By Yadunandana das
Translation: Sofiya Perfilyeva
Edited by Visnu Murti das
The first Russian to visit Vrndavana was Emperor Nikolas II, 125 years ago
On Friday, January the 4th in 1891, Hindus who were bathing in the sacred river Yamuna witnessed an amazing scene. A ship with the name of an unknown language approached.
In the morning mist, surrounded by armed soldiers, a young light-skinned man in an officer’s jacket, looking, however, not belligerent came ashore. The stranger was the cr
Krsna Pusya abhiseka is a not very well known ceremony but wonderful nonetheless.
During the morning puja, or worship, the Deity or a salagrama is bathed in pure ghee. Srila Prabhupada once explained the festival this way: “Krishna was just a toy in the hands of the Gopis, so one day the Gopis decided that we shall decorate Him.
Pusyabhisheka means a ceremony to decorate the deity profusely with flowers, ornaments, cloths. After there should be lavish feasting and a procession through the stre
Hare Krsna
Dear Devotee,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Do you believe in our families supporting each other to advance in our Krsna Consciousness? Do you believe in our youth creating new approaches and new ways of sharing Krsna with others? Do you believe in our children being prepared and mentored by trusted friends? Do you believe in communities and individuals caring for each other and advancing together in Krsna Consciousness?
This is the vision t
A month ago, I was in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner—in the Prabhupada House where we stayed at the time—when there was a knock on the door. My husband answered the door and I heard,
“Is Bhakti-lata there?”
A polite young man entered and he told me,
“I know someone you know”
“Who?”
“Yogi.”
I thought for a second.
“Richard C.?”
“Yes!”
Yogi is the prison name of bhakta Richard (whom we now call Krishna Kirtan). The young man had been in prison with
Compassion is the response to the suffering of others that motivates a desire to help. It motivates people to go out of their way to help physical, spiritual, or emotional hurts or pains of another. The fundamental need of all of us is love. Every living being is looking for pleasure—from the insignificant insect to the kings and prime ministers. Everyone is seeking pleasure, but there is only one pleasure that can reach the heart, and that is the pleasure of experiencing the heart’s need to giv
Question to Radhanath Swami: I wanted to know whether this world is real or is an illusion?
Radhanath Swami: The world is real but your conception of the world is an illusion. For example, if you mistake a snake to be a rope, that’s an illusion. You may pick it up and tie it around your throat, but when you get bitten by it, that’s not illusion, that’s real, because the snake is real. So the illusion was the misconception: you thinking that it was a rope. There is a rope and there is a snake but
Lecture on Disappearance day Jayadeva Goswami by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 15 Jan 2012
(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)
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Lecture on Pushya Abhishek Festival Lecture - Significance Of Pushya Abhishek by HH Radhanath Swami on 29 Jan 2011 at ISKCON Chowpatty
(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)
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Lecture on Managing the tricks of mind by HG Prema Manjari Mataji on 14 Jan 2016 at Singapore
(HG Prema Manjari mataji joined ISKCON in 1992 during her MBBS days and received her first initiation from HH Radhanath Swami maharaj in 1996. She has set an example for others to follow by wonderfully balancing between her hectic professional life as a radiologist and spiritual life.)
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Lecture on Srila Prabhupada-Our Founder Acharya by HG Suresvar Prabhu
(His Grace Suresvar Prabhu joined Srila Prabhupada's movement in 1970, serving as a preacher and book distributor across the U.S. He is currently teaching with MIHET in Sridham Mayapur. He is a contributor to Back to Godhead Magazine. )
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Compassion is the response to the suffering of others that motivates a desire to help. It motivates people to go out of their way to help physical, spiritual, or emotional hurts or pains of another. The fundamental need of all of us is love. Every living being is looking for pleasure—from the insignificant insect to the kings and prime ministers. Everyone is seeking pleasure, but there is only one pleasure that can reach the heart, and that is the pleasure of experiencing the heart’s need to giv
Dear devotees, Please accept the blessings of Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Panca-tattva & Sri Narasimhadeva from Sri Mayapur dham.
On behalf of ISKCON Mayapur, I take pleasure in inviting you to take part in a very historic & grand Gaura Purnima festival 2016. This year is the Golden Jubilee year of ISKCON. Srila Prabhupada fifty years back in New York on 1966 founded ISKCON to fulfill his Guru's orders and the words of Mahaprabhu
- Prithvite ache yata nagaradi grama
sarvatra prachara haibe mora nama
Hare Krishna dear Jayapataka Swami,
Please accept our obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is a letter from the Russian team of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium construction project.
We are grateful to you for engaging us in fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s personal desire – construction of the magnificent Temple of the Golden Age! Please accept our efforts as an offering.
For 2015, we collected and transferred to a bank account in Mayapur over USD 160,
At the battlefield of Kurushetra, Arjuna put aside his weapons and with tears in his eyes looked at Krishna expecting compassion. But in return he got chastisement. Tears of sorrow did not impress Krishna but rather it displeased him. If a child refuses to appear in an exam then his mother won’t be sympathetic although her child may give several reasons for not giving the exam. Mother being the best well -wisher of her child knows how important exam is for her child’s career.
Kris
Washington, D.C.—1966 was a significant year. Chairman Mao Tse-Tung’s “Little Red Book” was published for the first time. Despite mass protests, the United States began to bomb Hanoi, North Vietnam’s capital. The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 made the first soft landing on the Moon. Actor Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California. Indira Gandhi visited Washington. Walt Disney died. The Beatles performed their very last concert in San Francisco’s Candlestick Park.
And, on New York City’s lower e
Answer by Romapada Swami: The purpose of marriage is to provide an opportunity for all the members in the family to properly support one another to peacefully practice and grow in their Krishna Consciousness. In Vedic scriptures, the institution of marriage is referred to as an “ashram” or a sacred place of purification. Marriage provides much opportunity for this as it involves rising above one’s own personal attachments/issues and serving the other members of the family with devotion and deta
by Jennifer Scheper Hughes, James Kyung-Jin Lee, Amanda Lucia, and S. Romi Mukherjee
Practicing religion in public
This is an excerpt of an article from Boom Winter 2015, Vol 5, No 4. The full article is available here for subscribers only. Not a subscriber? Click here to change that.
California is experiencing a proliferation of public religious celebrations like never before. Processions spill onto city streets. Altars summoning the spirits of the dead are erected at busy i
Leaders from across the United States and Canada met at the ISKCON temple in Houston Texas for three days of annual meetings.
Many of the more than sixty temple presidents and GBCs attending this year’s ISKCON North American Leaders Meetings called the event “the best ever.”
This was largely owing to the upbeat mood brought about by ISKCON’s 50th anniversary, increasing book distribution successes, and the inspiring association at the meetings.
“It was very, very positive and full of proactive
