Krishna means "all-attractive" and avatar means "descent of the divine." Today is Krishna Janmastami, the birth or descent of Krishna, the god worshipped by millions of Hindus around the world. Krishna appeared on this earth, at midnight, approximately 5,000 years ago in Mathura, located in Northern India, 91 miles south of New Delhi.
Krishna is God as never seen before. He wore many hats: child, friend, servant, rom
GLORY TO MOTHER SUMITRA!
“In this world, only that woman is fit to be called a mother whose son is the devotee of Rama, otherwise it would have been better if she were incapable of giving birth to a son”- mata Sumitra(in Sri Ramacharitmanasa, Ayodhya Kanda)
The foremost responsibility of a mother is to place her child in a proper KC environment by which he/she becomes pure devotee of the Lord. Mother is said to be the first guru in life. She is the first teacher of the child. To become a perfect
Sponsor cleaning Radha Kunda as a birthday present for Sri Krishna
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
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Your servant,
Urmila devi dasi
Today, possibly more than ever before in ISKCON’s history, kirtana—the ancient call and response chanting of God’s names—has become a major focus. Huge twelve- and twenty-four-hour kirtanas have become a regular attraction at temples and venues all over the world, as hundreds of devotees gather to absorb themselves in the Holy Names and hear their favorite kirtana singers.But from August 29th to September 4th this year, devotees in Germany headed by Sachinandana Swam
- I have 15 minutes to do something.
- What shall I do? For what will I use those pressures minutes?
Let me open the Facebook and just glance over and there. What is going on in the world out?
Blink! Appears little window in the right side below.
-hi
One Mr. X
What should I do? I also say:
-hi
Due to respect, then quickly put the window down and start to look for quotes, photos etc. Again in the below, right side blink, blink, appears red colored "1" then "2". It seems like th
New Courses Offered by Mayapur Institute
New courses for the upcoming semester:
- Bhakti-pravesa Course – a Bhakti-sastri primer course for ladies
- Revised Bhakti-sastri ladies and mens and course
- Gender Separate Bhaktivaibhava Course
- Portuguese Bhaktivaibhava Course
- Sanskrit Level I & II Course
- Caitanya Caritamrta workshops by Kadamba Kanana Swami
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In June of 1975 Srila Prabhupada pleaded with his disciples in L.A., “I am writing these books for you. Yo
Ayodhya Dasa, a devotee of Indian descent, joined ISKCON in 1976 in Detroit and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1977. While in Detroit he distributed books while serving in the life membership department. But for many years he wanted to go to Vrndavana. In 1995 Krsna made the arrangement. That year his brother-in-law passed away in India and he was asked to attend the funeral ceremony because he was the only surviving male in the family.
He took the opportunity to visit Vrndavana. He loved
-Do you hear this sound, Arjuna?
-Which sound? No, I do not hear anything.
It was long after battle of Kurukshetra. Arjuna and Krishna were sitting together and Krishna opened His heart to His friend. He told that still I hear the crying voice of Draupadi calling My Name: "Hey, Govinda!" This echo is still there in my ear and heart. And every time I keep Myself ready to run to help to her."
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When Draupadi was put before the assembled guests of Hastinapur
This letter was sent to Krishna by Rukmini. In this beautiful letter her love for the sweet lord is seen. These verses appear in Srimad Bhagavat maha Puranam--
O the infallible and the most handsome One! Having heard Your qualities, which enter through the path of ears and absolve away the pains of life, and having heard about Your handsome appearance, which is the only asset of the eyes of living beings with eyes, my heart is accepting You as a consort leaving behind shyness.||1||
O Mukunda,
Hare Krishna...
PAMHO,
Thats our material body which has the requirement such as food,etc..but do we think that what is the food of our soul?
actully as it is necessary for our body to have food, so is necessary for our soul to survive...most of us when are under the darkness of the ignorance fail to realize that our soul is hungry and it is asking for help from our material body to accompny and help it to satisfy it by giving food.. but its our misfortune that we fail to realize most of the times.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila
Prabhupada, the Ambassador of the Holy Names.
Instead of beginning on the official start date of World Holy Name's Week (Friday, September 9th) and ending on West Monday, September 19th (Srila Prabhupada's Arrival in the West
