(Third from left, with white and light green sari)
By Nila Kamal das
With a heavy heart we sadly announce that HG Krsna Mayi devi dasi, disciple of HH Subhag Swami Maharaj has left her body in Sri Vrindavan Dham at 9.40pm on the 24th of April. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai and 7 years later it finally took its toll.
It is said that ‘simplicity is vaisnavism’. Krsna Mayi Mataji was the embodiment of this statement, her dealings and behavi
Kirtan newsletter.
Yasomati Devi Dasi: It has already been more than a month since Kirtan Mela Mayapur. We have received several comments, most saying that they felt it was the best for them, easier to connect. Actually, this is not surprising as chanting is a personal journey, which increases in spiritual wealth and realizations as time goes by, as long as one is careful to stay away from offences. There were challenges like the absence of HH Sacinandana Swami and Madhava prabhu, but somehow
On April 22nd, 2016 Radhanath Swami joined faith leaders from around the world at Church Center of The United Nations in New York City to encourage world leaders to sign the Paris agreement on climate change. The event (The Interfaith Climate Change Statement To World Leaders Handover Program) was mainly organized byGreenFaith, in partnership with a number of faith based organizations.
Although a climate change agreement was made in Paris, each individual country that signed on still needs to a
From Back to Godhead
The race for supremacy continues even in the virtual world
This is the age of internet.People are spending more and more time online. They are emailing, socializing, chatting, downloading, uploading, sight-seeing, blogging. And of course they are searching. In fact to perform all the previous tasks, one needs the help of a search-engine like Google. Google is so famous today for helping people find something on the internet that it is almost synonymous with a search-engine.
We have hoodies available now.
They are:
• warm
• trendy
• and will remind you of ISKCON
HURRY!
They come in 3 colours (Black, Navy Blue and Grey) and 3 sizes (S, M and L). Please find some images of them attached.
Available at http://www.iskconcongregation.com/product/hoodies/
Ys Manjulali M.S. dd
Communications Office
Excerpt from a lecture
Srila Prabhupada remembered his doctor friend from Prayag or Allahabad called Dr. Ghosh. Prabhupada wanted him to come and treat him. So someone had to go.
I was asked to go to Allahabad and it was a big rush and it was an emergency. So I went, well, he was not in Allahabad, he was in Darjeeling, where his granddaughter was studying. So I had to go to Darjeeling, it is in Assam on top of the mountain.
In Allahabad I remember, I first went to Dr. Ghosh’s home and found out h
Padayaatra Newsletter 2016_EDITORIAL
Here we are, at the beginning of 2016, the year of ISKCON’s Golden Jubilee, which brings me back to the beginning of 1996, Srila Prabhupada’s centennial year.
At that time the Padayatra Ministry had pledged to have padayatra in 100 countries, but in May 1996, even after holding a global Padayatra Week, we still hadn’t reached our goal.
We had made so much noise about padayatra in one hundred countries, and we sincerely didn’t want to fall short. I believed that
Excerpt from a Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami
So one time I approached him to take sannyas. I was two and a half year in the movement (Laughter), joined in '72 and approached Srila Prabhupada in '74 for sannyas.
Prabhupada said, 'wait' (Laughter). Then I was waiting. Srila Prabhupada then during one visit of Mumbai, he asked Sridhar, ' You take sannyas you go to Vrndavana, I am coming there very soon.'
So when the news reached me, I ran to Prabhupada, 'Me too, me too!' What I have done wrong? Me too,
Hare Krishna Devotees,
Kirtan in TALLINN (Estonia) Kirtan Mela on 22 April 2016
Hare Krishna Devotees,
To watch & Listen this audio kirtan kindly click the below link:-
We should hear katha with shanti and silence and then hearing will give you all benefit, in between the ear and atma there is mana you should take care that mana does not create disturbance in hearing.
If a good advice is given to 'murkha' (the foolish person), he is not pacified on the contrary he becomes angry. Wherever it is coming from one should take good advice. Gold, wherever it is, may be in the dustbin you grab it.
Probably you all have experience of… as you go out preaching and you come across lot of times these demoniac natured persons and they end up becoming angry. They say, “Go! Get a job”. Hare Krishnas are chanting on the streets of wherever. They are not even directly preaching
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of ISKCON, the glorious event of “Jagannath Rath Yatra Festival�€ took place on Saturday, 23rd of April 2016 as a Humble Offering to Srila Prabhupada by ISKCON Coimbatore.
This Jagannath Rath Yatra Festival was blessed by HH. Jayapataka Swami Maharaj and took place under the leadership HH.BhaktiVinod Swami Maharaj, Zonal Secretary, Western Tamil Nadu & Kerala & Temple president of Coimbatore ISKCON.
The Ratha Yatra took place in a famous Hill Sta
Hare Krishna.
One hears so much about renunciation in our movement and many times as grihasthas (householders) we become confused as to what is actual renunciation for us and how can we practically apply it in our daily life. I searched on this topic and found some gems which I am sharing below.
We should be aware that as long as we remain attached to material enjoyment we will not be able to remain properly fixed in the process of bhakti yoga. As householders our goal should be progressive re
The Bhakti Women Team embarked on the project “ Bhakti Women Shakti: Portraits of Strength and Wisdom” during the Sadhu Sanga and Gita Nagari Retreats ( May 2015).
It is a living project with over forty short videos of wisdom from women who have been practicing Bhakti.
While we have presented the example of women from scriptures like Gandhari, Rukmini Devi, Sita, Kunti Devi, Devahuti, Vindhyawalli and others through our website we felt it was imperative to also present the wisdom of contempora
Prahladananda Swami: I am happy to introduce the second Sannyasa Ministry newsletter. In this newsletter there is an article by Kripamoya prabhu about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s revival of the sannyasa ashrama in our disciplic succession. You will also find some words of appreciation for Gaura Krishna dasa Goswami, a relatively new sannyasi who unexpectedly departed from this world last year. In this newsletter you read about the visit to Nigeria with Bhakti Ananda Tirtha Swami,
Planners unanimously gave consent for a new community building at a Hindu temple.
The Hertsmere Borough Council’s planning committee officially granted planning permission for a new development on the grounds of Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Aldenham on Thursday.
The application is to build a two storey community building or a Haveli, as well as relocating the existing poly tunnels, greenhouses and playground.
Gauri das, managing director at the temple, said: “We are exceptionally pleased to receive
The chanting of the Holy Names of Lord Krishna is the supreme panacea for the age of Kali. Those who chant attentively with a sincere feeling will carry the purity and the ability to influence and create a lasting change in their own lives as well as that of others in the misguided civilization of this dark age. Small wonder that devotees are constantly encouraged to participate in programmes like the Holy Name retreats to help them with their chanting and thus lead their lives closer to Krishn
The Director, Padmanayana das, informed that the Mayapur Institute started in the year 2000 with just 3 Bhakti Sastri students and today after 15 years of operation, 157 students from 30 different countries are receiving graduat