Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday I went out with devotees on a Food For Life program in a Zulu township near Durban here in South Africa. As we drove to the township Vrindavan Candra das, who heads up Food For Life in Durban, told me the township was one of the most notorious in the country.
“On average there are 10 murders each weekend”, he said. “The situation is so bad that the police rarely, if ever, enter the township.”
“And we’re going in there?” I asked a little surprised.
“Lord Caitanya is
We interrupted our padayatra for about one year, except for a 10-day walk in May 2016 near Yadagirigutta Ashram, located 70 km from Hyderabad. I’m so happy to announce that on January 14th 2017, we started padayatra again from that place with the same team. We first walked with our oxcart to the village of Kacharam and are now heading towards ISKCON Medachal. Ten gurukula boys and my family members participated for a while. We recently bought two new oxen, thanks to the generous donation of M
Manah siksa is the step-by-step guidebook to how to practice bhakti yoga to achieve spontaneous love for Krishna in Vrindavana.
Sri Manah-siksa seminar pt 1 - HG Urmila Mataji v3
https://youtu.be/Ikh1QHGOvhw
Sri Manah-siksa seminar pt 2 - HG Urmila Mataji v2
https://youtu.be/NVVaRrWIexQ
Sri Manah-siksa seminar pt 3 - HG Urmila Mataji
https://youtu.be/RPAoRdngJME
Playlist containing these videos:
Sri Manah-siksa seminar - HG Urmila Mataji 18-20 January 2017
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li
I would say that in our Hare Krsna Movement, one of the great causes of devotees becoming dry in their spiritual practices is because they do not get absorbed in reading. You see, chanting is something you do because we measure it – sixteen rounds; it is very clear. But we do not vow to do one hour of reading. We just do not make that vow so we do not give it the same urgency but it should have the same urgency. Reading of scripture is very important; very, very important. If we are not reading
The account of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu’s deliverance of the two drunken sinners Jagai and Madhai demonstrates the harmful results of blaspheming Vaishnavas and the beneficial results possible for those who do not blaspheme. Sri Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya-khanda, 13.39–43) describes:
“Every type of sin became manifest in the bodies of those two [Jagai and Madhai] except the sin of blaspheming Vaishnavas. They happily spent their days and nights in the company of other drun
A recent presentation in Bhaktivedanta Manor about Iskcon Gainesville's, (Florida, USA) successful program of bringing in new devotees. Focusing in recruiting, preparing the proper environment, tolerate breaking secondary rules and correct once a week, offering respect and appreciation, assigning responsible duties since the beginning, vision for a future devotional career, providing proper living facilities for man and women, access to car, internet etc., zero tolerance in regards the regulati
This man from Nigeria purchased a full set of Srimad-Bhagavatam in Nairobi.
MAKING MARRIED LIFE AN ASHRAM THROUGH THROUGH WORSHIP OF THE FORM OF KRISHNA, SAINTS, AND THE HOLY NAME: I devoted a previous blog to the power of Deity worship in general and some of my experiences being a temple pujari for so many years. Today, after I dressed our Gaura and Nitai, and beheld the other Deities, all recently worshiped and adorned with new dresses and ornaments, as I chanted, I felt both awe and inspiration that these forms of Krishna and his expansions and energies have allowed
“Now our PhDs must collaborate and study the 5th Canto to make a model for building the Vedic Planetarium” proved a mandate from Srila Prabhupada that entered deep into the heart of his disciple Sadaputa dasa, in 1976. Having received his PhD in Mathematics from Cornell University just two years prior, Richard L. Thompson would soon be inducted as one of the founding members of Prabhupada’s Bhaktivedanta Institute.
In that capacity, he devoted over 30 years researching Vedic perspectives on c
Yamuna: Due to the intense preparations for the pandal and the extremely long hours of service over many days, I was taken down with a severe case of jaundice. It was the only time I was extremely ill during my time in India.
So after the Deities were installed, and just as I came back to the tent side of the pandal, I became unconscious, and for maybe two weeks or more I had a burning fever. So I ultimately attended very little of the pandal itself.
We were staying at Dalmia Bhavan at the time
The North American Leadership conference brings together Temple Presidents from the U.S. and Canada, as well as GBC members and support office directors, to help our Temple Presidents stay informed about and understand the importance of world wide ISKCON, compliance issues and new ideas for spreading Krishna Consciousness. This year we heard presentations from:
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Ramiya das has been accepted by the Religious and Spiritual Life Network of University of South Florida. This is the closest one can get to being a recognized minister or chaplain at the University. The Religious and Spiritual Life at USF is a network of member faith communities commited to an agreed upon set of ethical standards. They provide access to programs, services, and activities that encourage a campus atmosphere of healthy religious and spiritual expression.
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What a waste of time! You cannot be a devotee.Cannot do japa, no rhythm while in kirtan, rare in mangala aarti,oh you don't know about that chapter? blaa..blaa..blaa..Just to remind nobody came to the stage one day wherever we are at present. Every human being are sensitive and when they are trying knock the door of Krsna, it is our duty to guide them delicately. So that next time if they have any doubt , they don't feel hesitate to ask anything. Knowingly or unknowingly we all do mistake/misun
From HH Niranjana Swami’s book: Taking Care of Krishna’s Devotees
The counselor system is a topic that is very important to me. I am happy to speak about this subject whenever the opportunity arises.
I wanted to express my convictions today, not based upon my position as an “authority”, but from a personal and open-hearted viewpoint of someone who has had 27 years of experience in ISKCON. If you see any validity to these years of experience, then maybe when I open my heart to you, it may infl
Question: I am an optician and I sell spectacles. Srila Prabhupada mentions in almost all of his lectures that you should think of Krishna 24 hours. Since I am a businessman, I need to think about my business; therefore how do I follow Srila Prabhupada’s instructions?
Romapada Swami: From our experience we can understand that the only way one can constantly think of someone / something is when there is love and attachment. When there is love, all activities and all things are seen in relatio
Nagapatni was the only one of six children who showed any interest in her father’s academic career as a professor of theology at a Catholic University. When she was about 13 she started asking her father questions about why we were here and where we were going. And, “Why is one child born into a rich family and another born into severe poverty?”
He told her she just had to live with these types of questions. But she couldn’t. There were too many of them and a world full of misery. She started
In Srimad Bhagavatam, in the discussions with Kapila Muni, it is said that doubt is a symptom of intelligence. So this is interesting, doubt as a symptom of intelligence. We always thought that doubt was a symptom of faithlessness and so on. No, an intelligent person will inquire and will not just blindly accept. So doubt is alright and pure devotees are there to alleviate doubt by their own personal example.
This is a very important point and this is why I call Prabhupada the shortcut. See,
ISKCON or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been known for propagating the Holy Name of Lord Krishna through the Hare Krishna Mahamantra worldwide as instructed by our previous acharyas.
The weeklong festival celebrated every year aims towards engaging devotees in spreading the glories of the holy name everywhere through special kirtans, events, harinams and much more.
For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and in celebration of ISKCON50, World Holy Name Week 2016 was cele
Correction and chastisement is the business of guru. Those who aspire for bhakti should be careful not to try to cheaply thrust themselves into the position of guru, the position of Krishna. Therefore Bhaktivinode instructs us that if we want bhakti then, guru-abhimāna tyaji — “give up the abhimāna or conceit that you are guru.”
Guru is that person in whom we have faith. The injunction for vaiṣṇavas is that we should not instruct others unless they have faith in us — aśraddhadhāne vimukhe’pya
