Seminar: Sri Tattva Sandarbha – The Life of Jiva Goswami – Romapada Swami.
HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago. He has accepted renounced order of life- sannyasa, and preaches the message of true devotion by traveling all over the United States of America, Canada, the Caribbean, India, and many ot
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Travel Journal#12.2: North and Central Florida
Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 12, No. 2
By Krishna-kripa das
(January 2016, part two)
By Krishna-kripa das
(January 2016, part two)
North and Central Florida
(Sent from Mumbai, India, on March 2, 2016)
(Sent from Mumbai, India, on March 2, 2016)
The second half of January I spent four days in Orlando, four days in Tallahassee, and five days in Gainesville chanting at Krishna Lunch and the Farmers Market, except Sunday when I attended the Alachua Sunday Feast. I also spent two days in Tampa, one chanting at University of South Fl
“Welcome home!” Mahavan dasa, a Russian disciple, greeted me as I came out of New Delhi’s slick new airport terminal, tired after my flight from Bangalore. Mahavan is my secretary when I travel in India. A brahmachari in his thirties, he wears saffron, shaves his head, and stuffs his bag with the latest gadgets—cell phones, iPads, ear buds, chargers.
“We’re not home yet,” I said. “I wish we were, but Vrindavan is still a good three hours away.”
“Well, let’s get there quickly,” he said. “The c
Hare Krishna,
On the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration, this year in Shivaji Park Rath yatra, devotees have planned to break world Guinness record of forming ISKCON 50 logo.
Devotees are requested to participate in huge numbers and make this event a great success.
Participation fees is RS 100 /- per person.
Age group : 10 years to 75 years . Yes all can participate . It's very simple just standing on the marking of logo which will give aerial view of iskcon 50 logo.
Participation fees is RS 100 /- per person.
Age group : 10 years to 75 years . Yes all can participate . It's very simple just standing on the marking of logo which will give aerial view of iskcon 50 logo.
Dress code
(This article was written in 1956 by Sri Navinacandra Cakravarti, a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. There are many stories of Ekadasi in the Puranas, but most explain the material benefits and blessings one gets from observing Ekadasi. This article, based on the conversation between Srila Vyasadeva and Jaimini Rishi, gives the real spiritual reason for following the vow of Ekadasi as emphasized by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita and later by
Jet airways is not a “budget” carrier. Having run a successful travel business for almost two decades, we come across clients asking – “Is it safe to fly with them?” This is a type of question that comes up when someone is inclined to choose to fly with a “cheap” airlines. Almost always, our answer to such questions has been – “Nothing is safe in this world”! We also tell them how in the past many reputed airlines flights have crashed killing all passengers or having sudden technical glitches s
This is one of my favorite songs in the Vaisnava Songbook. This morning it became my meditation.
Vṛndāvana
by Narottama das Thakura
Vrndavan is a transcendental beautiful place. It is the spiritual sky, where everything is made of touchstone, which fulfills all desires. All the temples there are bedcked with costly jewels, In that far distant place is the River Yamuna, which is full of lotus flowers, In the midst of that throng of lotus flowers there is a golden boat, appearing like another big
As we were driving through West Bengal, I spotted a newly built house, with two words painted in large black letters across the entry portico – God Gift (written as spelled :). I imagined how every day the family would get this message as they arrived home and could not help but smile.
It also reminded me of a quote posted at one of the seminars at the ISKCON Leadership Sanga last week – Interrupt anxiety with gratitude. Anxiety is a given in most of our lives. It seeps in all over the place, i
This Sacred Sound retreat provides the opportunity to step out of the complexity of modern life and immerse oneself in the transcendental and uplifting world of Kirtan.
Set in the beautiful surrounds of Mount Warning, Sacred Sound offers hours of maha-mantra Kirtan with some of the best Kirtan artists in the world, inspirational sadhu sanga, sumptuous meals and a restorative time for sadhana.
When:
Easter Long Weekend
Friday 25th – Monday 28th March 2016
Where:
New Govardhana Farm – 525 Tyalgum
Recently, the office wing of the temple building and the apartment building II went through roof transformations. Yoder Amish Roofing Company began replacing the temple’s office wing roofing on Monday, February 29th, 2016 and replaced the apartment building II roofing on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016.
The crew of about 8-10 men stripped old shingles, laid new plywood, added top quality synthetic underlayment and finished with a layer of lifetime duration shingles onto the temple roof.
The new offic
Reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 chapter 19 ‘The Appearance of Sukadeva Goswami’, Text 12
sukhopavistesv atha tesu bhuyah krta-pranamah sva-cikirsitam yat vijñapayam asa vivikta-ceta upasthito ’gre ’bhigrhita-panih
Translation: “After all the rsis and others had seated themselves comfortably, the King, humbly standing before them with folded hands, told them of his decision to fast until death.”
Hare Krishna! It is an honour and privilege to have the opportunity to speak somethin
Kindly find the below link for Beed lectures in Jan 2016.
Link:- http://lokanathswamiiskcon.info/class-at-beed/
Thank You
Class at Beed Lok Servant SB Class [ 1:37:21 ] Play NowDownload (2) Evening Class [ 55:33 ] Play NowDownload (3) His Holiness…
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Mahaprabhu is on the bank of the Godavari River, where Ramananda Raya often bathed. Seeing Ramananda, Mahaprabhu was eager to embrace him but somehow He restrained Himself.
Seeing a Sannyasi on east coast Ramananda Raya approached there, Mahaprabhu said, “Are you Ramananda Raya?” He replied, “I m Shudra ! They called me Ramananda Raya.” This is Humility. He didn’t say..'Yes I’m Ramananda Raya! The Governor!!' ….not talking like that.
-HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
(Shravan Utsav @Iskcon Mayapur, 3 Marc
To hear this lecture kindly click the below link.
LOKANATHSWAMIISKCON.INFO
tasmin kute ’hite naste krtta-mule vanas-patau vitapa iva susyanti visnu-prana divaukasah (SB 7.1.9)
Translation: “When the root of a tree is cut and the tree falls down, its branches and twigs automatically dry up. Similarly, when I have killed this diplomatic Visnu, the demigods, for whom Lord Visnu is the life and soul, will lose the source of their life and wither away.”
tavad yata bhuvam yuyam brahma-ksatra-samedhitam sudayadhvam tapo-yajña- svadhyaya-vrata-daninah (SB 7.1.10)
Trans
To hear this kirtan kindly click the below link.
Link:-
Category: Kirtans Mahamantra Mayapur 1 GBC Kirtan Mela Mayapur – 2nd March 2016 play…
Glories of Bhagvan Krishna in Vedic and Vaishnav literatures
By Veerendra Ekbote
Vedas are called Apaurusheya knowledge which means they are not created by humans who have imperfect senses, have cheating propensity and are subjected to deception and illusion. Vedas are having a divine origin and were revealed to the Aryan sages by the Supreme Lord himself in deep meditation and were preserved
I’m back at home base – the holy town of Vrindavana. Here we periodically return to reassess, refine and refresh. This spiritual hub, almost inconspicuously, helps one shed the illusory layers of lamentation and hankering, reminding us of the real business in life. In 1958, while residing as a lone, penniless mendicant in this remote town, Srila Prabhupada wrote a beautiful poem. “In this mood,” he said, “I am getting many realisations.”
Krishna has shown me the naked form of material nature,
By: Madhava Smullen for 9 Days 8 Nights on March 2, 2016
In our latest photo-journalism piece blogger Manoj, an Indian living in Australia, shares a highlight of his recent trip to ISKCON’s headquarters in holy Mayapur, India. There, he caught a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the hard-working temple cooks prepare food for thousands of devotees.
Here devotee women chop vegetables, their bright saris blending with blood-red tomatoes, yellow melons, and green leaves to create a vividly colorful
