A gathering of around 270 people met and dined together in the magnificence of Oxford Town Hall on Monday, 2nd July . The grand event was held by the OCHS to say a great big ‘Thank You’ to all our friends, benefactors and well-wishers who have helped to make our success of today!
A fusion of Academia and lay folk, a meeting of east and west all joined together in celebrating Hinduism and the growth of OCHS into a world-renowned Centre for the academic study of Hinduism.
Many dignitaries includi
Diversity was the mercy of the Lord. When the diversity of people brings about good performance; progress & prosperity. When our country has social harmony, stability & security. No riots, no civil wars, no burning of each other’s places, no fear because of your age, gender, dress, skin colour. Then the peace of the country can be established. This message was brought by the committee of Jagannatha Ratha Yatra Bali, July 14-15, 2018. The diversity of the religion was presented in front of Lord
The Bhadra Campaign is a global effort to increase appreciation for the Srimad Bhagavatam through mass distribution via donation of sets on the occasion of Bhadra Purnima, 24/25 September 2018.
*How you can be involved:*
. You can begin taking pledges for donating Srimad Bhagavatam sets from your congregation starting now; the actual donation can happen on Bhadra Purnima date.
. You could organize special programs at your temple to glorify the Srimad Bhagavatam in the weeks leading up to Bhadra
The Yamadutas…
Dhirasanta Das Goswami: Yamaraja has instructed his servants the Yamadutas, “Swan-like persons are exalted persons who have no taste for material enjoyment and who drink the honey of the Lord’s lotus feet. My dear servants, bring before me for punishment only persons who are averse to the taste of that honey, who do not associate with the swan-like devotees and who are attached to family life and worldly enjoyments.
Bring to me those persons who do not use their tongues to chant
Due to his delicate health condition, HH. Jayapataka Swami Maharaj was unable to make it to Kolkata Rathayatra as per his usual annual routine.However, Maharaj’s optimism and determination sprouted a mini-Rathayatra in the high-end township complex in Chennai, where he is currently staying. The residents of the apartment were so moved by Maharaj’s presence in their complex that they wanted to do something that would please him and that’s where the chariot festival made it’s way.
The unanimous e
By the mercy of Srila Prabhupad, today Hera Panchami is celebrated by devotes all across the world and with each passing year the size of the festivities is growing. More than 500 years back Sri Chaitanya MahaPrabhu along with His devotees use to derive ecstatic pleasure when HeraPanchami pastime of Lord Jagannath was enacted in Puri. He used to be so filled with so much love for Krishna in the mood of Vrindavan that He sang and danced for long hours without being fatigued.
As per scriptures Lo
By Acarya Dasa – All India Padayatra Leader
BLESSED WITH THE DIVINE ASSOCIATION OF BHAKTI RASAMRITA MAHARAJA
On June 1st, we reached the city of Belgaum in north Karnataka. Congregation devotees warmly greeted us. We were fortunate to have Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaja, who delivered a lecture especially for us padayatris, glorifying padayatra. He said “Every temple should organize a padayatra; one who walks on padayatra gets the special mercy of Srila Prabhupada.”All the Belgaum devotees came for
I’m on the road again, this time in Australia. I am missing Vrindavan, but happy to be sharing my good fortune with all.
“So, this is formal accepting of sannyasa, but real sannyasa will be fulfilled when you’ll be able to induce the people of the world to dance like you. That is real sannyasa. This formal dress is not sannyasa. Real sannyasa is when you can induce other people to become Krsna conscious and they dance in Krsna consciousness. If you can turn one man to become Krsna conscious, th
Why do you immediately jump to Krishna’s pastimes from the Tenth Canto?
Hari Sauri das: When we were in Bhuvaneshwar, in late January and early February of 1977, two or three moviemakers came. They told Srila Prabhupada that they were making a movie and that they wanted to popularize Krishna’s pastimes. They said,
“Hare Krishna is becoming popular, and we want everybody to know about Krishna. We want to show Krishna’s Vrindavan pastimes. Since you are the guru of the Hare Krishna movement, we
By: for sutapamonk.blogspot.uk on March 23, 2016
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"Thomas Edison said that five percent of people think, ten percent think they think, and the other eighty five percent would rather die than think. Thinking is hard work – that’s why so few people genuinely do it."
Last few days in India. With no local SIM card and patchy internet access, I’ve been ‘off the grid’ for the best part of the month.
A blessing indeed. When the external world become
Haribol Dear Devotees,
Just want to share my recent experience celebrating Jagannath Snanyatra.
I run a small devotional company called mayapurmemories.com. Every year for the past three years we were able to celebrate Jagannath Snanyatra in a wonderful way by doing a unique service to Lord Jagannath Baladev and Subhadra devi and their devotees by serving cool juice or buttermilk. It's really appreciated by the devotees in the hot weather in Mayapur.
This service was sponsored regularly by a wonder
By Karnamrita Das
This morning while chanting, I naturally remembered many of the aspects of life I pray for, which have come to me during japa, or in my introspective times during the day. What I pray for, is what I also teach about in my talks. In a general sense, I teach the necessity of calling out for help to our gurus, previous great teachers, and the aspects of Divinity we especially think of or attracted to, like Radha and Krishna, Gaura and Nitai, Prahlad and Nrisimhadeva, or those of y
In South Kolkata, a treasure trove of Vaishnava literature can be found in ISKCON Mayapur’s Bhaktivedanta Research Centre. This library is a gem hidden in a quiet Kolkata neighborhood, in which can be found copies of almost every book written by the previous acharyas going back to Srila Rupa Gosvami, and many rare and out of print books, such as Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s compilation of commentaries on the Padma Purana and his commentaries on the Bhagavad-gita. The library also contains scan
Please accept my humble obeisances; all glories to Srila Prabhupada.
For more than ten years I have been printing large format books such as Darsana, Krishna Art, and the latest 16 Kg Bhagavad Gita.
My cherished dream has always been to produce Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita in a size that would make it the largest printed sacred text in the world, and then, after displaying it in different parts of the world, place it either at Kuruksetra where Krishna had spoken to Arjuna on the battle
OUR APPEAL, DESIRE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON MAULI
Our dearest Vithu mauli, on behalf of all Warkari’s
Wish to convey to you in the humblest of humble prostration,
We want to see you in person, our time here is very limited,
Unasked you have given more and much more,
Some of us feel we should ask to get, while others feel not to ask,
But have decided to represent all your loved ones in all the worlds and
Without any shame, guilt and with full confidence want to ask, under your divine grace,
You may wonder
Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannath is world famous. This article talks about Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannatha, its history, significance and so on as explained by Srila Prabhupada.
Ratha Yatra (Festival of Chariots) is one of the world’s oldest religious festivals, originally celebrated in Jagannath Puri. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada this festival is now being celebrated all over the world. In the summer of 1967, the city of San Francisco saw the Western world’s first Ratha Yatra. Many other swam
We shall continue our discussion of the cleansing of the heart, “The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple,” Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter Twelve. I will read the verse again and then the entire purport. We have already discussed the beginning of the purport, which explains the general process of cleansing the heart. Now we shall discuss the specific types of dirt that can lodge in the heart, and how to deal with them.
We read from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter Twelve
