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By Vraja Prema

Super rare memorabilia from the early days of ISKCON in New york (Bought on Ebay – not for sale).
My husband found in the magazine The Village Voice (23 June 1966) the advertising , from which Michael (Mukunda Goswami) find for Srila Prabhupada information, for renting the first ISKCON center on the west “The “Matchless Gifts,” on 26 2nd Avenue.
[VedaBase 22. Biographies and Glorification of Śrīla Prabhupāda / Miracle on 2nd Avenue – Mukunda Goswami] All he needed was a decent

MONK STUDENT GOPAL KRISHNA DAS GRADUATED FROM ASHRAMA 26.1.2023
On Thursday, the 26 Jan, on the auspicious day of Vasantha Panchami, our monk student (brahmachari) Gopal Krishna Dasa graduated from stage of life of brahmacharya and moved to the stage of live of ghrihasta (householder) giving up the saffron clothing.
During his ten-year brahmacharya, he deepened his knowledge on the teachings and lifestyle of Krishna consciousness. He also served in various capacities. His services will continue

Nikil became my walking partner in 0° weather. I mentioned to him on the is four kilometre walk that I will focus mainly on chanting japa apart from moving the legs. During our short less-than-an-hour trek we became distracted when we became somewhat interrupted.

While on Bloor Street at this evening hour about 9 pm, a woman passed us who was very scantily clad and I couldn’t resist from saying to Nikil, “That woman who just went by us is so inspiring.” Of course, I was being facetious. “She wa

By Shrutadev Das

Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada!  All glories to Sri Nityananda Rama Prabhu!! 

Every year on the glorious appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu I offer this short story and quotes for the pleasure of the Vaishnavas.

 vande sri-krsna-caitanya-

nityanandau sahoditau

gauòodaye puñpavantau

citrau san-dau tamo-nudau

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Krsna Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, who are like the sun and moon. They ha

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Lecture by HH Bhakti Caru Swami ISKCON Mayapur on 2017-02-09

Nityananda Prabhu’s appearance day lecture.

Hare Krishna!, So Nityananda prabhu is Balaram.

“brajendra-nandana yei, Saci-suta hoilo sei,
balarama hoilo nitai “

Brajendra Nandana Krishna became Sacinandana Gaura Hari, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Balaram appeared as Nityananda prabhu. One interesting thing to

We welcome you on this most auspicious occasion of the appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. According to the Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, the Absolute Truth is realized in three features. Preliminary is Brahman, the impersonal light that emanates from the transcendental form of the Lord. Next is Paramatma, the localized Supersoul within the hearts of all living entities. And the last word in realization of the Absolute is Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of

Nityananda namastubhyam premananda-pradayine
kalau kalmasa-nasaya jahnava-pataye namah

I offer pranama unto Sri Nityananda Prabhu who bestows the bliss of divine love, who eliminates the filth of the age of Kali, and who is the master of Jahnava-devi.

Appeared as the son of Hadai Pandita and Padmavati Devi in Ekachakra, BENGAL

Enacted pastimes of Lord, with other children, when he was SMALL

Like dressing as Putana, Kaliya; stealing butter & building CART

Let Lord Nityananda appear in our

Today is Varaha-dvadasi, the appearance day of the boar incarnation, Varahadeva. To celebrate His appearance, we shall read one verse about Him from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Two, Chapter Seven, “Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions.”

TEXT 1

                       brahmovaca
yatrodyatah ksiti-taloddharanaya bibhrat
    kraudim tanum sakala-yajna-mayim anantah
antar-maharnava upagatam adi-daityam
    tam damstrayadrim iva vajra-dharo dadara

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma said: When the unlimite

By Vraja Prema

Super rare memorabilia from the early days of ISKCON in New york (Bought on Ebay – not for sale).

My husband found in the magazine The Village Voice (23 June 1966) the advertising , from which Michael (Mukunda Goswami) find for Srila Prabhupada information, for renting the first ISKCON center on the west “The “Matchless Gifts,” on 26 2nd Avenue.

[VedaBase 22. Biographies and Glorification of Śrīla Prabhupāda / Miracle on 2nd Avenue – Mukunda Goswami] All he needed was a decent

Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to announce that The Nectar of Lockdown, Volume 2 is now available in English (232-page soft cover book). In his talks in May 2020, Niranjana Swami gives invaluable instructions on keeping Krishna’s holy names prominent in our daily lives and the proper consciousness to develop. These talks were given relatively early during the COVID-19 global pandemic, following those published in Volume 1 of The Nectar of Lockdown. Although many pandemic lockdowns have been lift

The ISKCON Ukraine devotees would like to thank ISKCON North America for organizing and collecting over $100,000 to help them, who are now in the middle of winter, have power and heat. The NAC Support Office led the fundraising effort, specifically Kuladri das. The NAC would like to thank all the temples and individuals who gave to this effort.

Read more: https://iskconnews.org/news-brief-ukraine-winter-appeal/

Sometime people ask me how I do it, whether it be a long walk or busy at flying from country to country. My usual answer is something like, “The mercy of the Creator.”

I had to question my own answer of confidence when at our Niagara gathering; I was doubting my own conviction. I was signing books at our centre when my eyelids closed just momentarily out of fatigue. And then when I took to the sponsored feast, an integral party of Sunday gatherings, I was chomping on the delicious food when sud

For five centuries, St. Peter’s Basilica was the largest religious building in the world. A primacy that will soon lose, at least on the surface. To overcome it, the new temple of the Hare Krishna religion which stands out in Mayapur, on the banks of the river Ganges, a three-hour drive from Calcutta, eight in times of traffic. The only road leading to Mayapur is among the most tortuous and dangerous on the subcontinent. Crossroads without signs follow one another, from which animals and vehicl

Ram Lila and I were to take a flight at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, a very modest-sized facility, to destination, Suriname. It’s another country just east of Guyana. The aircraft takes ten passengers. There was an issue over my not having a yellow fever card, but what became nothing more than a slight tussle ended up giving me a pass for over an hour’s flight to another tiny airport, a tad bit larger than a barn.

Ram Lila and I were greeted by a sweet couple with garlands of th

The lieutenant governor of Maryland, Aruna Miller, swore her oath to serve as the lieutenant governor by placing her hand on Srila Prabhupada‘s Bhagavad-gita as it is -Likely the first lieutenant governor to do so.

Aruna Miller took the oath of office with Chief Justice Matthew Fader of the Supreme Court of Maryland, placing her left palm on Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita. The official oath was conducted a few minutes earlier in the Senate chambers.

Lieutenant governor Miller is a friend of t

By Vasundhara Gupta

ISKCON Ayodhya distributes prasadam to over a hundred thousand people. Vinay Bhushan Chaitanya Das, the director of ‘Food for Life,’ cited Srila Prabhupada’s words that no one within 10 miles of an ISKCON Temple must sleep hungry.

Read more: https://iskconnews.org/iskcon-ayodhya-serve-prasadam-to-over-a-hundred-thousand/

Things are changing in Guyana. When I took American Airlines from Trinidad to Guyana, a mere one-hour flight, I noticed passengers who were in unmistakably Latino. Apparently, people from troubled Venezuela are migrating. Oil was discovered in Guyana, and so the rush is on. I was told Cubans are also making inroads.

Upon arriving in Georgetown, I noticed there are fewer lotuses in the canals. The country is taking action and clearing these lovelies that clog the plumbing. What else? Well, new r

This story was heard from the pujari at Sri Advaita Acharya’s house in Shantipur, West Bengal. He came to the ISKCON Chaitanya Chandrodoya Mandir with a copy of the Back to Godhead article about Srila Prabhupada entitled “A Lifetime in Preparation.”

Just recently an amazing realization occurred to me that I wanted to share with devotees everywhere. I have been the pujari and sevaite at the house of Advaita Acharya for many years. I was also there back in the 1940s and ’50s. At that time, I noti

The journey from Delhi to Trivandrum on the Kerala Express train was the most beautiful visual experience of my recent travels in India. I'd half-thought such natural beauty-existed only in wildlife documentaries. Hour after hour of panoramic scenes of lush fields, steep, majestic mountains capped in thick fog, and archaic canals canopied by palm trees whizzed by to elicit "oohs" and "aahs" from this neophyte traveler.

The Trivandrum ISKCON te

By Giriraj Swami

To honor Sri Advaita Acharya’s appearance day, we present Srila Prabhupada’s talk about him in Mayapur on April 6, 1975.

advaitam harinadvaitad
acaryam bhakti-samsanat
bhaktavataram isam tam
advaita acaryam asraye

“Because He is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and because He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Acarya. He is the Lord and the incarnation of the Lord’s devotee. Therefore I take shelter of Him.” (Cc Adi 1.13)

So, gradually