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
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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 Your Neighbour and Want to Share Something Beautiful
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
Srila Prabhupada
Early life:
Born on September 1, 1896, the day after Janmastami, one of the most important vaishnava holidays, in a humble house in the Tollygunge suburb of Calcutta, he was named Abhay Charan, “one who is fearless, having taken shelter at Lord Krishna’s feet.” Since he was born on the day of Nandotsava (“the celebration of Nanda,” Krishna’s father, a traditional festival in honor of Krishna’s birth) he was also called Nandulal. His parents, Sriman Gour Mohan De and Srimati Raja
AS YEAR 2012 is coming to a close, I am reflecting on all the service rendered to Lord Krsna by the prison ministry, and I feel very grateful to all who have been involved in pleasing the Lord in this way.
In preparing more excerpts from inmates’ letters to share with the devotee community, I had to go over the ones that haven’t been published yet. Although a majority of them are from letters I have received in the course of the year, reading them again was as refreshing and
Bhisma Panchaka fasting. http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info/02_-_ISKCON_Swamis/ISKCON_Swamis_-_D_to_P/His_Holiness_Mahanidhi_Swami/14_-_Tattva_Darsan_18/MNS_Tattva_Darsan_-_13-Purpose_and_Importance_of_Bhisma_Panchak_Vrata.mp3
Hare Krishna,
I have written this story to be used for preaching purposes and to be distributed among people uninterested in religion and philosophy, and among followers of various religions.
The idea of this story is to interest these people in Krishna-conscious philosophy, without labeling it as such, so as to make it more acceptable to people of other religions. This story is based it on Krishna-conscious philosophy but I have not mentioned Krishna's name anywhere, lest it appears biased or 'se
by Mother Vinata, from Rejika Croatia
"Where is your tilak?“ Candramauli Swami asked us as we gathered in front of Karlovac vege restaurant club, managed by local devotees, preparing to go for a preaching progam in a nearby prison. Quickly running to refresh my already invisible vaisnava marking, I overheard Maharaja quoting Prabhupada on the importance of wearing tilak and vaisnava clothes and remembered Sridhar Maharaja's instruction, "If you are unable to preach by explaining philosophy,
The most widely recognized concept of evolution ( ironically termed as scientific ), the theory which always points out to fossils for evidence, the theory every science student learns from his young age is certainly the “DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION”, which relies entirely upon “NATURAL SELECTION”, a process which is still not yet Scientifically proven.
When a person generally comes across a picture of Charles Robert Darwin, he will be superficially convinced that Man originated from
Damodar Mahima
Dear Devotees!
Damodhara (Karthik) month starts today (29.10.12). Dates may vary in some other parts of the world. During this month, follow these instructions:
(i) Offer ghee lamps to Lord Damodhara (Krishna) daily.
(ii) Follow brahmacharya in this month (Avoid sexual contacts);
(iii) Try to Eat only Prasadam (Food offered to Krishna);
(iv) Chant as many rounds as possible in this month;
(v) Read the Damodhara lila and other childhood lilas of Krishna from Srimad Bhagavatham or KRISHNA
