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The Christmas tree in front of New York's Rockefeller Center
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
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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
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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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New Yahoo Messenger apps were released in English for smartphones or tablets powered by Apple or Android software, as were versions of the service tailored for use on the Web or on desktop computers.
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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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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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A famous American celebrity, Mark Ruffalo, gets the Bhagavad-gita in New York City, this year during the book marathon from a resident monk.
Every December, the devotees and friends of ISKCON world-wide do an annual ‘book marathon’, giving out books on Krishna consciousness by the thousands. To learn more about this on-going marathon in the UK, how to contribute and reactions by the public, please see: www.facebook.com/The-100k-Effort-Prabhupada-Marathon-2015
As he stood at his upstairs win
Me? The Sweet Control Freak? Could it be? Consider, we could just be sweet, well mannered control freaks. Not rude, unmannerly and egotistical, but sweet control freaks. We like everything to go according to our plan. Yet, we don’t take seriously how there could be a master plan and a master reason for things. We think that the resources of this world are meant for our enjoyment, they should be under control – for us… This full length presentation given at the Loft Yoga Lounge in Auckland highl
During the Prabhupada marathon in Upper Hutt, near Wellington, NZ, I tried stopping a young Maori lady with a pram as she entered a burger shop. She gave me the cold shoulder - didn't even consider stopping.
Soon after I stopped another young Maori lady who was very interested in the Gita, though she didn't know much about Krsna or Eastern wisdom. Being fifty cents short of the recommended donation, she said she would get more from her sister in the burger shop. I told her not to worry (I was c
