Vraj Mandal Parikrama 2012 (third day report) Vrindavan to Mathura

Sannyasis in attendance:

1. HH Lokanatha Swami
2. HH Radha Raman Swami
3. HH Bhakti Vishvambhara Swami
4. HH Ram Govinda Swami
5. HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
6. HH Bhakti Narasimha Swami
7. HH Prabhodananda Saraswati Swami
8. HH Gaura Narayana Swami

By now all the VMP devotees were totally fired up and raring to go. With tumultuous jaya-dhvanis and enthusiastic ululating, the VMP left the Krishna Balarama Mandir premises. Within moments the

What Happened in Tirupati?

Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

ISKCON Tirupati hosted this year's GBC mid-year meetings. The reports and podcasts are now available at:

http://gbc.iskcon.org

These will be updated regularly with new podcasts and pictures. Be sure to stay tuned.

Thank you. Hare Krishna.

Your servant,
Anuradha dasi

In October they had a Bhakti-vriksha review session for the temples in Bangalore, in which many positives outcomes were reported! By the conclusion of these meetings they hope to help the Bhakti-Vriksha program leaders to rectify their mistakes and reassure themselves for better understanding of Bhakti-Vriksha concepts for greater efficiency and overall productivity.

The Jagannath Mandir, Seshadripuram temple had around 50 devotees who are leaders and potential leaders that participated. They are

Mathura Parikrama (fourth day Vraj Mandal Parikrama 2012)

Sannyasis in attendance:

1. HH Radha Raman Swami
2. HH Ram Govinda Swami
3. HH Bhakti Narasimha Swami

In the land of Madhupuri, Mathura the Vraja Mandala Parikrama (VMP) pandal was already teeming with devotees as the Mangala Arotik conch was blown over the PA system. The reverbating sound of the conch sent chills of joy in the consciousness of the devotees signaling the beginning of the day’s spiritual festivities.

The Mangala Arotik had bar

Detailed Biography, Bhajans etc. of Srila Vasudeva Ghosh – www.gaudiyahistory.com

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He delivered Jagai-Madhai... This Jagai-Madhai was debauch, drinking, illicit sex, meat eating and these things, degradation. These four principles are the four pillars of degradation. Therefore we prohibit. That if you want to make progress in Krsna consciousness, you must give up these four principles. So, Caitanya Mahaprabhu made this condition, that if you promise that you will give up these four principles of sinful life, then I will accept you. Never mind whate

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Detailed Biography, Gallery, Video etc. of Srila Rasikananda Goswami – www.gaudiyahistory.com

by Mother Vinata, from Rejika Croatia

     "Where is your tilak?“ Candramauli Swami asked us as we gathered in front of Karlovac vege restaurant club, managed by local devotees, preparing to go for a preaching progam in a nearby prison. Quickly running to refresh my already invisible vaisnava marking, I overheard Maharaja quoting Prabhupada on the importance of wearing tilak and vaisnava clothes and remembered Sridhar Maharaja's instruction, "If you are unable to preach by explaining philosophy,

Krsna consciousness is described by Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita, man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. That's all. Always think of Me, man-manah, and bhava mad-bhaktah, be ready always to serve Me. Bhakta means, where there is bhakti and Bhagavan. Then bhakta. If there is no Bhagavan, and there is no activities to serve Bhagavan, there is no bhakta also. They are demons. So bhakta means there must be Bhagavan. Sevya, sevaka, and seva. Sevya sevaka seva, three things. Sevya means who is to be served, the ma

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Brahma worships Lord Krishna

Nowadays it is becoming fashionable for people to claim that they are becoming God by meditation. This means that by meditation it is possible to transform oneself into God; in other words, God meditates, and by His meditation He becomes God. This is all nonsense. God is God, and He was always God and will always be God. Even as an infan

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

If you are passing through thorns, you must be very careful. Otherwise the thorns will get stuck up with your garment, and you will be inconvenienced. It is said in the Vedas, ksurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā¹. Just like we shave with a razor – the razor is very sharp. So if we can carefully handle the razor, we get our cheeks very clean and the business is done. Bu

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The word pāpa-yonayah means “born into a lower class.”  According to the Vedic system of classification, women, vaisyas, and sudras belong to a lower social order. A low life means a life without Krishna consciousness. High and low positions in society are calculated by considering a person’s Krishna consciousness. A brāhmana is considered to be on the highest plat

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once upon a time during the culmination of Satyayuga, there lived a Brahmana belonging to the lineage of Muni Atri in Haridwara whose name was Devasharma. He was very Expert in the knowledge of the Vedas and its sub parts and was very regular in performing various religious practices.He had one daughter who name was Gunavati, who was married to his disciple named as Chandra. Chandra was properly trained in the matter of sense control and was very dear to his father in law-Devasharma.

Once upon a