Lord Balarama’s springtime rasa dance with His cowherd girlfriends. Krsna performs rasa lila of two varieties, one in the autumn season and one in the spring season, on vaisakha purnima.
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Sri Vamsivadananda Thakura Appearance Day. Vamsivadananda Thakura wrote many sweet poems expressing his devotion to Krsna.
Recruitment of Volunteers for Spring 2018
We have work for dedicated builders with a pioneer spirit. This spring we continue clearing, landscaping, fencing and road making for the Vedic Eco Village. Log cabins and an outdoor kitchen will be constructed for guests and workers. The foundations will be dug for the Yoga Shala, Yajna Shala, Go Shala, Path Shala, Mandir, Prasadam Hall and Cultural Hall. We will build an outdoor bath house and greenhouse on the deck of the main cabin.
We will hold
Mahatma das: Ignore the Mind!
Our acaryas advise us to learn to ignore our mind. Why? Well, we shouldn’t ignore it when we are thinking of Krsna. But in our conditioned state, the mind really has a mind of its own. When we decided to become devotees, the mind didn’t agree. And it still is resisting surrender. When the mind presents thoughts that are detrimental to our Krsna consciousness – or to our well being – we can jokingly tell our mind, “Thank you for sharing,” and decide to connect more
Conviction cannot be based on intellectual understanding. Are we convinced that Krsna consciousness is true? Yes, I am because it makes sense. But that’s just the beginning and it is a lot more than that. It has to be experienced in the heart. It must be really felt that Krsna consciousness is the most wonderful thing. That’s living on the cutting edge and spiritual life is about living on the cutting edge!
It cannot become routine because as soon as it does then we get into trouble. We start t
By Ananda Vrindavan Dasi
So humility is the key element in our spiritual life. Humility means that we are ready to put our own ideas aside, and that is an essential element in humility. It is not that necessarily one is always walking with the head a little bowed down, looking at the ground with folded hands – that may not necessarily be humble. Humble is simply that we are ready to accept others as our superiors and we’re open to accept guidance from others. That is true humility. So humili
sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
bando mui savadhana mate
jahara prasade bhai, e bhava toriya jai,
krsna-prapti hoy jaha ha’te
The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
( Guru Puja, from Prema-bhakti-candrika, by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura)
In one of my previous blog on Lotus fe
It does not take long to realize, after writing a thing or two.. about a spiritual thing or two, to see that the greater audience of devotees are apathetic…especially when talking about the true goal of Krishna consciousness, developing pure love of Krishna. For true, it is not a flower in the sky… it is a million times more real than you presently are, or could ever imagine yourself to be. Because you without association, you default into prakriti bhakti…. Materialistic mind set attitude towar
In a recent conversation I heard about a person’s struggle with life, and having the ‘it never rains but it pours’ experience. “What did I do to deserve this?” he mused.
“Something”, I replied.
That was almost as painful for him to hear as his present situation. And he couldn’t accept it. “Are you telling me,” he ventured, “that I have caused as much pain to another that I am experiencing now?”
Yes, no one makes our bad karma that causes us pain. It may appear that others are doing it to us, or
By Dr. Ausra Maldeikiene
When I’m really happy, I cry: happiness is somewhere deep in the throat and it is excited by hope and light-carrying tears. Then, on March 11, 1990, I waited with tears in my eyes while watching television until late evening. Then, right after I heard the words proclaiming Lithuania’s Independence, sipped a glass of cognac – I remember that we had no champagne at home, and we all wanted the freedom to raise the glass of the most precious drink possible. True, the tears
We all have our own experiences of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and getting better understanding of our philosophy, principles, etc. As we develop more faith, study his books more carefully, also hear them from the mouth of the pure devotees, then we get realisations in our heart. This blissful and transcendental process forever continues in the life a sincere and a faithful follower, anandambudhi-vardhanam.
Today morning I read a very heart touching purport from Srimad Bhagavatam, (SB 11.3
By Acarya Dasa, All India Padayatra Leader
Whenever our padayatra visits any city or town, we try to stop at the major places and also in areas where the holy name has not yet reached. Since one and a half month we have been in the Bangalore area which includes many nama-hatta centers. We visited almost all of them and arranged preaching programs there. Everywhere we received a very warm welcome.
Here are few inspiring accounts about the Padayatra preaching:
SRI SRI NITAI GAURASUNDAR FULFILLIN
“And when the spiritual master sees the devotees are taking bhagavat prasadam, he is satisfied” – Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur.
If there is any other instruction which the devotees of New Vrindaban have taken up more seriously than the one above, I have yet to run across it. In their undaunted endeavors to obtain bhagavat prasadam, devotees have crossed over the difficult ocean of contraptions, locks, chains and booby traps grouped together under the heading of maha cabinets.
According to
From Back to Godhead
Four points to consider regarding Lord Krishna’s characterization of life in the material world.
After teaching a university seminar, I was asked questions I had myself raised when I first encountered the philosophy of Krishna consciousness: “Why is the Vedic philosophy so pessimistic? When the world offers both pleasures and pains, why does the Bhagavad-gita call the world a place of misery?”
Over my decade and a half of practicing and sharing Krishna consciousness, I have
From Back to Godhead
Whether we are neophytes or advanced, association of pure devotees is crucial for our spiritual progress.
The pure devotees of the Lord carry the message of Godhead in order to deliver the fallen souls, and therefore the common man who is bewildered by the influence of the external energy of the Lord should avail himself of their association.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.5.4, purport)
The Science Behind Krishna Consciousness
Srila Prabhupada often referred to bhakti-yoga as “the s
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Things are looking really good in the world. Last year, we again increased the book distribution worldwide, and now for the first time we received book scores from Havana. You read that right: Havana, Cuba. Not only did the Havana devotees send their score but they were the No. 1 temple in Latin America, with 1,791 book points.
A government official in Russia once said, before the fall of communism in Russia that t
Devotees often ask what the meaning of steadiness is: some consider that chanting sixteen rounds a day and following the four regulative principles means that one is steady, while others say it is steadiness in one’s service; yet others give different variations of what they consider steadiness to mean. But these things mentioned—regularly chanting and regularity in serving—are physical symptoms that may or may not indicate real steadiness.
Suddha-bhakti-cintamani deals with the subject of stea
TEXT 51
arjuna uvaca
drstvedam manusam rupam
tava saumyam janardana
idanim asmi samvrttah
sa-cetah prakrtim gatah
drstvedam manusam rupam
tava saumyam janardana
idanim asmi samvrttah
sa-cetah prakrtim gatah
SYNONYMS
arjunah uvaca—Arjuna said; drstva—seeing; idam—this; manusam—human being; rupam—form; tava—Your; saumyam—very beautiful; janardana—O chastiser of the enemies; idanim—just now; asmi—I am; samvrttah—settled; sa-cetah—in my consciousness; prakrtim—my own; gatah—I am.
TRANSLATION
When Arjuna thus saw Krsna in His original form, he said: Seeing this humanlike form, so very beautiful, my m
Vaishnav Event
Kamada Ekadasi - 27th March 2018
(Next Day Paran Time - 7:02am - 10:41am this time is only for mumbai to know the paran time at your place go on this link : http://harekrishnacalendar.com/downloads/\ )
The untold glories of Kamada Ekadasi are described in the Varaha Purana in a delightful conversation between Maharaj Yudhistira and Sri Krsna.The king asked: "My dear Lord, crowning jewel of the yadu dynasty. Please enlighten me about the nature of this most auspicious day. Kam
By Madhava Smullen
So far, ISKCON Dallas’ Rath Yatra has been a small scale internal affair, with Lord Jagannath’s chariot pulled through the local neighborhood.
But this year, Kalachandji’s restaurant and TKG Academy are partnering with the Crow Collection of Asian Art to create a cultural event for the entire Dallas area, called ‘Festival of Joy.’
The Festival, to be held on Saturday April 7th at Klyde Warren Park, will be an official part of Dallas Arts Month, launched by Mayor Mike Rawlings
