ISKCON Makes a Splash at Kumbha Mela

Devotees bathe Srila Prabhupada on the day of "First Royal Bath."

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

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

Kirtana [chanting Hare Krishna] in Every Town and Village

If you vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce their ears and enter their hearts, and then their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived.

My Dear Bansidhari,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your nice report from Santa Barbara dated October 22nd, 1970. I am always so glad to know that you are keeping to the standard practices as I have instructed you to do and all the devotees are fe

Song Name: Vande Krsna Nanda Kumara

govinda hari gopāla hari

govinda hari gopāla hari

jaya jaya deva hari

jaya jaya deva hari

vande kṛṣṇa nanda-kumāra

nanda-kumāra madana-gopāla

madana-gopāla mohana-rūpa

mohana-rūpa nanda-kumāra

jaya jaya deva hari

jaya jaya deva hari

jaya prabhu dīna-dayāla hari

govinda hari gopāla hari

govinda hari gopāla hari

jaya jaya deva hari

jaya jaya deva hari

jaya rāma hari jaya kṛṣṇa hari

jaya jaya-śacī-nandana gaura-hari

govinda hari gopāla hari

govinda hari gopāla hari

jaya jaya deva ha

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. - Benjamin Franklin

Humility makes great men twice honorable - Benjamin Franklin quotes

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. - Charles de Montesquieu

Date: February 8,2010 Verse: Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.32.25 Speaker: HH Bhakti
Caitanya Swami – Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, Sri Dham Mayapur
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sa tadaivatmanatmanam nihsangam sama-darsanam heyopadeya-rahitam arudham padam
iksate

TRANSLATION: Because of his transcendental intelligence, the pure devotee is equipoised in
his vision and sees himself to be uncontaminated by matter. He does not see anything as
superior or inferior, and he feels himself elevated to the transcenden