It was 1984 and after distributing books at the State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida. We had parked in a Days Inn parking lot for the night. Our van of five brahmacharis was fast asleep when we heard over a megaphone, “Alright in there! Come out slowly with your hands raised!” I looked out the window surprised to see the van surrounded by ten police cars and more than a dozen officers with their guns drawn!
We emerged from the van squinting from the bright flashlights burning our eyes. The office
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Forgiveness is Pleasing to Krsna
The duty of a brahmana is to culture the quality of forgiveness, which is illuminating like the sun. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is pleased with those who are forgiving. (SB 9.15.40)
The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee greets other people with tolerance, mercy, friendship and equality. (SB 4.11.13)
Forgiveness is Dharma
Forgiveness is virtue, forgiveness is sacrifice and forgiveness is the Vedas. Forgiveness is purity and pe
New ministers In Caribbean country Trinidad and Tobago, take oath on Bhagavad Gita as it is of ISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada ki jai…. Srimad Bhagavad Gita ki jai…
Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=90233
By Gaura Das ACBSP
I have a little story about the time I distributed a Bhagavad-gita As It Is to the then-future Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau and his fiancee Sophie-Gregoire. They married in 2005 so it must have been a year or two before that when I met them.The Montreal Hare Krishna devotees from the ISKCON community of Sri Sri Radha Manora were doing Harinam Sankirtan, the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra in a parade down trendy St. Laurent Blvd. The parade was
The third annual Govindadvipa Mellows – a kirtan festival usually held on the island also known as Inis Rath in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland – will be held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event is co-hosted online on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/914108069123040/ by Govindadvipa Mellows and Kirtan Dublin, and will run from 7:00am to 7:30pm Irish time on Saturday October 17th.
As with previous editions of the Mellows, the virtual event will be dedicated
An Italian devotee couple has created and installed a permanent “sound path” at the Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA) in Villa Vrindavana, near the city of Florence, home of the Italian renaissance. The installation was created by Madhava and Margherita at their Grotta Sonora, or “The Sounding Cave.”
Consisting of unique handmade gongs and other instruments, called “sound sculptures,” the sound path makes tours of MOSA an auditory as well as a visual experience. Different sounds in each room create d
A lot of people think that in chanting 16 rounds, it is all about sincerity. And they come to me and ask, “I am lacking. What can I do to get more serious about chanting 16 rounds?” In other words, how to become more sincere? But it is not about sincerity, it is about organisation. Organise your life! Become regulated! Do not let the mind and the senses just drag you according to their dictations. The ‘manoratha’, the chariot of the mind, is taking us here and there and everywhere. Whatever we s
अध्याय बारह – सम्राट परीक्षित का जन्म (1.12)
1 शौनक मुनि ने कहा: महाराज परीक्षित की माता उत्तरा का गर्भ अश्वत्थामा द्वारा छोड़े गये अत्यन्त भयंकर तथा अजेय ब्रह्मास्त्र द्वारा विनष्ट कर दिया गया, लेकिन परमेश्वर ने महाराज परीक्षित को बचा लिया।
2 अत्यन्त बुद्धिमान तथा महान भक्त महाराज परीक्षित उस गर्भ से कैसे उत्पन्न हुए? उनकी मृत्यु किस तरह हुई? और मृत्यु के बाद उन्होंने कौनसी गति प्राप्त की?
3 हम सभी अत्यन्त आदरपूर्वक उनके (महाराज परीक्षित के) विषय में सुनना चाहते हैं, जिन्हें श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी
On June 30, 1966 the very First Newspaper Interview was conducted at Srila Praphupada’s temporary residence and meeting Hall in the ‘Bowery’ near ‘Chinatown’ NYC [see photo]. [This was after He led kirtan at Washington Sq. Park, just near NY University.] It was here that His Divine Grace lived, typed, prepared Prasadam, and Preached to a small congregation before setting up Iskcon. On June 12, 1966, Srila Prabhupada prepared 12 prasadam preparations for 16 people in that’Loft’ [see diary photo].
Two young guys scurried along as I came around the corner. There was no doubt that I frightened them. The maple tree came in most handy as they tucked away behind the trunk at a best attempt to conceal themselves. Well, I could spot one, at least a tail. I poked my head as I moved in closer for our little game. I went to the left, they went to the right. I moved to the right and they went to the left. I pulled out my phone for a camera shot. One by one they pounced onto the bark and ascended to
अध्याय ग्यारह – भगवान श्रीकृष्ण का द्वारका में प्रवेश(1.11)
1 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: आनर्तों के देश के नाम से विख्यात अपनी अत्यन्त समृद्ध राजनगरी (द्वारका) के निकट पहुँच कर, भगवान ने अपना आगमन उद्घोषित करने तथा निवासियों की निराशा को शान्त करने के लिए अपना शुभ शंख बजाया।
2 श्वेत तथा मोटे पेंदेवाला शंख, भगवान के हाथों द्वारा पकड़ा जाकर तथा उनके द्वारा बजाया जाकर, ऐसा लग रहा था मानों उनके दिव्य होठों का स्पर्श करके लाल हो गया हो। ऐसा प्रतीत हो रहा था मानों कोई श्वेत हंस लाल रंग के कमलदण्डों के बीच खेल
By Madhava Smullen
Facing the challenges of the pandemic, ISKCON devotees have created an ever-increasing host of online sanga opportunities, which continually reveal new treasures.
One particularly sweet offering, which has been running since late April but may still be undiscovered by some, is Bhakti Virtual’s “One Day in the Life of a Vaishnava,” or “Un Día En La Vida De.”
The program is organized by Prema Rupini Madhavi Dasi from Buenos Aires, Argentina, along with her husband Prema Rupa Ma
Video: Click here
Each service is a preparation for a greater service in the future.
Source: https://www.kksblog.com/2020/10/every-service-matters/
I did not get much of a walk in today, just a wee number of indoor strides. My only outside touch of the elements was the stairway at the temple’s entrance. There our kirtan crew met with the night. The lamp-post lit up by its sensor and we, too, got lit with the kirtan. We were in a happy state. We could have chanted the night away.
I did, however, accomplish a number of things; responding to emails, counseling people, reading “The Chaitanya Charitamrta,” as well as publication and proofreading
H.H. Nitai Chaitanya Swami Maharaja left his body in the hospital on 14th of Oct.
While he was fighting COVID-19, his blood pressure drastically increased, which resulted in pulmonary edema.
His Holiness Nitai Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj, is one of the first sannyasis of Russia and one of senior most devotees from the times of USSR. It was in 1970 that while listening to the underground western radio station he was fortunate to hear the sounds of Hare Krishna Maha-mantra broadcasted and a few yea
अध्याय दस – द्वारका के लिए भगवान कृष्ण का प्रस्थान(1.10)
1 शौनक मुनि ने पूछा: जो महाराज युधिष्ठिर की वैध पैतृक सम्पत्ति को छीनना चाहते थे, उन शत्रुओं का वध करने के बाद महानतम धर्मात्मा युधिष्ठिर ने अपने भाइयों की सहायता से अपनी प्रजा पर किस प्रकार शासन चलाया? निश्चित ही वे अपने साम्राज्य का उपभोग मुक्त होकर अनियंत्रित चेतना से नहीं कर सके।
2 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: विश्व के पालनकर्ता भगवान श्रीकृष्ण महाराज युधिष्ठिर को उनके साम्राज्य में पुनः प्रस्थापित करके एवं क्रोध की दावाग्नि से विनष्ट हुए कुर
From the ISKCON GBC – Minutes Of The Annual General Meeting – February 2017
313: Global Duties & Responsibilities of the Governing Body Commission
[ISKCON Law]
Whereas the GBC wishes to formalize the understanding of its global services to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness;
Whereas it is important that duties and responsibilities be clarified at all levels of the Society;
Whereas the GBC wishes to produce a legacy document for the instruction and training of future GBC members
By Bhakta Thomas
The Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork is world-famous for its huge festivals drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the Utah attraction, but COVID-19 changed everything. “Our Festival of Colors (Holi) has been going on for 25 years,” said Caru Das, co-founder of the two ISKCON temples in Utah, “Just two weeks before the March event, the governor banned any gatherings larger than ten people.” All but one of our other festivals in California and Nevada were also canceled.
It is our goal to always be one in thought with Krsna. One of the symptoms of surrendering in devotional service is to have no other interest other than the interest in Krsna. Of course, it is not that our thoughts are always aligned with Krsna, what to speak of our actions, however our meditation remains to cultivate pure devotional service so that we can be one in thought with Krsna. We have the following words – anukulyasya sankalpah, accepting whatever is favourable to devotional service; pr
