jaya jaya śrīvāsādi gaura-bhakta-gaṇa
sarvābhīṣṭa-pūrti-hetu yāṅhāra smaraṇa
All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura! In order to fulfill all my desires, I remember their lotus feet. – Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi 9.3
What is the significance of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura to devotees in the line of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu? Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is one of the five Pañca-tattva, and worshipable to all aspiring servants of the Lord. Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is the leader of all the devotees
By Ramai Swami
The Canberra Bhakti Vrksa program has been going on for over 10 years. I was a guest at the last one and quite a number of devotees and friends attended.
What is a “Bhakti Vrksa program?”.
It is when a small group of congregational devotees meet every week to practice Krishna consciousness and to plan preaching activities. In these Bhakti-vriksha groups the devotees learn how to nourish their spiritual creeper and to cultivate their service attitude in cooperation with others.
Ev
I have heard this phrase that whatever happens is for our good. Honestly, at least in the past could not find meaning to this phrase till I came in contact with Bhagavad Gita.
According to Bhagavad Gita (8.16), nothing in this material creation is actually good. We have a choice to accept what Krishna says or we can accept our own idea of good. But from Krishna’s perspective, this place is a place of misery and it is temporary. Even if we accept this place as good it is still temporary. Regard
We read about Vasudeva Datta who was such a great devotee. He wanted to deliver the entire universe by taking on the sinful reactions of everyone in the universe – he was ready to do that. Lord Caitanya was so impressed by Vasudeva Datta that he had said, “He has purchased me. He can sell me in the marketplace,” and then he said, “Whoever touches the body of Vasudeva Datta will go back to Godhead. Not only that, even the wind that has touched the body of Vasudeva Datta, if that wind now touches
For a preacher, there are four things:
īśvare tad-adhīneṣu
bāliśeṣu dviṣatsu ca
prema-maitrī-kṛpopekṣā
yaḥ karoti sa madhyamaḥ -SB 11.2.46
When in the lower stage of devotional service, he cannot become preacher. When he's in a little upper, second stage, he can become preacher. So preacher has to see four things. First of all God, īśvara, and tad-adhīneṣu, and those who are devotee. God, His devotees, and bāliśa, innocent, he does not know anything about... So three = God, devotee, and the i
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 May 2015, Simhachalam, Germany, Seminar, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.8)
trasto ‘smy ahaḿ kṛpaṇa-vatsala duḥsahogra-
saḿsāra-cakra-kadanād grasatāḿ praṇītaḥ
baddhaḥ sva-karmabhir uśattama te ‘ńghri-mūlaḿ
prīto ‘pavarga-śaraṇaḿ hvayase kadā nu (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.16)
“O most powerful, insurmountable Lord, who are kind to the fallen souls, I have been put into the association of demons as a result of my activities, and therefore I am very much afraid of my cond
From Back to Godhead
By Navina Shyama Dasa
When atheists decry religion as a crutch, most believers bristle. Perhaps we should agree instead.
While riding in the elevator at my workplace the other day, I noticed that one of my fellow passengers was supporting himself with a pair of crutches. I asked him why, and he responded that he had broken his leg while skiing. After the interaction, I found myself reflecting on the view that many people have of religion as a crutch. They mean it, of course
By Iskcon Mayapur
jaya jaya śrīvāsādi gaura-bhakta-gaṇa
sarvābhīṣṭa-pūrti-hetu yāṅhāra smaraṇa
All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura! In order to fulfill all my desires, I remember their lotus feet. – Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi 9.3
What is the significance of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura to devotees in the line of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu? Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is one of the five Pañca-tattva, and worshipable to all aspiring servants of the Lord. Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is the leader of
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The ISKCON Ministry of Education is looking for a Web Designer who is inspired to help in the field of education. Some of the requirements to be fulfilled are:
* aesthetic design of the website, i.e. creative display of content and images,
* webforms connected to a backend database for capturing data,
* searching and displaying results from a repository of resources,
* building a collaborative platform for excha
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
Before the Ratha Yatra performed, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged in the pastime of the cleansing of the Gundica temple. It is said that all the devotees were engaged by Caitanya Mahaprabhu in sweeping the dirt. Mahaprabhu himself would sweep up the most dirt and at the same time, he would check on everyone else. If they did not do enough, he would tell them, “Is that all?” In this way, he pushed everyone to sweep up more dirt but he swept up more than everybody else tog
It is not so easy to say no to sinful things consistently; not so easy. It is not so easy to never have a moment of weakness; not so easy to never slip; not so easy to remain faithful; not so easy to take vows and then follow them for a lifetime. Not so easy! Still, the vows are so powerful that even if not perfectly performed, as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta says, still, generally they will be successful. That is amazing!
Parasuram Das: There was a great Beast from the East With blizzards which never ceased But Krishna’s Castle was strong And all day long They served out a great big feast Here is the latest snowy movie from The City of London’s new initiative.
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By Madhava Smullen
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We in ISKCON may feel that times have changed; that we must use very different methods to deliver our message to people. But in New York City’s Harinama Ashrama, a group of devotees is using the most “old school” approach – simple Harinama and book distribution for hours every day – to impressive effect. And nowhere was this more evident than during the Prabhupada marathon this past Christ
Hare Krishna, please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Living as Krishna lived -
Industrial life is asuric life... we should remember Krishna by living as Krishna lived... perfect utilisation of milk... protecting Krishna's cows... the ideal village life -
Srila Prabhupada evening lecture July 15, 1976, Gita nagari farm, Philadelphia
A beautiful Gaur Purnima festival was held on 2-3-18 in Nandgraam which is the first vedic Village of Gujarat, situated near Kevadia
Since 2002 (Nityananda Trayodasi) we are trying to spread Krishna consciousness worldwide through internet technology.
We are a team of 40 full-time devotees. None of us is a techie but we are trying our best to learn so that we can serve the mission better. We keep trying new things & work as hard as possible to reach Mahaprabhu's message to every town & village.
So far we have been receiving very encouraging response. Some of our current vital statistics are:
Prananatha Das: Dear friends. Please send prayers and support to our BrajaVilasa Prabhu. He was coming from Mayapur to Kolkata today and his taxi was involved in a crash. He went to Apollo Hospital for checking, and has been discharged, but he’s in a lot of pain. He’s a driving force behind the TOVP.
Here in ISKCON Kathwada it’s about to complete one year of temple opening and this was our first Gaura Purnima, more than 500 people visited temple on the occasion of ‘Festival of Holi’. This was surprise for us to having such huge crowd on Gaura Purnima. This time Gaura Purnima fall on the Holiday so all nearly residents visited temple to have Darshan of Lord Jagannath and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.
At 4pm all together in Tempe hall and Kirtan begin. Then after temple senior devotees begin Abhishek o
