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Today is Shiva-ratri. Vaishnavas generally do not celebrate Shiva-ratri, and to begin, I will explain why, with reference to the Bhagavad-gita. We read from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Chapter 7: “Knowledge of the Absolute.”

TEXT 23

antavat tu phalam tesam
  tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
  mad-bhakta yanti mam api

TRANSLATION

Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods,

Hare krishna,

i have a querry running in my mind from last few days. I got ladoo gopal ji few months back and i was offering bhog 3-4 times everyday but since my family eats non vegetarian food often i was not feeling alright to serve laddoo gopal grain bhog. Also its creating problem between me and my husband he is of the mind that i should worship and offer dry fruits nuts and fruits and now im also feeling that i did mistake giving grain bhog, i maintain cleanliness and have separate induction

अध्याय चार – गजेन्द्र का वैकुण्ठ गमन (8.4)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब भगवान ने गजेन्द्र का उद्धार कर दिया तो सारे ऋषियों, गन्धर्वों तथा ब्रह्मा, शिव इत्यादि देवताओं ने भगवान की प्रशंसा की और भगवान तथा गजेन्द्र दोनों के ऊपर पुष्पवर्षा की।

2 स्वर्गलोक में दुन्दुभियाँ बजने लगीं, गन्धर्वलोक के वासी नाचने और गाने लगे तथा महान ऋषियों, चारणलोक एवं सिद्धलोक के निवासियों ने भगवान पुरुषोत्तम की स्तुतियाँ कीं।

3-4 गन्धर्वों में श्रेष्ठ राजा हूहू, देवल मुनि द्वारा शापित होने के बाद घड़ियाल बन गया था।

March 9, 2021

Dear follower of Srila Prabhupada,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

This is our final reminder to 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-puj

Frontline servants: Remembering the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta publishing marathon

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It had been a busy day. Some of that busyness had to do with the fact that our Govinda’s Dining Room, open only for takeout, is under the same roof as our temple/ashram. People are coming for the food. We are cooking extra. I hopped into the kitchen to pitch in. I crafted a mixed veg prep — cauliflower, squash and baby potatoes with curry leaves and a host of spices. No chilies!

Dwarkanath, our food chief extraordinaire, made a big batch of dahl. That was triumphant. All the regular fare and ex

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has described in Sri Caitanya Caritamrta that the first sprout of the desire tree of devotion was manifested in the person of Sri Madhavendra Puri, and that that sprout developed into a sapling in the person of Sri Isvar Puri. Then, in the person of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who was also the gardener Himself, that sapling become the trunk of a enormous tree, the desire tree of devotion. [C. C. Adi 9.10-11]
Sri Isvara Puri appeared in this world on the full moon day

अध्याय तीन – गजेन्द्र की समर्पण स्तुति(8.3)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने आगे कहा: तत्पश्चात गजेन्द्र ने अपना मन पूर्ण बुद्धि के साथ अपने हृदय में स्थिर कर लिया और उस मंत्र का जप प्रारम्भ किया जिसे उसने इन्द्रद्युम्न के रूप में अपने पूर्वजन्म में सीखा था और जो कृष्ण की कृपा से उसे स्मरण था।

2 गजेन्द्र ने कहा: मैं परम पुरुष वासुदेव को सादर नमस्कार करता हूँ (ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय)। उन्हीं के कारण यह शरीर आत्मा की उपस्थिति के फलस्वरूप कर्म करता है, अतएव वे प्रत्येक जीव के मूल कारण हैं। वे ब्रह्मा तथा श

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By Nrsimhananda Prabhu

At the age of 73 years, I am in the so-called “high risk category” for COVID-19 so I decided to get vaccinated.

My vaccination story, however, begins in the 1950s when I was a child and another virus was overtaking America and the world.

As a small boy, I saw scary magazine photos of young children lying inside riveted, cylindrical devices called “iron lungs” (now relics of the past). Polio, an infectious viral disease affecting the central nervous system, was crippling k

A new documentary POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (12A) directed by Paul Sng and Celeste Bell is released across the UK and Ireland on March 5th. 

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Temperatures were mild. There was a thaw. My ceiling told me so. A slow leak of brown water was coming through. It’s interesting how it travels from the roof. Clumps of snow and ice meet the sun and hence a drip makes its way from the rooftop to the floor in the bedroom.

“We’ll get it fixed,” says our maintenance man.

“Great!”

Whenever a bit of humidity makes its entrance, arthritic joints feel it. Today is a good example of the elements visiting this second building — the body. Legs, knees and

अध्याय दो – गजेन्द्र का संकट(8.2)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन, त्रिकुट नाम का एक विशाल पर्वत है। यह दस हजार योजन (80 हजार मील) ऊँचा है। चारों ओर से क्षीरसागर द्वारा घिरे होने के कारण इसकी स्थिति अत्यन्त रमणीक है।

2-3 पर्वत की लम्बाई तथा चौड़ाई समान (80 हजार मील) है। इसकी तीन प्रमुख चोटियाँ, जो लोहे, चाँदी तथा सोने की बनी हैं, सारी दिशाओं एवं आकाश को सुन्दर बनाती हैं। पर्वत में अन्य चोटियाँ भी हैं, जो रत्नो तथा खनिजों से पूर्ण हैं और सुन्दर वृक्षों, लताओं एवं झड़ियों से अलंकृत हैं। पर्वत

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About Kusha Devi
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By Madhava Smullen

After over a decade of dedicated service, Krishna-lila Dasi is moving on from her position as managing editor of ISKCON News. An award-winnning professional filmmaker, she will continue to work with ISKCON News as a freelance contributor of short films, an exciting new development for the website.

A scholar, teacher, filmmaker, and activist, Krishna-lila holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literary Studies from the University of Budapest, and a Certificate in Screenwriting from New

A prominent sun dominated the sky and when it was time for it to make its ever so graceful exit a reigning powerful king in the form of the moon set itself firmly in the heavens.

During the hours of light devotional activities prevailed at the temple, beginning with a guru-puja; honouring of the guru just after darshan; the viewing of the deity of Krishna. As the sun rose I was feeling gratitude to the devotees from the Atlantic zone for sending that sun to us. The sun enlivens.

I thought of ou