Happy Narasimha Chaturdashi! Today is the most auspicious appearance day of Sri Narasimhadeva. Mayapur is filled with devotees assembled to celebrate this special festival. Evening from 4 pm onwards, Abhisheka will begin. Watch the festivities live at mayapur.tv. Maha Sudarshana Yajna & adhivas took place yesterday. We thank all the donors for their kind support for the festival. Happy to announce that all the sevas has been taken up.
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By Giriraj Swami
Srila Prabhupada was with us in Juhu for Nrsimha-caturdasi on May 5, 1974. The following excerpt from my forthcoming book about Srila Prabhupada and Juhu, entitled I’ll Build You a Temple: A Good Fight and a Promise Fulfilled, describes the devotees’ drama:
For Nrsimha-caturdasi, a troupe of devotees led by Jagat Purusa organized a drama depicting the appearance of Lord Nrsimha, to be performed in the temple room. There was an all-male cast, including the young and slender Nav
Here are dozens of activities you can do with kids from age 2-18 about Lord Nrsimhadeva and Prahlad Maharaja. Some are general, and others are grouped by age. There are posters for quick reference. You can also print out the posters and give them to kids–let them choose what activities they would like to do!
<!–We hope in the future to greatly improve and expand these festival-based activities, adding boxes of ready-to-use resources such as masks, photos, activity sheets, and so forth. Suggesti
TEXT 13
vidhi-hinam asrstannam
mantra-hinam adaksinam
sraddha-virahitam yajnam
tamasam paricaksate
mantra-hinam adaksinam
sraddha-virahitam yajnam
tamasam paricaksate
SYNONYMS
vidhi-hinam—without scriptural direction; asrsta-annam—without distribution of prasadam; mantra-hinam—with no chanting of the Vedic hymns; adaksinam—with no remunerations to the priests; sraddha—faith; virahitam—without; yajnam—sacrifice; tamasam—in the mode of ignorance; paricaksate—is to be considered.
TRANSLATION
And that sacrifice performed in defiance of scriptural injunctions, in which no sp
Much awaited Darshan of Sri Radha-Madhava in blue Chandan today! A feast to the eyes, Sri Radha-Madhava in “Nila Kalevara”- Jayadeva Goswami’s Gita Govinda coming live… “Chandana Carcita Neela Kalevara…!”
Just as Yasoda is Krsna’s perfect mother, so Vrindavana is Krsna’s perfect playground, with mountains, valleys, meadows, forests, rivers, and lakes as arenas of undulating expressions of love. Vrindavana’s topmost opulence is its flowers, with its beauty enhanced by Krsna’s touch. -Nava Vraj
Entering the clear waters of the Yamuna to prepare for the incomparable worship of goddess Katyayani, the girls of Vraja left their garments on the shore. Smiling and clever Krsna stole those garments, climbed a kadamba tree, embarrassed the girls by speaking many splendid joking words, and eventually returned their garments. I take shelter of Chiraghatta, where the Lord enjoyed these pastimes. -Vraja Vilasa Stava
For more darshan pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/iskcondesiretree/sets
After their successful debut album “Mrdanga” in 2010, The Mayapuris are about to release their second. The project, titled "Nine Islands", features the Mayapuris' signature sound, carried along the current of their musical evolution as recording artists.
"Nine Islands" refers to the holy land of Navadwip, where the sacred river Ganga splits the earth into nine distinct regions. Each region represents one of the nine processes of bhakti.
The Mayapuris took this theme and created unique sounds
So why should everyone just accept all these far out stories from the Srimad Bhagavatam? It is true that some are difficult to understand. Priyavrata did not like the darkness at night, so he got himself a chariot, followed the sun and it was sunny all the time! I mean, it sounds like mythology, right? The wheels of the chariot cut the land mass into seven pieces, and so we got the seven continents! It sounds as mythological as one could imagine. Some, therefore, have offered that the Bhagavata
Sukadeva, like myself, is departing today for his homeland, South Africa, and he raised his arms up to the sun as if to say, "Good-bye." It was our last stroll along the Indian Ocean on peaceful Belle Mare Beach, and a last dip in saltwater until our re-visit next year.
From here we darted off to Bon Accueil and the temple of Krishna Balarama. Dhananjaya is in his middle-aged years, and has been waiting for a year to gain his initiation. From what I can see, he's a happy man, settled in hi
Sri Rukhmini Dwadasi, is observed as the birthday (the day Rukmini Devi appeared on earth) of Rukmini, the consort of Lord Krishna.
The love story of Rukmini and Lord Krishna and their elopement is one of the most famous stories associated with Lord Krishna. Rukmini Dwadashi is observed on the twelfth day of the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of moon) of Vaisakh month (April – May). It is believed that those who offer worship prayers and pujas with flowers will have their wishes fulfilled.
Prayers
Sri Valmiki Ramayana - this is a multi-volume project as desired by Srila Prabhupada. We launched Bala-kanda (First Canto), we planned to release every year Rama-navami one canto. This was translated by Vidvan Gauranga Prabhu - one of the scholarly devotee disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja.
Shyama Rasika Dasa and Vidvan Gauranga Prabhu under the order of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja started a small publication unit called Rupa Raghunatha Vani Publications to publish
Satsvarupa das goswami is an avid writer and a well known personality in the history and present day of ISKCON. Satsvarupa das Goswami is a writer, artist and spiritual master in the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya. He is one of the first disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known in the Western countries as the Hare Krishna movement.
Based in Albany, New York Satsvarupa has written hundreds of books in the
Candana-yatra began on Aksaya Tritiya, May 7, and continues for twenty-one days.
We continue our observance of Candana-yatra. We are reading from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter Four: “Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service,” which describes how Madhavendra Puri traveled by foot from Govardhana to Jagannatha Puri to procure sandalwood to grind and mix with camphor and place on the body of the Deity Gopala whom he had installed on the top of Govardhana Hill. After Madhavendra Pu
I could only dream of trekking today. Pain overnight, but finally by this evening an Ayurvedic doctor, Narada, came to figure out my issues. They were purely mechanical by nature, and the issue has much to do with how I position myself when lying in bed.
You never stop learning. Learning is about everything. Chapter Four of the Gita concentrates on jnanam, learning or knowledge. Now one translation I've always thrived on—by our guru—on the subject of knowledge, is to discern the differ
By Madhava Smullen
Hosted by a second-generation devotee, new Youtube talk show “The Inspire Show” is a witty, creative and enlightening take on the late night chat show format.
On the show, Balaram Nityananda Das, who also runs Bhaktivedanta Manor’s outreach department in the UK, interviews a variety of ISKCON devotees about the challenges they face, what their spiritual perspectives are, and how those perspectives help them overcome their challenges.
Balaram hopes the show will not only bri
[Statement] (Proposed and Sponsored by the SAC)
Resolved:
That the GBC accepts the conclusion and recommendation as found on page 38 of the SAC’s Patiguru paper: http://gbc.iskcon.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Pati-guru_April_2019_SAC2.pdf
Conclusion and Recommendation
1) A guru should not marry a disciple: As marrying a disciple is improper by both śāstric example and ordinary moral codes, it is right and proper for ISKCON law to prohibit such relationships or have sanctions against those who
(Rule of order)
(Proposed by Nrsimha Kavaca Das and Sponsored by Madhu Sevita Das and Praghosa Das)
Whereas the categories use to classify resolutions passed by the GBC have evolved over time, as can be seen by the following:
1987:All resolutions be categorized as a rule of order, law, or provisional order at the time of passing.
1997:That all GBC resolutions shall be categorized as one of the following:
a. Action Order (administrative, appointment, action oriented, directive or provisional ord
[Rule of order]
(Proposed by Nrsimha Kavaca Das and sponsored by Madhu Sevita Das and Praghosa Das)
Whereas as ISKCON expands and an ever-increasing number of devotees get initiated it is common that many devotees have the same name;
Whereas Srila Prabhupada has stated that the identity of a person can be understood by who their father is;
Whereas there is a need to be able to clearly identify which devotee(s) a resolution is referring to;
Whereas such identification will assist the search fea
TEXT 12
abhisandhaya tu phalam
dambhartham api caiva yat
ijyate bharata-srestha
tam yajnam viddhi rajasam
dambhartham api caiva yat
ijyate bharata-srestha
tam yajnam viddhi rajasam
SYNONYMS
abhisandhaya—desiring; tu—but; phalam—the result; dambha—pride; artham—material benefits; api—also; ca—and; eva—certainly; yat—that which; ijyate—worship; bharata-srestha—O chief of the Bharatas; tam—that; yajnam—sacrifice; viddhi—know; rajasam—in the mode of passion.
TRANSLATION
But that sacrifice performed for some material end or benefit or performed ostentatiously, out of pride, is of t
Dr. Bashudev Das is a Bangladesh Government doctor. His 20 year old daughter Mistee Das who is a medical student, became very sick in March 2006. She was diagnosed with a life-threatening germ cell tumor in the ovary. They brought her to Mumbai, where treatment started. But soon the doctors gave up on her. Dr. Das went to visit the ISKCON Temple in Juhu, where one devotee gave him a leaflet about the upcoming Nrsimha Caturdasi festival in Mayapur, which he attended. There he received a small boo
