I was clearly camouflaged sitting there amidst the autumn foliage by the Rideau River. Seagulls water fanatics with wings flying about the lovely skies anticipating that anything human would be the source of morsels. I didn’t have anything to give them, only some attention. I actually find them entertaining. There are also squirrels scattered here and there, some rustling through the fallen leaves.
Whether on the ground or on the trees those yellow/orange soon to be compost, became as easy ble
भगवद्गीता यथारूप 108 महत्त्वपूर्ण श्लोक
अध्याय पन्द्रह पुरुषोत्तम योग
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।
मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ।। 7 ।।
मम- मेरा;एव- निश्चय ही;अंशः- सूक्ष्म कण;जीव-लोके- बद्ध जीवन के संसार में;जीव-भूतः- बद्ध जीव;सनातनः- शाश्वत;मनः- मन;षष्ठानि- छह;इन्द्रियाणि- इन्द्रियों समेत;प्रकृति- भौतिक प्रकृति में;स्थानि- स्थित;कर्षति- संघर्ष करता है।
By Gopika Radhika Devi Dasi
Kolkata, being Srila Prabhupada’s appearance place, holds the unique distinction of being home to numerous special sites intimately associated with his life, particularly from his childhood and youth. One such place is his alma mater, Scottish Church College, where Srila Prabhupada studied as an undergraduate.
Srila Prabhupada often reminisced about his time as a student there, sharing vignettes of his relationships with his Scottish professors, particularly noting
Krsna allows the eternal individual jiva-souls (devotees) in the spiritual world to continually re-invent themselves by voluntarily serving in a capacity they choose by making their own unique contributions and offerings.
This allows diversity and an unlimited range of variegatedness in personal service that expands forever the devotee's progressive independent contributions by always forever enlarging their active participation, personal contributions and inspiration in an unlimited variety of u
भगवद्गीता यथारूप 108 महत्त्वपूर्ण श्लोक
अध्याय पन्द्रह पुरुषोत्तम योग
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः ।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ।। 6 ।।
न-नहीं;तत्-वह;भासयते-प्रकाशित करता है;सूर्यः-सूर्य;न-न तो;शशाङकः-चन्द्रमा;न- न तो;पावकः- अग्नि, बिजली;यत्- जहाँ;गत्वा- जाकर;न- कभी नहीं;निवर्तन्ते- वापस आते हैं;तत्-धाम- वह धाम;परमम्- परम;मम- मेरा।
By Vraj Patel
“The Hunger Free Zone” is a non-profit organization of ISKCON Baltimore with a mission to distribute prasadam to the community at large. With its own food truck, devotee volunteers go out every day, except Sunday, to distribute free vegan prasadam to the people of Baltimore City. Since its inception three years ago, the Hunger Free Zone has distributed over 167,600 free vegan meals.
Grateful recipients note that the food is delicious and shared freely with all. “I’ve partaken of t
Leo and I took to Highway 401 destined for Montreal when an idea came up. What if we pulled over on the ramp to get some walking in on the main street of Brockville. That would facilitate the need for air, exercise, sights and people.
Apart from Brockville being quite a Loyalist town, it also displays a history of patriotism. From the town which has that nice touch of Victorian architecture, banners are hung from lamp posts of service men and women who fought in the nasty wars of Ⅰ and Ⅱ. Som
भगवद्गीता यथारूप 108 महत्त्वपूर्ण श्लोक
अध्याय पन्द्रह पुरुषोत्तम योग
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः ।
द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै-र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥ 5 ॥
निः-रहित;मान-झूठी प्रतिष्ठा;मोहाः-तथा मोह;जित-जीता गया;सङ्ग-संगति की;दोषाः-त्रुटियाँ;अध्यात्म-आध्यात्मिक ज्ञान में;नित्याः-शाश्वतता में;विनिवृत्तः-विलग;कामाः-काम से;द्वन्द्वैः-द्वैत से;विमुक्ताः-मुक्त;सुख-दुःख-सुख तथा दुख;संज्ञैः-नामक;गच्छन्ति-प्राप्त करते हैं;अमूढाः-मोहरहित;पदम्-पद,स्थान को;अव्ययम्-शाश्
As you can sort of see in the photo, I was getting ready to leave when this sweet brother and sister came by, asking excitedly if I had a *Bhagavatam* set.
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin in February 2025. Following the ISKCON GBC Society’s Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by two GBC members, to be submitted by December 31, 2024. Note that no proposals will be entertained after this date.
Please follow the format for GBC Proposals, found as a fillable PDF here:
https://gbc.iskcon.org/wp-cont
From Back to Godhead
For a long time scientists have been asking,
What’s going on? And some of them
have tried to find out,
What’s behind it all?
Sir Isaac Newton once made a remarkable model of the solar system. Thanks to a clever hand-cranking mechanism, all of the tiny spinning globes orbited a small “sun.”
On entering Newton’s study, one of his colleagues, a materialist, couldn’t help noticing the model. He was flabbergasted.
“Dr. Newton,” the man stared, “who made this wonderful cont
By Nandini Devi Dasi
As most ISKCON readers know, Saranagati Village was evacuated on the evening of July 17th, 2024. During our three-week absence, some devotees lost their homes, and others lost their wood sheds, outbuildings, storage structures, and equipment like chainsaws, the community plow, and sander.
We are not able to get insurance as we are an off-grid community, and so we have to cover the costs of cleanup and rebuilding. The government helped with our basic needs while we were eva
Bhakti Center NYC celebrated its seventh annual Diwali Festival on November 1st, attended by over 1,000 people. The popular evening event included kirtan, food stalls, dance, drama, and children’s activities like henna and face painting.
Several well-known publications, like the Gothamist, list the Bhakti Center as the number one place to celebrate Diwali in the city. Local print and television media covered the event, most notably CBS New York, which broadcast a live report from the event. You
भगवद्गीता यथारूप 108 महत्त्वपूर्ण श्लोक
अध्याय चौदह प्रकृति के तीन गुण
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च ।
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ।। 27 ।।
ब्रह्मणः- निराकार ब्रह्मज्योति का;हि- निश्चय ही;प्रतिष्ठा- आश्रय;अहम्- मैं हूँ;अमृतस्य- अमर्त्य का;अव्ययस्य- अविनाशी का;च- भी;शाश्वतस्य- शाश्वत का;च- तथा;धर्मस्य- स्वाभाविक स्थिति (स्वरूप) का;सुखस्य- सुख का;एकान्तिकस्य- चरम, अन्तिम,च- भी।
भावार्थ : और मैं ही उस निराकार ब्रह्म का आश्रय हूँ, जो अमर्त्य, अविनाशी तथा शाश्वत है और चरम सुख का स्
By Yudhisthira Dasa
This article aims to open the door to an emotionally and spiritually healthier attitude toward our ongoing journey of self-realization. This approach stands in stark contrast to the sectarian and fear-based renunciation that many of us in the first and second generation of ISKCON have experienced, albeit generally with no detrimental intent. After all, we took birth in human bodies for a purpose, not to deny it, but to see our human experience as an opportunity to learn bet
By Ananda Tirtha Das
The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin in February 2025. Following the ISKCON GBC Society’s Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by two GBC members, to be submitted by December 31, 2024. Please note that no proposals will be entertained after this date.
To submit a proposal, please use the fillable .pdf here. Once completed, the proposal should be emailed here.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/gbc-releases-proposal
भगवद्गीता यथारूप 108 महत्त्वपूर्ण श्लोक
अध्याय चौदह प्रकृति के तीन गुण
मां च योSव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ।। 26 ।।
माम्- मेरी;च- भी;यः- जो व्यक्ति;अव्यभिचारेण- बिना विचलित हुए;भक्ति-योगेन- भक्ति से;सेवते- सेवा करता है;सः- वह;गुणान्- प्रकृति के गुणों को;समतीत्य- लाँघ कर;एतान्- इन सब;ब्रह्म-भूयाय- ब्रह्म पद तक ऊपर उठा हुआ;कल्पते- हो जाता है।
भावार्थ : जो समस्त परिस्थितियों में अविचलित भाव से पूर्ण भक्ति में प्रवृत्त होता है, वह तुरन्त ही प्रकृति के गुणों को
By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi
ISKCON Kurukshetra, in collaboration with the Kurukshetra Development Board and Kurukshetra University, organized its second International Gita Olympiad Workshop in Kurukshetra. The event drew students from across the country, with over 100 participants and 25 dedicated volunteers contributing to its success.
Mohan Gaurchandra Das, Director of the International Gita Olympiad, said, “The Gita Olympiad Workshop emerged from a vision to create an academic and expe
