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South African harinamas in April

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Into the Townships (April 15)

Tomorrow we will be taking a group of devotees to do harinama and prasadam  distribution in nearby Zululand.

Shanty Town Kirtan (April 18)

Yesterday we distributed prasadam and had harinama through one of South  Africa's worst ghettos. Rife with crime and steeped in poverty, the  atmosphere in the dilapidated shanty town was miserable. But as we wove our  way through the tiny streets an

This article was featured on Deccan Chronicle, a major newspaper in Southern India on May 24

Recently, I discovered that saying a simple prayer, reading a few shlokas from The Bhagavad Gita As It Is by Srila Prabhupada, lighting diyas at the altar with some agarbattis and chanting my favourite Hare Krishna maha mantra or attending Sunday mass at the Church have had a deeply calming and soothing effect on me.

At first, I did this purely

I'm sitting here in the Riga, Latvia airport on 1 November 2006 waiting for a flight to Amsterdam, as I deeply consider what should be the topic for this week's lesson. What immediately comes to mind is the topic that surfaced during the Srimad Bhagavatam lecture I gave this morning at our Riga temple. What was that topic? Restoring the Krishna conscious world order. 

Many people would find this topic preposterous because it assumes that previously there was a Krishna conscious world order on thi

The bondage is gunamayi maya, being wrapped up by the qualitative modes of nature. That is bondage. But if one is engaged in devotional service, he is not under this bondage because he knows things as they are.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.40)

-By. H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

"Incarnation for the Modern Age"


Sri Chaitanya is the Kali-yuga avatara, and He descended for the purpose of establishing the yuga dharma, which in this age is the chanting of Lord Krishna's names. He appeared in the guise of a devotee to perfectly show how the process of devotion should be followed and applied. It is something like a teacher drawing on the black board "A B C". We should not think the teacher is himself learning the alphabets, but he is doing it to show us how to write properly.
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Seeing the cows and elderly cowherds rush to greet their calves and sons, Balarama was concerned that the very essence of Vrindavana seemed to be lost. How could maya enter into the Lord’s domain?

What is maya? Separate interest. “I love my son more than another boy.” This is material life—separate interest. And in spiritual life, in Vrindavana, Krishna is the center. The mothers there love Krishna more than their own sons, and their sons love Krishna more than they do their mothers. In this sens

Chanting, Dancing & Feasting. London’s Ancient Festival of Chariots

FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

When:     Sunday 12th June 2011

Where:    Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square

Time:       Procession starts 12 noon from Hyde Park, South Carriage Drive
               Arrives Trafalgar Square 2.30pm
               Festival ends 5.30pm

Highlight

London’s 'Ratha-yatra’ Festival of Chariots returns to the streets of the  capital on Sunday 12th June 2011. London will be illuminated by the  wonderful colo