By TKG Academy
MEET THE PUJARI - Bhusaya dasa
Bhusaya dasa was 19 years of age when he joined ISKCON in 1982 at Colo River. He has served as a pujari for more than three decades. Beginning in Sydney’s Darlinghurst temple, he was occupied seven days a week performing arati, dressing small Gaura Nitai and cooking offerings. Bhusaya remembers being so busy that he would sometimes be chanting his rounds at 11.00 pm.
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Harinama in Moscow, Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: This Krishna consciousness movement insists that everyone take to this path by adopting the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. The preachers of Krishna consciousness go from door to door to inform people how they can be relieved from the miserable conditions of material life. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.14.39 Purport)
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Harinama at the Phoenix Community Center and other parts of the UK. (Album with 232 photos)
One devotee lady delighted in swinging onlookers around. She was so bold, she even swung one police lady :-)
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Diary of an international Hare Krishna chanter.
Krishna-kripa prabhu has decided to introduce every citizen of this planet to the chanting of Hare Krishna mantra and Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Recently has been travelling in different cities of England where he has worked wonders!
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Namahatta Festival in Czech Republic (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—these sixteen names composed of thirty-two syllables are the only means to counteract the evil effects of Kali-yuga. In all the Vedas it is seen that to cross the ocean of nescience there is no alternative to the chanting of the holy name.” (Kali-santarana Upanisad)
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By Sacinandana Hari Das
Srimad Bhagavad Gita is not just a sacred book for all but a book giving lessons on various topics like :
– How to control your mind
– How to control your senses
– How to connect to God
– How to know “whom am I “ and many more such questions.
Srimad Bhagavat Gita is not only popular in people generally but is now catching up in corporate organizations too. Manager are interested to know what lessons Bh
By Radhanath Krishna das
A team of 15 devotees from ISKCON Batticaloa and guests from abroad voyaged from the east coast of Sri Lanka till the capital city of Colombo covering all major cities and towns of the island bringing Vaikuntha atmosphere at each location. We mainly targeted youths in schools and colleges by performing drama, distributing books, holding harinama sankirtana, distributing prasadam and follow-up. Every school program had an atte
Students appreciate fun moments at the Delhi “Umanga” festival
The worldwide increase of popularity of yoga inspired the United Nations to recognize 21st June as ‘International Yoga Day’. On this occasion, ISKCON’s Youth Forum (IYF) shared the bliss of bhakti yoga with Delhi youngsters through its bi-monthly youth festival called ‘Umanga’.
The festival featured a talk
By Mukunda Goswami
There is a Chinese proverb that says, “Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.” If the longest journeys begin with the first step, then at minimum that first step should be taken. Doing what I know I can do in my limited sphere of influence is extremely important. Every member of ISKCON can take the first step.
Many of us New Govardhanites hope that ISKCON’s Golden Jubilee occasion (celebratin
By HG Rasamandal Das & HG Vrndavanlila Devi dasi
What appeared to be a small village preaching program in a sleepy village near Bodhan, small place in the state of Telengana and the border of Maharashtra turned to be a day full of activities, immersed in kirtan, Krsna katha and devotee association.
Bodhan is said to be the treasury of Pandavas, no wonder it still retains some of its old splendor. As one keeps moving through its streets one can see number of beautiful a
By Govardhana Seva dasa
Recently we were privileged to have Hari Sauri visiting New Govardhana and sharing his knowledge with us.
After spending many years as Srila Prabhupada’s personal secretary, Hari Sauri became motivated to start a research centre and preserve everything possible pertaining to the Gaudiya Vaishnava past.
In 2008, an Indian devotee named Sharma Suka donated a run-down six unit apartment block in Calcutta an
By Madhava Smullen
Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala.
June 21st, 1976 was a normal day at the Pittsburgh International airport until a group of Krishna devotees from New Vrindaban, dressed in an odd combination of dhotis or saris with large rubber farm boots, appeared. Commuters stared open-mouthed as the fifty-strong crew exploded into a cacophonous burst of chanting, mridanga drums, and gongs in front of the arrival gat
Madhuvan and Talavan Visit by HG Deenabandhu Prabhu on July 6, 2015
Sunday Feast Lecture on About we get do excited by HH Rtadhvaja Swami on 28 Jun 2015 at ISKCON Alachua
(HH Rtadhvaja Swami Maharaja was born and raised in a rural farming community in North Dakota, U.S.A. His first encounter with the devotees was in 1972. It was a few years later, in 1975, that he first came upon Srila Prabhupada's books, started chanting, visited a temple.)
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Lecture on Real Service Gives Permanent Satisfaction by HH Giriraj Swami on 06 Jun 2015 at Towaco
(Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in the home of a respected Chicago lawyer. He met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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Lecture on Difference between Humans and Animals-Christian Scientific and Bhagavatam Understandings by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Jun 2015
(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)
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Special Invitation:
When: Thursday 9th July 2015.
Where: Archbishop Lanfranc Academy.
Mitcham Rd. Croydon
Time: 7.30 pm
Dear Friends As you may have heard, Krishna Avanti Primary School Croydon was finally approved to open in September 2016 by the Department for Education. With the support of the DfE and Croydon Council, the project is now well and truly underway and now we need your full support more than ever to see the school through to opening and many years beyond for the children of our c
