International Pilgrims Visit Holy Places of Sri Chaitanya’s Life

Posted by kartik on March 1, 2010 at 7:12pm

International Pilgrims Visit Holy Places of Sri Chaitanya’s Life

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Gauranga Prem Swami leading Namahatta Parikrama.

On Wednesday, thousands of devotees returned to ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur to celebrate Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, after spending a week walking a pilgrimage through holy spots relating to his life.

Temples around the world will celebrate Gaura Purnima on Sunday February 28th, honoring the fifteenth century saint who is worship

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Meeting of Saints in ISKCON Vrindavana

Posted by kartik on March 1, 2010 at 7:06pm

Meeting of Saints in ISKCON Vrindavana

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Rajendraji Maharaja, head of the Ramananda Sampradaya, participated despite being involved in a traffic accident the previous day.

Taking advantage of the Vrindavan Kumbha Mela currently underway, Krishna Balaram Mandir organized a Sadhu Sammelan on the topic of the 500th anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Sannyas. As leaders of various groups arrived, they garlanded a deity of Srila Prabhupada placed at one end of the courtyard

Happy Holi

Posted by Chitra Datta on March 1, 2010 at 1:57pm

Wish you all a Happy Holi and Krishna Conscious Life.At your service,Cintamani Sakhi Devi Dasi

Three "stages" of chanting

Posted by geeta kakkar on March 1, 2010 at 11:04am

Three "stages" of chanting

1.Nama-aparadha : Offensive chanting of the holy name, or chanting of the holy name which is subject to the ten kinds of nama-aparadha.

2.Namabhasa : The stage of chanting in which one is becoming cleared of sins and offenses but has not yet attained pure chanting. By serving the spiritual master with full attention while chanting namabhasa, one gradually rises to the platform of suddha-nama...

3.suddha-nama : This is the pure stage of chanting where Krsna fully reveals H

Bhakti-shastri in Vrindavan 2010: July 12 to October 30 - VIHE

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on March 1, 2010 at 8:17am

Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada's books.
Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we
could be better preachers, teachers and have a clear understanding of the
beautiful science of devotional service. Sri Vrindavan Dham provides a
unique environment to enhance one's taste and appreciation of our culture.

This year the English Bhakti-sastri course in Vrindavan is

ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE in Washington News

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on March 1, 2010 at 8:00am

ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE in Washington News

Food for Life Global Haiti Team (with devotees from USA, UK, Slovenia,
Canada, Haiti, Dominican Republic, ...) is taking care for 3 tent camps in
Port Au Prince in Haiti with some 2560 inhabitants.

They are providing daily healthy meals rice, beans and vegatables - sabji.

Food for Life team is working closely with UN Forces (Indian Army) and World
Food Organisation and are distributing some 15.000 meals per week at least.

We would like to thank everyone for help

Gaura Poornima - H H Giriraj Swami

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on March 1, 2010 at 7:30am

By Giriraj Swami

March 6, 1999 Sri Sri Panca-tattva Temple Laguna Beach, California

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared on the full-moon day of the month of Phalguna in Sri Navadvipa-dhama in western Bengal. He manifested His pastimes on earth for forty-eight years. For the first twenty-four years, in Navadvipa, He played the role of a child, then of a youth, and then of a married man; for the next six years He traveled throughout India and preached; and for the final eighteen years He resided in Jag

Ujjain update 28th February, 2010

Posted by Mukunda das on February 28, 2010 at 1:57pm

Ujjain update 28th February, 2010

Today is Gaur Purnima and we had a wonderful darshan of the deities in Their

new attire which was followed by blissful kirtan joined by many guests and

about a hundred students from Indore,Bhopal and Guma.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mukunda.bcs/DarshanAratiGaurPurnima2010#

Yesterday at 4.30pm the devotees went out for a namsankirtan which went to

the heart of the city and many localities. The delightful kirtan was led by

our young devotee Privratha Pr 70 plus and hund

The 4 Step Japa Mala Technique

Posted by geeta kakkar on February 28, 2010 at 11:35am

The 4 step japa mala technique

Step 1--Make a sankalpa to hear ONE mantra.

A sankalpa is a resolution or determination to do something. So the 1st step is to tell the mind to resolve to just hear one hare krishna maha mantra.

The idea is that it is a doable request. If we tell the mind to hear 16 rounds of mantra, or even 1 round....the mind is to powerful to heed such a big request. But if we tell the mind "Just hear this one mantra..." we have it in our power to force the mind to comply to at

HH Bhakti Vikas Swami - Gaura-lila

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 28, 2010 at 8:36am

Date: February 27th, 2010
Verse: Gaura-lila
Speaker: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami
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Okay someone go around and wipe away all the tears! Gauranga bolite habe
pulaka-sarira
hari hari bolite nayane ba'be nira. We should all be crying according to
Narottama dasa.
One of the first of the very profound statements I have ever heard after
being allowed in the doors of this movement was from Gurudas. Not you. You
weren't even born then in this body. So he said, "Y

HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami - Disappearance Sri Madhavendra Puri

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 28, 2010 at 8:29am

Date: February 26th, 2010
Verse: Disappearance of Sri Madhavendra Puri [Cc Antya 8.28-36]
Speaker: HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami
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HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami: Today marks the anniversary of the
Disappearance Day of Srila Madhavendra Puri. I will read the translation
to the song that we just sung, Saparsada-bhagavad-viraha-janita-vilapa -
Lamentation Due to Separation from the Lord and His Associates

The 16 Names of Shri Radha

Posted by geeta kakkar on February 27, 2010 at 11:26am

The 16 Names of Shri Radha
by Lord Narayana in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Shri Krishna Janm Khanda 17.220-240:

Radha - She who is the bestower of ultimate divine bliss.
Rasesvari - She Who is the Goddess of the rasa dance.
Rasa-Vasini - She Who always lives with the rasa dance.
Rasikesvari - She Who is the Goddess of those who relish divine mellows.
Krsna-Pranadhika - She Who is dearer to Krishna than His own life.
Krsna-Priya - She Who is Krishna's most dearly beloved companion.
Krsna-Svarupini

How to overcome Anarthas ???

Posted by vibhava krsna das on February 26, 2010 at 8:08pm

Once a college student confided to Srila Sarawati Thakur, " We are doing wrong. We know it is not good, yet we commit sin again and again, then repent again and again. Why do we fluctuate like this ?"

Srila Saraswati Thakur said," It is hrdya-daurbalyam (Weakness of heart). Your conscience and discrimination are not strong, thus you commit sins. But if you associate with a Krsna Conscious sadhu, his influence will be injected into you. At that the heart will be purified. Sadhu-sanga, sadhu-krpa,

The Scholar and the Boatman

Posted by meenakshi chawla on February 26, 2010 at 4:16pm

The Scholar and the Boatman

Though a mass of gray was moving in across the northwest sky, the sun was still shining. As he ambled down the shrubby slope to the beachfront below, the man felt a chilly breeze coming through the trees. He turned up his collar and made his way more quickly to the little boat dock, with its slats of soggy old wood.

"Boatman! Take me across!"

"Yes sir—climb aboard!"

Professor Perkins wasn't what you'd call an old man—graying, to be sure; but still sprightly, even athletic

Surrender to God

Posted by geeta kakkar on February 26, 2010 at 12:17pm

Radhe Radhe,

Surrender to God

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Surrender means to yield ownership, to relinquish control over what we consider ours: our property, our time, our "rights." When we surrender to God, we are simply acknowledging that what we "own" actually belongs to Him. He is the giver of all good things. We are responsible to care for what God has given us, as stewards of His property, but by surrendering to God, we admit that He is ultimately in control of everything, including our present circumstances. Surrende

New Book Releases.

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 26, 2010 at 11:19am

*New Book Releases.*

Hot off the printing press and appearing in Sri Mayapur Dham this
festival time are two new books.

Srila Candramauli Swami Maharaja has written a very inspiring book
called Holy Jail.

This book is about the Iskcon Prison Ministry and the effective results
it is having on prisoners around America and India.

The prisoners very beautifully with great depth express how they came to
Krsna through the help of the Iskcon Prison Ministry and how their lives
have been changed for the better t

Why We Should Read the Bhagavad Gita

Posted by Shyama Chandr Das - Sandeep Kuma on February 26, 2010 at 10:00am

Why We Should Read the Bhagavad Gita

This is a beautiful story - it might inspire you!

An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson.

Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavad Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the

Latest lecture of HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 26, 2010 at 8:40am

Date: February 25th, 2010
Verse: Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila [Cc Adi 3.49]
Speaker: HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami
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So very soon after a few days we are going to celebrate the appearance day
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore from today onwards we will discuss
different topics on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to develop our Caitanya
consciousness. This year is a very special year that we are celebrating five
hundredth anniversary of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taking sannyasa.

GauraPurnima 2010 Kansas City, MO

Posted by Rocanadeva Dasa on February 25, 2010 at 11:16pm

GauraPurnima 2010

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Kansas City, MO, 64110
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Prayers in Worship of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda

These are verses in praise of Lord Sri Caitanya (Nimai), the most recent incarnation of the Supreme, Lord Krishna, who appeared 500 years ago. Then there is the 108 names of Lord Caitanya. These are followed by prayers to Lord Nityananda (Nitai), the incarnation of Lord Krishna's brother, Balarama.
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Madhurashtakam - Shri Vallabhacarya Viracitam

Posted by Bhagavati devi dasi on February 25, 2010 at 9:14pm

adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram

h.rdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram (1)

vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram

vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram

calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram (2)

venurmadhuro renurmadhura

panirmadhura padau madhurau

n.rtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram

madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram (3)

gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram

rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

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International Pilgrims Visit Holy Places of Sri Chaitanya’s Life

International Pilgrims Visit Holy Places of Sri Chaitanya’s Life

Meeting of Saints in ISKCON Vrindavana

Meeting of Saints in ISKCON Vrindavana

Happy Holi

Three "stages" of chanting

Bhakti-shastri in Vrindavan 2010: July 12 to October 30 - VIHE

ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE in Washington News

Gaura Poornima - H H Giriraj Swami

Ujjain update 28th February, 2010

The 4 Step Japa Mala Technique

HH Bhakti Vikas Swami - Gaura-lila

HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami - Disappearance Sri Madhavendra Puri

The 16 Names of Shri Radha

How to overcome Anarthas ???

The Scholar and the Boatman

Surrender to God

New Book Releases.

Why We Should Read the Bhagavad Gita

Why We Should Read the Bhagavad Gita

Latest lecture of HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami from Mayapur

GauraPurnima 2010 Kansas City, MO

Madhurashtakam - Shri Vallabhacarya Viracitam

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