The Snan yatra bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannath has become one of the most popular festivals on the Iskcon calendar over the years since His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad introduced it to the world outside of India. Traditionally this festival has been going on since the time of the carving of the 'Dharu-brahman' Deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balaram, and Lady Subhadra in Sri Purushottam Kshetra (Jagannath Puri) thousands of years ago, commemorating Their sacred appea
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Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I would like to introduce HG Jagonnatha das who completed MBA in Human resource in the year of 2005 and was working as a HR manager in various multinational company. He joined ISKCON Vrindavan as a full time Brahmacari & completed new bhakta program nicely. He is very humble and gentle in behavior.
Recently he started his own paraphernalia supplying business for the interest of ISKCON and his devotional life.
He is
In a class Srila Prabhupada explained what is required of us if we want to please Krishna and get His blessings. "We have to surrender. That will please Krishna. And without pleasing Him, You cannot see Krishna. You may have your eyes big, big eyes, but you cannot see Krishna. You have to please Him. That pleasing activity is bhakti.
"Without that bhakti, it means sitting down silently... 'No, no, I am chanting. I do not want to go out. I am busy.' This means excuse. What you will chant? You will
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.2
kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir
jaṭāḿ taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam
utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan
gambhīra-nādo visasarja tāḿ bhuvi
SYNONYMS:
kruddhaḥ — very angry; su-daṣṭa-oṣṭha-puṭaḥ — pressing his lips with his teeth; saḥ — he (Lord Śiva); dhūḥ-jaṭiḥ — having a cluster of hair on his head; jaṭām — one hair; taḍit — of electricity; vahni — of fire; saṭā — a flame; ugra — terrible; rociṣam — blazing; utkṛtya — snatching; rudraḥ — L
hare Krishna! So the news is out. Hold your breath. The world has on date, 1 crore millionaires( in USD), which is 0.016% of the world's population. Within USA approx 0.09% are millionaires and this means 99.01% are not! India has 0.0001% that is one in 10,000.. India also has officially 37% of its people living a Below Poverty Line life. The good news according to the press is that the number is growing rapidly - at what cost to the rest of the world is anybody's guess. Last year was a bad year
SPIRIT OF BHAGAVAD GITA
The spirit of Bhagavad-gita is mentioned in Bhagavad-gita itself. It is just like this: If we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the directions written on the label. We cannot take the medicine according to our own whim or the direction of a friend. It must be taken according to the directions on the label or the directions given by a physician. Similarly, Bhagavad-gita should be taken or accepted as it is directed by the speaker Himself.
The speaker
Once Maharsi Durvasa with his sixty thousand sages reached the residence of the Pandavas in Kamyavana in the afternoon. Upon seeing him, the Pandavas became very happy. Maharaja yudhisthira worshipped him and requested him to accept his hospitality. Maharsi said," We are now going to bath in Vimala-kund and will come back very soon. You should arrange for our meals. We will eat here." Saying this, Durvasa left to bath together with his whole entour
sa esa bhagaval lingais
tribhir etair adhoksajah
svalaksita-gatir brahman
sarvesam mama cesvarah
sah -- He; esah -- this; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; lingaih -- by the symptoms; tribhih -- by the three; etaih -- by all these; adhoksajah -- the Superseer Transcendence; su-alaksita -- veritably unseen; gatih -- movement; brahman -- O Narada; sarvesam -- of everyone; mama -- mine; ca -- as also; isvarah -- the controller.
Dear devotees,
Recently I visited my hometown of Murwillumbah, situated in the Tweed valley area of northern New South Wales Australia, near to New Govardhana farm where I had the great fortune of spending my childhood.
One of my old best friends hung him self so I took lots of books and prasadam for his family. I regret that I didn't do more for him earlier.
While in the area I visited a Prabhupada disciple by the name of Krsna Lolya Mataji. She and her husband travelled a lot helping start temple
Dear devotees Hare Krsna!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are happy to inform you that our 20th year Annual Ratha Yatra festival in Siliguri(WB,INDIA) will be taking place on 13 - 21 July. The procession will proceed by the already established route: from Sri Sri Radha Madhava sundar Temple complex (on 13 July) by way of whole Siliguri town and going to the Gundicha Temple ( temporarily constructed in near Sevoke road) – to the location where we will have 7 d
The Chida-dadhi Mahotsav, also known as the Chipped Rice Festival of Panihati, is a yearly celebration of the pastimes of Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami and Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This astonishing pastime took place on the banks of the Ganges at Panihati, which is just north of Calcutta. Lord Caitanya and his associates enjoyed many transcendental pastimes here. Chida-dadhi Mahotsav remembers how the Lord mercifully reciprocated with His devotees by arranging, through Nityananda Prabhu and Raghu
Who is Srimati Radharani?
Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Goddess. She is most always seen with Lord Krishna. It is described that She is the chief associate and devotee of Lord Krishna, and topmost of all goddesses. Her name means that She is the most excellent worshiper of Lord Krishna. However, She is also an expansion of the Lord's energy. Since She is also an extension of Krishna, She is the feminine aspect of God. Thus, in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, God is both male and female. Th
Radha Rani
Radhe Radhe Kahat hee, sab Biyadha mitjay
koti janm kee aapada, shri Radhe kahe se kat jay
Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lordi Krishna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord . She is the chief associate and devotee of Lord Krishna, and topmost of all goddesses Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Goddess. She is
Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi
(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)
1. O Sri Radha, I meditate on Your beautiful face with its graceful restless knitted eyebrows, beautiful pouting bimba-fruit lips, fear, joy, playful amorous happiness, and sweet sarcastic words, all caused by Your lovers' quarrel with the crown of great rasikas.
2. O heart, please worship the splendour that bears the name Radha, a splendour that with its crown fills the circle of the directions wit
If we also become enamored by the so-called scientists, politicians, and philosophers, then we cannot preach. We must definitely be convinced that they're all rascals. As a gentleman, I can give him some respect. That is another thing. But he's a rascal. You must know that "I am talking with a rascal number one." He cannot deviate me from
karya-karana-kartrtve
dravya-jnana-kriyasrayah
badhnanti nityada muktam
mayinam purusam gunah
karya -- effect; karana -- cause; kartrtve -- in activities; dravya -- material; jnana -- knowledge; kriya-asrayah -- manifested by such symptoms; badhnanti -- conditions; nityada -- eternally; muktam -- transcendental; mayinam -- affected by material energy; purusam -- the living entity; gunah -- the material modes.
