As many are aware, Kazakhstan is currently in turmoil and regional army troops have been sent to quell the social unrest in the region.
Russian devotees that we spoke to relayed to us that they have not heard from the Kazakstan devotees in approximately two days because cellular service and internet are currently turned off there. They are concerned for their safety, but it has been explained to us that Sri Vrindavan Dham Farm, although located in Almaty, is in a rural region far enough away fr
Compiled by Srila Prabhupada, the following is a statement on the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness:
Submitted by Jaganmohini devi dasi
Following are the excerpts from S.B 4.7.33 lecture given by HH Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami at Zurich during Sept. 2001. They are adapted from the book ‘ Sripada in Switzerland’ published by Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata.
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This is a very instructive chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam – the study of the activities of King Daksha.
The whole event that took place during the sacrifice is extremely instructive here for all of us. The primary lesson here is the prin
Dear follower of Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Kindly submit your homage to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa-puja book by April 7.
In addition, if you’re a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, please check out www.sptributes.com to learn about a Vyasa-puja book open to all his disciples. The deadline for submission to this book is April 15.
The standards for submitting an offering to the Vyasa-puja book published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Tr
By Kumari Kunti Sherreitt
The North American Leadership Conference will be held on the 14th, 15th 16th of January.
During this online event, we will gather again as GBC, Temple Presidents, Senior Devotees, and Next Generation Leaders – all members of Srila Prabhupada’s Family, to collaborate and co-create the future of ISKCON in North America.
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January 14-16th, 2022
Friday 7-8PM ET Networking Event: “Looking towards the Future”
Saturday 10:0
By Kamala Radha Devi Dasi
Ornamented with pearls of wisdom, Bhakti Shakti serves as a guiding light to claim your spiritual identity, experience the joyous state of your pure spiritual self, and progress toward deeper intimacy with the Divine.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/bhakti-shakti-new-book-by-pranada-comtois/
One of my friends is an activist type. I guess we all may have one or two, or more, of those as our friends. Currently that means anti-mask/anti-vax. I consider such persons to be entitled to their opinion. A strong consideration, however, is that we are sharing space and we must be prudent in our dealings with each other in a highly toxic environment; both subtly and physically. Viruses are real and deadly.
In general, the atmosphere these days is so intense, regardless of which side of the fen
ISKCON Leadership Sanga, Sri Dham Mayapur. Gaura Purnima 2020, Day 1. Respectful Dialogue not defeatism debate • Vada, not vitanda or jalpa ▪ In cooperation, Krsna appears. Assuming that there is a right answer (and that you have it). Assuming that others have pieces of the answer and that together you can craft a solution.
ISKCON Leadership Sanga, Sri Dham Mayapur. Gaurapurnima 2020, Day 1
This year the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, organized their second annual World Gita Day celebration on the 18th and 19th of December. The goal of World Gita Day was to make the knowledge of the Gita more accessible, to bring in people from all over the world who appreciate the Bhagavad Gita together.
World Gita Day is part of the Live to Give campaign that the BBT organizes annually around the world as a One World Team working together.
The global broadcast featured performances from many regions
When we think of wealth and poverty so much seems to hinge on whether we live in a mentality of scarcity; or a consciousness of abundance, that there is enough in the world for everyone.
Gandhi once said that the world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed. It seems so true… But why is that? Why does that seem to resonate as true?
Is there some kind of Super Consciousness out there that is (or perhaps, Who is…) keeping track? Or calculating whether I’m consuming too
Western Vaishnavas are nothing new whatsoever. Here you can see some of the first female disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura.
Vishnuprya Dasi on the left and Vinodvani Dasi, whose name was Daisy Cecilia Bowtel, continued in bhajan her whole life.
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I want to congratulate the six new initiates who received their diksha and their new names. They are a smiling group. Optimists.
Ashok Kumar Srivastava’s new name is Arya Das.
Pratima Shrivastava’s new name is Pranaya Dasi.
Anurag Shrivastava’s new name is Ananda Gaura Das.
Ritu Shrivastava’s new name is Rajeshwari Dasi.
Vihar Joshi’s new name is Vishnu Tattva Das.
Neha Joshi’s new name is Narmada Dasi.
My nighttime walk was interesting. I often go to Queen’s Park, and bypass the ROM (Royal Onta
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Lecture given in Los Angeles, May 13, 1970
A primary Vedic book warns us of the danger of culturing material knowledge without spiritual knowledge.
andham tamah pravishanti
ye ‘vidyam upasate
tato bhuya iva te tamo
ya u vidyayam ratah
“Those who are engaged in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance. Worse still are those engaged in the so-called culture of knowledge.” (Sri Ishopanishad, Mantra
Blame game usually involves pointing the blaming finger outwards to others whenever things go wrong.
The blaming finger can also point upwards or inwards. When it points upwards, we blame God for being unintelligent or uncaring or even non-existent. When it points inwards, we beat ourselves down with self-recrimination, “I am good-for-nothing,” ending up unnecessarily with inferiority complex.
To solve the problem, we need nott a blaming finger, but a helping hand.
Whichever way the blaming finger
Dear Devotees of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It seems that this horrible Covid disease is attacking quite a number of our devotees again. We sincerely hope you are all taking precautions to prevent falling ill. There is the old saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, and particularly under these circumstances this is very much true.
For those of you who are not ill, please stay safe and be careful, and for tho
From Back to Godhead
Mistakes why we make them and how we can rectify them?
To err is human … ” so goes the saying. Safely we can add three more details to the list: tendency to fall under illusion, cheating propensity and imperfect senses. A conditioned soul is bound by these imperfections, but in this article I will focus on the tendency to commit mistakes. All of us make mistakes. Srila Prabhupada says that to make a mistake is not wrong, but to make a mistake and not learn from it, that is
“This idea of creating a database and collecting contacts at all our festivals and in any situation where we come in contact with the public is very important. I tried for a number of years to teach this to devotees and I fully agree with Jayapataka Maharaja as to its importance. “We can follow up in so many creative ways when we have a list of people who we know are relatively favorable. There is a whole science to database marketing and every successful organization, including non-profit and r
Westerners see India's reverence for the cow as superstition, but for those
who appreciate her gifts, the sacred cow is worthy of her name.
Holy cow! We have all heard that expletive enough times, but what on earth is holy about the cow? I remember some years ago my mother was much maligning India for the "primitive and superstitious" practice of cow worship. To a city boy whose only contact with cows was the Sunday dinner, her criticism seemed quite sensible.
In Vedic religion there is in fact
I don’t find any scarcity in this world except the scarcity of Krsna consciousness.”
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
“People are suffering for want of Krsna consciousness. We should all engage in spreading the science of Krsna for the benefit of the whole world.”
– Srila Prabhupada
Krsna is glorified by those who are completely free from material hankerings in this world. Eternally liberated souls are always engaged in glorifying Krsna. And they relish it so much that they glorify Krsna tirele
