By Sakhi Rangadevi Devi Dasi
The birthplace of Srila Prabhupada at Tollygunge, Kolkata, is now under the ownership of ISKCON. After toiling for several decades, the devotees of ISKCON Kolkata have achieved something commendable to make as an offering to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada on his 125th birth anniversary: August 31st, 2021. A live-streamed festival will take place on that day and all are encouraged to watch and participate.
On the 11th of August, Vice President of ISKCON Kolkata, R
How can we study nonmaterial aspects of reality when we’re living in a world of matter? Modern mechanistic science rests on the premise that reality is ultimately reducible to a simple set of mathematical equations. Such a view fails to account for two important aspects of reality: consciousness, and complex biological form. Here, in the first of a series of articles excerpted from the conclusion of the book, Sadaputa describes how an alternative, nonmechanistic model can be verified through th
Chris from Hamilton had come. “I’m dropping off some kids, including my son, at Wonderland and that gives me some time at the temple. I’m up for service.”
Such a wholesome attitude, is what I thought as I expressed the nature of helpfulness to our maintenance guy from Croatia, Vallabha Hari. Help is always needed around the ashram and the temple. So, Chris came to pitch in, with cleaning mostly. We appreciate his spirit.
The mind is at ease when all is clean and orderly and the spirit is right.
अध्याय सत्ताईस – देवपूजा विषयक श्रीकृष्ण के आदेश (11.27)
1 श्री उद्धव ने कहा : हे प्रभु, हे भक्तों के स्वामी, कृपा करके मुझे आपके अर्चाविग्रह रूप में पूजा की नियत विधि बतायें। अर्चाविग्रह की पूजा करने वाले भक्तों की क्या योग्यताएँ होती हैं? ऐसी पूजा किस आधार पर तय की जाती है? तथा पूजा की विशिष्ट विधि क्या है?
2 सारे मुनि बारम्बार घोषित करते हैं कि ऐसी पूजा से मनुष्य जीवन का बड़े-से-बड़ा सम्भव लाभ मिलता है। नारद मुनि, महान व्यासदेव तथा मेरे गुरु बृहस्पति का यही मत है।
3-4 हे वदान्य प्रभु, अर्चाविग्र
Essay by Annette Murphy
“What I have found to be truly valuable to me was sitting and listening to my senior godsisters tell me of their personal history and past times with Srila Prabhupada. Their stories always revealed his kind and fatherly demenor. His light hearted humor, his endearing personal guidance, how he motivated them to fully utilize and develop their natural talents and abilities in service to Krishna.”i
In the preface to A Bond of love: Srila Prabhupada and his Daughters, Her G
Ones intelligence is often measured by an IQ test which indicates a good material intelligence. Now for devotees there is a fun way to check ones own DQ. With this we can do an occasional self analysis to check our progress in Krishna consciousness. It is a visual tool that can identify where some improvement may be required and encourage development in that particular part of our devotional life.
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By Ravi Ramgoolam
"For most of us, the idea of winter means cozy nights, warm blankets & a cup of hot chocolate near the fire, but for those on the streets the drop in temperature becomes a fight for survival," said Svetadvip Das, the main representative of ISKCON Port Elizabeth's Food for Life project.
The ISKCON Port Elizabeth, South Africa, congregation, and Food for Life team moved hearts with the Blanket Drive Initiative. The initiative consists of donating blankets to poor people in the
British Columbia is on fire, so is Greece. I have a formula for decent weather — three consecutive days of sunshine and then the fourth, a good rain shower. The wish is fairly futile because nature in the end does what it wants. Weather is the turbulent, unsteady thrill of nature where elements unite and collide. If you walk vast tracts of land you’ll certainly experience these freaks of nature. There is adventure in it.
In any event, three days of brightness did come our way in central Canada
अध्याय छब्बीस – ऐल गीत (11.26)
1 भगवान ने कहा: मानव-जीवन मेरा साक्षात्कार करने का अवसर प्रदान करता है। मेरी प्रेमाभक्ति में स्थित होकर, मनुष्य मुझे प्राप्त कर सकता है, जो समस्त आनन्द का आगार तथा प्रत्येक जीव के हृदय में वास करनेवाला परमात्मा स्वरूप है।
2 दिव्य ज्ञान में स्थिर व्यक्ति प्रकृति के गुणों के फलों से अपनी झूठी पहचान त्यागकर, बद्ध जीवन से मुक्त हो जाता है। इन फलों को मात्र मोह समझकर उन्हीं के बीच निरन्तर रहते हुए भी वह प्रकृति के गुणों में फँसने से अपने को बचाता है। चूँकि गुण तथा उनके फ
Srila Prabhupada introduced the Krishna consciousness movement in the western world keeping in mind the time, place and circumstances. Srila Prabhupada was an expert preacher. He perfectly knew how to preach depending on the time, place and circumstances. This video shows glimpses of the extraordinary success that has originated from Srila Prabhupada’s extraordinary preaching and outreach strategies.
Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=91906
Back to Godhead
The place Srila Prabhupada called his "Western world headquarters" remains a vital oasis of Krishna consciousness.
Starting off in Midcity LA, 1968
ISKCON’s new center in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, was getting a good turnout. It was “the summer of love,” 1967, when idealistic youth gathering in the Haight to seek peace, justice, and alternative lifestyles often became overwhelmed by the area's crime, pimps, and drug dealers. Srila Prabhupada’s discip
By Madhava Smullen
ISKCON temples all over the world are being invited to reach out to their local private and public schools to ask them to register students for the Value Education Olympiad 2021.
This year, the popular Olympiad, started by ISKCON in India, will be held online and will focus on environmental themes due to the current urgency around climate change. Using a series of study guides, seminars and workshops from August 1st to September 26th, followed by an exam on October 17th, the
I’ve really relished watching Indrayumna Swami talk about the transformation of one chap that was unkept, hygienically-alien and rather drugged/high on something in Paris. He lived in the bushes with some newspaper foundation. He was nicknamed “Pig Pen” and was practically untouchable. However, by some kind of merciful act of Prabhupada, who was with us at the time, Pig Pen became transformed. He credits the ISKCON founder for changing directions for him. With a madman’s tone, “Prabhupada saved
अध्याय पच्चीस – प्रकृति के तीन गुण तथा उनसे परे (11.25)
1 भगवान ने कहा : हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ, मैं तुमसे वर्णन करूँगा कि जीव किस तरह किसी भौतिक गुण की संगति से विशेष स्वभाव प्राप्त करता है। तुम उसे सुनो।
2-5 मन तथा इन्द्रिय संयम, सहिष्णुता, विवेक, नियत कर्म का पालन, सत्य, दया, भूत तथा भविष्य का सतर्क अध्ययन, किसी भी स्थिति में सन्तोष, उदारता, इन्द्रियतृप्ति का परित्याग, गुरु में श्रद्धा, अनुचित कर्म करने पर व्यग्रता, दान, सरलता, दीनता तथा अपने में सन्तोष – ये सतोगुण के लक्षण है। भौतिक इच्छा, महान उद्य
अध्याय चौबीस --- सांख्य दर्शन (11.24)
1 भगवान श्रीकृष्ण ने कहा : अब मैं तुमसे सांख्य विज्ञान का वर्णन करूँगा जिसे प्राचीन विद्वानों ने पूर्णतया स्थापित किया है। इस विज्ञान को समझ लेने से मनुष्य तुरन्त भौतिक द्वैत के भ्रम को त्याग सकता है।
2 प्रारम्भ में कृतयुग की कालावधि में सारे लोग आध्यात्मिक विवेक में अत्यन्त निपुण होते थे और इससे भी पूर्व, संहार के समय एकमात्र दृष्टा का अस्तित्व था, जो दृश्य पदार्थ से अभिन्न था।
3 द्वैत से मुक्त रहते हुए तथा सामान्य वाणी एवं मन के लिए दुर्गम होने के कारण, उस
By Madhava Smullen
The Food For Life branch in New Jagannath Puri at ISKCON of Phoenix, South Africa – a suburb of Durban – relaunched on August 9th by preparing 108 pots of Biryani, a rice dish with vegetables. As the sun rose in the early morning, the impressive operation saw devotees cooking outside over multiple rows of wood fires against the backdrop of the New Jagannath Puri temple.
Food For Life’s distribution partner network of religious organizations of all faiths then distributed an
“Our only request is that in whatever condition you may be, it doesn’t matter; please try to chant these sixteen words if it is possible, whenever you have got time. You have got enough time. You can chant Hare Krishna mantra when you are walking on the street, when you are traveling in the bus, or when you are sitting alone. There is no loss, but the gain is very great. Therefore, our only request is that you take this maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare R
अध्याय तेईस – अवन्ती ब्राह्मण का गीत (11.23)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब भक्तो में श्रेष्ठ श्री उद्धव ने दाशार्ह प्रमुख भगवान मुकुन्द से इस तरह सादर अनुरोध किया, तो पहले उन्होंने अपने सेवक के कथन की उपयुक्तता स्वीकार की। भगवान, जिनके यशस्वी कार्य (लीलाएँ) ही श्रवण करने योग्य हैं, ने उद्धव से इस प्रकार कहा।
2 भगवान श्रीकृष्ण ने कहा: हे बृहस्पति-शिष्य, इस जगत में कोई भी ऐसा साधु पुरुष नहीं है, जो असभ्य व्यक्तियों के अपमानजनक शब्दों से विचलित हुए अपने मन को फिर से स्थिर कर सके।
3 पैने बाण छात
What is the source of our natural craving for distinction, and can it ever be satisfied?
Every conditioned soul wants to be special. Most souls in this world realize sooner or later that they are just one amongst millions and with no special attributes. They want to be heroes but are in fact quite ordinary. They rejoice in others’ heroic deeds secretly hoping to be in the heroes’ shoes someday. If the hero happens to be an acquaintance, their mind squirms in unexpressed envy. Even if a soul is
Vilasini checks my heartbeat, temperature, and blood pressure, pokes my arm with a syringe, and then makes her incision. Fortunately, my six-year-old granddaughter’s plastic scalpel couldn’t cut anything tougher than cream cheese, so my post-op recovery is swift. Vilasini’s imitation doctoring is harmless, but when inept adults imitate well-trained practitioners in professions that require knowledge and skill, people get hurt. Medicine and law enforcement come to mind. We don’t want gunslingers
