By B.V.S. Bhaskar for the hindu.com
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu would lay foundation stone for the first Golden Temple in the State by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Vijayadasami Day (October 22).
Preliminary works like construction of sheds and rearing of cows at the Cow Protection Centre (Gosala) began a few months ago at Lord Krishna’s temple close to Kondaveedu Fort of Guntur district with a budget of Rs. 200 crore i
Continuing from 2nd Oct, we organized another big Harinaam on 3rd Oct in Soth City I are of Gugraon which comprised of market, hospital and residential areas.This being working day, turn out was not as good as on two other previous occasions.However,at last we were around 60 devotees and performed kirtan for arounnd two and half hours.
Prior to onset of the mood for WHNW, Gurgaon temple president HG Vidur Priya Das had nominated me to attend the WHNW planning committee meeting in Delhi , East
Once there was a snake who became a devotee by instructions of great devotee Narada Muni. Narada Muni instructed snake not to bite anymore.
Since ordinarily a snake’s business is to fatally bite other living entities, as a devotee snake was forbidden to do so.
Unfortunately, people took advantage of this nonviolence on the part of the snake, especially the children, who began to throw stones at him.
He did not bite anyone, however, because i
To celebrate WHNW, we carried out another Mega Harinaam in sector -14 market , residential area and Vishal Mega Mart in the heart of Gurgaon.The turn out was very good -around 150 devotees and it being national holiday market and mall was very busy so thousands got benefited from Harinaam.It lasted for around 3 hours ( 5.30pm to 8.30pm) with prasadam in a a park.Some pics attached.There were announcements about the WHNW all along the route.
Your Humble Servant,
Haridas Thakur Das
Gurgaon
Food For Life Nepal - update (Album with photos)
The situation is worst in Nepal at present: No petrol, No diesel and No LPG gas. Moreover, it is very difficult to find raw food items and even biscuits.
Although it is very difficult but Food For Life Nepal is daily feeding poor children.We use bike of our volunteers ( now vehicles are not available due to gas, petrol and diesel shortage.)
More than 630 poor children whom we provide the mid-day meal at their school are extremely thankful to ou
![An interfaith meeting in Mongolia (6 min video) Indradyumna Swami: Two days ago we visited a Buddhist monastery in Bayankhongor, Mongolia and sat with the monks during their prayers. Afterwards as they chanted “om mani padme hum” [ I worship He who sits on the whorl of the lotus flower ] on their beads, we chanted Hare Krsna softly on our japa mala. When there was a break, I took the opportunity to discuss philosophy with the senior monk and presented him a Bhagavad Gita, for which he was very grateful. Before leaving one of the oldest monks asked for my bead bag so he could protect his chanting beads. I immediately gave it to him, and he in turn, graciously gave me several sacred articles worshipped by his ancestors. Watch it here: https://goo.gl/UZlVGK](http://41.media.tumblr.com/d02ee1e38d02c0797dd33fc14df5f588/tumblr_nvt389DbPS1sbj0vuo1_1280.jpg)
An interfaith meeting in Mongolia (6 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Two days ago we visited a Buddhist monastery in Bayankhongor, Mongolia and sat with the monks during their prayers. Afterwards as they chanted “om mani padme hum” [ I worship He who sits on the whorl of the lotus flower ] on their beads, we chanted Hare Krsna softly on our japa mala. When there was a break, I took the opportunity to discuss philosophy with the senior monk and presented him a Bhagavad Gita, for which he was ver
Once Yamuna was asked how she was able to leave Vrindavan, as it was originally her intention to stay there throughout her life. She answered that she came to realize that Vrindavan is in your heart, and quoted the following story:
Yamuna: Once Srila Prabhupada came for a short time to New Delhi, and afterwards Tejas, Guru das, Shyamasundara and I brought him to the Delhi airport. His plane was delayed, and we were sitting in a little group waiting when we heard this click-clack, click-clack,
New Prayer Service at New Raman Reti, Alachua. There is a new service for devotees in our community in the form of a Prayer Circle. As devotees progress on their Krishna Conscious path, sometimes obstacles arise in the form of physical or mental distress. This prayer circle is designed to assist devotees overcome such obstacles by the power of prayer. Other efforts in our community may assist devotees by providing prasadam, transportation to doctor’s appointments, counseling, etc. However, th
Bhaktimarga Swami: Never Seen Such a Group before!
(Delaware State Park, Pennsylvania-Saturday, October 3rd, 2015)
A constant rain fell upon us for a four hour hike within hilly Pennsylvania before the drive to today’s destination at Old Forge. The occasion was the opening of a yoga studio situated in an old renovated railway station. A cargo train still goes by on a daily basis. The station’s interior itself is smartly done up to accommodate the spiritually enhanced. Father Bill, who frequen
Puerto Rico Bhakti Discovery (Album with photos)
Puerto Rico Caribbean island is another place on this planet which has big potential to be Krishna consciousness.People here are very open, easily joining Harinam party and taking Srila Prabhupada’s books.
All glories to Sri Caitanya sankirtan movement.
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Preaching program in Balaramdesh with Jayapataka Swami (Album with photos)
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There is absolutely no greater experience to be had than to be a member of the Harinama Sankirtan party, watching the faces of the members of the public as they smile, laugh, frown or scowl at you while you chant and dance jubilantly to the sweet sound of the Hare Krsna Maha Mantra.
Our Krsna Consciousness movement was founded on this transcendental activity and the movement will only continue to flourish if our leaders give it the prominence and encouragement it rightly deserves.
This 5 min
This is a continuation of the previous article in which TOVP Managing Director, Sadbhuja das, went to Europe to see and purchase some of the world’s most unique marble, the best of the best.
Pictured in photo 1 and 2 is the Royal Blue marble from Bolivia that will be used on the Altars.
TOVP Managing Director, Sadbhuja das, is on the road again on a mission in Europe to see and purchase some of the world’s most unique marble, the best of the best.
The red marble, named Rouge de Saint-Pons, is found in Southern France in the city of Saint Pons de Thormieres at the Marble de France mines. Pictured in the first two photos is this beautiful red marble in its raw, block form. Once cut and polished it will have the lustrous red shade shown in photos 3 and 4.
Pictured in photo 5 is t
Sivarama Swami is encouraging the devotees (most of them his disciples) in their service of book distribution by personally serving them prasadam. (Album with photos)
He said that because now he hardly can go out on book distribution, he wants to serve those who can…
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Spirit Matters aims to introduce aspects of Bhakti Yoga to those interested in learning about mantra meditation, yoga knowledge and how to live a more conscious life. The channel was designed as part of my honors project for my visual communication design degree, which I will complete in a few weeks. Following the Bhakti Lounge motto, my intent with this channel is to make it easy for people come to Krishna consciousness, grow in Krishna consciousness and share Krishna consciousness with other
By Yadurani Devi Dasi
A group of devotees from Radhadesh, Belgium, recently attended the World Peace Forum conference in Luxembourg and Germany for two days. The meeting was attended by MPs, diplomats, academics and other professionals. The general mood among the meeting’s participants was very open and friendly. We have been invited to these meetings for the last 3 years.
The main topic was the current refugee crisis in Europe. Representatives of different projects described their work and got
We were overwhelmed by your outpouring of support, dear friends and family. Thanks to those who recently joined our efforts (a great, big, hearty WELCOME!) and to those who were already part of our Radha Kunda Seva family and who chose to give even more (we LOVE YOU!), we reached our goal of full sponsorship for the 68 widows we were already feeding! And then, your loving generosity kept flowing! And we have now reached 75 widows sponsored! …Which means we can feed seven more! We were feeling so
Patita Pavana dasa Adhikary
This essay is dedicated to His Grace Shriman Kurma Rupa Prabhu of Vrindavana who has entered into Krishna’s eternal Vraja-lila, and to all devotees of the Hare Krishna Movement whoby the grace of Shrila Prabhupada our savior honor mother cow by offering Her milk and other products into the service of the Supreme Lord Govinda Gopala.
The great forms of the Supreme Lord such as Narasimhadeva, Varaha, Kurma, Matsya, Vamana, Shri Ramachandra and the others, each of Whom
