By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi
On June 22, 2024, devotees worldwide celebrated the Snana Yatra festival with great love and devotion.
Held on the full moon day of the month of Jyestha, the festival signifies the bathing of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra, and Sudarsana chakra. After the holy bath, the Deities are dressed in Their Ganapati or Hasti Vesha (elephant outfits). Under the plea of catching a fever, Their Lordships retire from public view for two weeks, reappearing to the publ
By Uttamasloka Das
Once again, The Lord of the Universe, Lord Jagannath, along with His brother Baladeva and Sister Subhadra, have decided to enact Their Rath Yatra pastime on the streets of Chicago, Illinois. This year, the parade and festival took place on June 16th (Father’s Day), beginning just one block north of the prestigious Loyola University, and the ensuing festival took place at Loyola Beach Park, just under a mile from where Their Lordships preside with Sri Sri Kisora Kisora and Sri
From Back to Godhead
We all worship someone all of us but the question is…
One of the principles of worship is at traction. When you are reverentially attracted to someone, you have the desire to establish a relationship with that person, and when the relationship is established then you want to perform some worship. Therefore the most important principle is attraction. So the question is what makes a person attractive?
In a spiritual discourse if we announce beforehand that there will be a lec
After an 18-month hiatus, the Sankirtan On! Podcast is back for its second season. Sankirtan On!, an initiative of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, began four years ago and has already shared nearly 50 episodes of inspiring content. The podcast aims to be a “hub for captivating Sankirtan stories, practical tips and tricks, and boundless inspiration from around the globe.”
Episode One of Season Two, hosted by Manya and Radhakirthi, is a conversation with Vaisesika Dasa, an early pioneer in book dis
With the advancement of the ages, human consciousness had changed too. It is believed that today modern society has advanced far more than the ancient civilization. With more technology and equipments available at disposal, everything has become fast paced and instant. Material science has achieved a lot of progress than the yester years. This progress is thought of as an advancement in Civilization and is looked upon as a great achievement by the society. Today any nation, not using the lates
On June 20th, Brinda Kumari Devi Dasi and Kishor Chandra Das, both senior yoga instructors at the New York City Bhakti Center, were among the teachers who led nearly 300 New Yorkers in yoga on the International Day of Yoga. This decade-long celebration, a global initiative of the United Nations, was held in historic Times Square. To read the full story published by the Religious News Service (RNS) and authored by Richa Karmarkar, click on the link below.
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There is a hype for this coming weekend party
Set for Saturday at popular Spring Garden
When a rope is pulled by the hale and hardy
And a large chariot hits the street using no carbon
Cleaning the environment with song and dance
Is an old tradition from the quite far east
India, to be specific, where you hear many chants
Play hard, throw colours, and always feast
Today is the appearance day of Sri Vakresvara Pandita, one of Lord Chaitanya’s most dear associates. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 10.17–20) states, “Vakresvara Pandita, the fifth branch of the [Caitanya] tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya’s. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally sang while Vakresvara Pandita danced, and thus Vakresvara Pandita fell at the lotus feet of the Lord and spoke as follows. ‘O Candramukha! Please give
Sri Vakreshwar Pandit was present with Sriman Mahaprabhu during His pastimes in Navadwipa and after his acceptance of Sannyasa he also accompanied Him to Jagannath Puri. During the time of the Lord’s residence in Puri he continued to live with Him there as well. Sri Vakreshwar Pandit took birth in the village of Guptipara near Triveni. He was an especially proficient dancer and kirtaniya and could dance continuously for 72hours.
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began His pastimes of congregational
Parasuram das: Invitation to Stonehenge Rathayatra Thursday 20th June at Midnight…. chanting will continue till 7am Friday morning 21st June where we will have breakfast amongst the pilgrims.
The festival is free, they charge about £20 for parking, unless you drive in with the main Hare Krishna Team .
Not to be missed, a Life Changing experience is guaranteed.
What to expect :
STONEHENGE
There were pagans and potheads
and Indian chiefs
There were druids and hippies
and mounted police
There we
Peggy’s Cove is one of those quaint fishing villages that attracts hundreds of thousands of people yearly from around the world. It’s rustic, quiet, iconic with great scenery of massive boulders and dramatic ocean waves crashing against the rock. The warm hospitality is a component of the major draw. Anytime I’m in Halifax I must see the cove because it warms my heart.
I was surprised to see the crowds on a Monday, mostly Americans, from a cruiser ship. That’s numbers we are talking about. I wa
By Arya Devi Dasi
The Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies (BIHS) is offering an innovative virtual summer school on July 13-14th (Saturday-Sunday) and July 20-21st (Saturday-Sunday). Four amazing sessions of online presentations will showcase the latest research and projects in the areas of consciousness, the philosophy of science, understanding the science within shastra, life sciences, the appearance of species, cosmology, what’s beyond the universe, and more. Registration information
We are pleased to present the June 12, 2024 GBC Meeting Highlights Report. This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the online GBC meeting highlighting the key topic discussed.
The meeting commenced with an invocation of prayers led by Bir Krishna Goswami, followed by a reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam (8.3.1) by Nrsimha Kavaca Das. The passage from the chapter titled ‘Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender’ was read with its translation: “Thereafter, the King of elephants, Gajendra,
It’s a general concern of devotees which we hear in many of the classes, forums and seminars on what can be the real key to balance one’s material and spiritual lives.
There is a very interesting statement made by famous French priest and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience but we are spiritual beings having a human (material) experience.” It’s true that because of our past conditionings, desires and lifetimes of karma, we are having a
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All conscious activity, whether in the course of duty or in defiance of duty depending upon the individual temperament is regulated by what Freud called the “pleasure principle.” Few will argue the fact that whatever action a living entity does, he does to produce a certain amount of pleasure in his life. With this in mind, we would like to consider what the highest form of pleasure the ultimate state of conscious existence may be.
From the teachings of Lord Krishna in The
Nityananda and I took that Trans Canada Trail, the other side, leading to that best of bridges for pedestrians, “The Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge.” Before arriving at that iconic thoroughfare, we were benefitting from the oxygen delivering trees on either of the trail’s side, which included of cedars, white pines, oaks, maples, birches – they were our companions.
It is surprising how well used this paved trail actually is. Mostly they are pedestrians. I would say that if you have the chance to wa
On this full-moon day, sixteen days before Ratha- yatra, Lord Jagannatha is bathed. He becomes sick and is confined to rest for fourteen days. He is then offered special care until He comes out for Ratha-yatra.
A special bath of Jagannatha takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannatha.
The ISKCON Ministry of Education will host its annual virtual Symposium of Education, “PAN America Mini-Symposium 2024,” on Friday, June 21st, 2024, at 6:00 pm CDT, for two hours only on Zoom, FaceBook Live, and YouTube Live platforms.
Those interested in participating can register for this event here.
This symposium will provide ISKCON educators and leaders around Pan America with another opportunity to connect with other educators serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission and expand their frame of
