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Uttar Pradesh's holy town of Vrindavan, where it is said Lord Krishna spent his childhood in ancient times, is faced with a major problem of disposing off its solid waste material.

Local activists today say the municipal body had failed to address the problem of disposing solid waste, despite the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) directives.

On September 29, the NGT gave the municipal body two weeks to evolve a process and mechanism to collect and scientifically dispose of solid waste.

It was dire

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Lecture on Respecting Radha Kunda by HH Giriraj Swami at ISKOCN Dallas on 24 April 2013
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 16)

(In 1972 Giriraj Swami was appointed by Prabhupada to be president of ISKCON Bombay and trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.)

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Mantras are words.

Words are very powerful things, because words contain meaning.

Meaning is to consciousness what the calorie is to digestion.
Meaning is the thing that consciousness digests and subsists on.

“You are what you eat.” As this applies physically to food, it applies psychologically to words. The words you speak and hear create your psyche.

Mantras, therefore, are very powerful things. They are very special words, conveying very special meaning – and therefore possess the power to re

Continuous feelings of gratitude and thanks within our heart is an essential ingredient for the heart to cultivate bhakti or devotional service. The more we are conscious of our gifts, and feel grateful, the more the seed of bhakti has a favorable environment to blossom into the mature fruit of love of God. This feeling of thanks when uninterrupted by mundane dualities of life grows deeper within us softening and preparing the heart for love of God. Therefore, in the beginning stages, as a matte

On this most auspicious occasion of Karttik, we’d like to officially announce the Kirtan 50 festival in Dallas, TX, celebrating ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.

Dates: December 31st 2015 – January 3rd 2016.

The event will be a 4 day festival with 50 hours of Kirtan with special guests H.H. B.B Govinda Swami and Madhava Prabhu as well as many other kirtaniyas from all over the world!

Festivities also include a flower shower (Pushpa Abhisheka), delicious meals prepared by Kalachandji’s Restaurant & Pa

By Lakshman Poddar

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Fifty years back Srila Prabhupada brought torrents of fortune for the western world with the grand event of putting His Lotus-feet for the first time in the soil of USA, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Srimadbhägavatam confirms

bhavad-vidha bhagavatas

tirtha-bhutah svayam vibho

tirthi-kurvanti tirthani

svantah-sthena gadabhrta.

My Lord, devotees like your good sel

Lecture on Krishna Avirbhav Lila by Devakinandan Prabhu on 29 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 07, Chapter - 05, Text - 18 

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I Recently made a post about the importance of understanding the meaning of a mantra. Among the repies I got these inquiries…

I think mantra is not what we vibrate with our mouth because that is purelly a mechanic activity. And hearing a mantra is not about receiving sound waves with eardrums, another mechanic interaction from the outside.

This is very dualistic – as if the “inside” has nothing to do with the “outside.” If you take that out, and add the word “just” or “only” then  your conclus

Lecture on Solving the Problems of the World by  Dhanesvara Prabhu on 13 Sep 2015 at ISKCON Slovenia

(Dhanesvara Prabhu first became acquainted with Bhagavad Gita as he was finishing his Master's degree in engineering in 1972 & two years later took initiation from Srila Prabhupada. From the very beginning he realised that the recommendations of Bhagavad Gita stood in sharp contrast to the modern western society and he wanted to understand how to bridge the gap so that humaniy at large might ea

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Anything done to please Krishna, at any time, at any place, under any circumstance, is beneficial. As Krishna Himself says about devotional service to Him, “In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.” (Bg. 2.40)

Such is the benefit of devotional service in general. However, during certain times of year, such as appearance anniversaries of Lord Krishna and His devotees, the benefits

Lecture on You cant trick Krishna by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 13 Aug 2014 at Sydney

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 07, Chapter - 03, Text - )

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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