By Gauranga Darshan DasOnce Utkaca went to the hermitage of a sage named Lomaśa, who had studied a hundred lessons in morality from Lord Brahma. For no reason, Utkaca started breaking trees there, being puffed up of his strong body. Seeing him creating an unnecessary disturbance, sage Lomaśa cursed him, “O evil-hearted one, become bodyless!” Utkaca’s body at once fell away like a snake’s old skin falls away. He became a ghostly being without a body (some say that he got an invisible body made of air). Such is the result of material pride and offense to saintly persons.
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- 1 Aug 2020
Grandma’s Home Remedies: Active Meditations to Help Me Deal with the Nitty-gritty Challenges of Life
By Srimati DasiLet’s face it – trying to become a devotee in this faithless, fast, and quarrelsome age is very, very tough. If the mind is not making life difficult for us, it will be the neighbors, some authority figure, our bodies or our family. Actually, the list is endless. How to keep faith and focus in a world so obviously made for distraction?! The real challenges come in our daily dealings in life. The philosophy sounds fine in the class atmosphere, but often we lose sight ...
- 31 Jul 2020
Gauridas Pandit was a great devotee of Lord Chaitanya that lived in Ambika Kalna near Navadvipa in West Bengal. Gauridas Pandit was Subal in Krishna-lila. From Puri, Gauridas had settled in Ambika Kaln
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- 31 Jul 2020
By Vijaya DasMost temples in the world have decreased book distribution because of the pandemic, but some increased it. ISKCON of Silicon Valley had one of its best months. By using the phone or internet by selling sets, the ISV devotees did 46,788 book points, making their temple No. 1 in the world, way ahead of everyone else. They had 368 devotees taking part in the Bhaktivinoda Marathon. The New York Yuga-dharma Harinama book distribution team temporarily moved to Atlanta, away from the severe pandemic in New York, and did huge: No. 3 in the world with 9,057 book points. Their party consists of twelve...
- 31 Jul 2020
Srimati Dasi: It was early afternoon on a beautiful monsoon day. The clouds were Syama-colored and rumbled gently, but no rain came. They simply shaded Rupa Gosvami from the heat of the sun and encouraged the limitless peacocks on the banks of Radha-kunda to dance exuberantly and call out loudly for the rain to fall.
...- 31 Jul 2020
By The Monk's PodcastThere are dangers in the spiritual path so we should have mechanisms in place for protecting the members of Iskcon, especially the leaders. An interview with HG Anuttama Prabhu.
...- 30 Jul 2020
By The ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning TeamThe Global Devotee Care Directorate is pleased to host HH Gopal Krishna Goswami for a conversation about balancing spiritual care and organizational responsibilities.
...- 30 Jul 2020
Sadbhuja Das: Hare Krishna, We have finally completed Nanda and Sunanda, our two Vaikunthadutas. Now we only have two more demigods remaining, which is Indra and Manu. All this wonderful work is done by the talented Ambhoda Devi Dasi, we are very thankful and blessed to have her on our team!
...- 29 Jul 2020
By Sri Nandanandana dasaMy dear Daruka, do not be unhappy because of the destruction of the Yadu dynasty, or the disappearance of Lord Balarama. Become patient and fixed in actual knowledge. These calamities are simply an illusory show, fabricated by My internal potency. There is no need to become agitated because of these so-called catastrophes.
...- 29 Jul 2020
In each weekly five-minute episode, Nityananda Chandra speaks on a verse from the Bhagavad-gita or Srimad-Bhagavatam or a story from the Puranas or Mahabharata. He also incorporates personal anecdotes to make his philosophical points more relatable.
...- 29 Jul 2020
By Jaganmohini Devi DasiAs a founder director of Bhaktivedanta Institute, HH Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami, was able to lay the foundation of the Bhaktivedanta Institute under Srila Prabhupada's direct guidance. During Srila Prabhupada's final days and even before that HH Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami was very enthusiastic and had adopted versatile and dynamic approach to reach to intellectual community. And Srila Prabhupada very much approved and appreciated it. There are several conversations between them in this regard. Thereafter, for nearly three decades, HH Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swam...
- 28 Jul 2020
- 27 Jul 2020
Srila Prabhupada: One who hears the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krishna, also improves in health. We have actually seen that many brahmacaris and grhastas connected with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness have improved in health, and a luster has come to their faces. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.21.45-47 Purport)
...- 27 Jul 2020
Srila Prabhupada recounts: "So Calcutta became devastated. All people practically left Calcutta. Daily hundreds and hundreds of people were dying. I was one year old or one and a half year old. I have seen what was happening, but there was plague epidemic. That I did not know. I, later on, I heard from my parents.
...- 27 Jul 2020
Sadbhuja Das: Here is a little update on the situation with the Ganga. Last time we took pictures of the water levels was last Monday, and as you can see the level of the water has gone up but not that much.
...- 27 Jul 2020
By ISKCON TowacoA recent ZOOM conference with HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami about the great benefits the devotee receives by worshiping properly the Deities of the Lord
...- 27 Jul 2020
By The ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning TeamYesterday, Sunday, on the Children at Home Show by Gopi Gita Schomaker, we interviewed His Grace Sesa Prabhu, ISKCON's Minister of Education, a father, a dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada and a mentor to devotees worldwide. He shared his journey in his ISKCON service and important instructions for families today.
...- 27 Jul 2020
By Madhava SmullenAn internship program has been launched to help build a website and carry out important research for the still under-development project “ISKCON at the United Nations.” After applying and going through a rigorous approval process, The Office of Communications for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) received ECOSOC status with the UN in 2016, the highest level at which an NGO can be associated with the UN.
...- 27 Jul 2020