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The whole world is looking, once again, at US internal strife. This time a group of protesters stormed the capital building in Washington DC. It was a mob scene and it was ugly. It was described to me when I was on the phone with a friend from Vancouver, during the time that I was polishing brass in our temple. My immediate response, as I listened, was that it is shameless behavior on the part of the former US president simply being a poor sport.

I later took to seeing some visual coverage of th

अध्याय नौ – जड़ भरत का सर्वोत्कृष्ट चरित्र (5.9)

1-2 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने आगे कहा: हे राजन, मृग शरीर त्याग कर भरत महाराज ने एक विशुद्ध ब्राह्मण के कुल में जन्म लिया। वह ब्राह्मण अंगिरा गोत्र से सम्बन्धित था और ब्राह्मण के समस्त गुणों से सम्पन्न था। वह अपने मन तथा इन्द्रियों को वश में करनेवाला तथा वैदिक एवं अन्य पूरक साहित्यों का ज्ञाता था। वह दानी, संतुष्ट, सहनशील, विनम्र, पण्डित तथा किसी से ईर्ष्या न करने वाला था। वह स्वरूपसिद्ध एवं ईश्वर की सेवा में तत्पर रहने वाला था। वह सदैव समाधि में रहता

It is our mission to share the fruits of love of God with everyone – in the form of kirtan, in the form of transcendental books, in the form of transcendental lectures and in the form of transcendental plays & movies. We can share the fruits in the form of transcendental influences on the internet such as through transcendental videos. We can also share the fruits in the form of transcendental deities. Let the sankirtana movement be established everywhere and let us be a part of that! And in doi

Food for Life London marked a milestone this Christmas by introducing the UK's first fully electric food distribution van to serve Londoners. The project has relentlessly continued to serve the needy during the pandemic and the nationwide lockdowns, remaining to be one of the few charities still providing free food to the homeless in Central London during these challenging times. 

Thanks to the efforts of the London-wide community, the team will now be able to serve hundreds with the new zero em

These days I’m missing Argentina, Cuba, Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname, India, South Africa, Mauritius as well as parts of the US and Canada, which are all my regular places of visitation. Woe is me! Like so many people on this planet, Earth, we are bound.

My peers, some of which are sannyasis (full-fledged monks), gurus and sages, both men and women, are all in the same boat. Most of us have established a home-base.

But we have considered carefully what is our actual home, and are we moving in the

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भगवद्भक्ति में रत महाराज भरत का हिरण में आसक्त होकर शनैः शनै: अपने दैनिक यम, नियम, उपासनादि से विलग हो जाना (5.8.8)

अध्याय आठ – भरत महाराज के चरित्र का वर्णन (5.8)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने आगे कहा: हे राजन! एक दिन प्रातःकालीन नित्य-नैमित्तिक शौचादि कृत्यों से निवृत्त होकर महाराज भरत कुछ क्षणों के लिए गण्डकी नदी के तट पर बैठकर ओंकार से प्रारम्भ होनेवाले अपने मंत्र का जप करने लगे।

2 हे राजन, जब महाराज भरत नदी के तट पर बैठे हुए थे उसी समय एक प्यासी हिरणी पानी पीने आई।

3 जब वह हिरणी अगाध तृप्ति के स

By Radha Damodara dasa

2008 saw the opening of the UK’s first state-funded Hindu school when the landmark Krishna Avanti Primary School in Harrow opened its doors. 12 years later, the Trust educates more than 4000 students across 10 schools up and down the country, with many more in the pipeline.

From its inception, Avanti’s ethos has been inspired by the Vaisnava teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, creating a 21st century ecosystem that sustains the highest quality of education possible, int

By Anuttama Dasa

Lord Krishna explains in the sacred text, Bhagavad-Gita, “Whatever action a great man performs, others will follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.” 

Yesterday in Washington, D.C., we saw the truth of this statement, and the terrible impact of the misguided thoughts, words, and actions of an influential and powerful man. 

Yet, each of us is great in our own fashion. We too, each of us, big and small, impact the world. We have that power.

Charity given out of duty, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, and to a worthy person, is in the mode of goodness. (Bhagavad Gita 17:20)

Those who give such charity without the slightest inclination for any reciprocal return are those situated in sattva guna the mode of goodness. Such aspirants will offer danam at an auspicious place such as Kuruksetra where Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-Gita or anywhere along the bank of the 20

00 miles long sacred river Ganga. They w

Message from the Honorable Prime minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ji for the Celebration of 43rd anniversary of Sri Sri Radha Rasbihariji Temple, Hare Krishna Land, ISKCON Juhu Mumbai.

Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=92663

It is said that the spiritual world is the tripad vibhuti (three-quarters of the manifestation) and the material world is ekepad vibhuti (one-quarter of the manifestation). And it is said that only one-tenth of the living entities are living in the material world whereas nine-tenths are in the spiritual world. So there are many more devotees who are eternally engaged in loving exchanges with Krsna. In the spiritual world, Krsna is playing His flute and causing the peacocks to dance as a result.

By Damodar das

Book Release: I’ll Build You a Temple: The Juhu Story"

In August 1965, a few weeks before Srila Prabhupada left for America, on his way to see Srimati Sumati Morarji, the shipping magnate who secured him passage to the US, he passed a neglected four-acre plot of land near her residence on Juhu Beach, outside Bombay, and thought it would be a nice location for a Radha-Krishna temple.

It took thirteen years—including six years of battling the crooked landlord, his agents, and corr

We were outside and kept our distance. We walked the trails, or rather "crunched" along, over the surface of icy snow. We made our noise and made it clear, with the sound of our footsteps, that we were present. There could not be louder footsteps even if we tried.

The "we" referred to are the Patel clan, from Muskoka. A dozen of us had arranged for a purely outdoor event, in a separated formation, simply through walking and celebrating.

What was the celebration all about?

Well, in early December

अध्याय सात – राजा भरत के कार्यकलाप (5.7)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने महाराज परीक्षित को और आगे बताया- हे राजन, भरत महाराज सर्वोच्च भक्त थे। अपने पिता (जिन्होंने उन्हें सिंहासन पर बैठाने का निर्णय पहले ही ले रखा था) की आज्ञा का पालन करते हुए वे तदनुसार पृथ्वी पर राज्य करने लगे। समस्त संसार पर राज्य करते हुए वे अपने पिता के आदेशों का पालन करने लगे और उन्होंने विश्वरूप की कन्या पञ्चजनी से विवाह कर लिया।

2 जिस प्रकार मिथ्या अहंकार से भूत-तन्मात्र (सूक्ष्म-इन्द्रिय विषय) उत्पन्न होते हैं, वैसे ही महा

By Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi

Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s instructions come to the aid of those of us who shudder at the mention of the word “surrender.”

Growing up, my older brother and I would sometimes get into physical fights. I can’t remember what we would fight about, but a few times a month when my parents weren’t home we would end up in a skirmish. He would often bend my arm behind my back, telling me to surrender by saying “uncle.” I would scream and push and stomp until the pain would become

The four headed Brahma’s diminutive intelligence
Vs Srila Sanatana Goswami’s first class humility

By
Jaganmohini devi dasi

Sri Ramanavami day was special for us this year. As I was doing our regular morning worship in our altar with flowers, fruits and incense, we offered special prayers to Lord Ramachandra. Recalling that the abhishek of the Lord was the first festival that we participated in ISKCON temple few decades back, and also reminiscing our childhood days, when my father would daily na

By Giriraj Swami

In August 1965, a few weeks before Srila Prabhupada left for America, on his way to see Srimati Sumati Morarji, the shipping magnate who secured him passage to the US, he passed a neglected four-acre plot of land near her residence on Juhu Beach, outside Bombay, and thought it would be a nice location for a Radha-Krishna temple.

It took thirteen years including six years of battling the crooked landlord, his agents, and corrupt municipal officials, all the while enduring terrib

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अध्याय छह – भगवान ऋषभदेव के कार्यकलाप (5.6)

1 राजा परीक्षित ने श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी से पूछा-- हे भगवन, जो पूर्णरूपेण विमल हृदय हैं उन्हें भक्तियोग से ज्ञान प्राप्त होता है और सकाम कर्म के प्रति आसक्ति जलकर राख हो जाती है। ऐसे व्यक्तियों में योग शक्तियाँ स्वतः उत्पन्न होती हैं। इनसे किसी प्रकार का क्लेश नहीं पहुँचता, तो फिर ऋषभदेव ने उनकी उपेक्षा क्यों की?

2 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने उत्तर दिया- हे राजन, तुमने बिल्कुल सत्य कहा है। किन्तु जिस प्रकार चालाक बहेलिया पशुओं को पकड़ने के बाद उन पर विश्वास