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Srila Prabhupada: “Whatever you have on your plate when you start, you have to finish that prasadam.”
Daivishakti: In 1974, maybe in August, after Janmastami, Prabhupada was again recovering from his sickness. And we used to cook for Prabhupada, and then after cooking for Prabhupada we would make something for his servants and secretaries to eat.
There were three of them that we were cooking for at that time. I think it was Brahmananda Swami, Bhagavan, Srutakirti and maybe a few others. So we w

amara ajnaya guru hana tara ei desa
yare dekha, tare kaha ‘krsna’-upadesa
[Cc. Madhya 7.128]

Amara ajnaya guru hana. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said… Because Caitanya Mahaprabhu is maha-vadanyavatara, most munificent incarnation to reclaim all the fallen souls. Ei rupe brahmanda bhramite kono bhagyavan jiva [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. So the guru’s business is to make everyone a bhagyavan, fortunate. That is guru’s business. The guru’s business is… They are so much sympathetic that one can get Krsna consciou

Photo Credits: Krisztina Danka

Earlier this month, a 12 ton, 78 feet Norway Spruce at Rockefeller Center in New York City lit up with 45,000 lights. The tree lighting event at Rockefeller Center started in 1933. But the Christmas tree event goes back to when it was introduced to English high society by Prince Albert who put up an evergreen for the holidays in Windsor Castle in 1841. It had been a pre Christian German symbol, and mos

The Bhagavad-gita is an incredible literary work. Here are 5 reasons not just to love the Gita, but to read it regularly, and let the teachings be a guiding light in your life:

1. It’s an ancient text. The fact that it is not only still around, but still read, studied and contemplated, is a testimony to it’s enduring grace. To be handed down, generation after generation, with a timeless (yet timely) message for all, means it transcends material time and speaks to the eternal soul.

2. Sanksrit,

There are numerous busy times of year for the Hare Krishna Temple here in Toronto when activities and events come in abundance and the temple is buzzing with excitement. The end of the year is certainly one of those times and is always a fun time for everyone as Toronto's Hare Krishnas are known for closing the calendar in style and ushering in the new year on a transcendent note! The following is your guide to spending New Years Eve with Toronto's Hare Krishna Temple!

As we do every year, d

Lecture on Independence means quitting from this world  by Bhakti Vinoda Swami on 15 Aug 2015

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By Brajagopal Dasa

Abstract

In the past, philosophers, scientists, and even the general opinion, had no problem in accepting the existence of consciousness in the same way as the existence of the physical world. After the advent of Newtonian mechanics, science embraced a complete materialistic conception about reality. Scientists started proposing hypotheses like abiogenesis (origin of first life from accumulation of atoms and molecules) and the Big Bang theory (the explosion theory for explain

Submitted by Jaganmohini devi dasi

On December 17th, 2015, disciples and well-wishers around the world will be celebrating 78th Vyasa-Puja ceremony of H.H. Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami.

As an accomplished scientist, saint, philosopher, educationist, poet, writer, instrumentalist, cultural and peace ambassador, H.H.Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami touched and transformed many hearts from all the sections of society. Though physically not present, yet he continues to inspire and guide his well-wisher

Krishna Priya grew up as a Hare Krsna devotee in the ISKCON New Vrindaban farm community in West Virginia. Her parents were initiated by Srila Prabhupada and are both very talented and artistic.

I first met Krishna Priya in 2003, while she was studying for her B.A. in English and later her M.Ed. in Secondary English Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville. We were roommates, sharing the old trailer at the Vaisnava Academy for Girls, from which she has graduated a few years prior.

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SRI ALARNATH TEMPLE

at Brahmagiri, Orissa (Odisha)

Sri Alarnath Temple

Sri Alarnath Temple is a very important temple of Visnu near Jagannatha Puri (23 km) at Brahmagiri, Orissa. Lord Alarnath is the representative of Lord Jagannatha at Puri. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at this temple during anavasara, the two-week period afterSnana-yatra when Lord Jagannatha rests in seclusion before the annual Rathayatra (chariot festival) in Jagannatha Puri. Lord Caitanya couldn't bear staying in Puri

Lecture on Do I really need a Guru by HG Urmila Mataji on 30 Nov 2015 at Hawaii

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Hare Krishna.

17th December, 2015. Gurgaon.

So many times one come across apparent contradictions in scriptures. Yesterday I read a beautiful explanation of inconceivable nature of Krishna by HH Romapada maharaj in reply to a question at http://www.dandavats.com. It is so nice to hear explanations on such topics from a self realised soul, suddenly inconceivable becomes conceivable.

Question: I have a question regarding a statement I heard in the past and remembered recently: Seeming paradoxes are f

Lecture on Science and Positive Thinking by HH Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 2015

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)

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Interview with Krishna Kanta Dasi by Pranada Devi Dasi On theVaishnavi Voices Poetry Project

A new book is being produced that calls for the participation of women poets in the Bhakti tradition. The Vaishnavi Voices Poetry Project is drawing in women devotees from all over the world, who are uniting together to represent and offer a tribute to the spiritual sentiments of contemporary vaishnavis, or women practitioners of bhakti yoga. Here, Pranada Devi Dasi interviews the organizer, Krishna Kan

Lecture on Men and Women Spiritual Culture Day 03 by HG Devaki Mataji on 07 Dec 2015 at ISKCON Mira Road.

(Mother Devaki has served in various capacities for over 20 years and has in later years engaged in creating festivals and various meetings for devotees to listen about and glorify Krsna. She started pioneer preaching in former Soviet Union.)

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