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
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
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
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
Amsterdam
Burning material infection
Cloud of mercy in that direction
3 buses, 300 devotee
“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
Jagai Nitai Das is a busy man who has done many services as a devotee. Earlier in his life, after joining ISKCON in 1987, he was a temple president and a book distributor. Today, the father and software developer helps with morning services and kirtan programs at the Laguna Beach temple in California, and organizes its Rathayatra festival.
But Krishna Food Relief, in which he does Harinama Sankirtana while feeding homeless people, tops it all.
“It’s by far the sweetest and most moving servic
