Kartik is very auspicious for spiritual advancement. Another name for Kartik is Urja-vrata. Urja means power. The supreme power, the original power, is Srimati Radharani. So Urja-vrata, or Kartik-vrata, is for Srimati Radharani. Many important pastimes took place in the month of Kartik. On the full-moon night, Sri Krishna played upon His flute and enjoyed the rasa-lila, which is considered the best of His pastimes. Also during Kartik, Krishna saw that the residents of Vrindavan were preparing to
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By Madhava Smullen
If you’re looking for mantra music beyond traditional kirtan – say, a fun, sunny mix of soft rock, folk, and funk via the French Riviera and the Pacific Rim – you might want to try out Confused Soul’s new single “Madhu,” with its sing-alongability and joyful sax refrains. An album, “Riviera,” is set to follow this summer.
Confused Soul came about with the meeting of two minds who found that they had a lot in common. Chandrashekhara Acharya Das, who is half French, grew up in
bhagavan api ta ratrih
saradotphulla-mallikah
viksy- arantum manas cakre
yoga-mayam upasritah
Sri Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency. – S.B 10.29.1
On this most sacred and holy evening on the full moon night of the month of Kartik,in the forest of Vrindavan the moon starts rising on th
Hare Krishna and pranams dear devotees,
Today I wish to write about one of the most senior and respected leader of ISKCON HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj.
During my initial days I heard HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj’s name often. I also had the good fortune to attend some of maharaj’s lectures at Punjabi Bagh. I was new and had no idea about Maharaj’s stature. I just knew that whenever maharaj would visit ISKCON Punjabi Bagh Temple, there was always more activity and extra enthusiasm in the de
By Madhava Smullen
A new initiative by ISKCON’s Harmony Collective in Ypsilanti, Michigan, dubbed “Each One Carry One,” asks devotees to commit to carrying Srila Prabhupada’s books and prasadam for distribution everywhere they go.
“People would talk about the early days of ISKCON in a nostalgic way, and I thought, what can we do to recreate that magic?” says Harmony Collective director Deva Madhava Das.
“The principle of Prabhupada’s time was that everybody had the hope – even the expectati
By Giriraj Swami
In the first verse of the Bhagavad-gita, the low-minded king Dhrtarastra asks his secretary, “O Sanjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?” Kim akurvata: “What did they do?” Srila Prabhupada says that this is a foolish question. The two armies had gathered to fight, so what is the question of what they did? Srila Prabhupada gives the example that if someone sits down before a plate of foo
By Madhava Smullen
On June 15th, the center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where a Namahatta group met for many years became an official ISKCON temple.
The following Sunday June 17th, new GBC Anuttama Das met with the congregation, officially announced the center as ISKCON of Harrisburg, and introduced himself, the new temple board members, and new temple president Anasuya Dasi.
The largely Indian congregation had previously been running a Namahatta group since 2003, and renting various halls to
By Khonika Gope-Kumar
[Translated and abridged from the Bengali Book “Gauda Mandal Parikrama: The Holy Tirthas in Bangladesh” by Patita Uddharan Das Brahmacari. Publisher: Hare Krishna Publications, ISKCON Swamibag]
A lot of Bengali devotees lament that even though A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada instructed a number of his senior disciples to preach in Bangladesh, he personally never visited Bangladesh. However, devotees would be happy to know that Prabhupada’s Guru, Srila Bhakti Sidd
- By Bhaktivedanta Hospital & Research Institute
On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. during the holy month of Kartik, GBC member H. G. Jagajivan Prabhu (ACBSP) left this world at Bhaktivedanta Hospital & Research Institute,
Mira Road, Thane, Maharashtra, India to join the Lord’s eternal pastimes.
H. G. Jagajivan Prabhu was on a visit to India for the recently concluded GBC meeting. While inMumbai he was residing at ISKCON Juhu with his wife H. G. Bhakta Priya Mataji. For over a
decade
One thousand Russian devotees, friends of Krishna and Indian community members gathered to celebrate Diwali in spectacular style in Moscow on Saturday October 29th.
The crowd packed out a rented auditorium in ISKCON Moscow’s Kuusinena Street building, just ten minutes’ drive from the Kremlin.
The afternoon was a cultural event to commemorate welcoming Lord Rama and his wife Sita Devi, the heroes of the epic Ramayana, back to their capital Ayodhya.
As guests arrived at 3pm, they entered a foyer
As it outgrows its current facilities, the Mayapur Institute is beginning to build a new campus on ten acres at ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal.
Manager Anantashesh Das says that the new campus for the Institute – which trains ISKCON devotees in the systematic study of Srila Prabhupada’s books – will be located fifteen minutes from Mayapur’s main ISKCON campus, in a serene and beautiful spot.
The campus will be built according to vastu principles and will include accommodations fo
By Daamodara Dhananjaya Prabhu
During one of our meetings between GBC-SPN (Strategic Planning Network) Outreach Committee and the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry, the subject matter of discussion was how to improve our outreach during the festivals that we celebrate in ISKCON. It has been observed that most of our festivals are successful in creating a majestic impression in the minds of the people, but fail to generate new devotees in a large number. In spite of so much time, labo
By Piyush
“I am glad to see that my Thursday lectures have brought some changes in the mind of the young offenders. If the lectures are continued I am sure to turn these offenders into saintly characters.”
1962, Letter to Sri Puri, Superintendent, Tihar Prison
We all know that Krsna’s birthplace was a prison cell. Not many of us, however, know that before Srila Prabhupada left for the West, Srila Prabhupadaa brought Krishna’s message to the Tihar prison, Asia’s largest prison based out of De
Sanyasa Graduates
By Prahladananda Swami
On 5 March 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Ganga Narayan Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami.
On 21 February 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Ananda Caitanya Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Bhakti Swarupa Caitanya Swami.
On 21 February 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Dhirasanta Prabhu. His sannya
Tulasi - Shaligram Vivaha This is the celebration of the marriage ceremony of Srimati Tulsi Devi and Lord Sri Krishna.
Shri Vasishthaji said that what I have heard in ancient times from Lord Brahma about the marriage of Tulasi I will now describe according to what is written in the Narada-pancaratra. First one should plant Tulasi either in the house or the forest, and after three years one may perform her marriage. The auspicious times when one may perform the marriage of Shalagrama and Tulasi a
LECTURE BY HIS HOLINESS LOKANATH SWAMI
Date: 6th July 2011, Venue: Pune
(On occasion of 25th anniversary of 24 hours sankirtan in Krishna Balarama temple His Holiness Lokanath Maharaj ji talking to the 24 hours sankirtan team in Krishna Balarama and glorifying Aindra Prabhu on phone)
Aindra prabhu ki……………jai, we miss him on this day such a wonderful association, so much inspiration especially in the kirtan, sankirtan movement. I also like little bit kirtan, so we were colleagues and I remember fr
Damodara Program 2012
Hare Krishna
Dear Devotee,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The following is a note on the Damodara progam which the ministry promotes. Please post it on your website, Kartik is coming up soon! Attached is a picture of Damodara.
Damodara Program 2012
At the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry, we promote several programs which assist in the development of congregations. The Damodara program is one of them.
During this Damodara month, if o
I would like to share with you the auspicious passing of HG Biharini devi dasi. In the early hours of Saturday 8th May 2010. During the auspiscious month of Purushottam, Biharini devi dasi peacefully left her body at her home close by to Jagannath Mandir, Rajpur, Sridham Mayapur. Biharini Mataji was a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaj, wife of HG Krishna Dayal das, and mother of five sons. Many of you may know the family very well? All five sons have grown up in Krsna Consciousness, al
