By Deena Bandhu dasa
In honor of the Sixth Anniverary of Vrinda Kunda Temple Opening, we have planned out and ecstatic program of parikramas and festivals from Feb. 10th to 22nd. This is one of the best times of the year as the weather is very pleasant and it is not so hot like after Mayapur Festival. Since our festival ends on the 22nd, then everyone has time to reach Mayapur for the Maha-abhisheka on Feb. 25th.
We will be leaving almost every morning from Krishn
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that in Krsna consciousness, one must be prepared to change his life and not just a little, not just partial but rather that this Krsna consciousness is a total revolution. So, it means that we have to be prepared to change completely and there is nothing in us that cannot be changed. We cannot say, “This is the way I am.” No, that argument doesn't stand because this is simply the way that we are now conditioned. Because we don’t know the way we are as
Lecture on Disappearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur by Giriraj Swami on 21 Dec 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)
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Lecture on The Stringent Laws of the Almighty by Nirantara Prabhu on 05 Jan 2014 at New Dwarka
(In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious "Global Excellence Award" for congregational preaching services from ISKCON.)
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Lecture on How to tell if your Child is a liberated Soul by Sivarama Swami on 21 Jan 2014 at ISKCON New Vraja Dham
(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 Chanting is for Devotional Service and Nothing Else by HH Niranjana Swami on 26 Dec 2013 at Boston
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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TEXT 24
agnir jyotir ahah suklah
san-masa uttarayanam
tatra prayata gacchanti
brahma brahma-vido janah
SYNONYMS
agnih--fire; jyotih--light; ahah--day; suklah--white; sat-masah--six months; uttara-ayanam--when the sun passes on the northern side; tatra--there; prayatah--one who goes; gacchanti--passes away; brahma--to the Absolute; brahma-vidah--one who knows the Absolute; janah--person.
TRANSLATION
Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in
Next month will be 11 years since the opening of our Vrinda Kunda Temple! To celebrate, we will do special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The program will culminate with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Programs will be going on from 14-27 Feb.
The Vrindavan Festival after Gaura Purnima is usually quite hot so better to come to Vrindavan before! One year, a devotee told me that he never knew th
By Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya's infinite mercy, here all the books and material distributed from the Alachua, Florida IPM office in 2013:
Prabhupada’s Books total: 2,717
Magazines (10 to 50 pages): 864
Small: 816
Medium: 242
Big: 311
Maha-Big: 484
Books by other devotee authors: 332
BTGs: 758
Audio tapes: 104
CDs: 343
DVDs: 24
Japa Mala Sets: 97
Neck Beads: 25
GRAND TOTAL of all Books and BTGs in 2013: 3,807 !!!
In 2014, we would like to make more DVDs and CDs available to the inmates. They need to be
Article by Inmate Bhakta Joseph P.
Galesburg, Illinois
The time I spend chanting the Maha-mantra in the quiet early mornings is one of my most favorite times of the day. It is that special time spent in direct association with our dear Lord Sri Krsna. But there are days when I don’t feel anything special, that even in this most auspicious transcendental activity, I feel alone, and oh, so far from my dear Lord. When this happens, it is easy to wonder if I am actually receiving His me
Lecture on Sansar Yatra ki Sikhsya by Sarvabhauma Prabhu on 29 Jan 2012 at Surat
(Sarvabhauma Prabhu was born on 6th Feb 1952, in a Puskarana Vaishnava Brahmin family, having a Radha Krishna temple for eight generations in Mithi, which is part of Rajasthan in Sindh province of Pakistan.)
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Lecture on Krishna Katha Ruci by Serving Great Souls at Home by HH Romapada Swami on 24 Dec 2013 at Chicago
(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
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03 Dec 2012
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“When I was alone in your New York, I was thinking, who will listen to me in this horrible, sinful place? All right, I shall sta
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Vani Seva
by Ananda devi dasi
May 12 2009, UK
In Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.47 we read: “The disciple and spiritual master are never separated because
06 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment
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I AM YOUR MASTER !!!
Srila Prabhupada Vani...
"All Indians should seriously take up the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and should perfect their lives, by adopting the process of devotional service. After perfecting their lives, they should broadcast this message all over the world for the welfare of all human beings. A vaishnava is especially interested in para upakara, doing good to others. pralhada maharaja was also interested in this. He did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wante
Lecture on Universal Form Explained by Nirantara Prabhu on 14 Dec 2013 at Dadlani
(In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious "Global Excellence Award" for congregational preaching services from ISKCON.)
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Chaitanya Charitamrita (Madhya Lila) by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Alachua on 25 Jan 2014
Chaitanya Charitamrita (Madhya Lila 08-138)
(Sesa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party. Sesa Dasa has a portfolio of two ministries: Minister of Educational Development and Minister of Justice, under which ISKCON Resolve works.)
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This chapter five is chiefly devoted to describing the essential nature and glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Lord Sri Krsna is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and his first expansion in a form for pastimes is Sri Balarama.
Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Krsnaloka. Krsnaloka, the abode of Krsna, has three divisions, which are known as Dwarka, Mathura and Gokula. In that abode the P
