The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue offers its warmest greetings and best wishes to you on the occasion of Deepavali, which you are observing this year on 14 November. Amid the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic, may this very meaningful feast dispel every cloud of fear, anxiety and worry, and fill your hearts and minds with the light of friendship, generosity and solidarity!
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- 14 Nov 2020
By Rukmini Krishna DasWith deep sorrow, we would like to communicate the global devotee community the departure of HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami Maharaja around 6.00 AM today the 14th of November, 2020 due to a second cardiac arrest and complications arising out his surgery for cervical spondylitis and a cardiac arrest. He had been unwell for quite a long time. He was Covid-Negative, when last tested a couple of days before being shifted from the hospital to the ISKCON Punjabi Bagh Temple where he had been based out of, for nearly 15 years. An ICU environment with full-time attendants had replicated in...
- 14 Nov 2020
By ISKCON North American CouncilThe North American ISKCON yatra has much to thank her for. Her devotional services have had profoundly positive influences on our devotee communities for many, many years. Notably, Krsnanandini dd led the Grhasta Vision Team for two decades. The GVT is a North American Vaishnava grassroots organization dedicated to enlivening and strengthening the Grhasta ashram and spiritually- based family life in general. She coined the phrase Strong Families = Strong ISKCON. Her dedication to this cause profoundly assisted so many devotees for many years.
...- 14 Nov 2020
For me, food is much more than a means of sustenance. It is a friend that has transformed and uplifted me on levels way beyond the physical. I grew up in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and my conscious relationship with food began when I was 18, while interning at the kitchen of an underground yoga ashram. I’ve been a vegetarian and a cook since then.
...- 12 Nov 2020
Join us on Day 5 of our series with alphabet "D" - Dwelling in the Dham with Vishwarup Das.
...- 12 Nov 2020
NOIDA: The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will develop a new city on the lines of Mathura and Vrindavan off the Yamuna Expressway near the upcoming Jewar airport.
...- 12 Nov 2020
By ISKCON Prison MinistryI attended the Christian services and praised God, but the Bible just didn’t satisfy my intellect. I continued to ask God to carry out His will in my body and one day my cell-mate got a copy of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is and it just sat on his shelf for like two weeks until I picked it up one day and started to read and WOW; I thought, ‘now THIS is what I have been seeking, Sanatana dharma, the eternal religion.’
...- 12 Nov 2020
By Yadubara dasIt doesn't matter how many times I watch this movie , my heart is always hankering to watch it one more time. I experience that Srila Prabhupada is talking with me, his divine grace is giving me instruction, teaching me, helping me lift up from this material world, motivating me, showering his love over me, blessing me in my spiritual advancement. My soul cries tears of joy, love & happiness, peace, harmony and gratitude!
...- 12 Nov 2020
Elephants are protected when in captivity by very high standards in India. In Mayapur, Hrimati devi dasi has ensured that the Government inspectors consistently give ISKCON Mayapur their gold seal of approval for the measures taken to ensure the elephant's comfort and good health.
...- 11 Nov 2020
I can see looking back how Govinda has never left me, easing me back by utilizing my nature and engaging it in His loving service. In my heart and right by my side, Govinda inspired me with ideas! He’s guided me to connect my heart to my art and actions, He’s taught me lessons through the process of creating a piece start to finish, on and off the screen. He’s revealed my anartas and the power of this process, given to us so mercifully by Our LOVING Acarya, His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
...- 11 Nov 2020
A discussion with Ranchor Prime and the Sacred Ecology Forum on climate change, environmental activism, apocalypticism, and spirituality
...- 11 Nov 2020
Similarly, the demigods in other planets, they also thought, "Oh, he's a foolish person. They are thinking of a cowherd boy as God," sophisticated, like that. And especially Indra, the heavenly kingdom..., king of heaven. He was... He's very powerful, so he thought, "What god he has come? My God, He cannot come." This was some speculation. Even Brahmā also speculated. But Kṛṣṇa wanted to show Indra that "Yes, actually I have come."
...- 11 Nov 2020
By Indradyumna SwamiIn the photo we see Krsna telling a servant to break the chains that Kamsa had ordered put on Krsna's patents, Vasuda and Devaki, years ago when Kamsa had them imprisoned in his jail in Mathura. The lecture focuses on what happened in Mathura after Kamsa was killed. Krsna is torn between staying in Mathura or returning to Vrindavan. There won't be a dry eye in the audience!
...- 11 Nov 2020
Scientists can never go so deep in their investigations that they reach the Supreme Lord because they are averse to coming to that conclusion. They are like people who dig in one place until they reach something significant, and then stop and start digging in another place.
...- 10 Nov 2020
Listen to Sacinandana Swami's daily KARTIK INSPIRATIONS and be transported to the spiritual atmosphere of Vrindavan!
This 5-minute podcast will provide you with inspiration and insights, and of course meditation - all you need to deepen your spiritual practice and connection with Radha and Krishna during this very auspicious month of extraordinary blessings...
- 10 Nov 2020
In this video we take you to the actual location of Chintaharan Ghat in Gokul where HG Deena Bandhu Prabhu beautifully shows us around.
...- 10 Nov 2020
Wisdom of the Yogis is a place where RG and Kishori share spiritual wisdom from ancient yogis - making it practical and fun for a modern-day lifestyle - Be a modern-day Yogi!
...- 10 Nov 2020
He’s practically born with a mridanga in his hands! He’s been learning, studying and playing mridanga ever since he was a child. Born in a Vaishnava family both his parents are Srila Prabhupada disciples and dedicated devotees who gave him the proper spiritual direction towards Harinam and kirtan from his early years.
...- 10 Nov 2020
By Jagannatha Kirtanananda DasJagannatha Kirtanananda Das is speaking to HH Chandramuli Swami on ‘No service is too big or too small’. Your weekly dose of inspiration directly from Prabhupada disciples where you can relish the nectar, personal pastimes, instructions and so much more.
...- 9 Nov 2020
Come along with us to Raval where Deena Bandhu prabhu takes us through the amazing place where Srimati Radharani made Her appearance. We not only get to see the place but also hear from him all about Her appearance pastimes
...- 8 Nov 2020
<This ecstatic harinama is in Washington Square Park in New York City, where thousands of people gathered in celebration of Biden's victory in the U.S.A. presidential election. Fortunately many people delighted in hearing, clapping, and dancing to our Hare Krishna kirtan, some for the first time, some staying over an hour, and some returning many times in the seven hours we were there! In this auspicious month of Kartik whoever joins this Nam Sankirtan will get 1000 times benefit!
...- 8 Nov 2020
By Radha Kunda DasiRadha's lake is named after Her because, like Radha, it pleases all the transcendental senses of Krsna. Krsna's eyes enjoy seeing Radha-kunda. Krsna's nose relishes the smell of Radha-kunda's waters and its lotus flowers. The touch of radha-kunda's cool water pleases Krsna's body. The sounds of the singing birds and buzzing bees satisfy Krsna's ears. Krsna's tongue enjoys tasting the ambrosial water of Radha-kunda. Radha-kunda is named after Sri Radha because it has the same power that She has to attract and enchant Sri Krsna. This is confirmed in the Caitanya-caritamr...
- 8 Nov 2020
By ISKCON Ministry of Education“Do you read? So if you don't read, then you will feel restless: "Oh, let me go from Japan to India, from India to Japan." You are restless because you don't read. I am laboring so hard for you, but you don't take advantage. Don't take advantage of eating and sleeping. Take advantage of these books.” Srila Prabhupada Lecture on SB 2.9.6-14 -- Tokyo, 2 May 1972
...- 7 Nov 2020
This video made with a recording of a Cleveland temple deity greeting kirtan from 1974 with pictures of the temple, devotees, Radha Muralidhara installation and pictures of the altar and deities from 1973 to 1975. The video also includes Govardhana Puja, Rathayatra in Detroit 1973 and Rathayatra in Chicago 1974 with Srila Prabhupad.
...- 6 Nov 2020