Question:
How is it possible to control the mind?
by Laxmimoni dasi

It is certainly worthwhile knowing how to control the mind. Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that the mind can be controlled by constant "practice and detachment."(—Bhagavad-gita, 6.35). He says that wherever and whenever the mind wanders, due to its flickering and unsteady nature, we must bring it back under the control of the Self (—Bhagavad-gita, 6.26).

The mind is like a child; a child is attracted to everything. It wants

Bhakti Caru Swami - Panihati Festival Class - 2008-06-15 Orlando

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Bhakti Vikas Swami - Panihati Festival-The Essence of festivals - 2011-06-05 Atlanta

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Giriraj Swami - Panihati - 2009-06-07 Santa Barbara

Giriraj Swami Panihati Dahi Cida Festival - 2010-06-20 Carpinteria

Giriraj Swami - Panihati - 2011-07-03 California

Kadamba Kanaan Swami - Panihati Festival - 2011-06-13 Bhaktivedanta Manor

Radhanath

ISKCON Connect - ISKCON Desire Tree has launched its first Android mobile app in google playstore.

Features:

• This free app enables devotees to view latest ISKCON Desire Tree contents.
• This app also helps you to easily share the content that you like to Facebook, Twitter & Linkedin. Sharing with your friends and family members will help you to spread the holy name of Lord in every town and village of world. 

Fore more details visit us in google playstore.

Schedule for 13^th August, 2015   @ Netaji Indoor Stadium

Morning Session (9 am to 1 pm )

8.00am to 8.40am         :   Recorded kirtans and Video playing while devotees are filling

8.40am to 9.00am         :   Pre Program kirtan

9.00am                            :   Welcome Address by HG Atul Krishna Das / HG Ananga Mohan Das

9.05am to 9.30am         :    Kirtans by Mayapur Chandras

9.30am to 10.00 am       :  Lecture by  HH Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj

10.00 am to 10.40 am     :    Srila Prabhupad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Maryam Asif Siddiqui, winner of Bhagavad Gita Champion League Conducted by ISKCON 

Gita Champions League(GCL) is a Bhagvad Gita contest organized by ISKCON Chowpatty since last 4 years.

This year 2015, the winner of the contest was Ms. Maryam Asif Siddiqui, aged 12 from Mira Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

The President of India, Shri Narendra Modi meeting with Ms. Maryam Asif Siddiqui, winner of the GCL Competition 2015 organized by ISKCON Chowpatty along with h

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj's Meeting with the Hon’ble President of India

On February 28th, 2015 we met the Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. We were scheduled to meet him at 6.30 pm. We reached Rashtrapati Bhavan at 6.15 p.m. His Holiness Radhanath Swami, Gauranga Prabhu and Radharaman Prabhu accompanied me for the meeting. As we arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan the Hon’ble Presidents officers gave us warm reception. Then sharp at 6.30 pm we entere

His Grace Jnanagamya Prabhu (John Partin) has left this world from Sri Dhama Mayapur this morning, February 17th 2015 at 9 am. Very devoted Prabhupada Man! Please join us in prayers for him.

Jnanagamya Prabhu had joined Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna movement in 1972. He had served in numerous ways, from leading sankirtan parties, maintaining and designing temples, producing graphics, exhibits, supervising construction, teaching to cooking chapatti. He was engaged in the production of a film ab

Lecture on Should Disciples give Diksa to devotees by HH Sivarama Swami on 11 Jan 2015 at UK

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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what is the vaisnava way of celebrating new year?

Srila prabhupada told , For us everyday is new year because krishna is everfresh & evernew & we are celebrating him , but these materialist people need to drink this poison to forget all the frustrations, misgivings of past year , we dont need to celebrate by being intoxicated as that is pleasure in mode of ignorance, we can celebrate by being intoxicated in holyname.

Morever this is not new year according to vedic tradition, as per vedic calendar

Srila Prabhupada’s own words: My Guru Maharaja (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura) when I was twenty-five years old he ordered me long, long ago, to go to the foreign countries and preach Lord Chaitanya’s message. Somehow or other I could not assimilate his order until I was seventy years old. But it was better late than never. So also I was trying how to make a successful tour for preaching Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s message. So by the grace of my Guru Maharaja and by all your blessings, I we

My dear devotees,

Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Most resolutions take the form of “do’s”–things I resolve to do–and “don’ts”–things I resolve to not do. And Vedic wisdom tells us that all do’s and don’ts should support one main do–always remember Krishna (God)–and one main don’t–never forget Him.

Now, practically, what can we do to always remember Krishna and never forget Him? The item most favorable for remembering Him is chanting and hearing: chanting and hearing

-          You will remove this image or else I will tear it off!

-          No way, I do that!

In this way I and my Muslim sister started to fight over the subject matter of Krishna’s image on the wall at our flat.

I used to stay with my mom and brother. And my elder sister used to study in other country for 4 years now. So she never knew about Krishna Consciousness. Whereas living among Muslim students she also embraced that tradition.

Once she came home on her vacations for few days. That tim

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a celebrity book distributor at Malad stall. For a first few days scores at Malad were not upto the mark. We would sell around 20 books in 3 hours. Last week Rajesh Prabhu though of an idea and he implemented it. He bought A4 size pictures of Naredra Modi receiving BG from HH Navyogendra Swami. He also bought pictures of Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bacchan receiving BG from devotees. While announcing we started showing this pictures in one hand and BG in other ha

The Glory of Madan Mohan: When the Pujari slapped the Deity

by Jagannath Poddar
Vrindavan, 2014.11.23 (VT):

Yesterday, I went to visit the Madan Mohan Temple with my daughter. After having darshan of Radha Madan Mohan, we went to meet Shri Sanatan Kishor Goswami (Panchu ji), the present Mahant of the temple.

We discussed the role of the Archaeological Survey of India in conserving the temples of Vrindavan. Goswamiji was sitting in his office. While discussing various issues related to Vrinda

Had you not been there

I would have been a tree

Without even a root

Nowhere to put my foot

Brought out the Chariot

Letting all pull the lariat 

Of the great Lord God

With thousands cheer and laud

To know you gave books

Filled not just with words

But with powerful message

And the ultimate knowledge

Your wisdom has flooded 

At large, the barren world

My senses too small

To take and hold it full.

That which taken as well,

To practice, I am unable!

Prabhupad, unto you my Master,

I bow down and surrender.

Selfless soul

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Hare Krishna

Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Shrila Prabhupada.

Every person is engaged in several activities throughout the day and mobile has become an unavoidable part of his life. In such a situation, how glorious it could get, if our mobile devices would deliver us the messages of the Supreme Personality of Godhead – Lord Sri Krishna!

In an attempt to turn this thought into reality, we designed and developed an Android and an iPhone/iPad application called as “Krishna Drive”

This is a story of a woman from Mumbai which I heard in the lecture of His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj. A woman who suffered in her life too much but one who still continued to live & give help to others; And of course achieved many good results.

It is a story which gave me HOPE * ENTHUSIASM * DETERMINATION TO MOVE FORWARD!

 She was 9 when she was forced to marry to a 30 years old man. When she was 19 she already had 2 sons and again pregnant with her daughter.

 Once husband beat her