– Bada Hari, what does chanting of holy names mean for you? What inspires you?
– For us chanting means chanting the maha-mantra. In this modern age the method of self-realization, God-realization, which means to awaken love for God, is to chant the holy names. Lord Chaitanya, who is Krishna Himself, has appeared in this age and has recommended the names of God in the particular form of maha-mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
Dear Maharaj’s and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This is an appeal for your help for Prabhupada’s Vrndavana Samadhi Project. This year, somehow the donation level has fallen below normal.
For the first time in 17 years, I had to break a small Fixed Deposit to put in the working account. More than that, we must re-seal the dome after 25 monsoons, to ensure no leaking or concomitant structural damage. Removing the grouting on all the dome tiles from
by Gargs Allard
Film Review: Hare Krishna! the Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started it All
4.5 out of 5 Stars
A handful of critics have panned Hare Krishna! for being no more than a marketing tool for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness [ISKCON], otherwise known as The Hare Krishna Movement.
And one may argue that its glaring fault is that it fails to examine the problems the movement has faced since its founder, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, left his physical bod
The huge chariot was pulled through the city
Hundreds of festival-goers have joined a procession in which a 40ft (12.1m) chariot was pulled through Leicester city centre.
The Hare Krishna Festival of Chariots began in Granby Street with a welcome ceremony and ended at Cossington Park, in Belgrave, on Sunday afternoon.
Leicester hosts one of the largest celebrations of its type in Europe, organisers said.
The chariot carried deities of the Lord Jagannatha and his sister Subhadra.
The vibrant
Srila Sanatana Goswami in his Hari Bhakti Vilas quotes the Padma Purana, which states: “Kartik is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartik month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krsna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya. Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results…Srimati Radhika is the presiding deity of the holy month of Kartik. Rupa Goswami and others refer to Radharani as Kartik Devi; in other words, Radhika is the goddess or presiding Deity of
There was arranged a small rathyatra in one of the newly developing area of Surat called Vesu by the devotees of Sri Sri Sacinandan Bhaktivriksh group on 16th July, 2017 under the guidance of ISKCON Surat vice president H.G. Vrindavan Dasa prabhu. The purpose of this rathyatra was to attract people towards Krsna Consciousness. The route of this Rathyatra covered more than 6 residencies area. As Srila Prabhupada once wrote in his letter of 16th july, 1969 to Brahmananda "This sankirtana party and
By Acarya Dasa
Our pāda-yātrā party was passing through the village of Talugudi on June 14th . Rupa Ragunath Maharaj was about to leave for Argentina after having spent some time with us. He said to me that day, “We should dress Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar very nicely with beautiful garlands.” We usually make simple garlands but I agreed that having nice garlands for Their Lordships would attract more people to take Their darsana too. A
Jai Sri Radhe!!!
Krishna janmashtami festival that is celebrated in month of Bhadrapad Ashtami Krishna Paksh a beautiful celebration filled with yellow color attire or Laddugopal dresses, floral jewellery, peacock feathers, flutes, makhan, matki and Krishna jhulas. Birth of Lord Krishna on earth marked as the beauty of the bond of Divine and Bhakti.
During this season the streets flock with people to buy Lord Shringaar and dresses for Laddugopal or Lord Sri Krishna or Lord Sri Radhakrishna. Shring
While recent years we are seeing everywhere, many bill borders of Mega sale deals come up either it might be big shopping malls like Phoenix Market City, inorbit, central… etc.. or online shopping sites like Amazon, Flipkart,.. etc.. There are lots of advertising going to the newspapers & other electronic media. If you see 10% discounts or 50% discount.. One to one free on the products or services.
In mega sales there is maximum discount as well as a large variety of products or services & the c
By Acarya Dasa
The Lord of Guruvayur
We arrived in Guruvayur (also written as Guruvayoor or Gurupavanapuri) on June 24th. This municipal town located in the Thrissur district of Kerala is home to the ‘Guruvayur Sree Krishna’ temple. The temple has the fourth largest number of devotees, visiting per day, in all of India. It is also referred to as the Dwarka of South India and as “Bhooloka Vaikuntam” meaning ‘the holy abode of Vishnu on Earth
e would like to welcome you to our 13th anniversary celebration of Sri kñetra parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 9th November. On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 19 Km. This parikrama has been performed since the time Vidyapati visited Sri Ksetra. ISKCON has been organizing this parikrama for the last twelve years, on the specific day prescribed for parikrama as per the scriptures. Last year we had ten thousand devotees parti
Srimad Bhagavatam Class Notes: 10.02.23-24
HG Abhishek Prabhu
North Sydney temple
15.07.2017
Kamsa was stricken with fear. He waited so many years for the 8th child to be born. All his moments were taken up, anticipating the arrival of Krishna. His fear had gone to that extent where he thought of killing his own sister instead of waiting. It was his natural option but he completely refrained from it. He felt the consequences would be too severe. In the pages of history, we see such carnage where
Love must be one of the most over used and perhaps undervalued words in the dictionary. I’m just as guilty as anyone else, declaring my love for cheese on toast, lying in the sun, or, confession time, Raymond Chandler.
In the true sense of the word I wouldn’t say I really love any of those things. For me love means an awful lot more than just liking something rather a lot. Actually in the language of my scriptures, Sanskrit, the word love is only used in connection with God. These texts, known
By ISKCON Coimbatore
The year 2016 marked the Golden Jubilee (1966-2016) of the incorporation of ISKCON ( International Society for Krishna Consciousness) in New York by its Founder Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In continuance with the Golden Jubilee celebration, ISKCON Coimbatore is now presenting a series of inspirational life-changing talks titled “Saaram”.
The first of its kind was held on 12th July 2017, at Nani Phalkiwala Auditorium, Mani’s High School, Co
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প্রতি ক্লাসে একটি করে অধ্যায় আলোচনা করা হবে
দিনঃ প্রতি বুধবারEverything was seemingly normal before VERTIGO struck his life. BPPV is a type of vertigo which has no medicinal cure. English medicine can atmost try to control the condition but no cure is possible. Google also confirms this.
VERTIGO - is a sensation of losing body balance and in severe cases require assistance while walking.
This devotee from Bangalore had his parents, wife and his small child dependent on him.
As he tried to get it treated through different doctors, physicians, a strong se
