By Brahma DasI served on Radha-Damodar Traveling Sankirtan Party for the next three years as a bus leader. Tamal Krishna Goswami was a hard taskmaster, but he was able to motivate me like no one had done before, and in turn, I was able to motivate others. He saw something of my potential for service, and I had faith and appreciation for him. As bus leader I had to call him from the field once a week, and those calls either left me tearful because I had let him down or elated because he was pleased. He had a powerful effect on my life that has been with me ever since. By 1979, the Radha-D...
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- 24 Oct 2020
By New Gokula TeamVisitors are always asking what they can bring to feed the cows. A cow's stomach is surprisingly sensitive for such a large animal and it is because of this that we recommend only bringing apples, bananas and carrots to feed them. We also have molasses balls made for the cows which you can buy from the shop for $5 for two. If you are visiting on a Saturday or Sunday we feed the cows after prasadam is served.
...- 23 Oct 2020
By Evening Standard"The Krsna consciousness movement vigorously approves this practice of preparing food, offering it to the Deity and distributing it to the general population" With food poverty and homeless on a serious increase, so many people struggle to get food on the table and 3 million school children in the UK going to school with no breakfast. Let's do something amazing.
...- 23 Oct 2020
Nrsimha Kavaca das: For the very first time the IDWM is facilitating an online home worship course. The course will run from 7th of November to the 12th of December with 6 sessions in total and will be conducted by Nrsimha Kavaca das, Jayananda das and Rasa devi dasi
...- 22 Oct 2020
Kavicandra Swami: Devotees met this thai monk during harinam at Sanam Luang he took a BG and Krishna book and he came to the center the next day to buy all our books. He chanted one round with Yogarama prabhu.
...- 22 Oct 2020
This summer of 2020 it is 10 years since we have started Prabhupad Bhavan. Indradeva Prabhu has made a short film showing the beginnings of our preaching center. During those 10 years a lot of books were distributed, many new devotees initiated and a lot of blissful service to Srila Prabhupada performed. Thank to all of you for your support.
...- 22 Oct 2020
A Vaishnava is most unassuming in his character but his simplicity and purity makes him outshine everyone else. He is a treasure trove of divine and rare qualities. He is lovable and loved by all.
...- 22 Oct 2020
By several speakersHH Tamal Krishna Goswami served as ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner from 1970-2002, and ISKCON Initiating Spiritual Master from 1977-2002. In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. He served as India’s GBC Secretary from 1970–74 and as trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, overseeing sales in the USA from 1977-2002. He is fondly called “Srila Gurudeva” by his many disciples and “Goswami” by his godbrothers and members of the academe.
...- 21 Oct 2020
By Gopijana Vallabha das6 days of Parikrama with 40,000 devotees hearing Gaura Katha from more than 15 Sannyasis and Prabhupad Disciples!! Want to hear our story? in the auspicious month of Purusottama this year when ISKCON Mayapur announced a Virtual Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama. This idea was conceived under the guidance of the Parikrama Commander HH Jayapataka Swami and conducted by Mayapur Tourism Division. It is prescribed in the Purusottama Month that one should visit Holy places and perform as much as extra devotional activities as possible. By doing so one achieves unlimited spiritual benefits. Wha...
- 21 Oct 2020
The past Saturday 17, HG Sriji devī dasi left this world. We request your prayers for her return to her spiritual master Srila Prabhupada
...- 20 Oct 2020
Kaliya Krishna Das This nice gentleman is Lee or as some call him “Hippy Lee” or as some of the Harinam devotees more appropriately simply call him Bhakta Lee!
...- 20 Oct 2020
In this vlog, I attend the first-day re-opening of Govinda's restaurant after having been closed for 7 months due to the national lockdown
...- 20 Oct 2020
- 20 Oct 2020
By Dhanurdhar Arjun DasOn behalf of our ISKCON GBC representative, His Holiness Lokanath Swami Maharaja and our ISKCON Pandharpur Community, we are appealing to you for your kind help. On Oct, 16th, Sri Pandharpur Dhama was flooded by the Chandrabhaga River. The damages are estimated at more than USD $56,000. We are not in a position to rebuild our losses. Sri Sri Radha Pandharinath’s crops and flowers growing in the fields are now submerged in water and gone. Their Lordships’ temple, goshala, ashram, guest house, Govinda’s Restaurant, offices, BBT Books, Gurukula, and Srila Prabhupada Ghata ...
- 20 Oct 2020
By Madhurika dasiHere are some practical ideas for creating a Krishna conscious environment for kids at home, many based on Montessori principles that I have found successful in my school. They are geared toward the 2-6 age group. I would love to hear from anyone who might have more ideas for this age group or for older children
...- 20 Oct 2020
Parasuram dasa: On the 1st June 1990 , Belfast City, war times, although some would call it "the troubles." I had to get the horse and chariot into the city centre, for the first days walk of a historic pilgrimage in honour of Srila Prabhupada's Centennial
...- 19 Oct 2020
After meeting Srila Prabhupada in USA, he developed all the wonderful preaching that is going on in his home state of Gujarat.
...- 18 Oct 2020
On the 19th anniversary of the departure of our celebrated sankirtana warrior, please see a wonderful outpouring of love from the global Vaisnava community
...- 18 Oct 2020
SABHA, in partnership with Vanipedia, embarks on making the Srila Prabhupada Foundational Document available in many languages
...- 18 Oct 2020
Extracting the philosophical essence from the writings of Srila Prabhupada and the previous acaryas, Sivarama Swami brings together their teachings with a unique analysis of bhakti in a most practical and digestible style that everyone—from aspiring sadhakas to pure devotees—will find inspiring, revealing, and life-changing....
- 17 Oct 2020
By Svaha Dasi and Rangavati DasiWe are pleased to announce the completion of the TOVP Nrsimhadeva Wing altar design by Their Graces Svaha and Rangavati prabhus. The TOVP is presenting the Gaudiya Vaisnava Siddhanta to the world specifically through the nomenclature inherent in the temple and the planetarium. The design, therefore, has to represent the correct siddhanta. By Srila Prabhupada’s grace and that of his disciples, we have learned that Mahaprabhu is the avatari and all other avataras emanate from Him. Therefore, all divine forms and dhamas exist eternally in Their original forms in Sridhama Mayapu...
- 17 Oct 2020
“Now we are requiring our students to be very well familiar with all our literatures so that we may present our philosophy before even the most educated persons.”
...- 17 Oct 2020