BBT Only Day
How can we Celebrate BBT ONLY DAY?
BBT is requesting all GBCs, ISKCON centers and BBT directors to bring to the attention of all of ISKCON this very important letter that Srila Prabhupada wrote. Therefore it is important to emphasize and commemorate “BBT ONLY” DAY on March 14.
We humbly request that ISKCON Temples promote BBT Only Day according to the availability of resources and manpower:
Some suggestions:
All leaders to please circulate this important e-booklet to their databa
Sri Gaura Purnima 2015 at ISKCON New Talavan Farm Community, 3149 Carriere, MS, USA
Sent by Lajjadevi Rasaraj
Vanipedia to Translate Prabhupada’s Gita Introduction into 108 Languages
As we near ISKCON’s 50th anniversary in 2016, we can look forward to celebrating many specific special dates in the society’s history.
On February 19th and 20th 1966, for example, ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya Srila Prabhupada spoke an introduction to his Bhagavad-gita As It Is over the space of two lectures.
Now, volunteers for Vanipedia.org, the dynamic online encyclopedia of Srila Prabhupada’s words (vani) are planning to co
Sanyasa Graduates
By Prahladananda Swami
On 5 March 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Ganga Narayan Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami.
On 21 February 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Ananda Caitanya Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Bhakti Swarupa Caitanya Swami.
On 21 February 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Dhirasanta Prabhu. His sannya
I also met 2 men who were from Iran. I presumed that they would reject the Bhagavad Gita, however, they were so interested in meditation and yoga. “This is Really Cool.” They explained their interests and methods of meditation and had a pleasant conversation with me. They then gave me a handsome donation of $20.00. This proved to me that everyone is really a soul, beyond all doubt. The message of Bhagavad Gita is not for only one race or ethnicity. It is was spoken by the Lord for the soul purp
What is reincarnation?
The soul is eternal but the body is temporary. Thus when the body is finished (death), the soul must continue to exist in another body.
If a person kills and soon after dies himself. How can he be punished unless he takes birth again? If a sinner is sent to hell forever then how can God be merciful unless he is given another chance?
Once you had the body of a baby and now an adult. The baby body is gone but you still exist. This is reincarnation, changing bo
GBC College for Leadership Development, Day Two at Govardhana Ecovillage in Outskirt of Mumbai
GBC College, Day Two: Up Close and Personal with Giriraj Maharaja and Bhakti Charu Maharaja
Just to clarify: The GBC College for Leadership Development isn’t specifically or exclusively designed to groom future GBCs. The intention of the GBC is to assist in creating better leaders; devotees who can deeply imbibe Srila Prabhupada’s mood and instructions and who can give shelter to devotees and help the
GBC College, Day One
The GBC College for Leadership Development started its first day of its first year of operations today, 8 March 2015, at the Govardhana Ecovillag on the outskirts of Mumbai.
The College has been formally established by GBC resolution last month, February 2015, with the following words:
Whereas Srila Prabhupada repeatedly indicated the need for training qualified leaders:
“There is need for intelligent young men to train them up as future leaders and preachers to go all ove
TEXT 18
satkara-mana-pujartham
tapo dambhena caiva yat
kriyate tad iha proktam
rajasam calam adhruvam
SYNONYMS
sat-kara--respect; mana--honor; puja-artham--for worship; tapah--austerity; dambhena--pride; ca--also; eva--certainly; yat--which is;kriyate--performed; tat--that; iha--in this world; proktam--is said;rajasam--in the mode of passion; calam--flickering; adhruvam--temporary.
TRANSLATION
Those ostentatious penances and austerities which are performed in order to gain respect, honor and reverenc
Hare Krishna.
8th March, 2015. Gurgaon
Since last many days I am trying to analyse why I feel hollow from inside as if some part of me as has gone missing. And I have developed a strange longing for Krishna and hearing about Krishna, I try my best to suppress it and hide it but it won’t go. I shared with Shyamsundar Prabhu some days back that I feel that a strange churning is happening inside my heart but the churning feels like churning of a very viscous fluid (like a very thick honey) which is
TEXT 17
sraddhaya paraya taptam
tapas tat tri-vidham naraih
aphalakanksibhir yuktaih
sattvikam paricaksate
SYNONYMS
sraddhaya--with faith; paraya--transcendental; taptam--execution;tapah--austerity; tat--that; tri-vidham--three kinds; naraih--by men;aphala-akanksibhih--without desires for fruits; yuktaih--engaged;sattvikam--in the mode of goodness; paricaksate--is called.
TRANSLATION
This threefold austerity, practiced by men whose aim is not to benefit themselves materially but to please the Supreme
By Purushottam Kumar
In India the recent surge in rape cases has shaken the conscience of every right-thinking Indian. People were outraged when, in December 2012, a young girl was gang-raped in Delhi and later died. A similarly horrific incident occurred in August 2013 in Mumbai when a woman photojournalist was gang-raped. After the episode in Delhi there were widespread protests and demand for tougher rape laws, but there continue to be incidents noneth
TEXT 16
manah-prasadah saumyatvam
maunam atma-vinigrahah
bhava-samsuddhir ity etat
tapo manasam ucyate
SYNONYMS
manah-prasadah--satisfaction of the mind; saumyatvam--without duplicity towards others; maunam--gravity; atma--self; vinigrahah--control; bhava--nature; samsuddhih--purification; iti--thus; etat--that is; tapah--austerity; manasam--of the mind; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION
And serenity, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purity of thought are the austerities of the mind.
PURPORT
To m
Global Sustainability Award to HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj for Govardhan Eco Village
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj was conferred Global Sustainability Award for his Govardhan Eco Village (GEV) on World CSR Day at the 4th Enhanced Edition of the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Awards recently held in Mumbai. also GEV Received Platinum Award from SKOCH Group for Water Conservation and provisionally certified with Five Star rating under GRIHA, the Indigenous Rating System for Green Buildings in Ind
I’ll tell one verse from Caitanya Caritamrta but this verse if quoted from Srimad Bhagavatam. As all of you know Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu He has not written any books upon His teachings except Siksastakam. So but He has by His discussions with different personalities, the five most important discussions took place, it is between Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Srila Rupa Goswami; Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Sanatana Goswami; Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Raya Ramananda; Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Prakasananda Sarasvati; and Caitan
Hare Krishna.
6th March, 2015. Gurgaon
Kindly accept my good wishes for Gaur Purnima and Holi.
I had the good fortune, or some sukriti, to be able to attend the sanyasa diksha of HG Ganganarayan Prabhuji, who is now HH Bhakti Prema Swami, at Ujjain yesterday. He is the first disciple of HH Bhakti Charu Swami to get sanyasa diksha. I took darshan of guru maharaj, that too on Gaur Purnima day, and association of so many senior vaishnavas and then saw an exceptionally qualified devotee & disciple bec
Rajan Jani prabhu, an ISKCON devotee from Kenya Africa, donates for a Golden Gratitude Coin ($108,000 U.S.) and promises another $400,000 before the finish of the project. He has been a great supporter of many ISKCON projects and now feels the ISKCON Mayapur temple is a crown that will decorate the body of ISKCON for the coming years. His message to the world is everyone should feel blessed to participate in building this temple. He has also encouraged his son to donate a large amount of money
In Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 1 the order carriers of Yamarāja, the superintendent of death, come to take Ajāmila but Viṣṇudūtas prevent them. Yamadūtas argue that Ajāmila lived a very sinful life and has not undergone any atonement. Therefore he needs to be punished for his sinful actions. In Chapter 2, specifically from verse 1 through 20, Viṣṇudūtas explain how Ajāmila had already undergone atonement not only for sins of the current birth but for those of millions of his past lives as
Coloring India - ISKCON Chowpatty celebrated Holi festival in a grand way
6th March 2015
This festival of colors, Holi, is being celebrated all over India since ancient times. And celebration for devotees means another chance to offer a service to Radha Krishna. Thus at Radha Gopinath temple we play this festival with dry natural colors and colored water by smearing them at our Radha Gopijanavallabha Deities.
At Radha Gopinath temple we celebrate this festival the very next day of Gaur Poor
