In Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Rasarnava Gauranga Prabhu, the president of the ISKCON Florianópolis temple, met Miss Florianópolis 2023, Camila Maleski, with her escort, Alexandre, who promptly took three BBT books! The couple were so interested that later they returned to speak with us about spiritual life and promised to visit our temple. These...
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- 16 Dec 2023
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A new book about the Life and times of Srila Prabhupada entitled ‘Calcutta – City of Divine Grace’ by Rajasekhara Dasa Brahmachari – is being released on December 20th, 2023 – at the prestigious Scottish Church College where Shril Prabhupada studied in his youth. The book reveals many hidden facts about Shrila Prabhupada’s birth &...
- 15 Dec 2023
Kripamoya Das: I was once at a house conducting a baby’s ‘first grains’ ceremony. I asked if I could use a nearby glass-topped coffee table. The owner obliged but gently requested me: “Please be very careful when you place things on it, all four of the Beatles signed a contract on it years ago, and...
- 14 Dec 2023
Parasuram das Nitai Doya Prabhu heads up the school distribution team in the Vrindavan area. There are 240 schools and our aim is to install a set of Srimad Bhagavatams in each school. As well as giving each teacher a Bhagavad Gita and each older child a medium size book, and a pocket size book...
- 13 Dec 2023
UNESCO adopts the 150th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada! CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARIES IN 2024-2025 WITH WHICH UNESCO WILL BE ASSOCIATED (AS RECOMMENDED TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE In 216 EX/DECISION 28 AND 217 EX/DECISION 32) 150th anniversary of the birth of Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada, philosopher, social reformer, and eminent spiritual leader...
- 12 Dec 2023
By Dr Malav Bhimpuria Devotional service in this day and age is not an easy endeavour, with many obstacles on this material platform. However looking after yourselves is imperative, as the body is an instrument of devotional service. In short, if we fail to do that, our devotional service can be impaired. As part of...
- 12 Dec 2023
ISKCON’s GBC Statement Against Domestic Abuse from 2020 says, “Domestic abuse is indefensible, often illegal, and never acceptable within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Any interpretation of Vaishnava religious or social teachings that condones, endorses, or justifies domestic abuse is rejected by the North American Governing Body Commission (GBC).” (Find a copy of...
- 11 Dec 2023
By a Dasa The main course arrived: pizza. The devotees were thrilled, since this is a much loved treat in these parts – but only when offered to Krishna, natch! “Hey,” one devotee quipped, “What about pizza? How does this relate to Krishna consciousness?” Luckily, I had been writing about just such a subject in a recent project for a major academic press. I am writing a high school reference book on Hinduism, and in my research I came upon an interesting reference to pizza.
...- 10 Dec 2023
The Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON resumed its regular online meetings on Wednesday, 6 December after the Kartik break. Two significant topics were discussed at this meeting. 1) CPO Directorship An important topic discussed was the strengthening of the international Child Protection Office (CPO) including future and succession planning. The discussion grew out ...
- 9 Dec 2023
Initaitive Under the guidance of H.G.Kamalalochan Prabhuji (ISKCON Miraroad temple President ) devotees from Miraroad temple particularly teachers running the Narsimha Institute of Children’s Education ( Sunday school) took this initiative of making students of schools and colleges light the lamp. Approaching Schools Teachers of NICE institute (Narasimha’s institute for children education) approached schools in...
- 6 Dec 2023
Bhaktimarga Swami Sounds like the name of an Indigenous girl Perhaps appropriate as a precious pearl It’s not a mammal, bird, rock, or tree You’re getting close if you say “herbal tea” It’s something satisfying to the appetite Yummy to the tummy to the very last bite It’s a food preparation – *kichari* The problem...
- 5 Dec 2023
2:12 bhakti Priya mataji 39:10 yogindra prabhu 1:29:21 ananta gauranga prabhu 2:11:45 Rupa manjari mataji 2:51:29 swaroop damodar prabhu 3:44:31 BB Govinda Swami 4:45:56 acyuta gopi mataji 5:51:09 adirasa prabhu 6:42:03 Amala harinaam prabhu Day 2 | Part 2 | Kirtan Rasa 2023 | Dubai Kirtan Fest...
- 4 Dec 2023
Day 2 | Part 1 | Kirtan Rasa 2023 | Dubai Kirtan Fest...
- 4 Dec 2023
03:20 mohan gauranga prabhu 35:48 govardhan prabhu 1:02:00 lalit prabhu 1:29:08 Sharad bihari prabhu 2:14:50 adirasa prabhu 3:16:30 BB Govinda swami 4:19:38 Kamal gopal prabhu 5:06:08 sarath prabhu 5:41:36 Nitai Priya prabhu 6:24:40 harinaam prabhu 7:04:39 Surya nandini mataji 7:45:26 Nanda Kumar prabhu 8:26:56 stoka krsna prabhu 9:19:26 Rupa manjari mataji 10:04:26 kirtan premi prabhu...
- 4 Dec 2023
ISKCON Malaysia Headquarters, Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur created a record this year where a team of devotees conducted Damodara Program or also known as Deepa-Damodara Programs at a total of 25 local primary schools (ages 5 to 12) in the whole of Damodara month (from 27th Oct to 29th Nov). This is a grand...
- 4 Dec 2023
By Vijaya DasaOctober was another milestone for book distribution. In the Large Temple category, Chowpatti had the largest increase: 153%, with 17,408 book points. In the Medium Temple category, Mexico City took the cake: a 227% increase, with 2,583 book points. A surprise in the Medium Temple category area was San Diego, with 8,106 book points, which made them the number the one temple. In the Small Temple category, Odessa in Ukraine had the largest increase: 617%, With 1,811 book points. The Maha-small temple Brahmapur had the highest increase: 390%, with 992 book points, while Halifax was No. 1, with 1,...
- 4 Dec 2023
A poem from the early days of book distribution Sankarshan Das I was a young monk out to save the world. By teaching pure love of God And distributing a magazine Back to Godhead. Do you find that to be quite odd? At a mall in Leesburg, Florida, While showing folks how to attain the...
- 2 Dec 2023
Dear Friend— Praying you are in high health and spirits! The world is a pretty crazy place right now. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada stepped into a similar world, and this great master–some would say a perfect person—met all challenges and filled the world with hope and spiritual happiness. How did he do it? Prabhupada in action...
- 30 Nov 2023
My recent week was such a hard week. I was at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville one day and two days before that at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. People were so much humiliating me. These were my worst days on a campus. I became so tired. For the first time...
- 29 Nov 2023
LOOK AFTER YOURSELF: The Bhaktivedanta Medical Association (BMA) launches its first medical camp at the Manor By Dr Malav Bhimpuria On a crisp autumnal day in late November, visitors to the Manor were blessed by the warm glow of the inaugural BMA medical camp, part of the Devotee Care Festival. The beaming smiles and joyous...
- 28 Nov 2023
By Das and Dr. DeadwylerThe question of sampradaya, or the disciplic lineage of spiritual teachers, is the basis of authority for all religious and philosophical teachers and movements arising from the Vedantic traditions. There is no conception of religious organisation among these traditions which does not include reference to sampradaya. Therefore, questions of succession and how the links are made to traditional successions is the most essential ingredient in understanding authenticity and integrity in precept and practice among most of the Indian sub-continent's spiritual mo...
- 27 Nov 2023
Srila Prabhupada was on a marathon practically from the time he took to the vanaprastha order of life and even sometimes before. He was writing BTG articles, getting the magazine printed, and distributing copies. By the early 1960s, an acquaintance had said to him, “You should write books. People throw away magazines, but books they...
- 26 Nov 2023
By Dr. Baladeva Dasa I am glad to announce the release of the Vrajaisvarya-kadambini, “A Bank of Rain Clouds Pouring Vraja’s Opulence,” yet another publication of the Baladeva Vidyabhusana Project. In this remarkably sweet and simple work, composed at the request of Sri Krsnadeva Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sri Vidyabhusana presents an epitome of the tenth canto...
- 24 Nov 2023