President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee praised Srila Prabhupada’s vision to propagate spiritual knowledge to society to achieve real unity and peace, at the inauguration of ISKCON’s New Vedic Cultural Centre in Pune on 24th February. Praising ISKCON’s remarkable network that included educational institutions and centres for scientific enquiry, he said, “Centres such as these are invaluable assets for developing India’s social infrastructure – just as the education that they impart helps br

Rathyatra and Bhumi Puja at ISKCON Lucknow

   
 
 
  
   

Dear Maharaj’s and Prabhu’s,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

On 15th May, ISKCON Lucknow celebrated a colorful Rathayatra. The city of Lucknow is the capital of the Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in the country. This city is also known as ‘Laxmanpuri’. H. G. Devkinandan Prabhu, (ZS of UP and Rajasthan), H. G. Surapati Prabhu and H. G. Radha Ranjan Prabhu (Co-TP’s of ISKCON Lucknow) and the local com

ISKCON Pune New Vedic Cultural Centre (NVCC) Inauguration

Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra

Sri Jagannath Baladeva Subhadra 

Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

Jai Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra, Sri Sri Gaur Nitai, Sri Sri Jagganath Baladev Shubdra Devi & Sri Balaji installation & grand inauguration of new Vedic cultural center (ISKCON NVCC) on the auspicious occasion of Nityananda Tryodshi (23february 2013) More than 40000 devotees participated from all over the world & ISKCON Sannyasis, GBCs, Srila Prabhu

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugrated the Vedic Cultural Centre of ISKCON on 24th February, 2013 which is considered to be the largest temple in the city spreads across two lakh square feet.

Mukherjee said ,"Swami Prabhupada galvanized the whole world in short spam of time and established over 600 temples across the world. Everyday it provides food to 10 million children daily in India". 

ISKCON has grown in a short span of time as a movement of high velocity, he said, adding "the movement pro

I posted a reply yesterday to a question posted by one devotee, in the manner of "have you seen God", or "experienced Him". I said yes. And the fact is, though I have along the years experienced several "mystical achievements", nothing compares to the feeling of bhakti, and inside bhakti, Krishna bhakti. The growing confidence it gives, the belief that He's there no matter what, and things will turn out right. And next to Krishna, there's Radha. Merciful, sweet, ready to give a hand do the devot

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Devotee: The Bhagavad-gītā says that if one performs devotional service, then its result is never lost. Then how was it possible for Ajāmila to lose all his devotional service to Vishnu by associating with a prostitute?

Prabhupāda: He was not in devotional service.

Devotee: He was not serving Vishnu?

Prabhupāda: He was trained in Vishnu worship. Vishnu worship is not a

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Kunti says, “My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of material progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.”

These material opulences are the disqualifications – Janma, to take

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Devotee: What sort of living entity is Māyādevī?

Prabhupāda: She is Vaishnavī, a great devotee of Krishna. But she has accepted a thankless task – to punish. The policeman is a sincere government servant, but he has accepted a task – therefore nobody likes him. (laughs) If some policeman comes here, immediately you shall feel disturbed. But he is the sincere servant o

esa brahmi sthitih partha
nainam prapya vimuhyati
sthitvasyam anta-kale 'pi
brahma-nirvanam rcchati

SYNONYMS

esa--this; brahmi--spiritual; sthitih--situation; partha--O son of Prtha; na--never; enam--this; prapya--achieving; vimuhyati--bewilders; sthitva--being so situated; asyam--being so; anta-kale--at the end of life; api--also; brahma-nirvanam--spiritual (kingdom of God); rcchati--attains.

TRANSLATION

That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not

Lord Nityananda is non - different from Lord Balarama, He is an eternal associate of Lord Chaitanya. In Treta – yuga He had appeared as Lakshman, the younger brother of Lord Rama.

Lord Nityananda, also known as Nitai, incarnated 500 years ago in Ekachakra, West Bengal, India. His father was Hadai Pandit and mother Padmavati. His childhood pastimes attracted the hearts of all the residents of Ekachakra. As a child He would take great pleasure in enacting the pastimes of Ramayan. He always preferre

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 Krishna and PAMHO to all devotees.

As you do know, leading a life of Brahmacharya is Lord Krishna's wish for us as it is stated in the Bhagavad Gita chapter 16 verse 21 : there are three gates leading to this hell – lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul. as well as in bhagavad gita chapter 4 verse 26 purport: 

Sex life, intoxication and meat eating are general tendencies of human society, but a regulated householder does not i

So this is the beginning of samsara. So there is attraction between man and woman, and as soon as the attraction becomes little intimate, they unite. Then they have children. Then they require money, apartment, so many things. This man became sinful.So in order to come back to our original position -- completely good, no bad thing -- we must come to Krsna consciousness. Otherwise we are gone; we are condemned. This is the purpose of Krsna consciousness movement, to bring him again to the platfor

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev!

The following is a humble effort to transcribe the class by HG Devakinandan prabhuji in Rajkot on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 1.17.18

na vayam klesha-beejaani / yatah syuh purusharshabha
purusham tam vijaanimo / vaakya-bheda-vimohitaah

"O greatest among human beings, it is very difficult to ascertain the particular miscreant who has caused our sufferings, because we are bewilder

the muster seed is the smallest seed if compared to others, yet springs up from seed to seedling and to a tree, finally, a super tree. If the muster seed is so faithful that faith will prove itself worthy, through believing , how much more if we set a standard , follow it through same faith and believe, accomplished by good practices, then you are a success and super success forevermore,It should be noted that we must give thanks to the lord for he does all things through his spirit as he wills

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada