This Christmas season, students from Alachua’s Bhaktivedanta Academy (BANA) participated in “Outreach Week” from December 16th to 20th. A tradition stretching back decades, and since 2008 in its current form, it’s designed to give students a positive experience of sharing Krishna consciousness.
“We carefully craft the experience, making it age appropriate,” says principal Visvambhar Aguilera. “For example, our youngest students visit a devotee’s home on the temple proper
Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.8.6.
“In discharging such devotional service, as ordered by Brahmaji to Narada in the preaching of Srimad-Bhagavatam, sometimes a representative of the Lord engaged in preaching work meets various so-called difficulties. This was exhibited by Lord Nityananda when He delivered the two fallen souls Jagai and Madhai, and similarly Lord Jesus Christ was crucified by the nonbelievers. But such difficulties are very gladly suffered by the devotees
Nirakula comes to visit us every six months, along with her husband, Vaisesika, to encourage the sharing of wisdom. It is significant at this time of year in December, when the ‘giving spirit’ is the strongest. Classes are lined up, beginning with today, to express the joy of giving. Some devotees from different cities have come to hear how to best achieve the act of giving.
It was today, before I went for a five kilometre walk, that I received a call from a bhakti follower from Canada, who
Hare Krishna.
Devotees in Ljubljana are performing daily harinams (sometimes two per day) during the last 8 days of the year.
Here are two short videos from youtube:
ys Jagat-Prasu das
Païjaramuktapakṣi nyāyaḥ (bird let loose from the cage)
A bird is let flying free from the prison of its cage.
However much we like our body, and everything connected with it by family ties, friendship, creation byproducts, and pleasures it gives us, if we omit the unavoidable pains, at one point we are forced to leave it behind, and take another, new and fresh one. It is exactly like changing old ragged clothes for a nice new ones. In our example, it would mean just shift a bird from old cage to
By Radhavallabha dasa, AP Padayatra leader
The Andhra Pradesh Padayatra is currently walking towards Ahobilam, covering about 18km a day. As we passed through the villages around the city of Chittoor, we were often invited to programmes at devotees’ homes.
MLA comes for darshan
On December 6, we reached the small town of Chandragiri where we performed sankirtan in the main square. As news spread that padayatra had arrived, the Chandragiri constituency member of the AP Legislative Assembly,
A group called the “SABHA,” formed in August 2017, is now providing checks and balances on the authority of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, and course correction for its decisions.
“More consultation, dialogue and interaction can be conducive to better, wiser and more acceptable decisions,” the group writes in its manifesto.
The idea stemmed from the GBC’s own Organizational Development Committee, which was established and mandated to thoroughly review ISKCON’s current
Fifty years ago, on December 26, 1969, in Boston, Srila Prabhupada awarded me second initiation. He said, “Sucih means purified. And another meaning of sucih is brahman. A brahman means purified. Those who are going to be sacred-threaded today should remember that they are being accepted as sucih, as brahman. After chanting for six months or one year, it is supposed that he has already become purified. Now he should be recognized that he is purified. So this sacred thread means recognition. Sac
By Madhusudana Das
With mixed emotions, we would like to convey to all her Godbrothers and Godsisters that Vaikuntha Murti dasi peacefully passed away after being released from the hospital and being in hospice.
The few days at her home was filled with many well-wishers and video chats with a couple of her very dear friends. So, she left knowing that she was loved and appreciated.
Although she suffered physically for many years her passing was quick and peaceful.
Thank you Srila Prabhupada for
Historically, ISKCON Brooklyn, New York, was perhaps the greatest center of book distribution in the world. In the 1970s, ISKCON Press printed Prabhupada’s books at 32 Tiffany Place near the Henry Street temple. The huge amounts of books distributed from Brooklyn, meanwhile, contributed much of the funds to build flagship ISKCON centers such as the Juhu temple in Mumbai, and Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir.
For the past twenty years, however, book distribution came to a comple
Take sometime to think about all the things you wanted to do in 2019 and is still undone.
Review Article Play Iskcon Prahalada Desh(Pakistan): Bounce back with the beads
Author: Chetan Prabhu
IIT Team and Role Played: Originally Played by:
Directed and Co-Scripted by: Dr. Neeta & H.G. Malati Devi Dasi
Narrator/Script writer/ Friend 1: (Hasmukh) Dr. Neeta
Hasmukh (Depressed/Alcoholic boy) Beena Kumari
Friend 2: (Hasmukh) Simran
Fath
Dear Vaishnavas and Vaishnavis,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The ISKCON Leadership Sanga 2020 is almost here – only two months to away! Have you enrolled yet? Don’t worry there is still time to register for this wonderful event.
Help Guide ISKCON into the Future is the theme of ISKCON Leadership Sanga 2020 (ILS 2020).
ILS 2020 promises to be the largest gathering of ISKCON leaders to date. Five hundred devotees attended ILS in 2012
“Lord Jesus Christ lived for two years in the temple at Jagannatha Puri. He was thick and thin with the priests in that temple, and he took his spiritual training from Lord Jagannatha. It is because Lord Jesus loved Lord Jagannatha……and because Lord Jagannatha loved Lord Jesus…….that He, Lord Jagannatha, has come to your country”. (Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami. Identical statement made during two separate Ratha Yatra lectures, 1972).
In those Ratha Yatra lectures, Srila Prabhupad built up to
“If one loves Krishna, he must love Lord Jesus also. And if one perfectly loves Jesus he must love Krishna too. If he says, “Why shall I love Krishna? I shall love Jesus,” then he has no knowledge. And if one says, “Why shall I love Jesus? I shall love Krishna”, then he has no knowledge either. If one understands Krishna, then he will understand Jesus. If one understands Jesus, you’ll understand Krishna too”
(Srila Prabhupada – Room conversation with Allen Ginsberg, May 12, 1969 / Columbus –
By Ramai Swami
Christmas is celebrated by millions all over the world. Thousands of the ISKCON congregation, although not Christians, visit our temples on Christmas day. Carparks are full and temple rooms packed out.
Srila Prabhupada commented on Jesus Christ many times:
“Jesus Christ was such a great personality–the son of God, the representative of God. He had no fault. Still, he was crucified. He wanted to deliver God consciousness, but in return they crucified him–they were so thankless. Th
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
Nṛpanāpitaputra nyāyaḥ (king and barber's son)
A king once asked his barber to find and bring nicest boy, which he can find. The barber set out, and searched all over the kingdom for a long time, but did not find suitable candidate. He finally returned home. Being charmed by the beauty of his own son, he decided to show him to the king. When king first saw this boy's deformed stature and ugly frogface, he became angry. But he quickly calmed down being sympathetic with barber's liking and loving
