By Madhava Smullen
The ISKCON of D.C. temple in Potomac, Maryland will be one of twelve faith-based organizations to receive grant funding from the Faith-based Facilities Security Operating Grants program.
A total of $200,000 has been approved by the local Montgomery County Council as a one-time grant to support County faith-based religious institutions’ efforts to enhance security staffing and planning.
The funds are administered by the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
In February 2019, a Bhaktivedanta Library Seminary was held with a great success in the farm of Nava Gundica dham, Mendoza, Argentina, with the idea of focusing on the service to the scriptures "sastra seva", promoting the vision of bhakti by studying and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books.
Mendoza is in a strategic place for the educational development of ISKCON in South America, since it is the midpoint between two great historical places that have generated "brahmacari
By Visakha Dasi
Distribution update for HARE KRISHNA! – The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami who started it all, the movie on the life of Srila Prabhupada.
INDIA:
– Over the last six months in India, we dubbed the film into the 4 major North Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi.
– The Honorable Vijay Rupani, the Chief Minister of Gujarat launched the DVD of the Gujarati version at ISKCON Ahmedabad onDussehra; the celebration of Lord Ram’s victory over Ravana.
– A donor spo
By Giriraj Swami
We have gathered on a most auspicious day. Srivasa Thakura is one of the members of the Panca-tattva. He lived in Navadvipa-dhama in Mayapur, near the residence of Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi, where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. Later, when Lord Chaitanya began the sankirtana movement in Navadvipa-dhama, He and His other most confidential associates would meet at Srivasa-angana, the home of Srivasa Thakura, and have kirtan throughout the night. The kirtans at Srivasa-ang
One of the highlights of the Mayapur Gaura-purnima festival every year is, for some, the theatrical drama directed by His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami. Every year, Bhaktimarga Swami works with a diverse cast and crew, many of them second or third generation ISKCON members, to create a dramatic performance for all of Mayapur’s visitors from around the world.
This year at the 2019 Annual Gaura-purnima Festival in Mayapur, Bhaktimarga Swami and his players performed “The Queen’s Secret.” This dramat
I prepare diary everyday.
Make priorities to do things in the day..
Check the checklist and begin my day.
This is my everyday routine and I tries to follow it on daily basis.
Still. Many times..
Despite I complete my work my heart does not satisfies and says still there is something very important missing from my life.
What could it be?.. Why am I still dissatisfied?? Is these are the things I am born to do???
Today I looked at my surrounding with a different perspective...Basically with a curious eye
Today is the appearance day of Srivasa Thakura is one of the most prominent devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and appeared in Mayapur along with Sri Caitanya in the 15th century.
One of the most striking features of the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, ISKCON’s World Headquarters in West Bengal, India, are the Deities of Sri Sri Panca-tattva who preside over the temple. These five Deities are cast of eight different kinds of metal and weigh approximately two tons. At nine feet tall and shining
By Kaisori Devi Dasi
Available on Apple’s App Store/iTunes store:
The BBT’s new Krsna Book app
With the full text in English, Russian, and German, with more languages being prepared.
The text is fully – and quickly! – searchable in each language. Easy-to-read with many customizable features, including the ability to bookmark, highlight, and make notes. Full Sanskrit diacritics on the text and a glossary, just as in the print edition.
Switch easily from one language to another – you can compare
I have been a regular visitor to the ISKCON Temple in Jaipur, Rajasthan for almost an entire past decade. Rajasthan being my ancestral state, we make
it a point to travel here once at least every year. To say then, that I have a personal affinity for this state, and the Jaipur ISKCON temple wouldn’t be an exaggeration… from being a simple
By Jambavati Devi Dasi
Yesterday in Dunedin New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was visiting a local Mosque to comfort and reassure the Local Muslim Community after the recent terror attack in Christchurch where 50 Muslim Worshippers were brutally murdered while praying.
She then made her way to The Otago University Clubs and Societies Building where ISKCON Dunedin holds their Krishna Lunch Program.
Daily feeding at least 250 hungry and very grateful students and staff..delicious nutrit
