“Shut the door, the mosquitoes are getting in!” That’s a common remark coming from anyone of us who have a room in the Gada building and are trying to keep it bug-free when someone comes to visit. No one is trying to be mean here, just realistic. Have some courtesy and keep the pests out.
The pesky little ones known all over the world are making their mark in the holy dham. It happens every year at this time. It’s a given as soon as the western pilgrims show up. It seems like there is rich bloo
A video library of H.H. Tamal Krishna Goswami’s lectures is now available on YouTube. Most of these video lectures have not been available online till now. New lectures are being released three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The dates of the lectures will range from 1988-2002. The lectures have been carefully curated and edited to improve sound quality.
We hope this library of H.H.Tamal Krishna Goswami’s lectures will become a treasured resource for you to relish and share
The TOVP management is pleased to announce that from February 12-16, 2023 the ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) will have their annual seminars in the TOVP.
Braja Vilasa, TOVP Co-Chairman and ILS Committee Member stresses the importance of these meetings for ISKCON leaders, and invites all devotees with leadership positions to attend this important sanga and share ideas and experiences and garner new information to enhance their service to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON.
Go to www.ilsglobal.org for mo
If there was a predominant message that Srila Prabhupada left all his followers at the end of his life, it would arguably be, “You will show your love for me by how much you cooperate together.”
Our Founder-Acharya (teacher by example) issued this simple yet profound barometer of our love for him. Clearly, as has been the case with all spiritual institutions, ISKCON struggles with this clear dictum.
We can all probably agree that ISKCON is
For about ten years, I maintained myself and my family by driving a taxi. Srila Prabhupada’s kirtan always softly played in the taxi, and I was distributing his books to my passengers. Some happily accepted, and some refused as always.
One day, I picked up a passenger from the airport to take him downtown, about a forty-minute drive with traffic.
On the way, he recognized the maha-mantra in the background and started a conversation with me. I slowly introduced him to the message of the Bhagavad
Ten days ago I received a message from a Manufacturer and business colleague, Dr Guissepe, that he was coming to the UK to visit me. It was going to be on Saturday and I was saddened immediately, I could not go on Harinama! What could I do? It was like a blow to the chest, I felt very sad inside. But Dr. Guiseppe had arranged to stay with me to set up one of his record decks and I had been waiting patiently for it for years. I couldn’t say no. I am normally quite apprehensive of others staying
There comes a time when human kind
descends to most degraded.
When basic need is fixed on greed
and honesty’s dissuaded.
A fallen age of selfishness
when no one trusts another,
And a life within the womb,
is aborted by the mother.
But the Lord who loves us all,
hearing Sri Advaita’s call,
devised a plan to counter-act,
the brutal ways of Maya’s attack.
Considering the state of affairs,
in a place where no one cares,
with interest in oneself alone,
and hearts become as hard as stone,
A process w
By Ekachakra Prana Dasa
The Live to Give campaign, also known as the Prabhupada Marathon, is an annual effort to “cover the earth” with Bhagavad-gitas. This global operation, which launches the day after Bhadra Purnima and runs until January, is coordinated by the BBT MCI team.
Year-over-year results have increased rapidly. In 2020, we distributed 2.1 million Gitas. In 2021, we distributed 2.8 million. Our goal for 2022 was set at three million.
Thousands of book distributors from hundreds of
Our theatrical warmup practices look something like this:
Participants stand in a circle and chant the pranam mantras to our guru, Srila Prabhupada. Then mantras to the five features of the Absolute. Then mantras to the divine female and divine male, Radha and Krishna
Voice projection then involves the mantra, om namo bhaghavate vasudevaya.
Mouth muscle exercise with vowels A-E-I-O-U.
Surya namaskar, salutations to the sun – yoga stretches with Kunti from Canada.
Further body stretche
Management to facilitate preaching is spiritual, not material.
Srila Prabhupada: Everywhere, in the office, there is some immediate boss. So you have to please him. That is service. Suppose in office, in a department there is office superintendent. And if you do in your own way, “Yes, I’m doing my business,” and the office superintendent is not pleased, do you think that kind of service is nice? No. Similarly, everywhere we have got immediate boss. So we must work. That is systematic. If ever
HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj and HH Guruprasad Swami Maharaj launching the book, Svalikhita Jivani at ISKCON Leadership Sanga in Sridham Mayapur on 15th February 2023
By Khusboo Basan
Svalikhita Jivani, the autobiography of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura published by the Bhaktivedanta Research Center (BRC) in its original Bengali language was released at ISKCON Leadership Sanga by HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj and HH Guruprasad Swami Maharaj facilitated by HG Gauranga Prabhu and HG Braj Vilas Prabhu
By Sri Radhika devi dasi
Starting this summer, a team of experienced teachers is organizing a residential summer camp for youth ages 10-17 at the Gita Nagari Eco Farm in Pennsylvania, USA. The Camp will start in the evening of Saturday, July 22nd at 5 p.m., right after the Gita Nagari Ratha Yatra, and continue until the morning of Sunday, July 30th.
The camp is named “Camp Spark” because its purpose is to help spark friendships, adventure, and Krishna bhakti. Camp activities will include kirta
By Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Swami
In June 2022, HH Kadamba Kanana Swami announced the news that a recent health check indicated cancer that had metastasized into the prostate and lungs from the colo/rectal region. At that time doctors indicated that Maharaja’s life span was now limited.
Soon after, Maharaja decided to make his final visits to many countries he had been visiting over his decades of preaching. In September 2022, Maharaja arrived in Sri Vrindavana Dham to conduct a parikrama wit
Hare Krsna.
Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On the auspicious occasion of Gaura Purnima 2023, Sridham Mayapur is pleased to launch Mayapur Brochure based on ‘Srila Prabhupada’s Vision for Mayapur’. In the pages of this brochure, you will be invited to envision the future of Mayapur Dham with concept illustrations of future projects.
You can download the brochure here: Brochure-Mayapur-Master-Plan.pdf
By HH Keshava Swami
Dear Devotees,
Today Maharaja was in good spirits. Yesterday, on his request, we began kirtans in his apartment for two hours in the afternoon (Madhava Prabhu led), and we hope to continue with this kirtana in the coming days.
Overall, however, his health is in a lower phase. Though he does have times when he seems to spring back, the signs of decline are there. Predicting is hard, but realistically it looks as though the duration of Maharaja’s life span is now in the weeks
The Sanskrit word maya means that which is not. In other words, it is illusion. For example, if a servant of a king thinks that he is the king, that is illusion. Generally, it is the illusion of all human beings that they are the lords of all they survey. But the actual fact is that they are under the grip of strict laws. They are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but are becoming more entangled in nature’s complexities. Since this maya is illusion, or unreality, it can be s
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope"
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Practicing Krishna consciousness helps you become helpless, yet we don’t feel hopeless. A devotee may face repeated disappointments, but he’s never discouraged. That’s because he loves Krishna .
If you make chanting Hare Krishna japa as your number one priority in life, very soon you’d feel helpless in the wake of the innumerable obstacles posed by the mind. Yet, if you persevere, Krishna recognizes y
Brahmatirtha Prabhu:
Sadaputa Prabhu was a genius. He had a photographic memory. He had idiosyncrasies like any genius. He understood things in a deeper way, and he wanted to share. He never stopped learning.
Mechanistic and Nonmechanistic Science was my favorite book. God & Science has brilliant essays.
About Jayadvaita Swami:
I got a mantra card from him at Greenwich Village in 1968.
It said chant this mantra, and your life will be sublime. I tried it and could not get it out of my mind.
He i
