By Madhava Smullen
A globally recognized social media strategist and consultant is teaching ISKCON devotees how to use social media to spread the Holy Names and increase the outreach of their temples.
With his Bangalore-based agency, Shabdahari Das has run social media campaigns for world-famous personal development gurus like Tony Robbins, T. Harv Ecker, and Bryan Tracy. He’s also trained over 20,000 entrepreneurs in how to use social media to grow their businesses.
In December 2018, at t
By H.H. Chandramauli Swami
Challenges and difficulties are actually opportunities to make spiritual progress. When two people are roped together based on religious principles, getting guidance from seniors and through spiritual leaders and work through the difficulties even though it may seem impossible then that relationship becomes stronger. That is also given as a statistic that when two people somehow or the other agree to make it work despite the difficulties then in that effort success is t
Vrindavan
दिव्यद्वृन्दारण्य कल्पद्रुमाधः
श्रीमदरत्नागार सिंहासनस्थौ |
श्रीमद् राधा श्रीलगोविन्ददेवौ
प्रेष्ठालीभिः सेव्यमानौ स्मरामि ||
dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhah-
śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau
śrīmad-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau
preṣṭālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi
“In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.”
So description of Vrindavan, Vrindava
List of Vaishnavas and their offerings for Brahmananda prabhu:
1 HH Gopal Krsna Maharaj
2 HH Lokanath Swami
3 Panca Gauda pr
Dear Brahmananda Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Today I am remembering your broad smile, full of rich appreciation and love for Srila Prabhupada. Your life of dedication, service and devotion for assisting Srila Prabhupada in fulfilling the prediction of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur; spreading Lord Caitanya’s mission to all worl
By Madhava Smullen
Eleven second-generation devotees received first and/or second initiation from ISKCON guru Radhanath Swami in New York City on June 9th, the day after New York Rathayatra.
Initiates hailed from Houston, Washington D.C., New York, and London, and included prominent kirtaniyas such as Gaura Vani, Jahnavi, Tulasi, Ananta Govinda, and Janaki Priya. All others in the group are also dedicated to regular ISKCON service in their areas.
The full list of initiates includes three
I live about an hour and a half from the nearest temple. I do preaching programs because I am there by myself. I started the program by having vegetarian cooking classes. I teach a one month course three times a year. After getting to know people and making a lot of friends, I started the Sunday Feast program. I put out flyers and an ad in the newspaper and people started coming.
The number of people quickly grew from twenty-five to forty. Now, over a hundred people attend. There are maybe five d
Latin America’s first Child Protection Director has been working hard to set up his office, and has much more effort ahead to help keep Vaishnava children safe across the region.
Baladeva Das was appointed CPO Director in October 2018 by ISKCON’s Latin Regional Governing Body (RGB). Since joining ISKCON in 1991 in Argentina, he has done preaching, communications and educational services, lead the Nava Gundica Dhama temple, and helped edit and translate the Spanish edition
By Giriraj Swami
“Vyasa was the spiritual master of Sanjaya, and Sanjaya admits that it was by Vyasa’s mercy that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that one has to understand Krsna not directly but through the medium of the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the transparent medium, although it is true that the experience is still direct. This is the mystery of the disciplic succession.
“Actually there is no difference between hearing directly from Krsna a
