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Having a spiritual master is not a casual thing! One should really dedicate himself to the spiritual master and to the desire of the spiritual master; that is very important. Sometimes, we may feel that our spiritual master is not really giving us a lot of instruction and he is not really telling us something special. That means, he just wants us to do the regular things like daily chanting sixteen rounds of japa and following four regulative principles – no meat, fish or eggs; no gambling; no

By ISKCON Mayapur

“My Dear Jayananda,

Please accept my blessings.

I am feeling very intensely your separation. In 1967 you joined me in San Francisco. You were driving my car and chanting Hare Krsna. You were the first man to give me some contribution ($5000) for printing my Bhagavad-gita. After that, you have rendered very favorable service to Krsna in different ways. I so hope at the time of your death you were remembering Krsna and as such, you have been promoted to the eternal association

In this episode with Pierre Edel (Premamaya Vasudeva dasa)...

• Hear the story of how a young musician from Paris, covered in tattoos became a devotee in Moscow and went on to get 10 million+ views on his video
• Find out about the special deal he made with Krishna in Mayapur and how it played out
• Find out who is his famous "grandpa"
• The number 1 musical mistake most devotees make and its parallel in spiritual life
• The key to effectively sharing Krishna consciousness

Listen to the podcast episode here.

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Soon after posting an interview with a devotee (recorded a year earlier)I received an email informing me that  the devotee I had interviewed had left Krishna consciousness.

To verify this I checked out his Facebook Page and I was sad to see this post...

I was even more sad to see this post... even a little angry...

In response, I posted this Facebook Live Video...

How should we threat devotees who leave Krishna consciousness?

Let me know you thoughts either in the comments below or on the Facebook v

Dear Maharaja's and Prabhu's

Please accept my humble obeisance.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are extremely happy to announce the Grand Inauguration of "ISKCON Sri Sri Giridhari Dauji Mandir, Jaipur, also known as Gupt Vrindavan, has many of the prominent deities established by our Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharyas.  Srila Prabhupada felt Jaipur to be a very important spiritual city and it was his keen desire to have a Krishna Balarama temple here. 

In one letter Srila Prabhupada wrote

"So I

HARE KRSNA TELEVISION THANKS HH GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI FOR HIS SUPPORT AND BLESSINGS

On 20th April, 2018 at ISKCON Mira Road, during an evening program, Hare Krsna TV / ISKCON Desire Tree Team offered their gratitude to His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj for helping the channel reach lacs of households.

Maharaj appreciated the work of Hare Krsna TV: “As you know if you open TV, there are so many programs running on television including many religious channels. HARE KRSNA TV has been st

Hare Krishna! With great joy in my heart, I announce on this holy Akshaya Tritiya day, my book Vraja-Lila Part One is now available on Amazon. I have personally revised and enhanced the book since the last publication over a decade ago. It has been out of print for many years and devotees are always asking for copies, so this is the best way to make it available to all. Who ever already has the book or are going to buy it, I request you to please write a review on Amazon. All the funds collecte

Sri Vraja Mandala Parikrama
On behalf of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama (VMP), we would like to invite all the devotees to participate in 32nd Vraja Mandal Parikrama 2018.
Please find below the schedule of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama 2018

ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama 2018 Schedule :

Headed by Premavatar Gauranga prabhu, the TOVP Construction Manager, we recently began mounting the decorative stars and ribbons onto the domes, beginning with the Planetarium dome.

Work is progressing rapidly and three segments have already been completed. Once completed, each segment is sealed and waterproofed insuring they will maintain their integrity and beauty for hundreds of years into the future.

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This miraculous visit to New Ekachakra Dhama on Wednesday, April 18th has become another history making event on the TOVP Euro Tour. So much so that we will also include some related lilas that led to the planning and arrival of Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari in Slovakia.

The story begins in 2015 with Mahasankarsana prabhu, one of the temple leaders from New Ekachakra Dhama, speaking with Tukarama prabhu in Mayapur.

“He took me inside the TOVP and showed and explained e

The highest prayer is the prayer to become a selfless instrument in God’s hands. As Saint Francis prayed, “Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.” He prayed not to receive, but to give; to be freed of all selfishness and to be filled with selflessness. He prayed to be the servant. He prayed to see that every living being is his master in the sense, “Let me be the humble servant to uplift, to help and to care for all my brothers and sisters in this world.”

If you have boils on your body due

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This is Maya. "Come on, come on, enjoy me." As soon as you enjoy, you become entrapped. Just like they throw the tackle and invite the fish. As soon as — it eats! Finished. The fish is losing his life by eating, by tongue. The deer by hearing; the hunter plays very nice flute and all of them assemble to hear. Hunter keeps the trap and it loses life. The elephant is caught by sexual attraction. A she-elephant is trained,

Hare Krishna.

28th April, 2014,  Gurgaon.

For most of us, as we come into Krishna consciousness, the journey begins and we progress, at our own pace. A few days back HG Shyam Sundar Prabhu shared a quote by HH Radhanath. Maharaj said that we can see our progress in Krishna consciousness not by seeing last few years or months but by just seeing whether I have progressed in last 1 hour or half an hour, we can know how much we are progressing in Krishna consciousness.

Today morning when I looked ba

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Nan-in, a Japanese master received a university professor who came to inquire about the Absolute Truth. 
 
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring. 
 
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!" 
 
"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you the Absolute

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

One reason Hitler lost World War II was that he did not fully understand the situation. Bearers of bad news were punished. Soon no one dared tell him the truth. Not knowing the truth, he could not act appropriately.

Many of us are individually guilty of the same error. We do not like to admit to ourselves our mistakes, errors, shortcomings, or ever admit we have been in the wrong. And because we will not see the truth,

On recent travels around the country I met a lady who expressed frustration in her attempts to find God. She told me her story: two years of spiritual travels, countless nights of prayer, careful scriptural exploration and persistent introspection, but still no sign! “Will I ever find Him?” she asked. “I’m beginning to question whether He even exists.” What to speak of the ‘searchers,’ even the faithful often doubt that their Supreme friend is actually alive and active. A seeming lack of recipr

Last week, as we floated along the turquoise blue of the Caribbean sea, I was reminded of the amazing quality of water. How, for instance, a large ship can sit atop it and ply along as light as a feather, how many creatures can swim within the water while some things totally sink to the bottom. How the water itself can be calm (thankfully during my trip) or wild and furious like a raging monster.

We are water creatures in many ways – 65% of our body weight is water, the earth is comprised main

From Back to Godhead

A look at the causes and cures for faultfinding, a major obstacle to spiritual progress.

CONDUCTING A SUMMER therapy group with middle-school boys is always a challenge. Donte calls Michael a retard, and Michael calls Donte’s mother a crackhead. I intervene, sitting the boys down to cool off. This age group (11-14) is notorious for saying and doing things to hurt each other. I reflect on my own years in junior high school and recall some painful interactions with peers. Whi