A visit to Gokul Dhama, Belgaum

By Sri Chaitanya Chandra Das

I visited Belgaum recently for Ratha Yatra. Belgaum is a town situated on the border of Maharashtra and Karnataka. After Ratha Yatra I had the good fortune of visiting Gokul Dhama, a 415 acre farm community situated 30 KM from Belgaum conducted under HH Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj. Late afternoon, after an hour ride we reached there by car. I was visiting the farm first time hence there was lot of anticipation. One of my friend Vraje

Narada - The Transcendental Spaceman by HH Indradyumna Swami on 09 Jan 1994 at ISKCON New Zealand

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha

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Lecture on Mundane Desire and Gopi Prema by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 15 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Salem

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on The more we become detached the more we master the body by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(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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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 09 Chapter 11 Text 18-19 by HG Kripamoya Prabhu on 13 Feb 2015 at Radhadesh

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Mayapur Retirement Village as an International GBC Project

This the 312 resolution from the Minutes Of The GBC Annual General Meeting at Sri Mayapur Dham

Whereas the desire of the international GBC is that a retirement village be created in Sridham Mayapur that would operate under the direction of the international GBC

Resolved:

That the Retirement Village/Elders’ Enclave is under the exclusive direction of the international GBC Body. There is no direction or control from any other ISKCON enti

FINAL REMINDER

Dear follower of Srila Prabhupada,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Kindly submit your homage to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa-puja book by April 15.

In addition, if you're a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, please check out www.sptributes.com to learn about a Vyasa-puja book open to all his disciples. The deadline for submission to this book is also April 15.

The standards for submitting an offering to the traditional Vyasa-puja book (t

There are different varieties of yogis. So of all the yogis, the bhakti-yogi who is thinking of Krsna within the mind, he is the first-class yogi. So in our movement we are creating first-class yogis because they are chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. So this is directly to create first-class yogis.

By.H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Veganism, Vegetarianism and Prasadarianism

By Dusyanta dasa

In this article that is dealing with the differences between Veganism, Vegetarianism and Prasadarianism there is a necessity to provide quotes from scripture, from Sri Guroh and from Sadhu. As Vaisnava devotees of Lord Krishna we always use these three principles to authenticate our actions, our ways, and our decisions. Any quotes provided will only be from Srila Prabhupada’s books.

But firstly to fully understand what we are dealing w

Bhaktin Sakshi Donates Scholarship for TOVP Construction

Bhaktin Sakshi from Delhi, India decides that the scholarship money she received from her college would best be spent on “higher education” by helping to build the TOVP to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s desire to bring millions of people to Mayapur, and ultimately back to Godhead. This is truly the best use of intelligence in the Lord’s service and a wonderful example of sacrifice

His Grace Sesa Das, ISKCON GBC and Minister of Education, Speak About the TOVP

Sesa prabhu expalins that, as the Minister of Education in ISKCON he sees the TOVP as an educational project and an integral part of our missionary work to educate the general public about Vedic knowledge. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity we are part of and he encourgaes us to give our “might” to help in it’s completion.

The Indian government has finally agreed to restore the Yamuna’s ecological flow through several steps demanded by protestors, beginning with bringing the sacred river under the Environment Protection Act within two to three months.

The move is a huge victory for the Free Yamuna Campaign of Braj (the land of Lord Krishna’s pastimes), which has been fighting for years now to restore the beleaguered river.

It is also a direct response to the Campaign’s third protest march since 2011, which was org

Hare Krishna.
1st April 2015. Gurgaon

We read in the past few blogs (Blog1, Blog2) about serious repercussions of Vaishanava Aparadha. Few days back I was browsing through a book by HG Srimati Mataji on Srila Prabhupada and by sheer coincidence my eyes caught the page which mentioned what is the cause of vaishnava aparadha. HG Srimati Mataji quotes Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, mainly from his book Bhaktyaloka, and bind various quotations meticulously to bring the essence of this important topic. H

TEXT 5

yajna-dana-tapah-karma 
na tyajyam karyam eva tat 
yajno danam tapas caiva 
pavanani manisinam

SYNONYMS

yajna--sacrifice; dana--charity; tapah--penance; karma--activities;na--never; tyajyam--to be given up; karyam--must be done; eva--certainly; tat--that; yajnah--sacrifice; danam--charity; tapah--penance; ca--also; eva--certainly; pavanani--purifying; manisinam--even of the great souls.

TRANSLATION

Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up but should be performed. Indeed, sacr

If you want to advance in spiritual consciousness -- because that is the only objective of life -- then you should not eat more, atyaharah, or collect more. Atyaharah prayasas ca prajalpo niyamagrahah. That is our philosophy.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Dear Disciples and Well-Wishers, 

Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

TEXT 4

niscayam srnu me tatra 
tyage bharata-sattama 
tyago hi purusa-vyaghra 
tri-vidhah samprakirtitah

SYNONYMS

niscayam--certainty; srnu--hear; me--from Me; tatra--there; tyage--in the matter of renunciation; bharata-sat-tama--O best of the Bharatas; tyagah--renunciation; hi--certainly; purusa-vyaghra--O tiger among human beings; tri-vidhah--three kinds; samprakirtitah--is declared.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Bharatas, hear from Me now about renunciation. O tiger among men, there are three kinds of re

So Krsna is the master of the senses. The whole world is struggling for sense gratification. Here is the simple philosophy, truth, that "First of all let enjoy, let Krsna enjoy. He is the master. Then we enjoy." Tena tyaktena bhunjitha. The Isopanisad says everything belongs to Krsna. Isavasyam idam sarvam: [Iso mantra 1] "Everything belongs to Krsna." This is the mistake. Everything belongs to Krsna, but we are thinking, "Everything belongs to me." This is illusion. Aham mameti [SB 5.5.8]. Aham