Woody Allen once said, “You can go to a church, a temple or a mosque but that does not make you into a devotee. You can go into a garage but that does not mean that you become a car.” That is his logic and it is a good line. But then he does not know that you can in fact become a devotee in the temple. Here, you do become a car! (laughter) Here, you do become a devotee! Oh yes, it happens every moment and how does it happen? Because we are being purchased by the devotees around us. These devote
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Giriraj Swami read from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila,Chapter 6, and spoke about Lord Nityananda’s—and Srila Prabhupada’s—boundless mercy.
“Raghunatha dasa offered his obeisances by falling prostrate at a distant place, and the servant of Nityananda Prabhu pointed out, ‘There is Raghunatha dasa, offering You obeisances.’
“Hearing this, Lord Nityananda Prabhu said, ‘You are a thief. Now you have come to see Me. Come here, come here. Today I shall punish you!’
“The Lord called him, but Ragh
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We are experiencing how everything in this world goes through six transformations. Everything comes into being, it grows, it flourishes, it gives some by-products, then it begins to dwindle and eventually it ceases to exist. Such are the dynamics of this world. This shows us that whatever we have, is not ours. Whatever we have, is actually a gift which we get for a while over time and then Krsna takes it back. Sometimes gradually over time and sometimes very quickly. Suddenly, everything gets t
The first ever ISKCON-London India Retreat was organized by Champakalata Priya devi dasi and Bhaktin Aartee who led around 12 devotees on this beautiful journey in March 2019.
On Friday 8th March, the group arrived at Vrindavana around 6.00am. Later that afternoon they visited local temples such as the Radha Madan Mohan Temple, Radha Raman Temple, Radha Gokulananda Temple as well as other places like the Gopal Bhatta Goswami Samadhi, Nidhivan, Kaliya Ghat, Imli Tala, Advaita Vat and finally th
BALGOPAL AND GOPIS’ PADAYATRA IGNITES AKOLA DEVOTEES
By Jayabhadra devi dasi (IGF preacher ISKCON Amravati)
Taking the mood of our spiritual master, Lokanath Swami Maharaja, our ISKCON Girls’ Forum team recently organized padayatras for young Vaishnavas at Amravati and Dhamangaon. Our next target was Akola, a large city in the Vidarbha region almost 100km southwest of Amravati, and I contacted ISKCON Akola’s centre leader, Vaidarbhicaran dasa, seeking permission to hold padayatra there. He was v
By His Grace Svavasa Dasa
In the Los Angeles yatra we had a plan which started about ten years ago where we were going to just develop friends. We are not so much concerned with people giving donations, but our focus is on making friends. In the last ten years that program has really fructified. We’ve made many friends, and many of these devotees have taken initiation.The congregational members are absolutely necessary for so many projects that we do in the temple, for instance, festivals. Withou
Srimati Radha-Rani, the eternal, transcendental expansion of Sri Krsna Govinda is none other than Sri Krsna himself. But for now it seems that people have hard time believing it. People in today’s age of the Kali-Yuga need an assured evidence for the existence of any entity. They can easily believe on Krsna as they can find Him in the Vedic Scriptures. Even the supremacy of Krsna can be easily assured from the scriptures. Still, pure devotees don’t go through such a process. For them their Spiri
On 1 June 2019, devotees from various temples in Australia attended a one-day conference on New Govardhana farm, Murwillumbah, Northern New South Wales. Presenters at the conference were devotees who are developing Vaishnava community welfare services including mentoring, counseling, mental health support, youth support, widows support, palliative care and caring for the sick, women’s support, social justice and more. The conference was attended by
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krsna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The Congregational Development Ministry is offering you a 50% discount coupon on the Sri Godruma Kalpatavi Ebook.
Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, “The Desire-tree Grove of Godruma,” is a compilation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s description of the “Market of the Holy Name” or Nama Hatta established by Nityananda Prabhu. The purpose of this book is to assist the Vaisnavas to expand the Sankirtan movement of Sr
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is mahā-vadānyāya – He is most magnanimous. Devotees are also magnanimous where they will give gifts and receive gifts – dadāti pratigṛhṇāti (Nectar of Instruction, Text 4). This is an important point of the loving exchange of generosity and it is such generosity which is our trademark.
In the cause of working on the master plan for Mayapur, we came across a man called Charles Eisenstein, not Einstein (laughter). And Charles Eisenstein came up with this idea called ‘Sac
By Madhava Smullen
As ISKCON UK anniversaries come thick and fast, Govinda’s Pure Vegetarian Restaurant in London is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, snapping up a steady flow of awards and celebrity endorsements and changing more than a few lives along the way.
The Soho St. restaurant, which stands next to London’s famous Radha Krishna Temple, was first launched on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s appearance day in February 1979.
Since then it has served high quality pr
Hare Krishna dear devotees,
Krishna consciousness is an adventure, most devotee will vouch that there is never a dull moment in our spiritual journey. There are ups and downs, many a times we wish to do more, feel inspired to push our boundaries, while sometime we become morose as we see our shortcomings and feel lack of progress despite a strong and sincere desire to do so.
Sometimes devotees feel constrained by their circumstances, and start praying fervently to Krishna to change their situation
