This year is the 50th year anniversary/golden jubilee of the Jaladuta Diary.
This year is the 50th year anniversary/golden jubilee of the Jaladuta Diary.
April 1965: While approaching the Scindia Steam Navigation Company in Bombay to sponsor his passage to America, Srila Prabhupada received one of their complimentary diaries. He used it at first as an appointment book. Once his voyage to America on the Jaladuta began in August of that year, he made regular entries in the diary to record the ev
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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: March 5, 2015 Speaker: HG Suresvara das
Subject: Gaura Purnima
I’m so glad that Jayapataka Maharaj mentioned that Senapati bhakta verse. He made an allusion, a reference to the prediction that he would send his military field commander to go and c
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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: March 5, 2015 Speaker: HH Jayapataka Swami
Subject: Gaura Purnima
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HH Jayapataka Swami
But they would not lead to Vishnu. They lead to the different deities. They would install some temporary deities, some dolls. And then after some days of puja, they would through the
By Satyaraja Dasa
A brief analysis of Bhagavad-gita 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6.
The Bhagavad-gita is one of the world’s perennial wisdom texts. Because it offers knowledge of the Absolute Truth, some of its texts can be difficult to understand. Few are as difficult as verses four and five of Chapter Nine: “By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them. And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My
TEXT 12
anistam istam misram ca
tri-vidham karmanah phalam
bhavaty atyaginam pretya
na tu sannyasinam kvacit
SYNONYMS
anistam--leading to hell; istam--leading to heaven; misram ca--or mixture; tri-vidham--three kinds; karmanah--work; phalam--result;bhavati--becomes; atyaginam--of the renouncer; pretya--after death;na tu--but not; sannyasinam--of the renounced order; kvacit--at any time.
TRANSLATION
For one who is not renounced, the threefold fruits of action--desirable, undesirable and mixed--accrue
A reconstruction of what the Derinkuyu underground city is believed to have looked like.
The previously unknown ancient metropolis was unearthed in the course of the implementation of an urban transformation project initiated by Turkey’s Housing Development Administration’s (TOKİ) in Nevşehir province of Central Anatolia.
While carrying out earthmoving works
Listening to the stories of the Lord, thinking on Him day and night are both sure remedies for the misery called the cycle of birth and death.” —Srimad Bhagavatam
Immerse yourself in Bhakti, the yoga of devotion, with Radhanath Swami as he brings to life ancient Hindu stories. These stories are designed to evoke Divine love and endless devotion in our hearts, leading the way to true peace and happiness. Talks will be a
Chanting the Holy Names joyfully
The Sadhu Sanga Retreat, to be held from May 22nd to 25th, has been completely booked up since last weekend, although offsite accommodation spots are still available.
The retreat will be held at the Art of Living Foundation’s International Meditation Center in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, whe
By Nanda Kishor das
Hare Krishna
It is a great pleasure to present to you the ISKCON South Africa Annual report for 2014. The theme for the report is #ISKCONinAction. We pray it reflects the love, dedication, inspiration and compassion that the many members of ISKCON represent in their every day actions along with ISKCON’s many great friends and well-wishers.
This digital publication can be accessed at www.iskconza.com with tablet and phone versions a
By Jaganmohini Devi Dasi
My response to ‘Second Generation Devotee Conferred with a National Legal Award in Kuala Lumpur‘
Few days back as I took a short break to quickly browse through the titles of recent articles in this forum, there was one article that caught our attention.
Dear Hema, the brief extract narrating your award story intrigued me to read the full article. Being inspired by your story, I felt, I must respond to you and so today I set
By Harikatha Das
It was a Sunday evening and I alongwith another devotee Smita Krishna Das decided to distribute Sri Prabhupada’s books in the new bus stand of Dharwad, Karnataka. So, we packed ourselves with Big as well as small books of Srila Prabhupada. We had apprehensions and shyness as we have not much experience in it. In fact, for Smita Krishna prabhu, it was the first day he went out for book distribution by getting motivated by the daily thoughts fr
By Bhakti devi dasi, Iskcon Communications Officer, Melbourne, Australia.
As part of our ongoing efforts to establish good relations with the wider Hindu Community,
ISKCON’s Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir Temple was honoured to welcome Swami Baba
Ramdev, the famous yoga teacher from India, on Friday 10th April. It was just a short visit
(part of an official welcome to Melbourne) as Swami Ramdev gave his yoga programs
elsewhere.
Swami took darshan of the Melbourne deities Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sr
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na hi deha-bhrta sakyam
tyaktum karmany asesatah
yas tu karma-phala-tyagi
sa tyagity abhidhiyate
SYNONYMS
na--never; hi--certainly; deha-bhrta--of the embodied; sakyam--possible; tyaktum--to renounce; karmani--activities of; asesatah--altogether; yah tu--anyone who; karma--work; phala--results; tyagi--renouncer; sah--he; tyagi--the renouncer; iti--thus; abhidhiyate--it is said.
TRANSLATION
It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. Therefore it is said that he wh
ISKCON Studies Institute Conference 2015 – Registration Information
By ISKCON Studies Institute
The ISKCON Studies Institute cordially invites you to attend its upcoming conference to be held at Radhadesh (Belgium) from May 22-24, 2015. This year’s conference theme is Devotional Ethics, Community, and Practice in Caitanya Vaisnavism.
The ISKCON Studies Institute Conference 2015 features an outstanding array of academic scholars from around the world.
One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by His mercy only. Athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi. Anyone who has received a small particle of the prasadam, mercy of the Lord, he can understand the Lord. Nobody can understand the Lord perfectly. It is not possible because the Lord is unlimited. We have got our senses very limited. Our senses are not only limited, but also imperfect. We commit illusion. We try to cheat. So many defects are there. Therefore simply
Bhaktivedanta Academy Hiring Middle School Subject Area Teacher
The Bhaktivedanta Academy, a spiritually-centered pre-k thru 10th grade school, located in Alachua, Florida, is seeking applicants for the position of Middle School Subject Area Teacher for our International Baccalaureate 7th through 10th grade Middle Years Programme*.
We are seeking qualified candidates who possess an enthusiasm for working with teens in a highly co
By Ravindra Svarupa dasa
1. We all have a relationship with Krishna.
A. We are fully and eternally related with Krishna on the spiritual platform.
B. The relationship is there whether we are theists or atheists, practitioners or non-practitioners.
C. We may be conscious of the relationship or not, and our consciousness may also be in various manners strong, weak or distorted.
2. If we are not pure devotees, that relationship is to some degree or another broken.
A. The full rela
By Sunanda das
On the morning of Saturday, April 4th after a short stop to the home of Devakinandana prabhu and his family for breakfast prasadam, we made our way to attend a celebration of Jayapataka Maharaja’s Vyas Puja at the home of Sukhada das and his family in Feastieville, Pennsylvania.
Many devotees came including Sikhi Mahiti and Visnu Gada prabhus from the Philadelphia temple. Srila Prabhupada’s disciples spoke in glorification of Maharaja and his achievements in Srila Prabhupada’s se
