The intelligent people of kali yuga will do devotional service to the Lord and how will they do this, by the process of yagnas and sankirtan. There are many kinds of yagnas but the most appropriate yagna for this kali yuga is Hari naam sankirtan, congregational chanting of the holy names.
Lord Krishna’s leela in dvapara yuga which He manifest, He got lot of bliss in that leela. But the people of kali yuga would be devoid of experiencing that bliss. How can these people experience that happiness
March 21st, 2019 – On the auspicious birthday of Lord Caitanya, Gaura Purnima, in the ISKCON Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir in Sridhama Mayapur, four qualified candidates accepted sannyasa from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami in order to further spread the mission of Mahaprabhu.
Sannyasa is the renounced order of life accepted by many followers of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself accepted sannyasa in order to further the spread of the sankirtana movement. Srila Pra
HH Jayapataka Swami has been instrumental in organising this festival for over 25 years! 50,000 devotees honoured Prasadam. Read on for the lecture given by Maharaj.
“Lord Caitanya said this arrangement was not possible for a human being. He must be an incarnation of Mahesh. As a matter of fact, Advaita Gosai is the incarnation of Maha Vishnu and Sadashiva. He came as an associate of Lord Caitanya to give love of Godhead to all the people. So thank you all for helping in distributing the prasa
Advaita Acharya in Mayapur
The Shantipur festival was first celebrated in the 15th century by the great saint Sri Advaita Acharya. The festival took place at his home in Shantipur on the occasion of the disappearance day of his spiritual master, Madhavendra Puri. On that day he fed all the devotees who came to his home prasadam, or sanctified food offered to the Lord.
Lord Caitanya attended the celebration and ate along with all the devotees. He stated that
By Mauricio Garrido, Ph.D.
In 2012, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, called for a debate between scientists, philosophers and theologians to find common ground between science and religion over how the universe began. Even though the explanations found in the texts of the world’s spiritual traditions are admittedly not exhaustive in the details referring to the origin of the universe, they do outline key concepts thereof which are important to the development of the philoso
By Govindananda das
Member of the ISKCON Communication team from Croatia, Govindananda das was the only ISKCON representative out of the 181 delegates from all the countries of the world attending the Prajagray 2019 Kumbha Mela.
Under the organization of Ministry of External Affairs Government of India and Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Prayagraj hosted at least one person from every country at the occasion of the sacred Kumbh festival. Kumbha Mela is unique and world’s largest event i
March 21st, 2019 - On the auspicious birthday of Lord Caitanya, Gaura Purnima, in the ISKCON Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir in Sridhama Mayapur, four qualified candidates accepted sannyasa from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami in order to further spread the mission of Mahaprabhu.
Sannyasa is the renounced order of life accepted by many followers of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself accepted sannyasa in order to further the spread of the sankirtana movement. Srila Pra
YOGA-PITHA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF LORD CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU;
Deities of Sri Jagannath Misra, the father, and mother Sachi holding baby Nimai in the house they lived
By Chandan Bhatia
Antardwipa: “Antar” means ‘secret’ and ‘dwipa’ means ‘island’, and this island is where Lord Krishna revealed His internal secret feelings about His future appearance as Lord Caitanya.
Yoga-Pitha: Yoga-Pitha is the actual site of Lord Caitanya’s appearance. In 1893, Bhaktivinoda Thakura established this site. He persona
Gaura Purnima is the auspicious appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (who is also known as Gauranga due to His golden complexion), and this year we are celebrating the 533rd anniversary of His appearance on March 21, 2019. This festival also marks the beginning of the New Year for Gaudiya Vaishnavas.
The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to establish Sankirtana (chanting of the Holy Names) – the Yuga Dharma for this age of Kali. He appeared on Phalguni Purnima,
By Gandhari Devi Dasi
We are seeing that now more Iskcon centers are celebrating Holi with burning of Holika and throwing the colored dye festival. So there are some points to be mentioned about these celebrations. I was requested by a senior mataji to share this information.
So if there is anything incorrect please excuse me and add your comments. I will share something about Holi from Vedic point as much as I have learnt.
The coloured dyes are supposed to be thrown with love signifying blessi
By Nitya Kishore dasi
The last two days of Parikrama are just wonderful.. it seems when the kirtan gets really fired up! As I told yesterday we were going to the King’s land situated in Simantadvipa where the process is Sravanam, what is really exciting. ISKCON Rajapur is so beautiful with our Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra deities plus Sri Gauranga and Simantini, the lake and Shiva’s banyam tree. Chand kazi’s samadhi is just about 2 km from the temple, a very sacred place where Lord’s pastim
Mayapur, India, 10:00 AM– During the morning session of the 2019 GBC Annual General Meeting on March 11th, much of the time was spent reviewing and voting upon various proposals.
Throughout the year, ISKCON members are able to submit proposals to the GBC. These proposals go through a review process and are vetted and voted on by GBC Deputies and committees. The final proposals are then submitted to the GBC body for majority voting.
Over the course of the morning, members of the GBC reviewed a
In 1944, on the auspicious appearance day of his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Srila Prabhupada started the English magazine, Back to Godhead.
75 years later, and during the 50th Golden Anniversary year of the incorporation of ISKCON UK, it is a great honour that the unique story of ISKCON-London - the first ISKCON centre in the UK (opened in 1969) - is shared with the world in this international publication - a publication that Srila Prabhupada later referred to
By Ambarisa Das
Dear ISKCON Leaders,
Please accept our obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Greetings from Sridhama Mayapur and blessings from Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva, Sri Nrsimha, and our Guru Parampara. Gaur Purnima 2019 Mahottsava ki jaya!
We are very pleased to announce on the most auspicious day of Gaur Purnima 2019 the launch of the promotion campaign for our historic 10 day fundraising event from May 7th (Akshaya Trittiya) until May 17th (Nrsimha Caturdasi). Th
By Madhava Smullen
“We want every leader in ISKCON to take this course,” says Bala Govinda Das, teacher of the Devotee Care Course “Embedding Care in Krishna Conscious Communities.”
Twenty-six such leaders attended the most recent presentation of the GBC-recommended course, offered from March 5thto 8thin the Chaitanya Bhavan building in Mayapur, West Bengal, India.
They included zonal supervisors, temple presidents, yatra leaders, namahatta group leaders, counselors, and mentors from Panam
By Jayabhadra devi dasi
On March 10, International Women’s Day, the Amravati, Maharashtra, ISKCON Girls’ Forum successfully completed the movement’s inaugural vaisnavi one-day padayatra.
Padayatra’s objectives
1. Dedicating the walk to the martyred soldiers on the Indian border.
2. To bring world peace through harinama.
3. To unite all vaisnavis for the common cause of spreading the holy names.
4. To create awareness of spiritual literatures like Bhagavad-gita.
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