By Madhava Smullen

Volunteers have established several Vaishnavas CARE teams each in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and El Salvador, as well as Spain, after attending the “Art of Caring for Vaishnavas” Zoom webinar by Vaishnavas CARE co-founder Sangita Dasi in November.

Devotees from other countries such as Colombia, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Peru, Dominican Republic, and Uruguay also attended the webinar and are expected to form their own teams.

Meanwhile Sangita has been

Saturn and Jupiter were to come very close together from the earth’s viewpoint. They were to appear as a bright star. I decided to execute my walk through Ramsden Park, doing a back-and-forth pacing where there is less interference by high-rise buildings. Unfortunately hazy clouds actually blocked the view. My anticipation for this darshan (sighting) became deflated. Being equipoised was my only refuge.

Now, have any of you ever listened to “The Planets" by music composer Holtz. If you have not,

अध्याय बाईस – चारों कुमारों से पृथु महाराज की भेंट (4.22)

1 महामुनि मैत्रेय ने कहा: जिस समय सारे नागरिक परम शक्तिमान महाराज पृथु की इस प्रकार स्तुति कर रहे थे उसी समय वहाँ पर सूर्य के समान तेजस्वी चारों कुमार आये।

2 समस्त योगशक्तियों के स्वामी चारों कुमारों के देदीप्यमान तेज को देखकर राजा तथा उनके पार्षदों ने उन्हें आकाश से उतरते ही पहचान लिया।

3 चारों कुमारों को देखकर पृथु महाराज उनके स्वागत के लिए आतुर हो उठे। अतः अपने पार्षदों सहित वे तुरन्त इस तरह तेजी से उठकर खड़े हो गये मानो कोई बद्धजीव प्

The New Year is traditionally the time for resolutions. The turn of the calendar brings both the opportunity to reflect on the last 12 months and the chance to begin planning for the next dozen. As you think about yours, GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) brings to you live interview with Sri Radha Govinda Dasi to help you keep up with the resolutions, better decision making, leading through crisis and grow tall in Krishna Consciousness.

About Sri Radha Govinda Dasi

Sri Radha Govinda Dasi was bo

By Prishni Devi Dasi

In 1976, Srila Prabhupada instructed the founding members of the Bhaktivedanta Institute “to build a model of the universe that could later be built full size at the future Mayapur Temple and Planetarium complex.” To help broadly facilitate Srila Prabhupada’s directive, the Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies (BIHS) in Gainesville, Florida recently hosted its second cosmography workshop with the title, “Models and memes and maps: A modern journey through ancient cosmo

ISKCON Zurich is searching for new Co-Temple Presidents for the Krishna Temple in Zurich, Switzerland. 

After thirteen years as temple president, Krishna Premarupa Das will focus more on his other services within ISKCON from October 2021 onwards. In the course of planning the succession, his tasks will be delegated to three Co-Presidents who together will form the new temple management. 

The individual service profiles are: 

• Co-President Administration, with the departments Finance and Accounti

Thus far it is a mild winter. Such is the forecast. Such is the experience. Stepping outside for an eager stroll allowed me to feel the atmosphere. I encouraged one of our boys in the ashram, who hails from Bangladesh, to go for a daily outside experience. “Get acclimated. Go out for some air. There is lots of prana.” Actually he’s constitutionally quite strong.

“It is when you stay indoors that you get sick,” I continued.

However, he is actually a bit under the weather. Now, I can’t pressure. I

अध्याय इक्कीस – महाराज पृथु द्वारा उपदेश (4.21)

1 महर्षि मैत्रेय ने विदुर से कहा: जब राजा ने अपनी नगरी में प्रवेश किया, तो उसके स्वागत के लिए नगरी को मोतियों, पुष्पहारों, सुन्दर वस्त्रों तथा सुनहरे द्वारों से सुन्दर ढंग से सजाया गया था और सारी नगरी अत्यन्त सुगन्धित धूप से सुवासित थी।

2 नगर की गलियाँ, सड़कें तथा छोटे उद्यान चन्दन तथा अरगजा के सुगन्धित जल से सींच दिये गये थे और सर्वत्र समूचे फलों, फूलों, भिगोए हुए अन्नों, विविध खनिजों तथा दीपों के अलंकरणों से सजे थे। सभी माँगलिक वस्तुओं के दृश्य उप

Hare Krishna
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear prabhujis and Matajis
ISKCON Nepal releases a new Melodious Hare Krishna Rock Kirtan as an offering for Gita Jayanti
It is like a story mode that targets to preach Bhagavad Gita to an audience.

Is it possible to share in dandavat?
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Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=92353

By Madhava Smullen

During an especially challenging holiday season, the Food For Life Foundation in Hungary is bringing some care and support with its Christmas Love Feast prasadam distribution effort, from December 8th to 27th.

In previous years, Food For Life would hold a massive event in the capital city of Budapest, giving out thousands of meals over three days. However this year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers are instead distributing food at over twenty different outdoor locations

Like many pedestrians I will just take a pause when I get to a park and hit one of those benches. The sunlight was coming on strong, darting towards the northeast, almost as if pointing to that seat. I accepted the invitation and plopped myself down. A great location for a sobering time. Chanting one round on my japa beads is what I got out of it.

The park was located off of Barton St. I was not alone in the sunbathing. Others did the same; caught in their own form of meditation. I wonder if God

अध्याय बीस – महाराज पृथु के यज्ञस्थल में भगवान विष्णु का प्राकट्य (4.20)

1 मैत्रेय ने आगे कहा: हे विदुर, महाराज पृथु द्वारा निन्यानवे अश्वमेध यज्ञों के सम्पन्न किये जाने से भगवान विष्णु अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुए और वे यज्ञस्थल में प्रकट हुए। उनके साथ राजा इन्द्र भी था। तब भगवान विष्णु ने कहना प्रारम्भ किया।

2 भगवान विष्णु ने कहा: हे राजा पृथु, स्वर्ग के राजा इन्द्र ने तुम्हारे सौवें यज्ञ में विघ्न डाला है। अब वह मेरे साथ तुमसे क्षमा माँगने के लिए आया है, अतः उसे क्षमा कर दो।

3 हे राजन, जो व्यक्ति परम

The Glory of Gita Wisdom

Einstein, Emerson, Thoreau, Huxley, Hesse . . . I was amazed that this list an intellectual who’s who from recent world history was actually a list of thinkers who had appreciated the Gita.

As I had been born and brought up in India, the place where the Gita was spoken millennia ago, I was familiar with it as an ancient Hindu text. I had even memorized some of it for verse recitation contests. But I had no idea that its contents were of interest to the modern mind, much

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Gita Jayanti is the day on which Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna.

The Gita is also known as the Gitopanisad and is considered one of the Upanisads. The title Bhagavad-gita is sometimes translated as “The Song of God.” Gita means “song.” God, Krishna, is so sublime that whatever He speaks is music and poetry. The word bhagavan has been analyzed by Vedic authorities. Bhaga means “opulence” and is related to the word bhagya: “good fortune.” And van means “one who possesses.” So bhaga

By Giriraj Swami

“Now these Christmas holidays have begun in your country. Throughout the whole month of December you’ll observe nice festivities. Why? It began with God consciousness. Jesus Christ came to give you God consciousness, and in relation to him these festivities are going on. It may have degraded into another form, but the beginning was God consciousness. Now we may have lost it. But people cannot be happy without reviving God consciousness. It may be named differently—‘Krishna cons

अध्याय उन्नीस – राजा पृथु के एक सौ अश्वमेध यज्ञ (4.19)

1 महर्षि मैत्रेय ने आगे कहा: हे विदुर, राजा पृथु ने उस स्थान पर जहाँ सरस्वती नदी पूर्वमुखी होकर बहती है, एक सौ अश्वमेध यज्ञ आरम्भ किए। यह भूखण्ड ब्रह्मावर्त कहलाता है, जो स्वायम्भुव मनु द्वारा शासित था।

2 जब स्वर्ग के राजा सर्वाधिक शक्तिशाली इन्द्र ने यह देखा तो उसने विचार किया कि सकाम कर्मों में राजा पृथु उससे बाजी मारने जा रहा है। अतः वह राजा पृथु द्वारा किये जा रहे यज्ञ-महोत्सव को सहन न कर सका।

3 भगवान विष्णु हर प्राणी के हृदय में परमात्

This year is an unusual year. One of its many unusual features is that Christmas and Gita Jayanti, the speaking of Bhagavad-Gita (The Song of God), are celebrated on the same day. This is a special opportunity to connect East and West.

The Gita, India’s endearing holy book, is spoken 5000 years ago by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna to the warrior prince Arjuna right before the great battle at Kurushetra in northern India. Arjuna is hesitant to fight. On the other side of the battlefield, his cousi

My beloved disciple, “ISKCON’s Mother,” Rajani Priya Dasi (Rose Forkash), passed away in her home in Carpinteria, California. Three months ago, we were pleased to celebrate her one hundredth birthday at my ashram.

You can read about Rajani Priya—and hear from her—on my website: https://girirajswami.com/blog/?p=16347

In a room conversation on January 20, 1977, in Bhubaneswar, Ramesvara dasa and Srila Prabhupada discussed Rose and her daughter, Lila-sakti dasi:

Ramesvara: We have one mother in Lo

Video: Click here

Registrations for the Online VIHE Govardhana Retreat 2021 are now open! Register here: http://www.bit.ly/govardhanaretreat  More info: https://vihe.org/retreats/index.html

The schedule will be announced shortly. The retreat is free of charge but it would be great if you could help to cover the organizing costs by donating according to your means. Donation information is available in the registration form. If you have any questions, write to retreats@vihe.org.

Speakers include: