The town centre hosted a traditional east Indian street festival on Sunday.
The Rathayatra festival, which was first held more than 5,000 years ago, is believed to be the world’s oldest street festival.
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Organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and Croydon BID, the annual event was held in Croydon for the third time.
The diverse and colourful event, involved pulling Lord Jagannath- a form of the
Dear Maharaj/Prabhu,
Please accept our humble obeisances! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are happy to inform you that ISKCON Siliguri will be celebrating Annual Ratha Yatra of Their Lordships Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra Devi on Wednesday 10th July 2013 starting from 2.00pm onwards.
You are cordially invited to attend the Ratha Yatra along with your temple devotees and congregation. We will be happy to host you.
Please confirm your visit and the number of devotees who will be comin
Guru means one who has seen the Absolute Truth. That is guru. Tattva-darsinah, tattva means the Absolute Truth, and darsinah, one who has seen. So this movement, our Krsna consciousness movement, is for this purpose, to see the Absolute Truth, to understand the Absolute Truth, to know the problems of life and how to make a solution. These things are our subject matter. Our subject matter is not material things, that somehow or other you get a car and a good apartment and a good wife, then all yo
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The Principle of Reincarnation
By Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami
The scientific study of reincarnation may shed new light on many subtle phenomena inexplicable by currently accepted theories-phenomena such as the wide variety of living forms, innate abilities clearly not acquired from the environment, and near-death experiences. In recent years scholars in various disciplines have shown great interest in studying reincarnation, but to study it meaningfully we must first know whether life is an eter
Lecture on Our Intelligence is more Powerful by Candramauli Swami at Prabhupada Desh
(Born in New Jersey, USA, in 1947, Candramauli Swami came in contact with the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) in Denver, Cororado, at the age of twenty-four.)
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Lecture on Gangamata Goswamini Life Story by Romapada Swami on 26 Dec 2010 at Puri
(His devotional career began with management, first as president of the Manhattan temple (1977-78), then as regional secretary for New England (1979-82), and then again as president of the Brooklyn temple (1982-83). From 1996 up to 2008, he served continuously as a member of the North American Executive Committee (NA EC), and he was the chairman of the GBC EC in 2009-2010.)
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Lecture on Gangamata Goswamini Pastimes by Niranjana Swami on 03 june 2000 at kiev
(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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Lecture on A Revolution against Materialism by Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 29 Feb 2013 at Baroda
(He has since travelled widely throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali. His Holiness also travels to and preaches Krishna consciousness in other parts of the world. He continues to write books and magazine articles. His books have been translated into more than fifteen languages.)
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TEXT 29
apane juhvati pranam
prane 'panam tathapare
pranapana-gati ruddhva
pranayama-parayanah
apare niyataharah
pranan pranesu juhvati
SYNONYMS
apane--air which acts downward; juhvati--offers; pranam--air which acts outward; prane--in the air going outward; apanam--air going downward; tatha--as also; apare--others; prana--air going outward; apana--air going downward; gati--movement; ruddhva--checking; prana-ayama--trance induced by stopping all breathing; parayanah--so inclined; apare--others; ni
So here Krsna Caitanya, Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is giving mukti immediately. People are undergoing severe austerities, penances, but if you simply understand your position, what you are, that is mukti. So here Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is giving the intelligence immediately to Sanatana Gosvami that jivera svarupa haya krsnera nitya dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108]. Simply you have to accept, and surrender to Krsna. Krsna also says the same thing, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg.
Gau Seva Part 2
Now here is some historical evidences of cows in India. Throughout the world there have not been as many cows anywhere as could be found in India. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.64 is the story of King Nṛga who would donate millions of cows to brāhmaṇas. Just as it is not possible to count the raindrops that fall from the sky, similarly, it was not possible to count the amount of cows that were donated by King N
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been established to facilitate these six kinds of lovin exchanges between devotees.
1. Offering gifts in charity
2. Accepting charitable gifts
3. Revealing one’s mind in confidence
4. Inquiring confidentially
5. Accepting prasada
6. Offering prasada
These kinds of exchanges also apply in ordinary social activities. Srila Prabhupada gives the example of a businessman who wishes to make a deal with another businessman. He arranges a dinner in
TEXT 28
dravya-yajnas tapo-yajna
yoga-yajnas tathapare
svadhyaya-jnana-yajnas ca
yatayah samsita-vratah
SYNONYMS
dravya-yajnah--sacrificing one's possessions; tapah-yajnah--sacrifice in austerities; yoga-yajnah--sacrifice in eightfold mysticism; tatha--thus; apare--others; svadhyaya--sacrifice in the study of the Vedas; jnana-yajnah--sacrifice in advancement of transcendental knowledge; ca--also; yatayah--enlightened; samsita--taken to strict; vratah--vows.
TRANSLATION
There are others who, enlight
Hare Krishna, reposting from Face Book, post by Indradumna Swami:
Anatoli Fedorovich Pinyayev (Ananta-santi dasa) was the first Soviet Hare Krsna devotee. Because of his active preaching throughout the USSR and because of the spiritual influence he had on many people, he was subjected to severe persecution for five and a half years at the hands of the staff at various Soviet psychiatric hospitals. The following excerpts are from an interview with him conducted inFebruary 1988.
I started prea
If we remain puffed-up, that "I am born in such and such family. I am educated such and such, and I am posted in such and such post, so now my life is successful," that is false. Life is successful when we understand that... Here it is said, apanara hitahita kichui na jani. When we understand what is the goal of life, then life is successful. Not the temporary position, "I am getting good salary, I am very nicely posted, I have got good family," and so on, so on. No. One must know the goal of li
Dear Devotees. Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Puri enjoys a special place of pride as one of holiest place of Goudiya Vaishnavas.This year the world famous Rathyatra is being observed on 10th of july 2013 .This event attracts millions of devotees to Puri to witness this unique event.
Iskcon puri is giving the oppertunity to the worldwide community of devotees, followers of Krishna consciouness and public in general to come forward and get the mercy of t
