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Your mind is wondering all over the universe when you chant. Chant anyway!
Your mind is wondering to the past and future when you chant. Chant anyway!
You are not able to concentrate on Krsna's names while you chant. Chant anyway!
You have no taste for chanting. Chant anyway!
You have lusty desires. Chant anyway!
You are making offences in chanting. Chant anyway!
You are not praying to Krsna to help you chant better. Chant anyway!
You often chant late at night. Chant anyway!

Why should you chan

Two weeks ago at Bhaktivedanta Manor, a new garden was dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and his disciples. Since it was the week in which we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the formal establishment of ISKCON, I gave the following speech:

If you would please look up and cast your eyes behind me towards this sequoia tree. It’s at least 100 feet high. It was planted here in the 1880s by a gardener who never got to see it the way we can see it today. This tree is one of 183 trees here at the

-An ancient secret revealed-

Would you care to know a long-forgotten secret, not even guessed at by the greatest thinkers of the modern era? It’s a simple truth that’s been continuously shrouded by the relentless, disquieting whirlwind of madness presently sweeping over the entire world. It’s this: there is no happier lifestyle than that of a celibate monk! Or, more broadly understood, accepting a simple life, beginning with a lifestyle of celibacy, for the purpose of increasing one’s love for

Dear Maharaja and Prabhus

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are pleased to inform you that we have received a very encouraging and inspirational message from the Smt. Hema Malini famous Film Actress and Member of Parliament Lok Sabha New Delhi, Congratulating ISKCON for 50th Anniversary celebration 2016 being observed worldwide.

All ISKCON Temples, Communities and various Centers connected can utilize and propagate this message for their respective Public

Dear Maharaja and Prabhus

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are pleased to inform you that we have received a very encouraging and inspirational message from the President’s office personally signed by Sri Pranab Mukherjee – President of India, Congratulating ISKCON for 50th Anniversary celebration 2016 being observed worldwide.

All ISKCON Temples, Communities and various Centers connected can utilize and propagate this message for their respective Public

To find out more about the book, to read exciting excerpts, and to pre-order your copies at a heavily discounted price, go to chasingrhinos.com
Here’s what Satyaraj das (Steven Rosen) has to say about “Chasing Rhinos”:
“In ‘Chasing Rhinos with the Swami,’ Shyamasundara Das has accomplished something truly remarkable. He successfully takes his readers back in time, with descriptive language and storytelling expertise, and gives them – fully– the association of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedant

The Jhulan Festival is celebrated in July – August commemorating the pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna enjoying His childhood pastimes with His friends – the young cowherd boys and girls, swinging underneath the trees.

It is a festival to celebrate Radha Krishna’s pastime of swinging on a golden swing every day until Balarama-purnima.

All over the world the devotees enjoy coming to the temple or swinging Their Lordships in their own homes.

Source:http://www.ramaiswami.com/jhulan-yatra-2/

Jayapataka Swami remembers: My father he reacted very angry, he said “You come back immediately, otherwise I will turn your name over to the American Army and you will die in Vietnam. So I asked for how long, but my mother she didn’t know what to say. Later she came up to see me. Meanwhile I asked Prabhupada, “What should I do?” He said, “Better you fight in Krishna’s army. Rather than being in American Army be in Krishna’s army”

Source:http://www.dandavats.com/?p=30322

ISKCON Detroit Ratha Yatra 2016: https://goo.gl/ifL2kd
Rathayatra Bern 06.08.2016: https://goo.gl/5Tz4FI
ISKCON Leicester Rath Yatra 2016: https://goo.gl/4DeV9g
ISKCON Brampton Ratha Yatra 2016: https://goo.gl/VeHGCs
Montreal Rathyatra 2016: https://goo.gl/bG09G7
ISKCON Toronto Rathayatra 2016: https://goo.gl/70sAAv 

Source:http://www.dandavats.com/?p=30324

Jayadratha: Another son of Mahārāja Vṛddhakṣetra. He was the King of Sindhudeśa (modern Sind Pakistan). His wife’s name was Duḥśalā. He was also present in the svayaṁvara ceremony of Draupadī, and he desired very strongly to have her hand, but he failed in the competition. But since then he always sought the opportunity to get in touch with Draupadī. When he was going to marry in the Śalyadeśa, on the way to Kāmyavana he happened to see Draupadī again and was too much attracted to her. The Pāṇḍ

Dear Maharaja and Prabhus

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are pleased to inform you that we have received a very encouraging and inspirational message from India’s Top Leadership – The Prime Minister’s office personally signed by Sri Narendra Modi – Prime Minister of India, Congratulating ISKCON for 50th Anniversary celebration 2016 being observed worldwide.

All ISKCON Temples, Communities and various Centers connected can utilize and propagate this me

A small number, four seems
Only four defects innate within
Miseries untold it causes
Incapability overwhelms me
binds me

Cause of misery to one entity?
No. Helplessly I am led to
cause misery to millions
Only four defects they are.

I am tired Nitai
tired of this bad bargain
tired of my conditionings
tired of my imperfect service.

Unqualified, yet I beg
to make that day mine
when your form, glories and name
become inseparable from my breath...
inseparable from my mind...
inseparable from ME..

I screamed when I saw the huge bug dangling off the edge of the towel I. I flung it to the far corner of the room and shivered as I carefully watched for movement. I called my son for help and we slowly approached the towel. The large black bug seemed flat and lifeless, as if it had been dead for a while. As we got closer, our fears turned to laughter as we saw that not only was the beetle dead, it had never been alive in the first place. It was a plastic beetle.

Reality that wasn’t even real.

Hare Krishna,

‘A photograph speaks louder than a 1000 words’

And it is your chance to tell a story.

We are delighted to inform you that 2016 marks the golden jubilee of incorporation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Over the past 50 momentous years ISKCON has nurtured human society through spiritual education and training. At present there is an international network of 600  spiritual universities in 75 countries all over the globe.

Members of ISKCON practice Bha

We have completed our first bracket for the Kalash on the Planetarium Wing Dome.

The bracket weighs 850 kilograms (1,874 lbs). The brackets for the Main Dome will be twice the size and will weigh 1,200 kg (2,646 lbs) each. Each Dome will have 24 brackets, and we have 3 Domes. Thus, the GRC factory will produce a total of 72 brackets.

The brackets are very ornate and detailed. They will help support the base of the Kalash. In a few days, we will lift the bracket in a crane up to the Planetarium

“Here in this material world, everyone is envious of someone else. Even in religious life, it is sometimes found that if one devotee has advanced in spiritual activities, other devotees are envious of him. Such envious devotees are not completely freed from the bondage of birth and death. As long as one is not completely free from the cause of birth and death, one cannot enter the sanātana-dhāma or the eternal pastimes of the Lord. One becomes envious because of being influenced by the designat

The appearance day (birthday) of Srila Prabhupada is a very special occasion for all Hare Krishna devotees.  Srila Prabhupada appeared on Nandotsava – the day that Nanda Maharaja had a big festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Krsna (Sri Krsna Janmastami).   This year, Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja falls on Friday, August 26, 2016 and celebrations will be from 11am-3pm at the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple.

This day is known as Vyasa Puja because the spiritual master is a representative of Sril