Padmavati Devi Dasi, during Harinama asks people in the street to chant twice the Hare Krishna maha-mantra for love and peace in the world. So many beautiful people are reciprocating and willing to chant for the first time!
...- 24 Sep 2020
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiThe incident will always be fresh in my mind. I had been a practicing devotee for ten years, eight of which were in the sacred holy land of Sri Dham Mayapur in India. Little did I know that Krishna would be sending me the test of my life, the test of chanting His holy names. As had been the routine since 1979 when devotees from Mayapur had inaugurated the Nama Hatta preaching by introducing the chanting of the holy name in every town and village, as ordered by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I had just returned fr...
- 24 Sep 2020
Srila Prabhupada said our ISKCON is nothing without its festivals, festival means a joyous occasion, lots of singing and dancing.
...- 23 Sep 2020
By Sri Nandanandana dasaWe should not think that sankirtana, or the chanting of the Lord's holy names, is simply part of the system of mantra-yoga, or is merely a formula that has been passed down through the ages like other yoga systems. Nor is it a ritual, ceremony, or activity meant for producing good karma or positive fruitive results. Neither is it merely a way to focus the mind and achieve peace and tranquility. It is far more than any of these. It is the Lord Himself who establishes the chanting of the holy names
...- 23 Sep 2020
- 23 Sep 2020
We are happy to announce that we are sending Tulasi seeds to anyone who would like some!
...- 22 Sep 2020
In this vlog we meet some diverse people who all have one thing in common ... they are all Hare Krishna's.
...- 22 Sep 2020
As part of the World Holy Name week celebrations, we invite you all to hear from Shaktyavesha Avatar Das and Pancharatna Das. They will share their realizations and experiences on how to effectively propagate the most sublime chanting of the Holy names in the digital age.
...- 22 Sep 2020
- 22 Sep 2020
We often hear that devotees live a life of mature compassion. They perform multifarious activities out of their compassion for the welfare of all living entities. While performing these compassionate acts, their vision is set on serving the Supreme Lord and begging for mercy, not for themselves, but for others. Each mature devotee performs different acts of compassion according to his inclination and capacity
...- 22 Sep 2020
Bhaktivedanta Research Center is happy to announce a 3-day International Webinar on 'Spiritual Well-being and Stress Management': Religio-Psychological Perspectives in collaboration with Kolkata Society for Asian Studies....
- 21 Sep 2020
By Krishna-kripa DasLokanath Swami, Candramauli Swami, Sacinandana Swami, Agnideva Prabhu and Vaiyasaki Prabhu share their realizations during the Birmingham 24-Hour kirtana, carefully collected by Krishna-kripa Prabhu. Gopal Guru Goswami:. With the first Krishna, we call on Krishna to attract us. Then we call on Radha to attract us by Her sweetness. With the “Hare Hare” we beg to be engaged in service. The last “Rama Rama” means “please let me be fixed in your name, form, qualities, and pastimes.” The...
- 21 Sep 2020
By Urmila Devi DasiAmong the many presents I received for my sixth birthday were several pairs of heavy red stockings. Like most children, I preferred toys to clothes-especially duplicate clothes. So I ran to my room and pouted. Like any good mother, mine told me to return to my guests, smile, and say, "Thank you," regardless of how I felt about the gifts. We commonly show what value we place on things by how we treat them. If I respect the gift or the giver, I place the object in a position of honour or give ...
- 21 Sep 2020
Despite the covid19 pandemic pushing down the morale of people and locking them down around the world, Ankuram and Vasudevam Vaidik preschools have sprung up on their toes to unlock the world of consistent hope, collective creativity, and endless learning by starting a series of free webinars on parenting and schooling- 'Empowering parents and teachers in the changing scenario'....
- 20 Sep 2020
- 20 Sep 2020
We have been informed that Caitanya Candra Carana Prabhu, one of our Russian GBCs and his wife, Gauracandrika Devi, have tested positive for Covid-19. They have both been extremely ill for quite some days now but are on the mend.
...- 20 Sep 2020
English rendition of the beautiful song Kevalastakam (madhuram madhurebhyo api… harer namaiva kevalam.)
...- 20 Sep 2020
Bhakti Prabhava Swami: "Our life is very short. The Krishna consciousness movement is not meant for fulfilling one's personal ambition, but it is a serious movement for the whole world. I am therefore going to the Eastern hemisphere, beginning from Japan. We are going four in a party and all of us are sannyasis. In this old age I am going with this party just to set an example to my disciples who have taken recently the sannyasa order... Take it now with great responsibility and every one of you may serve jointly for Krishna's satisfaction. That is my request to y...
- 20 Sep 2020
Be aware of how your lifestyle, attitude and activities are supporting your chanting. The more you change your lifestyle, around the sound vibration of the Maha-mantra, the more your consciousness will change. The more your consciousness changes, the more your lifestyle will change. Purified consciousness leads to purified lifestyle, and purified lifestyle leads to purified consciousness. Therefore, it is important to consciously organize your lifestyle to support better chanting of the Maha-mantra.
...- 20 Sep 2020
- 20 Sep 2020
An Opportunity to Worship Supremely Merciful Lord Gauranga in Supremely Merciful Abode Navadvipa Dhama, in the Supremely Powerful Purusottama Month by performing the Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama!
...- 20 Sep 2020
Recently our very innovative centre manager Madhavananda Das saw a plane flying above with a banner that had an anti political statement. From this he got the brainchild to do the same thing with 'Hare Krishna' in the message. He made inquiries and when the aviation company heard it was for the 'Hare Krishnas' they were so favourable they agreed to do it for a heavily discounted price. Result was the plane flew all around the Gold Coast for one hour displaying a banner saying 'Chant Hare Krishna For World Peace' while our Harinam party was chanting below. The 70000...
- 20 Sep 2020