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If you’re giving class or just want to absorb your mind in the words of Krishna, here are some questions to allow you to spend hours on just one verse:

How can I summarize the chapter of this verse?
How does this verse relate to the chapter it is in?
What level is Krishna speaking on (confidential, more confidential, most confidential, or most confidential of all)?
How does this verse relate to the conclusion of Bhagavad-Gita? (Perhaps Shrila Prabhupada’s main question in his purports!)
How doe

Speaker: H.H Badrinarayan Swami

Radhanath Swami Maharaja told me a very blissful story the other day and he said I could use it. So here goes! There was that Taj Hotel where the terrorists attacked. They were fighting in there for three days, complete carnage. The terrorists had arranged in such a way that they would always be up higher. They would shoot from a lower vantage point down. Radhanath Maharaja told me this. They had all these grenades and they would throw the grenades and the grenades

I met some devotees while living in Brisbane, Australia and was taken by how peaceful and spiritually beautiful they were. There is a saying that we are the sum of the five people we spend most of our time we choose to be with. I wanted to spend more time with these people!

The young girl that we met invited us to meditation, prasadam and kirtan at their home all within an hour of meeting them. I had never met such open and welcoming people. Over the next six years we met hundreds of like-minded

Krsna Janma – The Birth of Lord Krsna
During the great festival of Lord Krsna’s birth, the king of Vraja respectfully gave to the brahmanas a mountain of glittering jeweled ornaments, an even greater mountain of grains, and 200,000 young cows, all beautifully decorated with gold necklaces of large pearls. I offer my respectful obeisances to Mahavana, the place where the king gave his charity.

Source: http://www.mayapur.com/2019/chandan-yatraday2-krsna-janma/

By Kadamba Kanana Swami

Ekalavya, on his own, was trying to perfect the way of archery and appeared to be even better than Arjuna. But as a result his thumb was taken by Dronacarya. So we are not becoming Ekalavya – no. We cannot imitate Krsna; we can only serve Krsna. We cannot imitate Arjuna either. Arjuna is Krsna’s eternal associate, and we are simply following in the footsteps. Our path is not anukāra – imitation; it is anusārataḥ – to follow.

Anusārataḥ means to follow in the footsteps. W

Dear Tamohara Prabhu,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We hereby accept your letter of resignation with immense gratitude for your service to the GBC Body.

Beginning with your contributions to developing and maintaining the Child Protection Office as its director, you have steadily accepted your service as a leader in ISKCON with integrity and dedication.

Your educational background, your insights, and your focus on serving the devotees of Srila Prabhupada’s

Dairy of a Traveling Monk

Volume 15, Chapter 2

May 7, 2019

“Their Joyful Smiles”

I had spent most of the last five months in Vrindavan, with only a few side trips here and there. But at the beginning of May, I was leaving. Despite the approach of Vrindavan’s oppressive summer weather, I felt I could have stayed longer. It was with much regret and intense feelings of separation that I headed towards the New Delhi airport to fly away from the holy dhama.

Vrindavan grows on you if you stay long e

Hare Krsna, 
Please Accept Our Humble Obeisances. All Glories To Shri Guru & Gauranga,
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada.

By Varsana Swami

“Excavation for Govindaji Mandir began in the spring of 1973. New Vrindaban hired Bob Black, a local farmer who owned a backhoe, to excavate the footer for Govindaji Mandir. I assisted Bob by providing transit work (leveling the ground) while he excavated. Our efforts were not very successful, however, because the machine was not adequate to break through the rock.

When I informed Kirtanananda Swami about the complication with the rock he replied, “When Indra wants to break up

Happy Akshaya Tritiya. Happy Chandan Yatra. On the first day of Chandan Yatra, Sri Radha-Madhava is dressed as Natabara- the Best of Dancers!

By Jayabhadra devi dasi, IGF preacher ISKCON Amravati

The Amravati ISKCON Girls’ Forum recently held a three-day children’s summer camp in the temple, as per the instruction of temple president Anantasesa dasa. We organize such camps every year and then follow the kids in Bhakta Prahlad School (BPS) classes. However, as this year is the 70th Vyasa-puja of our spiritual master, Lokanath Swami Maharaja, our team thought of offering something very dear to his heart: a dedicated padayatra. So as a

By Chintamani dasi ACBSP

What is this? Oh my, Srila Prabhupada appearing with Allen Ginsberg? On the same stage? How is it possible?

It was true. We put these posters all over the Ohio State University campus. I was in the room when Srila Prabhupada was talking to Sriman Allen Ginsberg before the event. I was shocked, quite honestly, at how humble Srila Prabhupada was, how he was asking Ginsberg’s opinion on the venue. It was amazing. Anyway, about 2,000 midwest teenagers from the “All American

By Kadamba Kanana Swami

In Navadvipa, before taking sannyasa, Lord Caitanya was known by two names, either Nimai or Visvambhara. Visvambhara was His former name, meaning the maintainer of the entire universe. 

It is said in the Caitanya Caritamrta: He thought, “How can I be called Visvambhara, the maintainer of the whole universe, unless I give people entire happiness?” How can you say you are maintaining someone if you are only feeding them, if you are only providing them a roof over their hea

By Venu Govind Dasa

On 10th April, 2019, the auspicious occasion of Sri Ramanujacharya appearance day, His Grace Vrindavan Chandra Prabhu accepted Sannyasa Diksha from HH Radha Govinda Dasa Goswami Maharaj in ISKCON Vrindavan. He received the name HH Vrindavan Chandra Dasa Goswami Maharaj from his dear Guru Maharaj in the courtyard of Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir.

HG Vrindavan Chandra Prabhu is one of the senior stalwart disciple of HH Radha Govinda Dasa Goswami Maharaj. He is simple, sincere

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By Giriraj Swami

Today is Aksaya Tritiya. In May 2003 I wrote Deena Bandhu Prabhu, my godbrother who is based in Vrindavan, about the date, and his reply follows:

My dear Giriraj Swamiji,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I’m not sure of the history of Aksaya Tritiya. But ksaya means to diminish, so aksaya means that which never diminishes, or which goes on increasing. So, this day is considered a very auspicious day to start anything from which you want the f