Among the sacred cities of the world, Vrindavana is probably the least well known. Yet this small town in northern India ranks with Rome, Jerusalem, and Mecca as a center of worship. It was in Vrindavana that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna, displayed His transcendental pastimes during His appearance on this planet some five thousand years ago. Over the course of centuries, the places of Krishna’s pastimes were lost to human memory, until they were rediscovered in the sixteent

Attendance of Srila Prabhupada,s Disciples :

HH BB Madhava Swami, HG Deena Bandhu Prabhu, HG Yasomatinandan Prabhu, HG Bhima Prabhu, HG Sarbhabhuma Prabhu.

The Narada Purana (uttara kanda 52.12) describes the conversation between Lord Narayana and Lakshmi devi about Purushottama kshetra (Jagannath Puri),

pratimam tatra tam drstva svayam devena nirmitam
anayasena vai yanti bhavanam me tato narau

“A person who sees the Deities there built by the Lord Himself will easily find the path to reac

Seminar on Bhakti Sadachar by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 05)

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement. Presently he conducts seminars at various reputed educational institutes all over India including IITs and NITs as well as leading MNCs like Tech Mahindra.)

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Japa Kirtan Retreat 2012 by His Holiness Sachinanadana Swami

(His Holiness Sachinanadana Swami was born in 1954 in Hamburg, Germany, At a young age, he began searching for answers anywhere they could be found from the esoteric teachings of the old world spiritual traditions to the modern theories of psychology and parapsychology. )

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Sri Rama Katha with Hindi Translation by His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in October 1968, about two months before HH Jayapataka Swami, awarding him the name “Makhanlal das”.)

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TEXT 32

ye tv etad abhyasuyanto
nanutisthanti me matam
sarva-jnana-vimudhams tan
viddhi nastan acetasah

SYNONYMS

ye--those; tu--however; etat--this; abhyasuyantah--out of envy; na--do not; anutisthanti--regularly perform; me--My; matam--injunction; sarva-jnana--all sorts of knowledge; vimudhan--perfectly befooled; tan--they are; viddhi--know it well; nastan--all ruined; acetasah--without Krsna consciousness.

TRANSLATION

But those who, out of envy, disregard these teachings and do not practice them

This past February during ISKCON's annual walking pilgrimage in Navadvipa, West Bengal, a BTG photographer snapped a special encounter. Mahavishnu Swami, the ISKCON devotee in the pictures, tells the story.

ALMOST A THOUSAND devotees were walking together that morning junior and senior, men and women, young and old.

We came to the place known as "Naimisaranya," where it is said that the Srimad-Bhagavatam was first spoken. In previous years we had never visited there and so I was excited. I knew

This material world is very, very fierceful to the devotees. They are very, very much afraid of. This is the difference. Materialistic persons, they are thinking, "This world is very pleasing. We are enjoying. Eat, drink, be merry and enjoy." But the devotees, they think, "It is very, very fierceful. How soon we shall get out of it?" My Guru Maharaja used to say that "This material world is not fit for living for any gentleman." He used to say. "No gentleman can live here." So these things are n

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

Yoga means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures. Lord Sri Krishna is that Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Being, therefore, the ultimate object of yoga, Krishna's name is yogeshvara, the master of yoga.

When the yoga performance is described, it is said that Krishna's name is yogeshvara. No one can be a better yogi than the master of yoga, and Krishn

Seminar on Helping those Who are Experiencing Depression by His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami directly oversees projects in the United States as a senior member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commision particularly Washington D.C., Potomac, Maryland, Detroit, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, West Africa, South Africa, Croatia and Bosnia. )

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Seminar on Knowledge of the Absolute by His Holiness Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami

(Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami joined the Krishna consciousness movement in Buffalo, NY in 1971 and received initiation from Srila Prabhupada later that year.)

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Seminar on Importance of devotee association by His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami

(Bhakti Caitanya Swami initially served in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and also distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books from 1973 until 1980.)

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TEXT 31

ye me matam idam nityam
anutisthanti manavah
sraddhavanto 'nasuyanto
mucyante te 'pi karmabhih

SYNONYMS

ye--those; me--My; matam--injunctions; idam--this; nityam--eternal function; anutisthanti--execute regularly; manavah--humankind; sraddha-vantah--with faith and devotion; anasuyantah--without envy; mucyante--become free; te--all of them; api--even; karmabhih--from the bondage of the law of fruitive action.

TRANSLATION

One who executes his duties according to My injunctions and who follows

As a follow up to our previous article, we would like to put up the continuation of our interview with Manorama Prabhu. In this segment we tried to focus our attention to the secular life our youth; their education, career, etc all with the aim of grooming decent juveniles that represent our movement in their respective areas and to the world at large. Over the years we have had issues in our movement with the youth feeling ‘displaced’ in the secular world especially those who don’t want to beco

इस विस्तृत संसार से कभी सुख नहीं मिल सकता, क्योंकि इसमें जो जीव उत्पन्न होते है, वे मरने के लिए ही उत्पन्न होते है और जो मरते है, वे जन्म के लिए ही मरते है, उनको कुछ भी सुख नहीं मिलता।

जैसे मरीचिका को जल समझकर मुग्ध मृग वन में बड़ी दूर तक इधर - उधर भटकते रहता है, फिर भी कुछ नहीं मिलता, वैसे ही मूढ़बुद्धि हम लोग इस संसार में असत पदार्थों  को सुख के साधन समझकर इधर - उधर खूब भटकते रहते है, पर हाथ कुछ नहीं लगता।

जैसे अरण्य में किसी गड्ढ़े  में गिरे हुए मूढ़ मृग बहुत काल के बाद यह जान पाते है की हम गड्

We are always suffering with anxiety. Beginning from the greatest living creature, Brahma, down to the ant, everyone is anxious. That is material consciousness. And to become free from anxiety is to become Krsna conscious. So if you want to be benefited, what is that benefit? The benefit is to become anxiety-less. That's all. Just like this little child, he is anxiety-less because he is confident that there is his father, his mother, and they will protect him. He doesn't care for anybody. He is

Ratha Yatra season arrives with the beginning of summer. It’s a time when ISKCON introduces Srila Prabhupada, prasada, the holy name, and especially Lord Jagannatha to thousands of people worldwide! The Bhakti Writers Community is hosting a writing competition sponsored by the Philadelphia Ratha Yatra Committee. We’re looking for fiction and nonfiction pieces that present Ratha Yatra, kirtan, or Srila Prabhupada.

The winning submission will be published in Philadelphia’s Annual Ratha Yatra souv

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Crying out for Krsna.......................Nectarean Mellows

Every vaishnava is so precious. We shouldn’t just see it as a crowd. We should see it as an ocean of nectar. Every individual is such a precious blessing of god. But as long we are in this mood of keeping my own will in the center and demanding, we cannot appreciate Krishna consciousness. We cannot appreciate the blessing of the Lord. It’s not about me, but how can I serve - that is bhakt