Oru meenai thonri,ore iravil,kadalai sirudaki,vedangalai kaithuki,kayal meni thoni uyirinagalai thooki neendi neendi kamathai adaki,bhoologathai katha avatharam idhu.
Meaning
You appeared as a single small fish,you grew very huge withn one night that the ocean was not fit for you.you rescued the four Vedas,took the form of a boat in the shape of a ship.you swam all over and saved the living beings of earth.
Hare Krishna.
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Bhagavad Gita – The Stress Reliever Guide
In today’s competitive world when people are running after fame and money, stress and anxiety are common. Many people reach a breaking point and sink into depression. It is really painful to lose things that we value. Attachment often leads to disappointment. Either the object of our attachment does not continue to satisfy us or it does not last forever. Our loved ones may
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Through history we come to know that Vishnu is prior to Krishna; after all the scriptures inform us that He is the source of all creations, while Krishna descends to earth some 5000 years ago. In addition to these, Vishnu lives in regal opulence in Vaikuntha, evoking awe and reverence – as one would expect god- whereas Krishna appears as a cowherd boy
ISKCON Mauritius’ 11thannual Rathayatra at Mahebourg, in the south-east of the island nation, featured a unique offering that truly befit the tropical setting – a boat festival in a vivid blue lagoon.
The festival took place over the weekend of December 15thand 16th. At least 10,000 people attended the two-kilometer Rathayatra procession on Saturday afternoon. Passing right through the center of Mahebourg, it ended on the beachfront, on the edge of a five-kilometer wide
By Madhava Smullen
The Vrajavadhus - Gopi Girls of Vraja
An ISKCON devotee who grew up in the Hare Krishna Movement, Gaura Mani devi dasi, and her group Vrajavadhus Kirtan, have become a kirtan phenomenon.
Reaching 30 million people a week with kirtan posts on Facebook, regularly chanting Hare Krishna to audiences of several hundred thousand at Rathayatras, and changing lives everywhere, they are proving the sheer power of the Holy Names and Srila Prabhupada’s message.
Born in the Chicago
Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) – Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation – SB 2.9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version
etavad eva jijñasyam
tattva-jijñasunatmanah
anvaya-vyatirekabhyam
yat syat sarvatra sarvada
Synonyms: etavat — up to this; eva — certainly; jijñasyam — is to be inquired; tattva — the Absolute Truth; jijñasuna — by the student; atmanah — of the Self; anvaya — directly; vyatirekabhyam — indirectly; yat — whatever; syat — it may be; sarvatra — in all space and time;
Bhaktivedanta Academy, established in 1984, is an educational institution based in Sridhama Mayapur, India, which provides education for boys and adult students on the principles of the Vedic Gurukula system.
In Interview with Small Boys video, some of the Academy’s junior students talk about their experience in Gurukula.
Video: Click here
Source: http://www.mayapur.com/2019/interview-with-gurukul-boys-video/
HH Bhakti Charu Swami is giving a three day seminar on the Pastimes of Sri Krishna in Vrindavana at Namahatta hall. The seminar is in Bengali language and is attended by more than 1000 devotees. The seminar has two sessions – in morning form 10 to 1 pm and evening from 4 pm to 6 pm.
The videos of the Seminar: Click below
Source: http://www.mayapur.com/2019/hh-bhakti-charu-swami-seminar-videos/
By Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp)
There have been some people who have declared that the worship of Deities or images or the murti in the temples is but a recent invention of Vedic culture. However, that is not an accurate point. It is true that according to the different yugas or ages (such as Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga, and Kali-yuga) there are different processes for spiritual development that have been more recommended than others. For example, meditation was the recommende
We often get questions about surrender, like “how can we surrender”. Recently I was reading one old BTG, 2001, and found a nice practical statement from Srila Prabhupada. If we search “surrender” on the vedabase we find 7445 hits, so we know it is an important topic. And we all know the conclusion of the Bhagavad Gita:
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami mä suca
TRANSLATION
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall d
From Dawn till Dusk; singing and dancing on the murky streets of Amsterdam to transform it into a transcendental party.
Introspect and remembrance; sharing our connection and stories with Kadamba Kanana Swami during his Vyasa-puja.
You are warmly invited to join us in Radhadesh and partake in the annual birthday party of Kadamba Kanana Swami which comes with an extra surprise harinam in Amsterdam! Get your party hats (orange ones), dancing shoes and make your way to Radhadesh!
On Sunday, January 6, Srila Locana dasa Thakura’s appearance day, in the presence of Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji, Srila Prabhupada, and their followers, I was pleased to officially connect five devotees to Srila Prabhupada and the guru-parampara through hari-nama initiation. Jeff Janock became Jaya Chaitanya dasa, Nishant Mehta became Nitai dasa, Sakar Panta became Shyama Gopala dasa, Rosie Panta became Radharani dasi, and Ambika Gurung became Amrita Gopi dasi. Please bless them and support them
Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam2.3.17.
“A moment passed in the association of a pure devotee by hearing and chanting the transcendental messages of the Lord is a perfect guarantee for eternal life, for returning home, back to Godhead. Mad-dhama gatva punar janma na vidyate. In other words, a devotee of the Lord is guaranteed eternal life. A devotee’s old age or disease in the present life is but an impetus to such guaranteed eternal life.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.17 purport)
ISKCON MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES REPORT
By Tapan Misra Das
Over the past several months we have been trying to develop several projects to serve ISKCON devotees. Please keep in mind, we are working with very limited or no resources. The only currency we have is the enthusiasm of some devotees to help. With deepest gratitude, to every devotee who is helping, I share a short update on a few of these projects:
Regional Representatives: India, is one of the fastest growing and l
On Jan 1, 2019, we went for preaching at a Bank namely HDFC Bank, making these people know the real method to celebrate every festival that is the congregational chanting of the holy name of Sri Krsna.
All the Zonal Heads, State Heads and staff members of the Bank took part in this congregational chanting. Congregational chanting accompanied by clapping and dancing turned the bank into Sri Dham by their excitement for the holy name. In the end, we gifted Srimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is to all t
By Praghosa Das
We were very happy to accept the kind invitation of the new Ambassador of India to Ireland to meet with him at the embassy in Dublin this January.
It was a most rewarding meeting, not least to learn of Ambassador Sandeep Kumar’s strong support and indeed deep appreciation of ISKCON.
He offered us an open door and encouraged us to approach him whenever we needed any help or support and he also requested us permission for him to invite us to any events that are being hosted or spo
FIRST CONTACT WITH THE HOLY SOUND
My life took an apical turn when I stumbled across the Hare Krishnas. Being born in India I had some knowledge of “Krishna” but I was like most Indians are – conscious of Krishna but not Krishna Conscious. Being just “conscious of Krishna” didn’t mollify my thirst for happiness. When I was introduced to the programs conducted by the Hare Krishnas near our college campus new hope dawned upon me. What mesmerized me the most in these programs was the chanting of t
God is neither – and is both. Let’s see how.
Before we can understand whether God is male or female, we need to clearly understand that we ourselves are neither male nor female. We are at core spiritual beings, souls, whereas our gender refers only to our shell, our physical bodies. Our spiritual identity is eternal, our gender is transient. According to the law of last thought described in the Bhagavad-gita ( 8.5), we attain in our next life a body as per the thought that predominates our cons
