Premvilas das: 2nd Annual North American ISKCON health care professionals retreat will be held in Gita Nagari from September 22-25th, 2016.
It is open to any professional in the health care field and retreat is meant to promote collaboration and networking among health care professionals in North America. Students/residents/fellows currently in the health care field or simply aspiring to choose health care as a professional are welcome as well.
Mission statement: To connect and inspire all de
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I looked at my watch as I stepped out of the show room in Agra. It was 9.30 in the night. I winced. It would take us more than an hour to reach Vrindavan. We had to get up for mangala arati again the next morning.
By Suvyakta Narasimha Dasa
We had come to Agra to pick up some things for the upcoming project in Vrindavan, since they were not available there. Things were going on at a frenetic pace and devotees were working over time. We were compelled to come to Agra even though it was late. But
"शक्तिशाली को क्रोध की सत्यता को जानना चाहिये। अच्छाई को स्वीकार करें और यथार्थ को जानें। दुनिया का जो कुछ है – सब अमर, अनुपम और अनश्वर नहीं है, ऐसा समझें। जिसने अपने दिल पे काबू पा लिया है, उसकी आँखों में सारा संसार घास के बराबर तुच्छ है और बाल के बराबर अपवित्र है।
वह मालिक ख़ुद हीं हमारे अंदर अपना मौहब्बत, अपने से मिलने कि शौक पैदा करता है। यदि वह परमात्मा ख़ुद हमारे अंदर अपने इश्क़ (अनुराग) का बीज नहीं बोता, तो हमें कभी भी उसका ख़्याल (विचार) नहीं आ सकता।
आप भजन में बैठते हैं; परंतु आपको भजन में
Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu is always free from politics and institutional bashing or promotion. Just simply nectarean Krishna Katha!
Because I speak in my own words, what I say often seems brand new or different than what you’ve heard before. I like this because it encourages people to think.
Sometimes what I say may seem different than what you’ve heard Śrīla Prabhupāda say.
I consider myself a grateful follower of Śrīla Prabhupāda, so I don’t intentionally say or teach anything that contradicts him. But, depending on your current idea of what Śrīla Prabhupāda said on a given subject, you may sometimes have to be willi
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By: for ISKCON News on Feb. 5, 2016
Planting the banyan tree commemorating ISKCON's 50th anniversary
Italy’s ISKCON 50th anniversary celebrations commenced on November 25th, 2015 with the planting of a sacred Banyan tree in the historical garden of Piazza Vittorio in Rome.
The Bhaktivedanta Cultural and Educational Library donated the tree to the city of Rome on the occasion, which was auspicious as it was also the 500th anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s arrival in
The cover of the Grammy award nominated the Bhakti Without Borders CD
Four people are set to represent Bhakti Without Borders, only the third kirtan album ever to be nominated for a Grammy, at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on February 15th.
Main artist Madi Das – who duets on the album with eleven Vaishnavi co-vocalists – and producer Dave Stringer will attend as the Grammy nominees.
They will be joined by KMA record label representatives Chaitanya Mangala and Kamal Vyas.
With the exceptio
By: Kathryn Snowdon for huffingtonpost.co.uk on Feb. 5, 2016
Religious people from all different faiths are happier than those who have "no religion", official data released on Tuesday revealed.
Of all the faiths in the UK, Hindus are the happiest, scoring well above the national average and just under the demographic of people who consider themselves to be "in very good health", according to data compiled by the Office for Nationa
‘I AM NOT A HERO, BUT I’m happy I was able to help somebody.’ Brave Filip Čargonja jumped into the river Sava and rescued a man who wanted to commit suicide.
(Translated automatically)
I’d like to talk to this man, I hope you will take advantage of a second chance for life, says Philip Čargonja, from Rijeka living in Zagreb
I sat on the stairs along the Sava. I put the glasses, drank in the sun and meditated. Suddenly I heard a 'plop’.
I thought someone threw garbage into the water. The bridge
By: for ISKCON News on Feb. 5, 2016
The books on display at MOSA, Radhadesh
The Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA) in Radhadesh, Belgium, has just published two lusciously illustrated books for devotees to feast their eyes on: “Illuminations from the Bhagavad-gita” and “Prabhupada Meditations.”
Illuminations From the Bhagavad-gita
On Sunday January 24th, MOSA Director Mahaprabhu Das presented “Illuminations…” to the murti of Srila Prabhupada at ISKCON Radhadesh.
MOSA Director Mahaprabh
By Mandakini devi dasi
Preaching Krishna Consciousness in a largely atheistic, impersonal and demigod worshiping society who shun organised religion is a special skill. Devotees in the province of Taiwan are yielding positive results with a well- established and easily digestible approach.
The pioneers in this field have determined that success will surely reach the inner core of the population with the regular distribution of lunch boxes, spiritual books and Harinama. However, particularly
Famous Iranian actress visits New Govardhana.
Kisori Devi Dasi: An internationally famous, multi award-winning Iranian actress recently visited New Govardhana along with an Australian-award winning film-maker, Faramarz-alKahder. Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, one of the most significant actresses of Iranian cinema, came to Brisbane in early December to attend an award ceremony. Fellow Iranian Faramarz, who now lives in Australia, decided to show Fatemeh the sights. He contacted his friends Mandakini dev
We always start a new year at Kanhas with an increased focus on mantra meditation. This year we did some innovative crafts to get the children more excited about chanting the holy names. We especially love decorating bead bags. Once decorated the bead bag becomes a personalised item that the child is eager to use. These exciting crafts will get children chanting happily in no time!
Tie Dye bead bag decoration:
Material needed: White bead bag, rubber bands, sketch pens/texters/markers – any wil
Mark Twain says 'The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.' When we are born is past Information, to know why we are born will bring Transfromation.
Learn the essence of Life & Gita in 6 sessions of "Journey of Self Discovery Course" Quench your Quest & Enjoy this Journey towards Stability, Wisdom & Bliss !!
This course contains the essence of a study on the text and the principal religious ideas within the Bhagavad Gita. Bhagavad-gita is th
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2010, Simhachalam, Germany, Nrshima Caturdasi)
Our movement did well in the beginning with strictness but sometimes lacked in human kindness. Now, in the Iskcon of the new millennium, we have more kindness but have lost our strictness. Before, because of a lack of kindness there was fanaticism but now, we are missing the strictness that will keep us away frommaya and keep us making progress. So we need to come to a situation of strictness with kindness.
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TEXT 5
na hi kascit ksanam api
jatu tisthaty akarma-krt
karyate hy avasah karma
sarvah prakrti-jair gunaih
jatu tisthaty akarma-krt
karyate hy avasah karma
sarvah prakrti-jair gunaih
SYNONYMS
na—nor; hi—certainly; kaścit—anyone; kṣaṇam—even a moment; api—also; jātu—even; tiṣṭhati—stands; akarma-kṛt—without doing something; kāryate—is forced to do; hi—certainly; avaśaḥ—helplessly; karma—work; sarvaḥ—everything; prakṛti-jaiḥ—out of the modes of material nature; guṇaiḥ—by the qualities.
TRANSLATION
All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of
A Lecture by Giriraj Swami
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.4.22
December 2, 2007
Juhu, Bombay
We read from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Four, Chapter Four: “Sati Quits Her Body.”
TEXT 22
naitena dehena hare krtagaso
dehodbhavenalam alam kujanmana
vrida mamabhut kujana-prasangatas
taj janma dhig yo mahatam avadya-krt
SYNONYMS
na—not; etena—by this; dehena—by the body; hare—to Lord Siva; krta-agasah—having committed offenses; deha-udbhavena—produced from your body; alam alam—enough, enough; ku-janmana—with a con
"How could someone feel their life to be perfect – with no room for improvement?"
This morning I quizzed someone about their new year’s resolution. Their reply – “my life is going great, I don’t need to change a thing – resolutions are for losers!” I had never heard that before! How could someone feel their life to be perfect – with no room for improvement? Without making the effort to grow, to learn, to explore and to challenge our current ways of functioning, how can we truly realise our p
Lecture on Lord Siva teaches Pracetas in Rudra gitam on how we should offer ourselves to supreme Lord by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 03 Jan 2015
(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)
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