Mahaprabhu's mood at Ratha-yatra

At the beginning of the Ratha-yatra Festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offers a prayer to Jagannatha-deva, not to His form as Lord Jagannatha or Vasudeva-Krsna, but to His form as Vrajendra-nandana Sri Krsna:

jayati jana-nivaso devaki-janma-vado
yadu-vara-parisat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam
sthira-cara-vrjina-ghnah su-smita-sri-mukhena
vraja-pura-vanitanam vardhayan kama-devam
Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.90.48)

["Sri Krsna is He who is known as jana-nivasa, the ultimate reso

GUNDICA MANDIRA MARJANA

[Dear Readers,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
July 1, 2011 is the commemoration of Gundica Mandira Marjana, the cleaning of the Gundica Temple. Please accept this lecture excerpted from Srila Narayana’s Maharaja’s book, The Origin of Ratha-yatra. 
Your aspiring servants,
The hari-katha team]

We should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is one without a second. He is the same God for the Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and a

Ghee Lamps in a Bag and the Lord in My Hands

Volume 11, Chapter 14
Feb 27, 2011

HH Indradyumna Swami Maharaj

In India I am always on the lookout for interesting puja items, so the other day in Jaipur, I visited the antique shop of Mr. Sharma, an old friend. As I walked in he greeted me and we sat down to talk.

“Do you have anything interesting for me?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said. “I’ve kept aside a few small items you can use for puja.”

“Great!” I said.

As Mr. Sharma looked through the desk drawers for t

If shravanam is so important for a devotee and it is a primary requirement how about people who are deaf? How can such people benefit in their spiritual process? In what language do they communicate for spiritual upliftment? Do we have any program in place for such souls in Iskcon?

Signs Unto Krishna

 

When Dayal Gauranga Dasa first began visiting ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Manor near London, England, in 1980, he found that it was difficult for him to participate in temple activities and to connect wit

When we sincerely try to chant the Holy Name, the agents and subordinates of the illusory energy of the Lord try to create problems and obstacles in our spiritual progress. But even after facing the toughest of problems—a completely surrendered devotee of Supreme Lord Shri Krishna is not the least bit bothered or the least bit affected. In fact, all these hurdles propel their devotion and devotional fame to greater heights. The Supreme Lord is the cause of all causes and the actual source of all

सब काल ईश की प्यारी, जय एकादशी तुम्हारी

सकल तिथिन की तुम हो रानी, वेद पुराण सबै बखानी

ब्रह्म रूप हो तुम निर्वाणी, दायक हो फल चारी

जय एकादशी तुम्हारी

उत्पन्ना, मोक्षदा स्वरूपा, सफला और पुत्रदा रूपा

नाम षडतिला परम अनूपा, जया नाम अघहारी

जय एकादशी तुम्हारी

विजया आमल की कहलाये, पाप मोचनी पाप नसावै

तू प्रमा पद्मा हो जावे, आवागमन विदारी

जय एकादशी तुम्हारी

बरूथनी है तेरो नामा, तथा मोहिनी अपरा श्यामा

सकल कामना कारी

जय एकादशी तुम्हारी

तू ही योगिनी, तू हरि शयनी, तथा पवित्रा पातक वहनी,

व्रत कर नारी सकल फल पावे, अजा नाम अ

GUIDE TO A BETTER LIFE - GOOD ONE 

Vasudeva sutham devam,

Kamsa Chanoora Mardhanam,

Devaki Paramanandam,

Krishnam Vande Jagat Gurum. 1

Salutations to the teacher of the world, Krishna,

Who is the God who is the son of Vasudeva,

Who killed Kamsa and Chanoora,

And who gave immense joy to Devaki.

Athasee pushpa sangasam,

Hara noopura Shobitham,

Rathna kankana keyuram,

Krishnam Vande Jagat Gurum. 2

Salutations to the teacher of the world, Krishna,

Who decorates himself with flowers of Athasee.

Who shines in garlands and anklets that he wears.

An

Vasudeva sutham devam,

Kamsa Chanoora Mardhanam,

Devaki Paramanandam,

Krishnam Vande Jagat Gurum. 1

Salutations to the teacher of the world, Krishna,

Who is the God who is the son of Vasudeva,

Who killed Kamsa and Chanoora,

And who gave immense joy to Devaki.

Athasee pushpa sangasam,

Hara noopura Shobitham,

Rathna kankana keyuram,

Krishnam Vande Jagat Gurum. 2

Salutations to the teacher of the world, Krishna,

Who decorates himself with flowers of Athasee.

Who shines in garlands and anklets that he wears.

An