By Madhava Smullen
ISKCON Fiji held its first ever Kirtan Mela in the island nation’s capital, Suva, from June 8thto 10th, to a rapturous reception.
The event was organized by Braja Govinda Das, a Sydney-based disciple of Tamal Krishna Goswami, who wanted to give Fijian devotees the kind of international kirtan experience they hadn’t had before.
About sixty international devotees – mainly from Australia and New Zealand – attended, along with several hundred from Fiji.
The festivities kicked o
Lilasuka dasi: In gratitude to His Grace Yamaraja das, cent percent servant of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, to whom the depth of debt that I owe I may never fully know.
Recently I heard that scheduled visits to be with you before your departure were being organized. My eyes widened at the opportunity but I hesitated for too long… primarily due to bodily identification and with doubts such as, “Who am I, with essentially no external connection to you to be so bold
By Madhava Smullen
The ISKCON Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture (IMCPA) is busy bringing Krishna conscious farm projects around the world together to share best practices in a series of regional conferences. They hope to hold gatherings in six continents by 2020, culminating in a global summit.
But first, the longest running conference – the European Farm Conference – will hold its eleventh annual meeting in Karuna Bhavan, Scotland, on the weekend of September 7thto 9th.
“We are qui
By Damodara Nityananda Dasa
For centuries, Muslim poets have revealed their attraction to all-attractive Lord Krishna.
In Chaitanya-charitamrita (Madhya 22.80), Lord Chaitanya lists “poetic” as one of the twenty-six qualities of a Vaishnava, a devotee of Lord Krishna. He Himself demonstrates a poetic flair in His Sikshashtakam by using seven metaphors to elucidate the benefits of chanting the holy names of the Lord. The Supreme Lord is often referred to as Uttamahshloka: He who is praised
A special bathing of Lord Jagannath Baladev and Subhadra takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month (Devasnan Purnima), to commemorate the appearance day of Their Lordships. At Rajapur Jagannath Mandir, at Mayapur, every one gets the opportunity to bathe the Lord with Ganga water mixed with sandalwood paste, Rose water, Aguru, Milk, Honey, Coconut Water, Ghee...It is an amazing and joyful festival celebrated at Rajapur (which is non different than Sri Jagannath Puri) in Mayapur.
By Kesava Krsna dasa – GRS
Here we are, entombed within these bodies as animated walking talking transformations of food, shaped and destined according to our will, getting whipped by our own past deviations by natural justice, yet feel raw injustice enough to complain about our own undoing. SB.1.7.5 – Due to this eternal energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material
Hare Krishna, please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
"Many fanatic spiritual movement have come and gone, but without the flawless philosophy of Krishna, they cannot stand.Therefore I want especially that my book and Literature should be distributed profusely.This is our substance,real philosophical information, not some weak sentiments.So try for this,to give all men this Krishna philosophy,and many real devotees will come with us back to Home, back to Godhead."-
Hare Krishna, please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
"Many fanatic spiritual movement have come and gone, but without the flawless philosophy of Krishna, they cannot stand.Therefore I want especially that my book and Literature should be distributed profusely.This is our substance,real philosophical information, not some weak sentiments.So try for this,to give all men this Krishna philosophy,and many real devotees will come with us back to Home, back to Godhead."-
Gopi Gita: This weekend was the 5th Annual Education Conference in Alachua. To work with fellow educators across ISKCON; to complete endorsement standards in collaborative settings; to identify resources and struggles in many areas; to learn so much and feel so connected with dear friends; to be able to help put it together; A total dream come true. Thank you Sesa prabhu, Ramanan Ram Giridhari Prabhu and David Visvambara Prabhu for an amazing opportunity.
Are you an ISKCON educator? Do you serv
Two days after my birthday was my fathers’, or June 24th. This year I wanted to share some snapshots in my relationship with him, in the hope that it might be useful to you in your journey of self-exploration, making peace with your past (if required), or in general, having a balanced psychology so favorable for spiritual practice. Dear reader, I am indebted to you for taking the time to read this, and to think about your own relationship with your parents. What does it tell you about the natur
28 June 2018 - Snana Yatra
On this full-moon day, sixteen days before Ratha- yatra, Lord Jagannatha is bathed. He becomes sick and is confined to rest for fourteen days. He is then offered special care until He comes out for Ratha-yatra. A special bath of Jagannath takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month (Devasnan Purnima), to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannath.
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By Giriraj Swami
we were blessed with the association of seven stalwart brahmachari book distributors who are following the Warped music tour. They arrived the night before, attended our entire morning program, and then, after breakfast, we discussed various aspects of the practice and preaching of Krishna consciousness. These devotees are extending Srila Prabhupada and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s mercy to many, many fortunate fallen souls.
Hare Krishna.
By Krishna-kripa Das
Yamaraja Dasa, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada who served BTG for decades and left his body a few days back, was a great soul. I wrote a letter thanking him for how he benefited me and our ISKCON society in general. Shri-Ram Poddar gave the letter to Punya Kirti Prabhu, who read it to Yamaraja the day before he left. Punya Kirti said upon hearing it, Yamaraja Prabhu smiled. I shared the letter with my Facebook friends to glorify him, and because many people liked it, I decid
By Kavicandra Swami
Whenever a devotee leaves his or her body, we hear so much praise of them. Everyone becomes happy to be absorbed glorifying a devotee. It seems that we do not do enough of praising devotees while they are with us. Of course a devotee should not be hankering to be praised. St. Francis of Assisi would tell those who started to praise him, “Wait until I am dead, I could fall down at any time”. Of course that just makes him more worthy of praise.
“Offering all respect to others,
Formerly, people were so sharp in memory that once having heard from the spiritual master, they will remember. . . it is called sruti... Simply by hearing, they will understand everything. They will never forget... Unless you memorize all the conclusions of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, you cannot speak. - CC Adi 16.44 Purport. Enroll with MI now to deeply understand these scriptures. http://mayapurinstitute.org/course/
