Srimad Bhagavatam Class (03.10.27-29) by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 02 June 2015 at ISKCON Melbourne
(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)
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TOVP Tour Diary Day 66: Chicago TOVP Presentation
On Saturday, May 16th we left Bloomington, Illinois for the Chicago temple. However, along the way we paid a surprise visit to His Holiness Radhanath Swami who was staying nearby.
Arriving at the temple, we set up our TOVP presentation banners and prepared for the Sunday program. The Chicago temple is a very large building and houses the presiding Deities of Sri Sri Radha Kishor Kishori, Sri Sri Gaur Nitai, and Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra.
The TOVP domes are coming up very fast! On the main dome, the 9th and last ring is now 50% completed. The 3rd ring on the planetarium dome is almost finished and for Nrshimha Dev dome, the 3rd ring just commenced!
GRC is an abbreviation for glass fiber-reinforced concrete, the strongest and most environmentally retardant concrete in the world. The TOVP is being constructed of this material, as well as all the architectural elements and decorative items being used on the temple.
Now underway on the ISKCON property is the construction of a dedicated GRC workshop to create all the architectural and decorative items in-house. It will be situated behind the current temple beside the Prabhupada Garden. Its siz
By Kumari Kunti Devi Dasi
ISKCON Europe Communications Seminar
“Theology and freedom of choice is more important then ever before”, said the ISCA (International Cultic Studies Association) member* in front of a room of ISKCON Communication team members from all over Europe.
It was the first time Anti-Cult members have visited an ISKCON temple and did a presentation. It was held during Radhadesh’s hosting of the ISKCON Europe Communications conferen
The amazing murtis pictured here are mockups of the 8 demigods that will overlook Lord Nrsimhadeva’s altar, offering prayers as described in Srimad Bhagavatam. The mockups are 2 ft. tall, but the size of the actual murtis when finished will be an astounding 9.8 feet!
On the second level of the altar, the railings between the murtis will be decorated with 3D panels illustrating the pastimes of Lord Nrsimhadeva. Each panel will be 6.5 ft. tall and, along with the murtis, cast in pure bronze.
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(By HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2015, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.18.31-34)
The situation of worshipping the husband is a Vedic injunction. In this day and age, it certainly just cannot be written off as irrelevant but on the other hand, the relevance of it really depends on the individual positions of the husband and wife. When the husband is truly, properly situated and fixed in spiritual practices, then this will apply more than when the husband i
TEXT 50
siddhim prapto yatha brahma
tathapnoti nibodha me
samasenaiva kaunteya
nistha jnanasya ya para
SYNONYMS
siddhim--perfection; praptah--achieving; yatha--as; brahma--the Supreme; tatha--so; apnoti--achieves; nibodha--try to understand;me--from Me; samasena--summarily; eva--certainly; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; nistha--stage; jnanasya--of knowledge; ya--which; para--transcendental.
TRANSLATION
O son of Kunti, learn from Me in brief how one can attain to the supreme perfectional stage, Brahman, by
The anger of Srila Prabhupada
This was one of the most difficult experiences I faced while being with Śrīla Prabhupāda."
Srutakirti dasa, April 11, 1975, ISKCON Hyderabad, India
I can remember only a few times when it was difficult being in the same room with Śrīla Prabhupāda. Obviously, one could easily imagine yearning to be in His Divine Grace's presence 24-hours a day. However, the presence of others sometimes changed the atmosphere in Śrīla Prabhupāda's room.
One day, Devananda Mahārāj
GRC is an abbreviation for glass fiber-reinforced concrete, the strongest and most environmentally retardant concrete in the world. The TOVP is being constructed of this material, as well as all the architectural elements and decorative items being used on the temple.
Now underway on the ISKCON property is the construction of a dedicated GRC workshop to create all the architectural and decorative items in-house. It will be situated behind the curre
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After offering my respectful obeisances unto the Lord of Lords, Who is the spiritual master of the entire universe, I w
Lecture on Sunday Feast Lecture by Tamohara Prabhu on 24 May 2015 at ISKCON Alachua
(Tamohara Dasa has a doctorate in educational psychology and has been a faculty member and administrator in several graduate schools and universities, including dean of the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class (04.18.16) by HH Radha Raman Swami on 30 Mar 2015 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(His Holiness Radha Raman is a famous for his Vraja parikramas. He is a very good orator and speaks non stop on the pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna. He is very simple and humble. He is brother of His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami.)
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Lecture on How to Chant better Japa by HH Sivarama Swami at 29 May 2015 at UK
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)
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Lecture on Atmanivedanam by HG Prema Manjari Mataji on 28 May 2015 at Singapore
(HG Prema Manjari mataji joined ISKCON in 1992 during her MBBS days and received her first initiation from HH Radhanath Swami maharaj in 1996. She has set an example for others to follow by wonderfully balancing between her hectic professional life as a radiologist and spiritual life.)
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Farewell Brahmananda Prabhu by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami
My dear Brahmananda Prabhu,
I bow down to your lotus feet again and again. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The dreaded day has come, you have left the planet!
In 2002, I was together with you in Sridhama Mayapur outside the main gate on the Bhaktisiddhanta road, we stood there for hours waiting for Tamal Krsna Maharaja, who had left his body in a car accident. You told me then that this is not just the end of Tamal Krsna Maharaja, this
My dear Godbrother Brahmananda Pr,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Your departure from this world to be with Srila Prabhupada came very suddenly. I was in the ICU of ILBS hospital when I was informed of this news by Gopal Krishna Maharaja. I have been in the ICU for the last thirty days and was discharged to the general ward only yesterday. Although I wish that I were there for your memorial service, my present health condition does not permit me to travel
TEXT 49
asakta-buddhih sarvatra
jitatma vigata-sprhah
naiskarmya-siddhim paramam
sannyasenadhigacchati
SYNONYMS
asakta-buddhih--unattached intelligence; sarvatra--everywhere;jita-atma--control of the mind; vigata-sprhah--without material desires; naiskarmya-siddhim--perfection of non-reaction; paramam--supreme; sannyasena--by the renounced order of life; adhigacchati--attains.
TRANSLATION
One can obtain the results of renunciation simply by self-control and by becoming unattached to material things a
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Every living entity is searching after peace. That is the struggle for existence. Everyone, from the aquatics to the highest form of human being—from the ant up to Brahma, the first creature of this universe—is searching for peace. That is the main objective. Lord Caitanya said that a person who is in full Krsna consciousness is the only peaceful man because he has no demands. That is the special qualification of a p
