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Just so Krsna can experience loving reciprocation, cooperation in a "two-way" exchange with another, Krsna divided Himself into two, Radha and Krsna.

And when Radha and Krsna act together in one spiritual Bodily Form, they are Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Srimati Radharani is not jiva-tattva, which means She is not an individual jiva-soul expansion from Krsna like us, no, She is non-different from Krsna, being His direct expansion.

Love can only exist when there are two individuals reciprocating with

Channel: ISKCON Ljubljana – Hare Krišna center

Duhovni program iz Hare Krišna centra v Ljubljani HH Krishna Kshetra Swami Predavanje: Lord Krishna enters the wrestling arena / Gospod Krišna vstopi v rokoborsko areno (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.43.17) …

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Dear Krishna Kirtan devi dasi,
Please accept my humble obeissances. You splendidly gave this life to Srila Prabhupada and to Lord Krishna. You have been one of the glorious sankirtan heroïnes of the french yatra in its glorious times. And you remained faithful to Prabhupada and his Iskcon mission up to this end through different health and other challenges. You always took great strenght from the morning sadhana. You gave wonderful sweet and scholarly classes from Prabhupada’s books, with drops

By Raman Reti Dasi, 

This May 27–31, 2026, ISKCON North America will host the Spiritual Leadership Seminar: Being Guru in ISKCON for the first time on the continent. The seminar offers a valuable opportunity for devotees engaged in spiritual leadership and outreach to gain deeper insight, meaningful association, and inspiration through the guidance of senior Vaiṣṇava teachers. The seminar will be led by Anuttama Dasa, in coordination with Mahatma Dasa.

Traditionally held in Mayapur during Gaura

I visited the city of Cebu, Philippines, for the first time and was looked after nicely by our devotees there.

Radha Vallabha who is one of the leaders arranged a harinama through a famous park where we had a wonderful walking and sit down kirtan, followed by sumptuous prasadam.

The next day, devotees went to an interfaith program attended by leaders of Catholic, Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Indigenous faiths. I spoke and led kirtan and we provided delicious prasadam to all.

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A look at what the Srimad-Bhagavatam has to say about time, a concept that has challenged philosophers for centuries.

Time is a little difficult to define. Philosophers and theologians have tried for at least twenty-five centuries. Albert Einstein remarked, in the midst of slightly more esoteric statements regarding physics, that time was what his wristwatch measured. St. Augustine said that he knew what time was as long as no one asked him to explain it. And sounding a note of frustration in

By Jaya Vamandev Das  

In the spiritually charged atmosphere of Vrindavan, over 450 brahmacharis gathered for the NIDC (North India Divisional Council) Brahmachari Retreat Camp, creating three days filled with learning, reflection, and heartfelt devotion.

The retreat was made especially memorable by the presence of revered senior leaders, including Guru Prasada Swami, Lokanath Swami, Bhakti Ashraya Vaishnav Swami, Radheyshyamananda Swami, Vrindavan Chandra Swami Prabodhanand Saraswati Swami, and

Do you know we have Seven Mothers ?

Yes we have Seven Mother According to Vedic Scriptures Let us see who are they : 

ātma-mātā guroḥ patnī
brāhmaṇī rāja-patnikā
dhenur dhātrī tathā pṛthvī
saptaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ

SYNONYMS
ātma-mātā—one's own mother; guroḥ-patnī—the wife of the guru; brāhmaṇi—the wife of a brāhmaṇa; rāja-patnikā—the wife of a king; dhenuḥ—the cow; dhātrī—the nurse; tathā—thus; pṛthvī—the earth; sapta etā—these seven; mātaraḥ—mothers; smṛtāḥ—should be remembered as.

TRANSLATI

A Krishna Conscious mother plays a very influential role in the lives of her children, especially in the development of their Krishna consciousness.

A Krishna Conscious Mother selflessly serves her children in the service of Lord Krishna.

A Krishna Conscious Mother constantly prays to Krishna for the welfare of her children.

A Krishna Conscious Mother is the shelter for her children when the world’s ways trouble them.

A Krishna Conscious Mother guides her children to seek the shelter of the Sup

“There are very exalted spiritual understandings in Krishna consciousness. They are not fictional, imaginary, or concocted. They are facts, and every devotee can have the privilege to understand and indeed take part in Krishna’s pastimes if he is actually advanced. We should not think that the privilege given to Mother Yasoda is not available to us. Everyone can have a similar privilege. If one loves Krishna as one’s child, then one will have such a privilege, because the mother has the most lo

It is an odd development of the modern world that being excessively anxious about our children is considered a virtue. We consider ourselves good parents if we make life easy for them, reward them for the smallest achievement, and are anxious for their safety and well being at all times.
There is, however, a hidden message in all of this anxious attention and it’s not good. As a teacher and school principal for 20 years, I saw all kinds of kids and all kinds of parents. For those who had confid

(Rukmini Walker’s speech in honor of International Women’s Day at the Institute for Spiritual Culture, The Glories of Our Mothers Conference, in Mayapur, India, March 3rd, 2019.)

I’m very grateful to have been invited to speak at this conference, on the Glories of Our Mothers. Specifically, I’ve been asked to speak on the traditional Vedic aphorism that, in this world, we must honor seven mothers:

“Our own biological mother; a guru or wife of our guru; a queen or head of state; brahminis, or wi

We do not know the power of what one book will do. The Bhagavad-gita made me a devotee! It was a Bhagavad-gita that I got from a friend. My friend bought it, read it and then passed it onto me. I have no idea where that Bhagavad-gita ended up after me. I still had it when I moved into the temple but what happened to it after that, I cannot remember.
The books we distribute lives a life of its own and goes from one person to another. It finds people. It is not just that we find people; the book f

This talk centers on the spiritual significance of prasadam (food offered to God) within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, drawing from a passage in Chaitanya Charitamrita (Madhya-lila 14). The speaker begins by recounting how King Prataparudra, after receiving the mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, humbly serves Him and later arranges an abundant offering of food for Lord Jagannath. The text vividly describes an extraordinary variety of offerings—fruits, sweets, milk preparations, grains, and de

By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi, 

On Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most auspicious days in the Vaishnava calendar, ISKCON Kolkata laid the foundation stone for a memorial at the birthplace of Srila Prabhupada in Tollygunge, South Kolkata, formally commencing a project that devotees hope to inaugurate on his 131st appearance anniversary in August 2027.

The foundation ceremony, which included Radhanath Swami installing an Anantashesha deity in the ground, drew Srila Prabhupada’s disciples from ar

By Sulochana Kanu Das,

On the occasion of Narsimha Chaturdashi Mahotsav, the “Sarvabighn Binashan Maha Narsimha Yagya 2026” was held on April 29-30th for the first time in Bangladesh. In addition to the thousands of devotees, the event included 508 priests. It was held at the Sri Sri Lakshmi Narasimha and Gaur-Nitai Temple located at ISKCON Mirzapur, Tangail.

On the first day of the two-day event, there was a Sankalp and Adhivas Kirtan. The next day, the program included Mangal Arati, a Kirtan M