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
Dear assembled devotees,
Placing your lotus feet on my head, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who
created all of you as saintly persons, though mostly coming from low births. Srila Prabhupada told us, "I have
created your good fortune!"
All glories to Brahmananda prabhu, who was one of a kind. There will never be another devotee exactly the
same as Brahmananda. He was unique. Even when I joined the movement in 1968, when ther
By Mathura Lilesvari Devi Dasi
The Panihati Cidadahi festival is a yearly celebration of the pastimes of Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami and Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This astonishing pastime took place on the banks of the Ganges at Panihati Dham, which is just north of Calcutta. The festival remembers how the Lord mercifully reciprocated with His devotees by arranging, through Nityananda Prabhu and Raghunatha dasa, to provide an ecstatic feast
TEXT 48
saha-jam karma kaunteya
sa-dosam api na tyajet
sarvarambha hi dosena
dhumenagnir ivavrtah
SYNONYMS
saha-jam--born simultaneously; karma--work; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; sa-dosam--with fault; api--although; na--never; tyajet--to be given up; sarva-arambhah--any venture; hi--certainly; dosena--with fault; dhumena--with smoke; agnih--fire; iva--as; avrtah--covered.
TRANSLATION
Every endeavor is covered by some sort of fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the
A TRIBUTE TO BRAHMANANDA, RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY BHAKTI MADHURYA GOVINDA GOSWAMI (ACBSP) (FORMERLY MAKAHNAL DAS)
Dear assembled devotees,
Placing your lotus feet on my head, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who created all of you as saintly persons, though mostly coming from low births. Srila Prabhupada told us, "I have created your good fortune!"
All glories to Brahmananda prabhu, who was one of a kind. There will never be another devotee exactly the same as
Hare Krishna.
8th June, 2015. Gurgaon.
Last few days whatever I have been hearing, reading or even receiving from other devotees, there is one common thread: We should not desire any change in our karmic reaction from Krishna. As the coincidences built up I took them as a clue to share them with everyone.
It is not very uncommon to see that when we fall into difficult situations, we earnestly pray to Lord to remove it. It could be a simple cold to a serious illness or some other difficult situatio
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How the Hare Krsna Movement Came to Africa
by His Holiness Brahmananda Swami
Excerpted
TEXT 47
sreyan sva-dharmo vigunah
para-dharmat svanusthitat
svabhava-niyatam karma
kurvan napnoti kilbisam
SYNONYMS
sreyan--better; sva-dharmah--one's own occupation; vigunah--imperfectly performed; para-dharmat--another's occupation;suanusthitat--perfectly done; svabhava-niyatam--prescribed duties according to one's nature; karma--work; kurvan--performing; na--never; apnoti--achieve; kilbisam--sinful reactions.
TRANSLATION
It is better to engage in one's own occupation, even though one may perform i
Hare Krishna.
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Kindly see the link attached for the drama performed by devotees in Portland for the pleasure of the Lord and the devotees.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?action_reinstate=1
Your servants,
Rohinikisor das, Arivind Prabhu, Madhav Hari Prabhu and drama team
Brahmananda Prabhu, who was assisting Prabhupada in many ways said that one day Prabhupada told him, “You know, when I was in the spiritual world, one day Krsna came and Krsna asked me to go to the material world. I said to him, ‘Oh no! I don’t like austerities.’
And Krsna said, ‘No problem. Don’t worry, I will do everything – you just have to write books. And I will do the rest.’ “
