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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

[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

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

The Kingsday weather forecast was predicted to be wet, wet, wet. “The rain of mercy will be greater than the rain of water” was Maharaja’s forecast. He threatened to withhold some mercy from those who were late the next morning, “I’ll have a special thundercloud above my head for you.”

saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya
vande guroḥ śrī caraṇāravindam

“A spiritual festival is not about the experience that you are having here and now. It is more than that. It creates samskaras (impressions), deepening our relationship with our spiritual master and our connection to one another. This is how we advance. All these bonds will have a part to play in the future.”

We enter Radhadesh. Fresh and crisp meets ancient and idyllic. A natural wonderland with adventure trails, cows, sacred art and possibly every book on the planet that a devotee may want. G

Diary of a Traveling Monk, Volume 15, Chapter 3

“The Mood of the Day”

Aeroflot flight SU 1492 took off from Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow at 18:02 on May 6th. It reported a malfunction 28 minutes into the flight. The captain requested and was given permission by airport control to return to the airport and make an emergency landing. Unfortunately, the plane burst into flames upon landing and 41 passengers lost their lives. A person on the ground who observed the crash said it was a miracle tha

By Hari Narayana Das

Aceh is a semi-autonomous Indonesian province on the northwest tip of Sumatra Island. It’s known for beaches, diving sites and mountain wilderness areas. Banda Aceh, its capital, is home to the 19th-century Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, a regional icon with delicate Mughal tracery, black domes and a reflecting pool. Aceh used to be commonly known as the ‘ Veranda of Mecca’ under the rule of a strong Muslim Sultanate, up to 300 years ago. The city also rose to international pro

By His Holiness Bhakti Purusottama Swami

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement is based on congregational preaching. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that people should gather in groups of five or ten and clap hands and chant Hare Krishna. This is the basic principle of congregational preaching; this is the basic principle of Mahaprabhu’s movement.

Congregational preaching programs make it easy for people to follow the process of Krishna consciousness. It doesn’t mean people may compromise the principles

Chandan Yatra is a very sweet festival to remember and meditate on various pastimes of the Lord. A festival that Lord kindly favors everyone to do some personal service for Him- grinding chandan, decorating, swinging Him etc… Summer festival has its own flavour. As per the tradition, Chandan Yatra festival started at Puri. In the Narendra Sarovara tank, Their Lordships Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra go on boat ride or nauka vihar with beautiful festivities. Today Lord Jagannath gave darshan a

(Proposed and Sponsored by the Ministry for Sannyasa Services)

The following are the candidates for sannyasa along with their respective waiting periods:

(proposed by Sesa Das and sponsored by him and Prahladananda Swami)

Whereas ISKCON requires common standards, policies, and procedures for managing investigations of misconduct or abuse, in instituting corrective and rehabilitative consequences for offenders, as well as in restorative justice for all involved when guilt is established;

Whereas ISKCON requires policies and processes to address disputes and dispute resolutions that are based on equity, impartiality, fairness, and timeliness, and

(proposed by GBC Vaisnava Calendar Committee and sponsored by Bhanu Swami and Hrdaya Caitanya Das)

Whereas ISKCON Calendar calculations were originally derived from the Gaudiya Panjika published by the Chaitanya Math in Mayapur;

Whereas it has come to the attention of the committee that there are two observances, originally taken from that source that are incorrect and need adjustment:

According to the research of the committee, the observance of “Lalita Sasti” two days before Radhastami appear