Krishna Janmashtami would be celebrated in style on Monday August 22, at the Iskcon Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Temple, 1229 Coatesville Riverhead Hwy, Kumeu this year.

The day would begin with a special candlelight mangal arati at 4.30am. followed by a lecture on the birth of Lord Krishna at 7pm.

The assembled devotees would greet the deities at 8am in their new outfits. Kirtans will continue throughout the day until 7pm.

There would be a grand abhishek at 7.30pm followed by the swinging of the

In Holy Braj, no, it is not good,

To maintain material mood.

Those desires me now killing,

As if they stopping my breathing.

I am in the topmost place,

In the holiest land in all universe.

It is Radha and Shyama Kund,

Crest jewel of all which are around.

The foolish monkey is me,

For saintly people as like enemy.

Everyone busy with Holy Names,

Loudly chanting: Radhe! Radhe!

All came to serve, all came to chant,

To feed their Bhakti plant.

Surrounding Sri Govardhan they do penance,

Walking around

Today I saw a man smoking,

Oh, my God, in the holy place he is so doing!

Leave it mind, for him permission,

You just try to purify your own vision!

Then saw a pig stool eating,

Oh, my God, in the holy place he is living!

Leave it mind, for him permission,

You just try to purify your own vision!

Saw a monkey who was stealing,

Oh, my God, it is not for others' well being!

Leave it mind, for him permission,

You just try to purify your own vision!

Meet a person who himself Paramatma claiming,

Oh, my

Dear devotees,

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

The Patient

The attractive woman in her mid-thirties knocked on the door of the consulting room. Her usual pleasant face was clouded with worry and the picturesque journey from Mumbai to the hill-station Mahabaleshwar had done little to cheer her up.

“Yes?” asked a voice from inside the room.

She entered and said, “Dr. Sathe?”

The portly man with the ruddy complexion looked up from his desk and smiled. “Yes, that would be me. Good afternoon, please take a seat. How may I help you?”

She settled uneasi

This is in continuation of the transcription of the lecture delivered on 15th March 1992 in Singapore, by our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, very very lovingly explaining the reason why the scriptures have been written and the way to get attracted to the scriptures. Maharaj was referring to the verse 1.7.6 of Srimad Bhagavatam

anarthopashamam saakshaad / bhakti-yogam adhokshaje 
lokasyaajaanato vidvaams / cakre saatvata-samhitaam

“The material miseries of the living entity

The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell in to the air, falling at great speed. He could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity. He kept falling and in the moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad ep

Janananda Gosvami on behalf of the World Holy Name festival committee

WORLD HOLY NAME FESTIVAL 2011

SEPTEMBER    10^th -20^th

The annual World Holy Name festival is fast approaching.

Please put these dates on the calendar and as much as possible organize or participate in increased performance of sankirtan and japa during these 11 days. More devotees going to more places, to hold more sankirtan festivals on the streets, in halls, in homes, in temples – any way you can. Increased Japa, It is a gol

Hare Krishna Devotees,

Please accept the blessings of Lord Sri Krishna!!!

Dear Devotees,
We are going to Celebrate Jhulan Yatra, Balaram Jayanti, Janmastami, Srila Prabhupad Vyass Puja & His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharajs Vyass Puja As Per The Schedule.

So you all are invited for this auspicious occasion.


From 
ISKCON, Mira Road

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Hare krishna Madhavas perform harinam sankirtan in "INDIA'S GOT TALENT" on COLORS CHANNEL at 9PM on 5 th August 2011

We do not belong here in this material existence. Just as a fish does not belong out of the water, we do not belong in this material world. We are not meant to suffer the pangs of birth, death, old age, and disease. We are meant to instead experience an eternal life, full of bliss and knowledge. 

What are we doing here? How did we end up in this miserable place? It was simply a stupid mistake and there is not much more to be stated in this connection. We thought that we would like to try being th