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

atho maha-bhaga bhavan amogha-drk
suci-sravah satya-rato dhrta-vratah
urukra masyakhila-bandha-muktaye
samadhinanusmara tad-vicestitam

“O Vyasadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for the liberation of the people in general from all material bondage.” (SB 1.5.13)

Each and every word of Srimad-Bhagavatam is full of volumes of explanation—each and every wor

David, who lives with us in the ashram, drove us north to the very base of the Bruce Peninsula, which divides the Georgian Bay from Lake Huron. It is quite the waterway, an amazing expanse of H2O, minus ocean salt, with clean air. I would call it a place of opulence.

Clavering is a small hamlet. To reach there, David and I got adventurously lost, however, this displacement brought us through some of the prettiest scenery. Then, once we gained our bearings, we coasted by the shores along Collingw

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अध्याय नौ – भगवान कृष्ण की उपस्थिति में भीष्मदेव का देह-त्याग(1.9)

1 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में इतने सारे लोगों का वध करने के कारण घबराये हुए महाराज युधिष्ठिर उस स्थल पर गये जहाँ नर-संहार हुआ था। वहाँ पर भीष्मदेव मरणासन्न होकर शरशय्या पर लेटे थे।

2 उस समय उनके सारे भाई स्वर्णाभूषणों से सजे हुए उच्च कोटि के घोड़ों द्वारा खींचे जानेवाले सुन्दर रथों पर उनके पीछे-पीछे चल रहे थे। उनके साथ व्यासदेव तथा धौम्य जैसे ऋषि (पाण्डवों के विद्वान पुरोहित) तथा अन्य लोग थे।

3 हे ब्रह्मर्षि,

As part of its online Bhakti Wisdom offerings, designed for people who want to dive deeper into their practice, the Bhakti Center in New York City is offering Pathways to Perfection, a 10-part series on the nine processes of devotion.

These key pathways to connect with Krishna are outlined by Prahlada Maharaja in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and include hearing about the Lord, chanting the Lord’s Name and glories, remembering Krishna, serving the Lotus Feet of Krishna, offering worship, offering prayer

yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah
prakasante mahatmanah
[Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.38]

[“Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge are automatically revealed.”]

Transcendental knowledge becomes revealed. To whom it becomes revealed? It becomes revealed to such person who has got unflinching love for Krishna and for the spiritual master. Caitanya-caritamrta also says, 

Birthday wishes came flooding in. Thank you all, from across Canada, Africa, India, Florida and, of course, South America. It’s nice to know I have a big family that cares. I’m 68.

For starters our Monday group comprised of cousin Correy, Eric and Victor. A cake came to the Yorkville Mall, complements of the group. We come together to talk of Christ, Krishna, Mohammed as well as humanity and of how the world is in a tussle. The serviette for the cake bore the image of a fall landscape print, by

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1. Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal (Sundarananda Das) is a Consultant Urologist, Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St.Mary’s Hospitals, at the Imperial College NHS Trust in London UK. He is honorary senior Lecturer Imperial college school of medicine in UK. He is a trustee at the Bhaktivedanta manor ISKCON temple in Watford (London) UK. He is involved in various management roles in and outside ISKCON. He is a practicing consultant urologist in NHS.

2. Dr. Ajay Sankhe (Madhavananda Das) has pa

The GVT panelists answer questions about marriage and family life! With their Graces: Krsnanandini devi dasi & Tariq Saleem Ziyad Uttama devi dasi & Partha das Archana Siddhi devi dasi & Karnamrita das Vrajalila devi dasi & Ekavira das Cintamani devi dasi & Jagannatha Pandit das Gopika devi dasi & Aksh das.

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अध्याय आठ – महारानी कुन्ती द्वारा प्रार्थना तथा परीक्षित की रक्षा(1.8)

1 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: तत्पश्चात, पाण्डवगण अपने मृत परिजनों की इच्छानुसार उन्हें जल-दान देने हेतु द्रौपदी सहित गंगा के तट पर गये। स्त्रियाँ आगे-आगे चल रही थीं।

2 उनके लिए शोक कर चुकने तथा पर्याप्त गंगाजल अर्पित करने के बाद उन सबों ने गंगा में स्नान किया, जिसका जल भगवान की चरणधूलि मिल जाने के कारण पवित्र हो गया है।

3 वहीं कुरुवंशियों के राजा महाराज युधिष्ठिर अपने छोटे भाइयों, धृतराष्ट्र, गान्धारी, कुन्ती तथा द्रौपदी सहित बैठ ग

अध्याय सात – द्रोणपुत्र को दण्ड(1.7)

1 ऋषि शौनक ने पूछा: हे सूत जब महान तथा दिव्य रूप से शक्तिमान व्यासदेव ने श्री नारद मुनि से सब कुछ सुन लिया, तो फिर नारद के चले जाने पर व्यासदेव ने क्या किया?

2 श्री सूत ने कहा: वेदों से घनिष्ठ रूप से सम्बद्ध सरस्वती नदी के पश्चिमी तट पर शम्याप्रास नामक स्थान पर एक आश्रम है, जो ऋषियों के दिव्य कार्यकलापों को संवर्धित करने वाला है।

3 उस स्थान पर बेरी के वृक्षों से घिरे हुए अपने आश्रम में, श्रील वेदव्यास शुद्धि के लिए जल का स्पर्श करने के बाद ध्यान लगाने के लिए ब

SB 2.9.35

yatha mahanti bhutani
bhutesuccavacesv anu
pravistany apravistani
tatha tesu na tesv aham

Synonyms: yatha — just as; mahanti — the universal; bhutani — elements; bhutesu ucca-avacesu — in the minute and gigantic; anu — after; pravistani — entered; apravistani — not entered; tatha — so; tesu — in them; na — not;tesu — in them; aham — Myself.

Translation: O Brahma, please know that the universal elements enter into the cosmos and at the same time do not enter into the cosmos; similarly,

Ideal Companion for Meditation
It is a common ritual around the world, to light up a incense, a companion for meditation, which is one’s attempt to reach the ultimate state of bliss. Although meditation only requires control over the mind and to have a spiritual experience, but it is easier said than done. Th