By Madhava Smullen
Started in the mid-2000s, MayapurTV now hosts broadcasts by over 150 ISKCON centers, sannyasis and leading devotees, with 314,000 subscribers on YouTube. The channel inspires viewers and provides free access to ISKCON programs worldwide, all in one place.
The next step for MayapurTV Manager Antardwip Das is to establish different branches of MayapurTV for different languages. With nearly 500 million native Spanish speakers in the world, one of these, naturally, had to be Maya
While the US is celebrating its birthday, on this beautiful day and weekend in remote Canada — actually Montreal — the Krishna community and I are seeing to a marriage. Samuel and Nandini Radha, tied the knot as a couple at around noon today at the Pie-IX Boulevard temple.
Priest Madan-Mohan conducted the ceremony at which parents from both bride and bride-groom were seated at the corner of the kund, or tiny arena, observing rites that were colourful and new to their eyes and ears.
I gave the a
अध्याय अस्सी – द्वारका में भगवान श्रीकृष्ण से ब्राह्मण सुदामा की भेंट (10.80)
1 राजा परीक्षित ने कहा: हे प्रभु, हे स्वामी, मैं उन असीम शौर्य वाले भगवान मुकुन्द द्वारा सम्पन्न अन्य शौर्यपूर्ण कार्यों के विषय में सुनना चाहता हूँ।
2 हे ब्राह्मण, जो जीवन के सार को जानता है और इन्द्रिय-तृप्ति के लिए प्रयास करने से ऊब चुका हो, वह भगवान उत्तमश्लोक की दिव्य कथाओं को बारम्बार सुनने के बाद भला उनका परित्याग कैसे कर सकता है?
3 असली वाणी वही है जो भगवान के गुणों का वर्णन करती है, असली हाथ वे हैं, जो उनके लिए
Our life is like a yatra – a pilgrimage, a spiritual journey towards the Divine. Our body symbolises the rath or chariot, through which we embark on the journey towards serving and attaining eternal love of the Lordships. Though we live in this material body or ‘rath’, the bonafide shastras and acharyas advise us to surrender its control to the all-merciful Lord Purushottama. Thus, by sincerely following their instructions, we earn their blessings and eventually we are able to blissfully maneu
अध्याय उन्यासी – भगवान बलराम की तीर्थयात्रा (10.79)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन, तब प्रतिपदा के दिन एक प्रचण्ड तथा भयावना झंझावात आया, जिससे चारों ओर धूल बिखर गई और सर्वत्र पीब की दुर्गन्ध फैल गई।
2 इसके बाद यज्ञशाला के क्षेत्र में बल्वल द्वारा भेजी गई घृणित वस्तुओं की वर्षा होने लगी। तत्पश्चात वह असुर हाथ में त्रिशूल लिए हुए आया।
3-4 विशालकाय असुर काले कज्जल के पिण्ड जैसा लग रहा था। उसकी चोटी तथा दाढ़ी पिघले ताम्बे जैसी थी, उसके भयावने दाँत थे तथा भौंहें गढ़े में घुसी थीं। उसे देखकर ब
अध्याय अठहत्तर – दन्तवक्र, विदूरथ तथा रोमहर्षण का वध (10.78)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: अन्य लोकों को गये हुए शिशुपाल, शाल्व तथा पौण्ड्रक के प्रति मैत्री-भाव होने से दुष्ट दन्तवक्र बहुत ही क्रुद्ध होकर युद्धभूमि में प्रकट हुआ। हे राजन, एकदम अकेला, पैदल एवं हाथ में गदा लिए उस बलशाली योद्धा ने अपने पदचाप से पृथ्वी को हिला दिया।
3 दन्तवक्र को पास आते देखकर भगवान कृष्ण ने तुरन्त अपनी गदा उठा ली। वे अपने रथ से नीचे कूद पड़े और आगे बढ़ रहे अपने प्रतिद्वन्द्वी को रोका, जिस तरह तट समुद्र को रोके रहत
Ratha Yatra or Chariot Festival'is a festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Odisha, India. It is the oldest Ratha Yatra taking place in India and the World, whose descriptions can be found in Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, and Skanda Purana and Kapila Samhita.This annual festival is celebrated on Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya (second day in bright fortnight of Ashadha month).The festival commemorates Jagannath's annual visit to Gundicha Temple
The presiding deities o
One of the special book distribution efforts during this year’s campaign, inspired by Bhaktivinod Thakur, will be “Books to McGill.” In 1896 – the year of Prabhupada’s birth – the Thakur mailed copies of his book Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Precepts to McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Following Bhaktivinod Thakur’s example, the Books to McGill program will see devotees send an introductory letter, as well as some of Prabhupada’s books, to the thinkers, political leaders and luminaries of
All Glories to Sri Gadadhar Pandit whose emotions are not possible to describe!
“Another name of Lord Gauranga is the ‘Lord of the life of Gadadhara.’ Who can understand what mercy has been bestowed upon him? Their glories are sung by everyone as Gadai- Gauranga.”
Today is the holy disappearance day of Gadadhar Pandit, who is none other than Shrimati Radharani, appearing in this material world to bless the household of Madhava Mishra and Ratnavati devi and to assist Shri Chaitanya in fulfilling
Karuna Sindhu is a safe driver behind the wheel and so I was his passenger, safely seated as we moved along eastward bound. It was momentous because this morning marked my first time beyond the Ontario border in approximately 16 months. We both felt a kind of freedom; enjoying what we could not for all this time. Entering into the city of Montreal was a sweet sensation and being greeted by the community of Vaishnavas I haven’t seen (many of them fairly new to bhakti) for so long was a real brea
GOOGLE DOODLE for 125th Birth Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada
*Jaya Srila Prabhupada*
If you wish that ISKCON should celebrate 125th Birth Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada worldwide and simultaneously include in this celebration every human being on earth (at least those who use internet), then here is a ‘ONCE IN A LIFETIME’ chance:
Google has a service called GOOGLE DOODLE (http://www.google.com/doodles), which helps people in celebrating their important days. So if you wish that they should create
अध्याय सतहत्तर – कृष्ण द्वारा शाल्व का वध (10.77)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जल से अपने को तरोताजा करने के बाद, अपना कवच पहनकर तथा अपना धनुष लेकर भगवान प्रद्युम्न ने अपने सारथी से कहा, “मुझे वहीं वापस ले चलो, जहाँ वीर द्युमान खड़ा है।"
2 प्रद्युम्न की अनुपस्थिति में द्युमान उनकी सेना को तहस-नहस किये जा रहा था, किन्तु अब प्रद्युम्न ने द्युमान पर बदले में आक्रमण कर दिया और हँसते हुए आठ नाराच बाणों से उसे बेध दिया।
3 इन बाणों में से चार से उसने द्युमान के चार घोड़ों को, एक बाण से उसके सारथी को त
This past weekend, New Vrindaban hosted hundreds of devotees for its 24-Plus Kirtan event. It was the first major festival held in over a year since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and devotees traveled from all over North America to be a part of it. Among them was a group of nine Vaishnavis from Krishna House in Gainesville, Florida. Most of them were new devotees who had joined during the pandemic and had never been to New Vrindaban, or for that matter, to any major ISKCON festival.
To re
Nothing major but I was feeling a bit woozy from the vaccine I received yesterday, nevertheless I wanted to keep busy. In that regard priestly duties were put to motion. It started with a visitation to Nimai Nitai’s home. Among his family friends was someone’s birthday; Jyoti is her name. She’s a young mother. We celebrated with a cheese cake.
Now you may ask what is it with my involvement in a birthday and what does it have to do with priestly duties? Well, my role in a spiritual community may
From Back to Godhead
Compiled by Manu dasa
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838-1914) is a prominent preceptor acharya in our succession of spiritual masters and disciples coming from Lord Krishna. He was a pioneering spiritual leader, a householder, a magistrate working in colonial India under the British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet. He wrote volumes of books reintroducing the pure teachings of Lord Chaitanya at a time when those teachings had
अध्याय छिहत्तर – शाल्व तथा वृष्णियों के मध्य युद्ध (10.76)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन, अब उन भगवान कृष्ण द्वारा सम्पन्न एक अन्य अद्भुत कार्य सुनो, जो दिव्य लीलाओं का आनन्द लेने के लिए अपने मानव शरीर में प्रकट हुए। अब सुनो कि उन्होंने किस तरह सौभपति का वध किया।
2 शाल्व शिशुपाल का मित्र था। जब वह रुक्मिणी के विवाह में सम्मिलित हुआ था, तो यदुवीरों ने उसे जरासन्ध तथा अन्य राजाओं समेत युद्ध में परास्त कर दिया था।
3 शाल्व ने समस्त राजाओं के सामने प्रतिज्ञा की, “मैं पृथ्वी को यादवों से विह
"By the grace of the Lord, a devotee can achieve wonderful success simply by willing, but a real devotee does not like that. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu has taught that one should not desire material opulence or material reputation, nor should one try to enjoy material beauty; one should simply aspire to be absorbed in the devotional service of the Lord, even if one does not get liberation but has to continue the process of birth and death unlimitedly. Actually, however, to one who engages in Kṛṣṇ
"Mother Yashoda’s love is unmatched in purity and is unlike any other that even the infinite Lord who pervades the entire creation is bound by her love."
“Because mother loves the most…in this material world, there is no comparison of mother's love. Without any exchange. Even in this material world. Mother loves the child without any expectation of return generally…that is called unalloyed love. Anyabhilasita-sunyam, free from all material gain.”- Srila Prabhupada Srimad-Bhagavatam1.8.31 lectur
By Madhava Smullen
After a successful school year of keeping all students safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, the TKG Academy in Dallas, Texas held a graduation ceremony on May 27th that felt “triumphant,” according to Vice Principal Gopi Gita Dasi. During the event, three students who had attended TKG Academy since preschool graduated from Twelfth Grade, while the rest of the school’s thirty-three students received end-of-year certificates.
Throughout the year, Covid safety protocols such as ma
