As Kirtan—India’s ancient call and response chanting—grows in popularity in western yoga circles, ISKCON devotees are keen to remind chanters of kirtan’s true focus of personal devotion to God. They’re also on a mission to spread awareness of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu—the fifteenth century saint who is revered as none other than God himself by Gaudiya Vaishnavas—as the figure who introduced kirtan to th
Knowledge and renunciation are nothing but two sides of the same coin and one is necessary to give rise to the other. Home is nothing but the place for staying, food is nothing but the energy required for sustaining our body, and knowledge is nothing but an aid to attain salvation. Anything thatcaused obstacles in the way of salvation is ignorance. A living being is boundto receive the fruits of action no matter whether they are good or bad
One has to conquer his soul first of all because thesoulISKCON Sannyasi Bhakti Caru Swami met with the CSVGC (Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this November 14.
The NGO (Non-governmental organization) had expressed an interest in meeting him during their annual Week of Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, from October 20 – 24th. But Bhakti Caru Swami was unable to attend due to health complications of godbrother Jayapataka Swami.
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Hundreds of ash-covered men marching into the river along with soulful chants of Vedic hymns. A multitude of people from varied backgrounds, jostling in and out of their tents. The sight of lamps and flowers being offered into the river in a spiritually-surcharged atmosphere. Such activity characterizes the largest spiritual gathering in the world: the Kumbha Mela.
Purna Kumbha Mela, held once in
Srila Prabhupada met his Guru Maharaj Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupada in 1922, and on the very first meeting he was convinced by
him that Krishna consciousness was the most urgent need.
He further added that he should spread the teachings of Lord Chaitanya all over the world.
Srila Prabhupada immediately accepted him as his spiritual master in his heart.
Srila Prabhupada, then Abhay Charan De,began to associate with the devotees of the
Gaudiya Math, established by Bhakti SiddhantaSa
November 28, 2009 was celebrated as Gita Jayantiday. This was the very day more than 5000 years back that Lord Krishna spoke the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to his dearest friend and disciple Arjuna. It was spoken at a time when Arjuna was completely baffled by the circumstances in his life and was all but ready to give up his kshatriya duties. After hearing the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna was ready to go on with his duties in the right perspective, without bothering about happiness or sadness, loss o
The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance. - Norman Vincent Peale Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step. - Joni Erickson Tada God is the light that shows me the way, for there is nothing that God cannot do. Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible. - Sir William Osler Put your confidence in God and not in man. God |
David Steindl-Rast: Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. Denis Waitley: Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Doris Day: Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. Eric Hoffer: The hardest arith |
What is the Actual Destination of Life?
Why a human being should not die like cats or dogs without knowing the aim of life is
illustrated in the following story.
Once upon a time, there was a very wealthy king. He had a big kingdom, many queens, a lot of
wealth and hundreds and thousands of followers and soldiers. He was living a very happy life
and he became so attached to his property, position, prestige and status that he completely
forgot God, and his duty towards God.
One day a sadhu came to his c
Song Name: Na Yoga Siddhir Na Mamastu
Official Name: Sri Sri Vrndavanastakam
Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
Book Name: Stavamrta Lahari
(1)
na yoga-siddhir na mamāstu mokṣo
vaikuṇṭha-loke pi na pārṣadatvam
premāpi na syād iti cet tarāṁ tu
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ
(2)
tārāaṁ janur yatra vidhir yayāce
sad-bhakta-cūḍāmaṇir uddhavo’ pi
vīkṣyvaiva mādhurya-dhūrāṁ tad asmin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ
(3)
kiṁ te kṛtaṁ hanta tapaḥ kṣitīti
gopyo pi bhūme stuvate ras kīrtim
yenaiva kṛṣṇāńghri-p
