By ISKCON-LondonDepartment Heads presentation Annual Review. This year's Annual Review is out! Once again we have tried to create a more visually appealing and interactive experience. You can play videos, visit web pages and contact persons in the areas of your interest. We hope you will enjoy revisting the past years activities and events of the London Temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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- 7 Mar 2015
By the GBC CRO of the Strategic Planning NetworkThe GBC’s Strategic Planning Network (SPN) recently concluded its five-day bi-annual meeting in Mayapur. Facilitated by the GBC’s Strategic Planning Team, the numerous SPN committees, made up of GBC members and ISKCON leaders and thinkers from across the globe, continued to explore new ideas and initiatives with the view to providing documents and other published materials that will form a powerful and comprehensive plan for the future of ISKCON.
...- 6 Mar 2015
By Bhakti Purusottam SwamiWhen the living entities they forget Krishna, they develop desire to enjoy separately from Krishna so maya catches. That’s why Bhagavad Gita explaining that two kinds of living entities as, ksara and aksara. ksara living entities they are prone to fall down, they are prone to fall down, so they develop this desire thinking that I will go enjoy separately from Krishna and though Krishna forbids him but still he wants to come.
...- 6 Mar 2015
By Chaitanya Charan DasTo understand how sankirtana makes this inauspicious age auspicious, let’s consider the prison metaphor. What matters most in a prison is not how miserable it is, but how accessible the way out of it is. In Kali-yuga, the way out of the prison of material existence becomes eminently accessible: no strenuous yogic austerities, no expensive fire-sacrifices, no complicated deity worship, as was required in the previous ages; just the chanting of the names and glories of Krishna.
- 6 Mar 2015
By Himali DoshiDr Phalgun Shah, member of Ahmedabad Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society, who too approached ISKCON for stress management workshop, said it was because doctors tend not to get out of 'medical' talk. "Ask doctors to talk about anything other than medicine and they struggle to hold a conversation. We approached ISKCON as they do not talk about religion," said Dr Shah. He said their talk is based on stress management techniques based on principles of the Bhagwad Gita.
...- 5 Mar 2015
By Rasikananda DasaOur initial offering is to invite temples to submit kirtan recordings from past and present kirtan chanters. We aim to have every temple featured by ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. Please visit the site to hear and be a part of creating this offering for Srila Prabhupada! Sincerely, your servants The Prabhupada Global Kirtan Revolution team.
...- 5 Mar 2015
By Prahladananda SwamiAs on 1 March, 2015, the following are the candidates for sannyasa along with their respective waiting periods: Adi Purusa Das (GGS) (Bhubaneswar) 1 year Adwaitacharya Das (GGS) (Bhubaneswar) 2 years Agnideva Das (ACBSP) (Caribbean) 2 years with conditions Akincana Das (BSDS) (Odisha) 2 years Amala Bhakta Das (ACBSP) (Los Angeles) this year with conditions Ambarish Das (GKG) (Russian Federation) 1 year Ananda Caitanya Das (BCAIS) (Baltics/Russia/US) this year Ananda Vardhana Das (BV...
- 5 Mar 2015
By Mukunda GoswamiThe government of the city of New York has a good memory. It installed a metal sign glorifying the incident of what was probably the first outdoor mahamantra chant in the West. The plaque is located in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, New York City on a cyclone fence that surrounds the elm tree, under which Srila Prabhupada stood, conducting the kirtana. The metal sign mentions that date of the event, and goes on to read that the poet Allen Ginsberg was present. Signed by the Mayor of New Y...
- 5 Mar 2015
By Muralidhara-priya DasRajan Jani prabhu, an ISKCON devotee from Kenya Africa, donates for a Golden Gratitude Coin ($108,000 U.S.) and promises another $400,000 before the finish of the project. He has been a great supporter of many ISKCON projects and now feels the ISKCON Mayapur temple is a crown that will decorate the body of ISKCON for the coming years. His message to the world is everyone should feel blessed to participate in building this temple. He has also encouraged his son to donate a large amount of m...
- 5 Mar 2015
By Jagannath DasHis Grace Ganga Narayan Prabhu received initiation in the family of His Divine Grace Srila ACBS Prabhupada from His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami. He came in Krishna Consciousness in 1994. Since then, when he was 27, he is serving in the mission of His Divine Grace. He sings Vaishnava bhajans melodiously and beautifully explains their purports. He focuses on establishing loving relationships with devotees and everyone else. He preaches in English, Hindi and Bengali in Ujjain and many other places of M...
- 5 Mar 2015
By Mayapur staffAn international book distribution award ceremony was held on 3rd March during the Morning lecture. HG Vijaya Prabhu and HG Pragosh Prabhu facilitated the award distribution ceremony. HH Jaya Pataka Maharaj was the guest of honor and he enlightened the audience with his words before distribution of awards. He told about the amazing potency of Srila Prabhupada’s books as just by reading them, people have taken to chanting Hare Krsna Mahamantra and practice of devotional service.
...- 4 Mar 2015
By Jayadvaita SwamiSarvabhauma Bhattacarya, as the greatest logician of his day, was the professor of many sannyasis. He was an elderly gentleman, about the age of Lord Caitanya’s father, and so he felt some paternal affection for Lord Caitanya. He was also greatly struck by the personal beauty of the Lord, and he thought that it would be very difficult for such a beautiful young man to follow the strict rules and regulations of the renounced order of life. He therefore desired that Lord Caitanya hear from him ...
- 4 Mar 2015
By Advaita Candra dasAn exclusive Iskcon UK development for UK devotees, members and patrons. Conveniently located very close to the Krishna Balaram Temple inside the parikram path next to BB Govinda Swami and Indradyumna Swami. Only 3 Units left!
...- 4 Mar 2015
By Ravindra-svarupa dasaWhy should God have to appear over and over again? After all, if God is perfect, shouldn’t He be able to establish religion perfectly? Shouldn’t once suffice for all? It is, however, the nature of the material world that all things decay in time, and while God is infallible, the human beings who receive and transmit God’s instructions are fallible. Consequently, the religious traditions God establishes become compromised and undermined by a worldly spirit, and so in time they disinte...
- 4 Mar 2015
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiSrila Madhavendra Puri who is one of our major acaryas in the Madhva Gaudiya sampradaya that we belong to, he was one of the first personalities who actually developed the seed of pure love of Radha and Krishna. And the story is narrated in the Caitanya Caritamrta, how he was feeling very sad because so few people in the world were Krishna conscious. That is one of the most important characteristics of a Vaisnava. He is titiksavah karunikah (SB 3.5.21) full of mercy and compassion for the f...
- 4 Mar 2015
Aditya-Narayan Dasa: Last night March 3rd 2015 at 12:46 am, His Grace Lalita Krishna Prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada left his body in Durham hospice, North Carolina, USA....
- 3 Mar 2015
By Zeeshan ShaikhBeef lovers in Maharashtra will now have to do without the red meat as President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995, nearly 19 years after the Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill during the BJP-Shiv Sena rule in 1995. The slaughter of cows was previously prohibited in the state under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act of 1976. However, the passage of the new Act will ban the slaughter of bulls as well as bullocks, which was p...
- 3 Mar 2015
By Vrajendranandan DasMr. President then recollected his visit to Mayapur and staying in the guest house in 1999 during elections. He also recollected inaugurating the Kolkata Rathayatra. His Holiness Radhanath Swami then presented him the booklet about Govardhan Eco Village at Mumbai. His Grace Gauranga Prabhu explained to the Hon'ble President how GEV project is helping the villagers. President was very happy to go through the booklet and with great interest he noted the work done by ISKCON in reviving the econo...
- 3 Mar 2015
By Phalini Devi DasiWe led kirtan--the inmates all knew how to chant Hare Krishna and they chanted enthusiastically--then my husband spoke about how we are all prisoners in this material world and that the best use of human life is to extricate ourselves from this prison and go back home to Krishna. Sarva-drik Prabhu commented, "You men are all lucky because you've had everything taken away--wives, homes, jobs, bank balances--so now you are in a perfect position to surrender fully to Krishna." They've all heard...
- 2 Mar 2015
By Romapada dasThe global celebrations for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary will be flagged off by mega-events in India and America that will track Srila Prabhupada’s epic journey on the Jaladuta from Kolkata to Boston in 1965. On August 13th, the day that Prabhupada boarded the Jalduta, devotees have planned a VIP event at Khidirpur Dock, where several Government ministers, politicians, businessmen, civil servants and celebrities are expected to attend.
...- 2 Mar 2015
By 50th Anniversary Global Office“We want to celebrate events, appreciate our ISKCON family, educate the world about ISKCON, accelerate our outreach, and motivate special achievements,” explained Pancharatna Das at the GBC meeting. Members of the GBC appreciated the efforts of the Global Team in planning the celebrations and pledged their support. “One main purpose of the celebrations is to ensure that temples engage local devotees and congregation members in organising and participating in their events. H...
- 2 Mar 2015
By His Divine Grace A.C.B. Swami PrabhupadaWe are talking about Krsna as the perfect unifying agent. Insofar as His unifying power is concerned, He appeals, in His various manifestations, to all varieties of truth seekers. Essentially, there are three varieties of truth seekers: mental speculators, meditators or yogis, and devotees. The mental speculators are trying to understand the Absolute Truth in an impersonal way, without a personal form. And the meditators or yogis are trying to find Krsna within their hear...
- 2 Mar 2015
By Dhirasanta Goswami“Do you think that people are coming to this temple to hear philosophy? And even if they hear the philosophy do you think they all understand the philosophy? No, they will come and they will go and be discouraged. You must attract them with kirtana and prasadam.” And he pointed out, “This is Lord Caitanya’s program, it is not my program, I have not invented this. This is Lord Caitanya’s program. Why are you trying to disrupt what I have created? Tomorrow I want at least five opu...
- 1 Mar 2015
By Bhaktimarga SwamiThere is a very popular mantra out there these days that is not the Hare Krishna mantra. I think it came out during Churchill's time in Britain during the war. You've heard it. It goes, "Keep calm and carry on." That mantra can very much apply in our Krishna Consciousness. A devotee can be very eager for making spiritual progress. "Yes. I really want to be, really, purely, one hundred percent, cent per cent Krishna Conscious. Right now!" We can be very demanding of that. But again, keep calm ...
- 1 Mar 2015