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Mayapur Institute Bhakti Sastri Courses announces new Online Bhakti Sastri Courses for the year 2021 from 23rd January. Details are as follows:

Batch 1: *Jan 23, from 7 AM IST*

Batch 2: *Feb 27 , from 10 AM IST*

Batch 3: *Mar 20, from 12 Noon IST*

Batch 4: *Apr 24, from 2 PM IST*

Batch 5: *May 29, from 7 PM IST*

Visit* www.mayapurinstitute.org* to register

Books: *Bhagawad Gita As It Is, Sri Isopanishad, Nectar of Instruction & Nectar of Devotion*

Language: *English*

Class Duration: *2 Hours p

I have been in touch with my sister, Rose Ann, who just lost her husband who was struggling with cancer. Jim Burgess was an amiable person. I don’t know where he stood on spirituality but he did live on a plant-based diet. Below is my poem about Jim:

Jim

Came a man who hailed from Erieau

Just across the lake from state Ohio

He was just a really nice guy

Not a bone in his body you’d call shy

He had this positive gift of gab

With a personality oh so fab

He was generous and into charity

That could

अध्याय तेरह - राजा रहूगण तथा जड़ भरत के बीच और आगे वार्ता (5.13)

1 ब्रह्म-साक्षात्कार प्राप्त जड़ भरत ने आगे कहा: हे राजा रहूगण, जीवात्मा इस संसार के दुर्लंघ्य पथ पर घूमता रहता है और बारम्बार जन्म तथा मृत्यु स्वीकार करता है। प्रकृति के तीन गुणों (सत्त्व, रज तथा तम) के प्रभाव से इस संसार के प्रति आकृष्ट होकर जीवात्मा प्रकृति के जादू से केवल तीन प्रकार के फल जो शुभ, अशुभ तथा शुभाशुभ होते हैं देख पाता है। इस प्रकार वह धर्म, आर्थिक विकास, इन्द्रियतृप्ति तथा मुक्ति की अद्वैत भावना (परमात्मा में तादात्म

By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader

January 6, 2021, marked the start of the All-India Padayatra’s seventh chapter of its grand march around India, including the char dham yatra. Leaving in 1984 from Dwarka padayatra has continued nonstop for thirty-six years, covering all of India and completing its sixth round in Dwarka on New Year’s Day. Having enlightened Dwarkawasis with sankirtan for five days the padayatris then departed on their current tour.

The seventh whole-of-India padayatra i

By Meghashyam Dasa 

January 6th, 2021, marked the start of the All-India Padayatra’s (pilgrimage) seventh grand march around India, including the char dham yatra. 

Beginning in Dwarka on Radhastami, September 2, 1984, the padayatra has continued nonstop for thirty-six years, covering all of India and completing its sixth round in Dwarka on this New Year’s Day. 

The Padayatra Dwarka Gate at the entrance of the city, a project overseen by Chaitanya Chandra dasa, was built to commemorate the padaya

By Parijata Devi Dasi

Mumbai’s iconic Mumbai Central Railways Station, which has earned name of one of the finest architecture and heavy footfall railway terminal in India, witnessed history in making when the first ISKCON book shop namely the ‘Hare Krsna Books’ was inaugurated on 7 January 2021.

The permanent book store is strategically placed at the Mumbai Central Railway Station on Platform No. 1 and 2 which is largely reserved for trains with high priority preference. 

The shop was inaugurat

I just wasn’t bold at all in terms of walking. I merely went around the block at 4 a.m., before the first rite of the day — mangal arati. The rest of my day of devotion entailed calls and meetings — all very meaningful. It included discussions about our mission in Cuba, where I’ve been involved for 12 years. The pandemic has not been easy on that country, like many. Our devotees are not able to gather together and Zoom is somewhat difficult to utilize due to lack of internet access.

I did enjoy

अध्याय बारह – महाराज रहूगण तथा जड़ भरत की वार्ता (5.12)

1 राजा रहूगण ने कहा: हे महात्मन, आप पूर्ण पुरुषोत्तम भगवान से अभिन्न है। आपके प्रभाव से शास्त्रों के समस्त विरोधाभास दूर हो गये हैं। आप ब्रह्म-बन्धु के वेश में अपने दिव्य आनन्दमय स्वरूप को छिपाए हुए हैं। मैं आपको सादर नमस्कार करता हूँ।

2 हे ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ, मेरा शरीर मल से पूर्ण और मेरी दृष्टि गर्व रूपी सर्प द्वारा दंशित है। अपनी भौतिक बुद्धि के कारण मैं रुग्ण हूँ। इस प्रकार के ज्वर से पीड़ित व्यक्ति के लिए आपके अमृतमय उपदेश वैसे ही हैं जैसे क

ONLY ONE STOP ALL SOLUTION " OUR LORD SRIKRISHNA'S DIVINE LOTUS FEET

In our life's journey, each one of us, rock  roughly, in the roller coaster ride. Sometimes , the ups give us a high and the downs pull us deep. 

We, every second, blindly dance, to the tunes ,of our mighty mind , which is like the shifting sands of the  waves , totally unpredictable and ever erasing,  never eternal or still.

What to do ? Where to seek shelter ? How to calm the marathon mind? Every minute , our perenial problems,

Huge 43th anniversary ceremony of Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari ji Mandir at ISKCON Juhu, Mumbai on 14th Jan 2021

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While its doors remain closed to the public due to COVID-19, the brand new Portland Bhakti Center, located in the hip and trendy Hawthorne neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, has launched and is serving COVID-safe Krishna Friday Feasts to-go for all.

The new center will work cooperatively with the already existing ISKCON Portland temple, located in the Hillsboro suburbs. For its part, the Portland Bhakti Center aims to reach people in the city, including both young newcomers and older devotees who

Yamuna Devi, an ISKCON pioneer, one of the first disciples of Srila Prabhupada, and a much loved and deeply inspiring figure for devotees all over the world, passed away on December 20th, 2011. Now, as a tribute to her on this ninth year of her passing, Dinatarini Devi, Yamuna’s companion in devotional life for 37 years, has compiled her original Deity book, Yamuna Devi: A Study of Seva Puja.

Coming this Spring, the historical gem details Yamuna Devi’s studies in Deity worship from the early 197

I called my sister, Rose Ann, whose husband passed away from cancer. “Jim was a fine man,” I told her, “therefore he is fine,” implying that his destination was a good one according to the laws of karma. I was impressed with the way my sister was listening. Words of comfort and assurance are what she really needed to hear.

Another sister, Pauline, had joined in on the call over speakerphone, as she had come to visit and spend some time with Rose Ann to console her. She was keen to listen, as wel

अध्याय ग्यारह – जड़ भरत द्वारा राजा रहूगण को शिक्षा (5.11)

1 ब्राह्मण जड़ भरत ने कहा: हे राजन, यद्यपि तुम थोड़ा भी अनुभवी नहीं हो तो भी तुम अत्यन्त अनुभवी व्यक्ति के समान बोलने का प्रयत्न कर रहे हो। अतः तुम्हें अनुभवी व्यक्ति नहीं माना जा सकता। अनुभवी व्यक्ति कभी भी तुम्हारे समान स्वामी तथा सेवक अथवा भौतिक सुखों और दुखों के सम्बन्ध में इस प्रकार से नहीं बोलता। ये तो मात्र बाह्य कार्य हैं। कोई भी महान अनुभवी व्यक्ति परम सत्य को जानते हुए इस प्रकार बातें नहीं करता।

2 हे राजन, स्वामी तथा सेवक, राजा तथ

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By Madhava Smullen

A Hare Krishna Community Radio station based in Alachua, Florida had a soft launch on Christmas Day, broadcasting a series of devotional programs on the holiday as well as over four days at New Year’s. The project, run by Sudharma Dasi, aims to grow into a full-time digital radio station and eventually to reach out to listeners beyond the ISKCON community with devotional music, interviews, discussions, meditations and more.

Sudharma Dasi, a Srila Prabhupada disciple, previousl

अध्याय दस – जड़ भरत तथा महाराज रहूगण की वार्ता (5.10)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी आगे बोले – हे राजन, इसके बाद सिंधु तथा सौवीर प्रदेशों का शासक रहुगण कपिलाश्रम जा रहा था। जब राजा के मुख्य कहार (पालकीवाहक) इक्षुमती के तट पर पहुँचे तो उन्हें एक और कहार की आवश्यकता हुई। अतः वे किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति की खोज करने लगे और दैववश उन्हें जड़ भरत मिल गया। उन्होंने सोचा कि यह तरुण और बलिष्ठ है और इसके अंग-प्रत्यंग सुदृढ़ हैं। यह बैलों तथा गधों के तुल्य बोझा ढोने के लिए अत्यन्त उपयुक्त है। ऐसा सोचते हुए यद्यपि महात्मा ज

Sound Is The Weapon Of The Revolution (Om Namo Narayanaya) was originally recorded live while The Hanumen were staying at a friend's home in the midst of a tour in November of 2019. "Later, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, isolated in our own home studios, we were able to record a range of great overdubs later to fill out their grand vision for the piece,” - says Vishvambhar Seth, a founding member of the Hanumen band. 

"This song is perhaps best described as a revolutionary bhakti journey