By Vineet ChanderMEDIA RELEASE - ISKCON COMMUNICATIONS on the latest developments in the persecution of a Hindu minority in Kazakhstan. Notably, the government's actions fly in the face of statements made by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the U.K. Parliament.
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- 5 Feb 2007
By Sita-pati dasFor me, personally, the definitive Prabhupada take on chocolate comes from an anecdote recorded in one of H.H. Satsvarupa Maharaja's Prabhupada Nectar books: One devotee had recently joined the temple in India. He recalls that he was addicted to eating chocolate, even though he knew that devotees did not take it.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By Adiguru dasOver the last couple of weeks as I have been travelling, I have been meeting several people who seem to be very eager and open for Krishna Consciousness. I asked Billie my usual cabdriver, how many books does she need to distribute. She gave me a figure for around 20 books.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By Jayapataka SwamiIt is a beautiful Temple. Colored with intricate golden filigree, marble floors, carvings and painting everywhere. They have raised the "bar" in Tirupati with this beautiful offering to the Lord. There may be bigger temples in ISKCON, but this one is very beautiful.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By BB Govinda SwamiHowever, as soon as construction began the same government authorities brought an administrative case against the community for having started illegal construction. SKC members were shocked by the change, but fully complied with local authorities and demolished the foundation.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By Janananda dasWorld famous Bondi beach, Christmas day 2006. 25 devotees descend amidst the thousands of beach combers with their surf boards and numerous other gadgets for trying to find happiness. The kirtan begins winding our way along the promenade. Then into the bar areas, onto the grass, with bodies lying everywhere in different states of awareness. The kirtan reaches higher and higher peaks raising the fallen to their feet.
...- 30 Jan 2007
By Bhakta ChrisSo, how did I, a peanut butter and jelly Nintendo kid from America, the land of plenty and plenty more, choose to enter as a brahmacari into the tradition of Gaudiya Vaisnavism as brought to the West by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada?
...- 30 Jan 2007
By Kaunteya DasA journalist pretended to be a normal Christian follower asking the confessors for absolution from his sins, or rather asking if what he claimed to be doing was sinful.
...- 30 Jan 2007
By Mayapur Sasi dasaFor the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains the following North American results for the month of December: North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors etc., Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5
...- 27 Jan 2007
By BB Govinda SwamiThe representative of the General Prosecutors' office said on the last day of the Commission (3rd of January, 2007) that the Karasai District Prosecutors office has opened a criminal case against the members of the Society for Krishna Consciousness.
...- 27 Jan 2007
By Jaya Govinda Caran DasTo be honest, I did not know what to do, write to my spiritual master asking for advice, or run into the first chocolate shop I find, because I have to recognize, I was a chocolate addicted and the only idea of eating chocolates without any feeling of guiltiness made me so glad.
...- 27 Jan 2007
By Murari Gupta DasaHis Grace Sridama Prabhu was enthusing devotees to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books at Malad Station. His heartfelt announcements were inspiring the crowd, and sales picked up. Then a strange thing happened...
...- 27 Jan 2007
By Vijaya DasaDecember was a very successful ending for 2006 with over half of the years points being done in that month alone. What a great marathon! India of course was the main reason for that turn out, Srila Prabhupada predicted that India would be a country where book distribution would be a great success, and so it has.
...- 27 Jan 2007
By Ekalavya DasHere at ISKCON Pandharpur, we just had our first Youth Festival. More than two hundred youths attended from district towns and villages across Maharashtra including Pandharpur, Jaisingpur, Solapur, Amravati, Pune, Jalgoan, Vita, Satara, Sangli, Aravade, Alibhag, and Bid. The festival was a co-operative effort of ISKCON Pandharpur and the ISKCON Maharashtra Preaching Ministry
...- 25 Jan 2007
By Gokulananda dasOur mercilful God has offered us this perfect revelation about our real spiritual identities and our inate enduring loving relation to Him; and He has preserved its integrity within an unbroken disciplic succession "evam parampara praptam" of His empowered servants, the authentic Vedic teachers
...- 25 Jan 2007
By Kesava Krsna DasaDo we see all the obeisances and reverences accorded to the renounced order and secretly think “That position really has some power! Advanced supremacy! Without so much as lifting a finger, devotees fall like adoring uprooted trees without a storm in their presence. It is tempting to say, I wouldn’t mind having a danda.”
...- 25 Jan 2007
By Deenanath DasaSrila Prabhupada encouraged repetition of the sastra as a principle of disciplic succession and at the same time he condemned it as artificial and unscientific. Let’s examine the two positions with quotes from him.
...- 24 Jan 2007
By Basu Ghosh DasBefore I begin to describe the conference, I would like to publicly thank both Sriman Bimal Krishna Prabhu and Sriman (Dr.) Ganga Narayan Prabhu, who are the co-Presidents of ISKCON Ujjain, for so kindly hosting myself and my “party” at the newly constructed guest house there.
...- 24 Jan 2007
By Krishna-kirti dasI offer my obeisances to my spiritual master, Hridayananda das Goswami. In presenting these essays, I have meant you no malice. But please understand: I would rather be an outcast and have my arguments given a thoughtful hearing instead of an insider whose arguments are never heard. I offer my obeisances at your feet. And finally, I offer my obeisances at the feet of my param-guru, Srila Prabhupada. Without you, where would we all be? Please have mercy on me.
...- 24 Jan 2007
By Deena Bandhu das- 22 Jan 2007
By Deena Bandhu dasaThe Brahma-vaivarta Purana explains why Sarasvati no longer exists in her full glory: When Ganga-devi cursed Sarasvati-devi to become a river here on Mrtyuloka, one of the conditions was that she would only remain on earth as long as rishis and other great sages performed tapasya on her banks.
...- 22 Jan 2007
By Karuna Purna dasiAlthough, the subject of devotees' consumption of commercial milk speeding the moment of cows' slaughter has already been discussed years ago, I think that it is a good idea to revisit it from time to time.
...- 22 Jan 2007
By Dravida dasaOfferings for Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja book are due on April 15, 2007. The following is the official BBT announcement in this regard.
...- 22 Jan 2007
By Lilasuka dasiI am so happy to see some environmental issues being discussed amongst the devotee community. It is an issue for everyone in the world wherever you are. The saying "Think Globally, Act Locally" is particularly applicable at this time in history. We all affect each other and we each make a difference, everyday.
...- 19 Jan 2007