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Lecture on Interrupted Love Intensifies Relation by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 15 July 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)

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Lecture on Bhagavat Gita-Vigyan ka Raja by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 13 April 2015 

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. )

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The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is named as such because within its main dome it will house a 3-dimensional, moving model of the universe according to the Vedic scriptures. This explanation describes the planetary systems and all the universal contents to be in the shape of an incredible chandelier.

The TOVP will undoubtedly become one of the wonders of the world in beauty, architecture, design, and sheer size. This beautiful animated view of the TOVP provides a window into that reality.

Dear devotees and friends!

We are happy to announce that Sri Brihad Bhagavatamrita, Part 2, Volume 2,
is now available as an ebook.

The whole Bhagavatamrita set is thus complete, with Volume 1 and Volume 2
updated to the latest versions of EPUB, Kindle and iBooks files.

In Part Two of Sri Brhad-Bhagavatamrta, the book's hero, Gopa-kumara, an
illiterate, naive cowherd living near Govardhana Hill in Vrindavan, is
inspired by a mysterious bhakta to start on a spiritual quest. His journey
takes h

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Below are the Mayapur Institute -Courses for 2015-16

For more details visit http://mayapurinstitute.org/

By Basu Ghosh Das

The annual Jagannath Rathayatra festival, help on aashaadh shukla dvitiya, famous here in Gujarat as “aashaadh sud bij”, Saturday July 18, 2015, organized by ISKCON Baroda was once again highly successful.

The Jagannath Rathayatra festival was seen by approximately four lakhs (400,000) local residents.   Many devotees commented that the size of the crowds right from the Railway Station were noticably more than in past years!

Before the Rathayatra procession began in the

In her book Prabhupada Stories, Govinda Dasi recalls her spiritual master’s reaction when he first witnessed American boys sporting in the ocean in 1967:

Sometimes when sitting on the beach blanket in New Jersey, Srila Prabhupada would look out at the waves while chanting japa. He was very beautiful and serene, always absorbed in Krishna, yet also carefully scrutinizing

By the mercy of Their Lordships Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada we had wonderful Lord Jagannatha Rathayatra in Canberra, Australia on 18 July 2015. The Hare Krishna (ISKCON) Canberra devotees along with local community members celebrated Rathayatra Festival seeking the blessings of Their Lordships. Fortunately 18 July 2015 coincided with this year’s actual date of Lord Jagannatha Rathayatra at Sri Ksetra Jagannatha Puri Dhama; e

By Bhakti Caru Swami

Hare Krsna,

So we were discussing about Srila Prabhupada, my experiences and associations with Prabhupada.

So from Mayapur Srila Prabhupada went to Bombay. The main reason for Prabhupada’s going to Bombay was a big Pandal program in Cross Maidan. In the main city of Bombay there is a large park called Cross Maidan. A program was arranged for Srila Prabhupada for three nights in Cross Maidan. When Prabhupada arrived in Bombay the devotees drove Srila Prabhupada to his quarte

By Chaitanya Charana Dasa

Four points to consider regarding Lord Krishna’s characterization of life in the material world.

After teaching a university seminar, I was asked questions I had myself raised when I first encountered the philosophy of Krishna consciousness: “Why is the Vedic philosophy so pessimistic? When the world offers both pleasures and pains, why does the Bhagavad-gita call the world a place of misery?”

Over my decade and a half of practicing and sharing Krishna consciousness, I

By Dwarka Vasini Devi Dasi

The Lake shore city of Kenya –Kisumu, celebrated its annual Rath Yatra on the 18th of July, coinciding with the Puri Rath Yatra, and IDD- UL-FTR. Taking advantage of the auspicious date, the Kisumu devotees organized the festival in less than a week.

127 devotees travelled from the capital city Nairobi covering a total distance of approx.355kms to participate in the event. Kisumu devotees are known for their hospitality and very delicious Prasadam that was served

Hare Krishna Esteemed Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

The Fillmore Jazz Festival of San Francisco is the biggest free jazz festival on the West Coast attracting a variety of jazz enthusiasts from all over the state of California. Interestingly enough, the theme of the jazz festival this year was, rediscovery. The Weekend Sankirtana Warriors of ISV joyfully went out on book distribution with the single-pointed purpose of helping one and all rediscov

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23rd July, 2015. Gurgaon

I am quoting some learning in  Q&As format from Srimad Bhagavatam 3rd canto chapters 24 and 25.

Q: What is the distinction between maya consciousness and Krishna consciousness ? 

Ans :

cetaḥ khalv asya bandhāya muktaye cātmano matam
guṇeṣu saktaṁ bandhāya  rataṁ vā puṁsi muktaye (SB 3.25.15)

Translation

The stage in which the consciousness of the living entity is attracted by the three modes of material nature is called conditional life. But when that same consci

Hare Krsnna to all devotees.  I used to post blogs on Iskcondesiretree website and as you know all chapters are finished of the book "Srimad Bhagavadgita.  

If you are reading my Bhagvadgita blogs, do i continue from start to posting those blogs or try something new?

Hare Krsna from a devotee

By Urmila Devi Dasi

Quotations from Srimad-Bhagavatam and from the commentary (“purports”) on the Srimad-Bhagavatam by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada describe how the universe is created and destroyed.

Compiler’s note: The text is straight quotes. In one or two places I adjusted the grammar for clarity in the context of this compilation. Brackets indicate words added for clarity or to allow for the flow of the text. Srimad-Bhagavatam references have been abbreviated as
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