Srila Prabhupada:
My father's income was no more than 250 rupees, but there was no question of need. In the mango season when we were children, we would run through the house playing, and we would grab mangoes as we were running through. And all through the day we would eat mangoes. We wouldn't have to think, "Can I have a mango?" My father always provided food-mangoes were one rupee a dozen.
Life was simple, but there was always plenty. We were middle class but receiving four or five guests da
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Having settled the course of action to be taken against Blitz, Prabhupada turned to Pradyumna prabhu. He asked him if he would like to personally worship the salagrama-sila given by Sampath Kumar, which was still sitting on his desk. He obviously had changed his mind about sending the Lord to the Bombay temple.
Pradyumna was readily agreeable and so Prabhupada gave him some simple instructions. "So we can carry, and every morning just put in a simhasana an
All previous calculations of the size of our Brahmanda Universe are wrong here is the correct size now revealed
"The full size of our Brahmanda Egg shaped Universe is a massive 44 Quadrillion 444 Trillion 444 billion miles in diameter"
Our Material Universe called a Brahmanda is but just one in a multi-verse, even the latest scientific speculation believe our individual Brahmanda Universe is but one of billions of other Universes.
Each bubble in the painting is a different Brahmanda Universe in a m
The world’s biggest statue is finally taking shape on a hill overlooking Bali’s international airport.
Twenty-five years and around $100 million in the making, the enormous copper and brass sculpture is of the Hindu god Visnu astride the mythical bird Garuda.
Garuda’s concrete and steel skeleton, with the first pieces of copper and brass skin visible on the statue.
After years of planning, re-designs, cash shortages and stop-start construction, sculptor Nyoman Nuarta says the project should be
Date: Sunday 18th June 2017
Procession starts: 12 noon, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
Processions ends: 2 pm, Trafalgar Square
Festival ends: 5 pm, Trafalgar Square
Read more: https://rathayatra.co.uk/
New Vrindavana - On the weekends, around holidays and Hindu holy days, it gets busier at the temple, said Vrindivan Das, the communications director for the community.
“We see more than 30,000 people a year,” he said. “People come because they are curious. They come to see the beautiful palace, and, also, because they are pilgrims.”
Visitors, he said, come from all over the country and Canada, Europe and India.
“We get a lot more corporate people,” he said. “They come for the meditation and to
A vegetarian farmer has given his herd of cows to an animal sanctuary to protect them from the slaughterhouse.
Jay Wilde, 59, who farms in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, sent 63 cattle to a Norfolk rescue centre as he could no longer bear to send them to be killed.
Mr Wilde, a vegetarian for 25 years, grew up herding cows and took over the family farm when his father died.
“Cows have good memories and a range of emotions. They form relationships. I’ve even seen them cry,” he said.
“It was very difficul
Srila Prabhupada: Once can be free from all sinful reactions after reaching a place of pilgrimage, but one can have the same benefit at home or at any other place simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord. (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.15)
Episode 20: New & Improved 1979 Chariot
“Now you must all three, along with the other sannyasis, GBC members, and other leaders become very serious to actually give the human kind the greatest welfare, namely, this Krsna consciousness movement. Your task ahead is very huge, but it will be quite simple and easy if you simply do as I am doing. You must become conversant in every feature wherever it is needed throughout the society. Our first business is to preach to the devotees and to maintain
TEXT 27
naite srti partha janan
yogi muhyati kascana
tasmat sarvesu kalesu
yoga-yukto bhavarjuna
yogi muhyati kascana
tasmat sarvesu kalesu
yoga-yukto bhavarjuna
SYNONYMS
na—never; ete—all these; srti—different paths; partha—O son of Prtha; janan—even if they know; yogi—the devotees of the Lord; muhyati—bewildered; kascana—anyone; tasmat—therefore; sarvesu kalesu—always; yoga-yuktah—being engaged in Krsna consciousness; bhava—just become; arjuna—O Arjuna.
TRANSLATION
The devotees who know these two paths, O Arjuna, are never bewildered. Therefore be always fixed in d
Plainfield, NJ. Radha Krishna Temple and Cultural Center (ISKCON), Plainfield, NJ celebrated Sri-Jagannath Snana Yatra with devotion and active participation by hundreds of devotees. Annual bathing festival popularly known as “Snana Yatra” of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra was held at the ISKCON, Plainfield temple on June 9. The festivities started by bringing the Deities to “Snana vedi”, or bathing altar. The bathing ceremony commenced with chanting of Vedic mantras and Jagannathastakam
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna mantra says, “My dear Lord Krishna, my dear Lord Rama, O energy of the Lord, Hare, kindly engage me in your service.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.24.69 Purport)
Despite The Beatles incredible fame and fortune, due to the pressures of touring and the constant attention from public and media, peace of mind and happiness had escaped them. So, in 1967 they travelled to Rishikesh. This trip to India was part of a sudden fascination of everything Indian by the vibrant and searching youth of the late 1960s.
Soon, however, The Beatles returned to London, developing a taste for Indian spirituality, but not finding full satisfaction. George continued his search
TEXT 26
sukla-krsne gati hy ete
jagatah sasvate mate
ekaya yaty anavrttim
anyayavartate punah
jagatah sasvate mate
ekaya yaty anavrttim
anyayavartate punah
SYNONYMS
sukla—light; krsne—darkness; gati—passing away; hi—certainly; ete—all these; jagatah—of the material world; sasvate—the Vedas; mate—in the opinion; ekaya—by one; yati—goes; anavrttim—no return; anyaya—by the other; avartate—comes back; punah—again.
TRANSLATION
According to the Vedas, there are two ways of passing from this world—one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not co
Respected ISKCON Congregational Leaders,
Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We hope this email meets you in the best of your health and devotional well-being.
As you would be knowing, this year’s World Holy Name Week is scheduled to be celebrated between September 9th - 17th.
This year’s theme is ‘Srila Prabhupada’s gift to the world’.
Our team has planned a new strategy whereby congregational leaders worldwide would be appointed as ambassad
- What are the basics of behavior during kirtan?
- The main thing - is the unity. Without it, kirtan will fail. From the first minute it is difficult to combine the kirtan all the devotees. Usually, to form a unity among the faithful, and that they had a taste, it takes some time. Is 15 minutes’re kirtan, 20 minutes, 30 … And then begins something unusual. Sankirtana - chanting it. And if we do during sankirtana not feel each other - there is no full unity.
It can be compared with playing kirt
“O Kesava! O Lord of the Universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Lord Balarama, the wielder of the plow! All glories to You! On Your brilliant white body, You wear garments the color of a fresh blue rain cloud. These garments are the color of the River Yamuna, who feels great fear due to the striking of Your plowshare.”
Vijaya Dasa: Recently, I spoke on the Bhagavad-gita in Oslo, Norway, at the Sunday program. One point I made is that there is so much bad news. But people like to hear it, and thus worldwide they read the latest news in the morning before or while going to work and in the evening when they return.
Prabhupada said his disciples don’t read the news, because it’s all bad news. No one walks away inspired after hearing bad news. Our morning news is the Srimad Bhagavatam, but that is all good news.
SALT LAKE CITY — Caru Das considers himself a guru of color festivals. So why limit his handiwork to one season?
He has spread his passion for Holi — the Hindu festival during which people welcome the arrival of spring by tossing colored powder — throughout the calendar year, only avoiding days when weather could stand in the way of the celebration.
“I try to avoid the summer. It’s too hot for a lot of dancing,” said Das, a temple priest for Utah’s Hare Krishna community.
Revelers throw colore
( Thursday, June 15th, was the celebration of His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj’s Vyasa-Puja )
Submitted by Krpa
I worked extensively under Tamal Krishna Maharaja from 1975 through 1979. We met when I was in San Francisco working with Swami Tripurari on his BBT book distribution party. At that time Tamal Krishna Goswami asked me to join his party as leader of one of the new Radha-Damodar Buses.
Upon returning from India Tamal Krishna Goswami had teamed up with his old friend Visnujana
