it was not useful to worship the demigods because we wo
You might have heard of the name Dhruva – a common name for boys in India. Dhruva is a famous child saint in Indian legend who performed severe austerities to please Lord Narayana at the tender age of 5. Such was his devotion that within six months Lord Narayana personally visited him. The prayers that Dhruva offered to the Lord are immortalized in the Srimad Bhagvatam and studied by scholars and devotees till today. The Lord created a new star for Dhruva which is the brightest star in the sky
Where can I find original or edited Deity photos to print for my home altar?
Go to our new resource page (under the Publications menu): Deity Photos for Home Altars.
The new page includes a selection of edited darshanas uploaded to Flickr. These shots are suitable for home altars and can be downloaded in original-size JPEGs for printing.
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By: for ISKCON News on Feb. 3, 2016
The first of 5 Rathayatras to be held in the Pune area for ISKCON's 50th this year
Can you imagine one city holding 500 Harinamas or distributing 500,000 of Srila Prabhupada’s books in one year?
That’s exactly what ISKCON of Pune in Maharashtra, India is doing as they ambitiously set out to 50th-ize the year 2016. And much, much more besides: the plan is to set higher-than-usual goals for all of Pune’s outreach efforts in multiples of fiv
"Valuing people's talents."
It seems perfectly useless to deny and remove the Freudian envy, as it will go on working within the psychic structure and thus reinforced, it would do even worse.
On a practical level it can be purified and transformed by learning to value the talents of others, inspiring people to offer their talents in Krishna consciousness. This propensity will draw us nearer to the qualities of the eternal inhabitants of Vaikuntha so we'll become extremely beneficial to all the
Every time, the fist question coming to mind when we hear about a “discovery” by modern science is, whether it is really a discovery or recovery. In almost all cases, and it’s ought to be so, the answer is, it is a partial recovery.
Same thing happened when news of gravitational waves came up.
“Long ago, deep in space, two massive black holes—the ultrastrong gravitational fields left behind by gigantic stars that collapsed to infinitesimal points—slowly drew together. The stellar ghosts spirale
They came in through the open window!
Tribhuvannatha Das: A devotee named Jeremy was with us on our Festival tour of East & Central Africa. Jeremy is more of a congregational member of ISKCON and is just starting to understand the commitment that there is in Krsna Consciousness. He caught malaria and had to come back early. Upon his return I spoke to him on the phone. I mentioned how he should be careful not to fall down from the process of KC. Two weeks later he was back to his ‘old ways’ but
According to WHO, Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys through a monitoring network of sylvatic yellow fever. It was subsequently identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.
Countries with confirmed Zika virus cases (Image: Tribune News Service)
Although modern medical science says there is n
Pope Francis has asked Mexican indigenous people in Chiapas state for forgiveness over they way they have been excluded from society. He made his appeal while celebrating Mass in three native languages after a new Vatican decree approved their use.
The Pope also used the open-air service in San Cristobal de las Casas to warn about threats to the environment. Throughout his five-day trip he has condemned the evils of forced emigration and drugs. He has urged Mexico’s leaders to provide “true j
Lecture on Renunciation means to Utilize things for Higher Purpose by HH Radhanath Swami at Piramal Towers
(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)
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Lord Nityananda appeared in the village of Ekachakra, in West Bengal, India, around 1474. In the Caitanya Caritamrita and other scriptures He is declared to be the avatar of Lord Balarama, the direct expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna.
Nityananda Prabhu, who is identical with Lord Balarama, the first expansion of Krishna, is considered to be the original guru for all of mankind. Thus, soon after their initial meeting, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu tried to honour Nityananda
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 01, Text 30 by HG Jananivas Prabhu
(HG Jananivas Prabhu, the head pujari of Mayapur and the most senior and respected pujari in ISKCON. On order of Srila Prabhupada, he shifted to Mayapur and took up the seva of being a pujari.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 01, Text 33-34 by HH Krishna Kshetra Swami on 15 Feb 2016 at ISKCON Mayapur
(HH Krishna Kshetra Swami - Travelling Teacher and Writer has been serving as a disciple of Srila Prabhupada since 1972, when he joined devotees in Germany. In addition to travels in western Europe.)
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Lecture on Different paths lead to different goals by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 09, Text 25)
(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)
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Srivas Pandit’s mysterious clap.
Purushottam Nitai Das: Once Lord Chaitanya asked Srivas Pandit, “I do not see you going anywhere to earn livelihood. You have a big family so how you maintain them.” Srivas Pandit replied, “In my heart I do not have any desire to go anywhere. Whatever is destined will come to me anyway.” And then Srivas clapped three times. One. Two. Three.
“What does it mean?” the Lord enquired.
“If three times food does not come to me, I will fast, and then I will tie a wa
Dear friends!
The 3-day worldwide book distribution effort is starting today (Monday, 22 February) with an aim to satisfy Srila Prabhupada. We shall combine all individual worldwide efforts into one big offering and we shall place it in front of His Divine Grace on Thursday morning. Then we shall humbly ask Him, if He is satisfied, to please ask Krsna to intervene and remove the health obstacles which currently prevent His dedicated servant Kadamba Kanana Swami from serving in full capacity.
Whenever I come to Mumbai I stay at the home of my disciple Narottam Dasa Thakur Das and his wife Manjari Devi Dasi. Today, Narottam had come with me to the hospital for my PET scan, a checkup for any recurrence of the cancerous skin cells I had had surgically removed last year.
“I’m doubly nervous,” I said to Narottam as we sat in the waiting room. “What if the cancer comes back? I’ll have to go through another operation and all the rest.”
“We’re all praying for you,” said Narottam.
“And I’m
