Harinama in Union Square Park, New York (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A Vaishnava should not try to minimize anyone else’s position. It is better to remain humble and meek and chat the Hare Krishna mantra. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.17.10 purport)
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Jammu and Kashmir High Court bans sale of Beef in the state
On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir High Court imposed ban on sale of beef in the state. A Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal today banned sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir.
The ban came after a Public Interest Litigation against cow slaughter filed by Advocate Parimoksh Seth. The PIL said that slaughtering or killing of bovine animals were an of
Transcendental soldiers in the service of His Divine Grace!
Inauguration of New Seminar Hall (Album with photos)
Inauguration of New Seminar Hall by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj at ISKCON New Delhi.
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Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja 2015 at ISKCON-Delhi (Album with photos)
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Bhaktivedanta Research Centre: This is a postcard written by Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur to Mahendra Nath Datta. BRC Bengali librarian Bharati Roy has translated it as follows:
“Niskincanasya”.. read this sloka all the time, try to understand its meaning, that is the main thing of Bhajana. You may know that Karma Marga and Prakrtarasanusilana both are against the life of a devotee. We are living a sorrowful life as we cannot do Harinama. You are a veteran Vaisnava, so you may pro
Yamuna: One day I made Bengali meals and arranged them on the thalis in a Bengali fashion. Srila Prabhupada sat behind his desk, and Pishima sat on the floor directly opposite Srila Prabhupada. As soon as I brought the thalis in and set them down, Srila Prabhupada started making little comical, teasing remarks about his sister. He said, “You know, she says that it is water. I say it is fat.” I thought, “My goodness. He is talking about her weight. What’s going on?” Since Prabhupada’s voice wa
Hare Krishna Festivals UK: The Hare Krishnas, who are often seen at Glastonbury, on Oxford Street or all over the world, are joining in at Bestival for the first time with their enchanting mantra music that brings joy to the heart.
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By Radha Dasi
Hare Krishna, dear devotees! My name is Radha, I’m 19 years old and I am a student in my final year at Sri Mayapur International School. I want to share with you my incredible experience of book distribution in London this summer. I hope that it will please the senior devotees and reassure them that book distribution is still alive and well. And I hope it will encourage all the devotees of my age to give it a try.
Here is how it started: for a long time I had wanted to feel mysel
We’re happy to announce that since our web site ISKCONOnline.com was launched over 8,000 people have visited our site, more than 200 devotees completed our online participation form and over 450 subscribed to our newsletter.
Thus we have had a good start towards our primary purpose of “creating an association of interested devotees who will improve the quality, relevance and relatability of ISKCON’s presence on the internet.”
Now, we want to take this effort to the next level by engaging a qual
By ISKCON 50 Global Office
The Global Office of ISKCON’s 50th anniversary has requested temples around the world to try and observe the fiftieth anniversary of two poems that Srila Prabhupada wrote on board the Jaladuta in September 1965.
Srila Prabhupada wrote the first poem, ‘Prayer to the Lotus feet of Krishna’ on 13th September 1965 on board the Jaladuta, and the second one, ‘Markine Bhagavata Dharma’ while the Jaladuta was docked at Boston Harbour on September 18th 1965.
While writing abou
By Indradyumna Swami
The Sadhu Sanga Festival is taking place this week on the Black Sea coast in southern Russia. But infinitely more beautiful is the sea of 6,500 devotees chanting and dancing in great ecstacy here. Today myself and Bada Haridas are departing for Mongolia. It is difficult to leave this historic event and the association of so many loving devotees!
Lecture on Material Elements and Yoga by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 09 Jun 2015 at ISKCON New Jersey
(HH Bhakti Charu Swami was born in Bengal in 1945, he met with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada at the end of 1976.From their very first meeting, Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness the assignment of translating his books into Bengali and made him his Secretary for Indian Affairs.)
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Love and Bhagavada Gita Chapter - 18, Text - 19,22 by HH Lokanath Swami on 09 Aug 2014 at Vrindavan
(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Festivals - Radhastami by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 02 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Mayapur
( HH Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur.)
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Lecture on Independent Desires by HH Niranjana Swami on 13 Aug 2015 at Dnipropetrovsk
(His Holiness Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC.)
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By Mayesvara Dasa ACBSP
The Best of All Verses…?
It is not uncommon that when the four seed verses of the Bhagavad Gita are discussed it will often spawn a second conversation related to the immaculate nature of all 700 verses spoken by the Supreme Personalikty of Godhead.
A similar conversation comes up when someone asks a devotee: “What is the best book for me to read?” How can one actually say the Bhagavada Gita is “Better” than Sri Isopanishad, the Nectar of Instruction, or any of the compi
By Chaitanya Charan das
Sankirtan Prabhu, who departed on the auspicious day of Janmashtami after a sustained battle against cancer, was a frontline fighter in Lord Chaitanya’s army. He was on the frontline in striving to share bhakti wisdom in China, despite the many restrictions and obstacles there. While that service is glorious, I, as an author, appreciated most his frontline outreach through writing.
I first had his association in a student-teacher relationship when he was one of my Bhakti-
By Romapada das
Madhudesh Yatra, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s visit to the country with a programme in a port city in the country on 3rd September 2015.
After Srila Prabhupada departed Kolkata in August 1965 on board the Jaladuta, the ship docked in Colombo, Cochin and a port city in Madhudesha on 3rd September, before arriving in Boston.
“The special program was celebrated in a factory on the banks of an international canal,” explained Govardhandhari Das. “Several
