Padayatra reached Chitrakoot on 24th June and we stayed at Chitrakoot around 12-13 days. Keeping the padayatra chariot there, we went to Pandharpur for the Vyas Puja of our spiritual master Lokanath Maharaja. When Uttar Pradesh Padayatra visited Chitrakoot they had to struggle a lot for their stay, they had to pay Rs. 1000 per day. So we were little worried, But Lord shows the day. We visited the same dharmashala where we had stayed 10 years back during our last round to Chitrakoot and by
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सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Guru Parampara Sri Sampraday (Ramanand Sampraday) starts from Sri SitaRam. This is one of the most oldest lineage in Sanātan Dharm whose mentions are found in Vedas, which is continuing till today & will further continue. Few people have a very silly confusion regarding the Sri Ramananda Sampraday that it started when Śrīmad Jagadguru Rāmānandāchārya appeared. But this is false at all. Before Śrīmad Rāmānand
सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Nothing in this entire eternal universe can match the glory of the Bow & Arrow of Parātpar Par-Brahma Śrī Rām. Although the glory of his Bow and Arrow is in every scripture but to be specific we will go with Srimad Brihd-Hanuman Nataka 14.7-13;
बहुचक्र समं विष्णोः बहुशूल समं हरः ।
बहु वज्र समश्वासोः रामबाण प्रतापवान् ।।
तणेनैकशरं करेण दशधा सन्धानकालेशतंचापेऽभूत् सहस्र लक्षगमने कोटिश्च कोटिर्वधे ।
अन्तेखर्वनिखर्
Just as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who is eternal, who is the Supersoul of all living entities, who is greatly effulgent, and who is the complete whole, is the foremost of all godly personalities—as the worshipable goddess, Mula-prakrti, is best of all godesses—as Mahadeva is best of all Vaisnavas, perfectly learned persons, and yogis—as the mind is the best of all the senses and other fast moving objects—as Brahma is best of all knowers of the Vedas—as Ganapati is best of a
Shabari’s Caves at Hampi Dhama
Kishkinda Ksetra
Shabari was a tribal lady and had unflinching devotion for Lord Rama. She took the shelter of great sage Matanga Rsi as her spiritual master. During the last days of sage Matanga, Shabari served him with great attention and care. Pleased by her service, Matanga Rsi blessed her that one day certainly Lord Rama along with His bother Laxmana will come to meet her. Having undeterred faith in the words of her spiritual master, every day, Shabari col
There were a hundred of us, mostly monks, men and women. We stood in a circle, and the exercise was to take some steps forward or backward, depending on the answer to the question given.
The facilitator, Vraj Bihari, asked, "How many of you are in the category of seventy years of age and above?" About a dozen took three steps forward.
"How many of you are between sixty and seventy?" That included a much larger percentage.
"How many of you came to Krishna Consciousness before 1970?"
By Karnamrita Das
THE MIRACLE OF FORGIVENESS:
Much has been written in spiritually themed literature, Vedic scriptures and Prabhupada's translations, and personal growth/self-help books about forgiveness. As a young person and devotee I had no idea how important forgiveness could be. It was only after years of introspection and prayer that I personally understood how important it was for me to forgive important persons in my life and myself.
The topic came up in my reading of the last few days,
Nila Kamal das: Madan is a small village located in North Bangladesh. For the last seven years, devotees from ISKCON Netrakona have been preaching there and have established regular Nama Hatta programs. There are around twenty initiated devotees there and they are conducting regular preaching programs there. ISKCON Netrakona devotees visit every month to inspire and enthuse the local devotees.
On the auspicious day of Lord Rama’s appearance, devotees from Madan arranged a wonderful pandal progr
The appearance day of Lord Ramacandra falls on Wednesday, 5th April this year.
So Ramayana, Valmiki Ramayana, not other Ramayana, the so-called Ramayana... Authority, Valmiki Ramayana. If you read Valmiki Ramayana, that is also as good as reading Bhagavad-gita.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 7.1 -- October 9, 1975, Durban
I have a great desire to translate the Valmiki Ramayana because that is authorized. Tulsi das' Charit manas is already translated into English by some clergyman, but I do
Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.Srila Prabhupada said that a GBC member could have “thousands of secretaries,” and in keeping with this principle the Governing Body has designed new posts for senior devotees to be engaged in assisting the GBC expand the oversight of the Society’s development. One such post is that of Global Duty Officers (GDO), who help the Governing Body and its members by taking up important services giving support and leader
From Back to Godhead
Just to attract us to His service, God appeared on earth more than one million years ago as Lord Ramacandra the most benevolent ruler and valiant hero the world has ever known.
The incarnations of Godhead are as numerous as the waves of the sea, yet Krsna, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the source of them all. Just as from one original candle we may light many other candles equal in potency, so Krsna expands Himself in many incarnations, each as powerful as
Jambavan also known as Jambavantha, is an eternal servant of Lord Ramacandra. He was the King of the Bears (Riksharaj). He helped Lord Ramacandra find His wife Srimati Sita devi and fight Her abductor, Ravana. He was instrumental in making realize Hanuman his immense capabilities and encouraged him to jump across the ocean to search for Sita in Lanka. Jambavan was present at the churning of the ocean, and circled Lord Vamana seven times in a brief time when Lord was acquiring the three worlds f
“Drishti – Bharat Leads The World” | Mega Youth Festival | 20th March 2016 | ISKCON Pune
On the auspicious occasion of ISKCON’s Golden Jubilee, to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada and GBC, we made our humble and best attempts. With little or no idea to start with, the planning and execution of the event was majorly done in past 3 months.
Publicity
– Phase I:
o In a span of only a week (March 9-16), 135000 students got free passes in more than 70 colleges all over Pune.
o Principals and
EXCITING EVENTS FOR THE 40th ANNIVERSARY IN ISKCON VRNDAVANA During Ram Navami 2015
On-going 5 Day Schedule for the 40th Anniversary Festival of the Krishna Balarama Mandir (March 24-28)
Day 1- Tuesday, 24th March
• Welcome / Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Gopal Krsna Maharaja
• Sumptuous Prasad being served
• Beginning of Kirtan Mela “VRAJ RAS” in the Temple Courtyard
• Memories in Krsna Hall by senior devotees who were serving
Srila Prabhupada in Vrndavana
• Evening Cultural Program in Krs
EXCITING EVENTS FOR THE 40th ANNIVERSARY IN VRNDAVANA !!!
On-going 5 Day Schedule for the 40th Anniversary Festival of the Krishna Balarama Mandir (March 24-28)
Day 1- Tuesday, 24th March
• Welcome / Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Gopal Krsna Maharaja
• Sumptuous Prasad being served
• Beginning of Kirtan Mela “VRAJ RAS” in the Temple Courtyard
• Memories in Krsna Hall by senior devotees who were serving
Srila Prabhupada in Vrndavana
• Evening Cultural Program in Krsna Hall (6:30pm – 9pm)
Day
More devotees crowded into the room. Since Prabhupada would be leaving for America the next day, this was the last chance devotees would get to be with their spiritual master.
Flowers and gifts piled up on the table as newly arrived devotees offered their obeisances. Tusta Krsna entered, now with shaved head and fully dressed in sannyasa garb. Prabhupada smiled affectionately.
"So, coming to your senses. Yes. So you are all good boys. I think we should work together for th
Aksayananda's stepfather, Hector (Robbie) Robertson, had volunteered to drive Prabhupada to the hall. Early in the evening, the same quaint old car that had picked up Srila Prabhupada at the airport that morning coughed and splut
The Glorious Pastimes of Lord Rama
By His divine garce, Bhakti Vedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada |
The Tenth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam describes how Lord Ramachandra appeared in the dynasty of Maharaja Khatvanga. It also describes the Lord's activities, telling how He killed Ravana and returned to Ayodhya, the capital of His kingdom.
The son of Maharaja Khatvanga was Dirghabahu, and his son was Raghu. The son of Raghu was Aja, the son of Aja was Dasaratha, and the son of Dasaratha
Taken from the book Sri Vraj Mandal Parikrama
One day, the supremely playful Sri Krsna was sitting in the shade under the trees on the northen bank of this lake, together with the gopis, and was laughing and joking with vinodini Sri Radhika. At that time, many monkeys from nearby places descended from the trees, being attracted by Krsna's sweet beauty. They respectfully bowed at His lotus feet, sang in joy, jumped and danced. Severa
Nityananda Prabhu
From Caitanya Bhagavata, Adi-lila, Chapter Nine
Chapter Summary
This chapter describes the childhood pastimes of Nityananda up to his twelfth year, during which time he re-enacted the divine pastimes of Krsna, Rama, Vamana, and the other avataras of Vishnu. This chapter also describes his tour of different holy places which continued until his twentieth year.
On the order of Gaura Krsna, Ananta Deva had already made his appearance in the village of Ekacakra in Radades. In this way,
