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Avanti – A Growing Family of Schools

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The motto of the Krishna Avanti Schools.

 

The work of Avanti Schools Trust began in 2005 with the objective of establishing the first state-funded Hindu faith school in the UK. This pioneering project came to fruition in 2008 with the opening of Krishna Avanti Primary School in Harrow. Since then, this landmark school has deservedly benefited from national and international recognition as it journeys from strength to strength. The trust now operates five schools in Greater London, one in Le

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50th Anniversary Celebrations at Kochi

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Hon. Minister K. Babu releases the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam in Malayalam. The full set of 12 Cantos in 18 volumes was released thereafter.

 

Srimad Bhagavatam Released in Malayalam

The Honourable State Minister for Excise&Ports Sri K. Babu, released the 18 volume Malayalam version of the Srimad Bhagavatam to the Kerala public, in a packed hall full of scholars, dignitaries, devotees and ISKCON patrons from Kerala, on the 10th October 2015 at TDM hall, Kochi.

International BBT represe

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Shatakshi doing her Yamuna-dance in the waters of the clean Yamuna at the foothills of the Himalayas 

 

“Rescuing the Stolen River,” an 82-minute documentary film written and directed by ISKCON devotee Krishna-lila Dasi (Krisztina Danka, Ph.D.) about pollution in the sacred river Yamuna, premiered at the CMS Vatavaran Film Festival in New Delhi, India on October 10th.

The festival, which ran from October 9th to 13th at Delhi’s NDMC Convention Centre, is ranked in the top two environmental f

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The Most Potent form of Meditation

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We all are aware that in order to lead a happy life it is imperative to have good health. Proper diet, adequate exercise, and sufficient rest are necessary to keep our bodies strong and fit. If we neglect these requisites, our bodies become weak the immune system becomes highly susceptible to all kinds of infections and we eventually fall ill. However, more important, but less well known, is the inner self's need for spiritual nourishment and attention. If we ignore ourspiritual health requirem
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.20

TEXT 20
na jayate mriyate va kadacin
nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah
ajo nityah sasvato 'yam purano
na hanyate hanyamane sarire
SYNONYMS
na—never; jāyate—takes birth; mriyate—never dies; vā—either; kadācit—at any time (past, present or future); na—never; ayam—this; bhūtvā—came into being; bhavitā—will come to be; vā—or; na—not; bhūyaḥ—or has come to be; ajaḥ—unborn; nityaḥ—eternal; śāśvataḥ—permanent; ayam—this; purāṇaḥ—the oldest; na—never; hanyate—is killed; hanyamāne—being killed; śarīre—by the b
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October 29. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations. Prabhupada did not judge beforehand who would serve Krishna’s mission and who would not. He was fully surrendered and fully dependant on Krishna. In obedience to his spiritual master he would approach everyone without discrimination to ask for help. There was Sumati Morarji. She had helped him in publishing the Bhagavatam and she had sent him to America. In a recent letter to her, he had only given hints: I am just giving you the idea, and

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Preaching program in Vilnius, Lithuania

On the 30th of July, 2015 at a prestigious new concert hall built recently in the very heart of downtown Vilnius, Radhanath Swami shared stories from his autobiography “The Journey Home”. The luxurious hall provided a perfect venue for an evening of spiritual wisdom, where Radhanth Swami shared experiences from his journey from suburbs of Chicago to mystical India.

Radhanath Swami was joined on stage by popular Lithuanian musician and songwriter Amberlife (Edgaras Lubys) who performed live. Amb

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From Russia with love


Missionaries from Iskcon Russia to invigorate the congregational development in the USA! Bhakti Swarupa Caitanya Swami and Angira Muni Prabhu from the highly successful Nama-hatta program in Moscow and Russia (thousands of groups cultivating Krishna consciousness at their homes) in a mission to the USA for applying the same principle, firstly established by Bhaktivinoda Thakura in India, to the American reality. Find here their recent classes at the Los Angeles Iskcon temple, famous for its ste

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Sri Jagannath Ratha Yatra in Probolinggo

By Acyuta Krishna das

Lord Jagannath never stops giving His mercy to the devotees and people of Indonesia. Many cities in Indonesia already got Lord Jagannatha’s glance. This was Lord Jagannath touring program through ratha yatra. As Srila prabhupada mention on his letter that “This touring program, going from town to town with sankirtana party and distributing our literatures is our real program. So do it enthusiasticall

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A Story of Humble Success in the Ukraine

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Dear Your Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj!

Please accept our humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are Varanasi Devi Dasi and Gopi Nandini Devi Dasi, the disciples of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu. In September 2014 by the causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga we were lucky to get the nectar service, i.e. to develop the project of the Vedic Planetarium Temple in Ukraine. It happened right after Russian festival “Sadhu-Sanga” where Mataji Varanasi was serving you an

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From Kohelet to Krishna

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Jayadvaita Swami

 

With ‘Vanity Karma,’ a Jewish swami comes full circle

This is a story about the big questions, among them: “What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?”

That’s from the beginning book of Ecclesiastes — Kohelet in Hebrew — read in synagogues this Shabbat of Sukkot.

And it also addresses a smaller, easier to answer question, of interest to fewer people, among them those who attended Temple Sinai in Tenafly some

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Mukunda Goswami

 

His Holiness Mukunda Goswami, an ISKCON pioneer, guru, and one of Srila Prabhupada’s very first disciples, has undergone a successful triple-bypass surgery after suffering a heart-attack.

However devotees worldwide are still praying intensely as he prepares to undergo another high risk surgery on his hip tomorrow (Thursday October 29th).

On the night of October 22nd, Mukunda Goswami – respectfully known as Maharaja -- slipped at his residence on the ISKCON New Govardhana Fa

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Nimai Agarwal, 16, speaks on a Kids Spirit Panel at the Parliament

 

Several ISKCON devotees contributed to the Parliament of the World’s Religions – the largest interfaith gathering in the world – this year, with kirtan, japa, and an introduction to the Bhakti philosophy.

The first Parliament was held in 1893 and is recognized as the birth of formal interreligious dialogue worldwide. It wasn’t held again until one hundred years later in 1993, but has been held every five years since then.

T

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How to go in deep into Mahamantra

2515036401?profile=originalLecture on How to go in deep into Mahamantra by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 22 June 2015 at Melbourne

(Sankarshan Das fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.)

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2515036557?profile=originalLecture on Srimati  Radhrani  makes  Bhoga  for  Sri  Krishna by Vishwarup Prabhu on 25 OCT 2015

(Introduced to the movement of ISKCON in 1983 during medical college days. Started chanting 16 rounds in 1984. Acquired MBBS degree in 1985. Received first initiation in 1986 and Brahmin initiation in 1987.)

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Material Energy comes in waves

2515036449?profile=originalLecture on Material Energy comes in waves by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 23 Oct 2015 at Cape Town

( HH Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur.)

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