Bhaktivedanta Institute

By the GBC

RESOLVED: The GBC Body hereby commends the important and time-critical nature of the work of Rasaraja Das and Bhaktivedanta Institute Berkeley/Mumbai. The GBC members offer their heartfelt blessings to them for their continued excellence in devotional service.

Singer Nina DĂ­az’ Spiritual Makeover

By sacurrent.com

Her spiritual name is Neela Megha Shyama; in Sanskrit it means “big blue body resembling a black cloud.” When initiated, devotees take up Krishna names followed by “Dasa” for men and “Dasi” for women, meaning “servant,” as in “servant of God.”

Magnificent Jagannatha Ratha-Yatra In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

By Guru dasa

Our festival was blessed and enlivened by senior Vaisnavas such as Sri Bhakti Vikasa Swami Maharaja, Sri Prabodananda Swami Maharaja, Sri Mahaman Prabhuji etc.

His Grace Ananta-santi Prabhu

By the GBC Executive Committee

A few days ago, we were shocked and saddened to hear of the departure of our dear godbrother, Ananta-santi Prabhu, a legend in the history of the Krsna consciousness movement

Statement of the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON

By the GBC Community Relations Office

Those who accept the service of diksha or siksha guru within ISKCON are mandated to be strict followers of the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, and, as long as they follow, they are acting on the liberated platform. Thus they may serve, as Srila Prabhupada ordered, as bonafide representatives of the Lord and the Guru Parampara and be a via medium of Their mercy

NASN May 2013 - North American Sankirtan Newsletter

By Mayapur Sasi dasa

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this page contains the following North American results for the month of May

Complaint Against New Vrindaban Management

By Nityodita dasa

A manager of a big chain store in Ohio called New Vrindaban Temple President, Jaya Krsna dasa and bitterly pointed out that New Vrindaban’s purchases of milk, butter, heavy whipping cream, and yogurt are at a dangerously low level!

Final Results From The Sri Nrsimhadeva Msf 2013

By Malini devi dasi

We offered the results of our Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) of sincere prayers, which was held for last one month at ISV on the auspicious appearance day of Lord Narasimhadev at ISV

An Audience with Nirantara Das, Veteran of Spiritual Sound

By Krishna Sharma das

Last week I was blessed to be granted an interview with devotional music veteran Nirantara Das, a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, practitioner and preacher of bhakti-yoga for nearly 40 years

Balabadra Bhattacharya das: 40 Years of Service in Atlanta

By Sikhi Mahiti das

Balabadra was born in Atlanta, became a devotee in Atlanta, and has never served in any other temple since. He was an airport book distributor back in the day, temple vice president for 5 years, and temple president for 20 years! He continue to serve despite being replaced. He is always present at temple functions, he has a weekly gita class, and unlimited harinams

Diary of a Traveling Monk, Volume 13, Chapter 11

By Indradyumna Swami

My dear godbrother, Ananta-santi, I have no doubt that upon leaving your body you were delivered straight to the spiritual world where Srila Prabhupada personally received you and engaged you in service

Of religion and philosophy

By Damodar Prasad das

Bertrand Russell, famed agnostic philosopher, has criticised Thomas Aquinas, famed Catholic philosopher for knowing in advance the outcome of his argument. He has claimed “The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading.”

Licensing GCal Software

By the GBC

The ISKCON Governing Body Commission Society hereby agrees that its copyrighted software package “Gaurabda Calendar (GCal)” authored by Gopalapriya Das may be licensed to members of the general public under a suitable open-source licensing agreement. The GBC Vaisnava Calendar Committee, presently constituted with members Bhanu Swami, Gopalapriya Das, Sadasivananda Das, and Bhaktarupa Das, are authorized, in consultation with legal advisors, to finalize the terms of such licensing agreements and devise policies and procedures whereby such agreements may be executed

Memorial and Memories of Srimati Isa Devi Dasi

By Iskcon Boston

Recorded video if you would like to watch the Memorial festival for Mother Isa that took place in Iskcon’s Boston temple, Saturday, May 4th, 2013

A sysnopsis of the 5th ISKCON Vedic Ecology Convention

By Divesh Maharaj

The 5th ISKCON Vedic Ecology Convention was held recently at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. The event was attended by a diverse audience which included school learners and educators, university students and members of the public

Prabhupada Festival, Los Angeles, honoring recently departed ISKCON Vaishnavas

By lalive.us

Guru Das: Let’s not wait until we die to offer help! Video of the second day of the famous Prabhupada Festival in New Dwarka

Prabhupada Festival, Los Angeles, 25 May 2013

By lalive.us

Video of the first day of the famous Prabhupada Festival in New Dwarka. Main speakers are Praladhananda Swami, Dravida, Madhudvisa and Rameswara Prabhus, Nitya Tripta Dasi and others

Hare Krishna Food For All at G8 Summit

By Sakshi Gopal das

It’s summer 2013 and high time for another G8 meeting. Just inside the main gate of this exclusive 300 acre golf course in Hertfordshire a small corner of the estate has been set aside as a press office for the media, courtesy of the highly secretive Bilderberg Group

“The Most Ecstatic SKP Newsletter Of All Time! Should Be Read Aloud To All Of The Assembled Devotees!”

By Uttamasloka Dasa

If Prabhupada smiled at you directly and connected for even a second, it became an indelible samskara that would stay with you for life. Everyone hankered for those gems and collected them as precious gifts. Prabhupada continued to look from side to side to acknowledge everyone, and then when he was about 15 feet from me, he bestowed one of those jewels on me. I smiled gratefully and fixed my gaze on him

Sri Sri Gaur Nitai installation Dwaraka Colony, New Delhi

By Basu Ghosh Das

Today, on Sunday, June 16, 2013, Jyesth Shukla saptami on the vedic calendar, Deities of Sri Sri Gaur Nitai were installed in a temporary, but well designed and stylish temple in one of New Delhi’s largest and ‘up and coming’ locale’s, Dwaraka Colony

Does God Exist

By Jagdish soni

Although Scientists don’t believe in god but this article scientifically proves that God do exist and he is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of entire universe. I hope after reading this article all atheists will convert into theist

Devotees connect at European New Age festival

By Alex de Jong

Eigentijds Festival is the largest New Age spiritual festival in Europe. This year, from june 6th to 9th, about 2000 participants converged on the village of Vierhouten in The Netherlands for a full program of workshops, yoga and meditation sessions, concerts ranging from mantra singing to didgeridoo playing and encounters with like-minded souls

Can We Compare Iskcon With Other Faiths?

By Kesava Krsna Dasa

Scholars and professors like to observe Iskcon and compare us with various religions. Devotees too, can feel that they belong to one of the faiths called Iskcon. Should we accept that we are just one of many, or is there something unique being neglected?

In His Own Words

By Indradyumna Swami

Anatoli Fedorovich Pinyayev (Ananta-santi dasa) was the first Soviet Hare Krsna devotee. Because of his active preaching throughout the USSR and because of the spiritual influence he had on many people, he was subjected to severe persecution for five and a half years at the hands of the staff at various Soviet psychiatric hospitals

Primary and Secondary Rules

By Madhavananda das

Vaiṣṇavas follow various vidhis or rules. However, it’s not that all of these vidhis have equal importance. For example it is a rule that one should take bath daily, it is also a rule that one should chant the holy names daily, but of the two vidhis the latter is much more important

Ananta Shanti das’s glorious life

By Parvati devi dasi

I am appealing to you for an unusual request. I request that our society deeply consider honoring this devotee who lived and died to spread Krishna consciousness, by observing his appearance day yearly, as we do Jayananda prabhu’s

School Blossoms in New Talavan

By Ananta Ram das

It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the re-opening and expansion of the school in New Talavan. By the grace of Guru and Gauranga, and for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, we will be able to open the school in August 2013

Criticism and Vaisnava Aparadhe: Is it Really Worth the Risk?

By Bhaktisiddhanta Swami

Criticism is fine when the hidden motivation is to support the spiritual welfare of another but when it is there to undermine without any pure desire for their spiritual upliftment, then that is a reactionary affair

Sriman Ananta Santi das prabhu Departs

By several vaishnavas reporting

Prabhupada’s five days on Russian soil provided him ample opportunity to position himself well for the eventual checkmate his movement would play in Soviet Russia. But it was Ananta-santi who took Prabhupada’s message to heart, single-handedly, vigorously, sharing what he had learned with hundreds of Soviet people, many who became devotees

Consciousness After Death: Strange Tales From the Frontiers of Resuscitation Medicine

By Brandon Keim

Parnia: (a doctor at Stony Brook University Hospital and director of the school’s resuscitation research program) There may be something in the brain we haven’t discovered that accounts for consciousness, or it may be that consciousness is a separate entity from the brain

Child Protection Expands in ISKCON North America

By Lilasukha devi dasi

The Child Protection Office for North America is located right here in Alachua, Florida, making it yet another valuable ISKCON project seated in the New Raman Reti community.

Famous Aussie artist Wendy Saddington aka Gandharvika devi dasi ACBSP leaving her body

By her friends

Everyone, I have to let you all know that our beloved Wendy aka Gandharvika Dasi is extremely ill and is preparing to leave her Earthly body. Gandharvika has late stage oesophageal cancer. She is at her Melbourne home with loved ones and is reasonably comfortable and is in excellent spirits. She has been surrounded by loving friends who are chanting with her. Gandharvika has accepted the fact that she is soon to be free of this body and make no mistake, she is leaving with joy

Successful Seminar on Ksatriya Dharma at Prabhupada Desh Italy

By Candramauli Swami

The term Vaisnava indicates transcendence, designated not as anything material, yet in order to perform activities of functioning as a complete social body one person may serve as a Brahmana or a Ksatriya or a Vaisya. These designations are material but work done with respect to one’s Varna and offered to Krsna in devotional service is Bhakti Yoga and called Daivi Varnashram, transcendental Varnashram

 
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