Govinda Swami - Important Kirtan Points (10 min video)
We are extremely honored to have had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing His Holiness Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami about the important points to be practiced in Kirtan or mantra meditation. Please listen attentively and our humble prayer is that your life may become sublime!...
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- 2 Feb 2023
In this lifetime, I have never met with death face to face. Finally that opportunity came to me recently, when my father got really ill and weak and finally left his body in our hands. As an aspiring devotee (who is trying to become a devotee of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa) and after much deliberation upon the recent events, I want to share my story in case of my father’s death with hope to inspire other devotees to consciously try to save their parents and relatives no matter what their current positions is. By the way, it is said in ...
- 2 Feb 2023
Sacinandana Swami: Lord Nityananda’s furthest reaching mercy.
As we reflect on our lives, we can agree that the help and support of others has always brought about desired changes that would otherwise not have been possible if we kept struggling on our own.
By the help of others, possibilities – starting with our birth in the present body – suddenly come into our reach. Doors open, unexpected connections are made, inspirations given, etc. All by the initiative of others.
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- 2 Feb 2023
- 2 Feb 2023
>A nice new melody of the Hare Krishna mantra by BB Govinda Swami and other Vaishnava musicians from the afternoon session of the Sacred Sound Kirtan Retreat, Australia (video)...
- 1 Feb 2023
ISKCON has to be a very friendly movement.
Kadamba Kanana Swami: A very accommodating movement that is ready to give everyone a chance; ready to not find fault in others. To not find fault in others is hard. We may catch someone lying and say, “He is a liar! Shame! This person needs to be rejected!” Well, have we ever lied? Never, ever? That is a lie! So yes, even if we catch someone lying, it does not mean that that person has some weakness. It does not mean that we can say, “This person is a write-off! I do not want to deal with suc...
- 1 Feb 2023
HH Radhanath Swami shares his insights on the virtue of gratitude citing examples of Hanuman, Vibheesana and Vidura. Beautiful Question and Answer session....
- 31 Jan 2023
“How To Deal With Praise and Criticism” by HG Mahatma Prabhu (5 min video)
When someone criticizes you, they are helping you become lower than the straw; and when someone glorifies you they are telling you the qualities you should work on.
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- 31 Jan 2023
Remembering Srila Prabhupada in India, 1977.
Padmapani das: Although Srila Prabhupada’s health was not strong, he traveled to Allahabad in January of 1977 to preach at the Maha Kumbha Mela festival. Over ten million people were expected to attend the grand spiritual event. At the auspicious astrological time, the pilgrims would bathe in the triveni, the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarsavati rivers. That Srila Prabhupada had chosen to attend this festival in the city where he had lived for many years was an especially significant hi...
- 31 Jan 2023
Surrender to Krishna conscious principles.
Srila Prabhupada letter to Rayarama, Oct. 22, 1971
My Dear Rayarama,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 11th October 1971 and have noted the contents. I welcome you for your coming back to our society and you are feeling very nicely the association of devotees.
Srila Rupa Goswami has described that devotional service can be advanced by six processes. Perhaps you know them. They are as follows: enthusiasm, patience, conviction, following the regulative principle...
- 31 Jan 2023
Internal discord is our greatest enemy.
One disciple of Srila Prabhupada wrote him a letter soon before he left this world saying he wished he could trade his youth for Srila Prabhupada’s old age so Srila Prabhupada could go on preaching. Srila Prabhupada appreciated the disciple’s loving sentiment but said that how much they loved him would be shown by how they cooperate to spread this movement in his absence.
- 31 Jan 2023
Balancing material and spiritual life - B.B Govinda Swami (3 min video)
King Pariksit continued: “The ability to talk can be perfected only by describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The ability to work with one’s hands can be successful only when one engages himself in the service of the Lord with those hands. Similarly, one’s mind can be peaceful only when one simply thinks of Krsna in full Krsna consciousness. This does not mean that one has to have very great thinking power: one has to understand simply that Krsna, t...
- 29 Jan 2023
Gurus Everywhere - A Sunday lecture by Vraj Vihari Das at Iskcon of DC (audio)
There is so much to learn from the world around us… if we just learn to listen.
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- 29 Jan 2023
How I came to Krishna Consciousness - Panchagauda Das (10 min video)
The amazing ways Lord Chaitanya’s movement changed the lives of so many souls!
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- 29 Jan 2023
Sincerity Yours to Keep!
Vaisesika Das: We come into the material world naked and we will leave it naked. As living entities, we don’t own anything, nor can we keep anything. However, there is one item that is uniquely ours: our sincerity. Sincerity cannot be stolen or usurped as it springs from our own freedom of choice to do the right thing.
Although sincerity is subtle and cannot be put in a bottle, it is the most powerful substance in the universe. It radiates from the eyes and hearts of those who have it. It attracts the favorable glanc...
- 28 Jan 2023
Today Bhishma Dev, a great devotee of the Lord left His body with Krishna beside Him which also means Krishna was in Kurukshetra today.
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- 28 Jan 2023
Adirasa das Prabhu about Kirtan
- What are the basics of behavior during kirtan?
- The main thing - is the unity. Without it, kirtan will fail. From the first minute it is difficult to combine the kirtan all the devotees. Usually, to form a unity among the faithful, and that they had a taste, it takes some time. Is 15 minutes’re kirtan, 20 minutes, 30 … And then begins something unusual. Sankirtana - chanting it. And if we do during sankirtana not feel each other - there is no full unity....
- 27 Jan 2023
Gita daily by Chaitanya Charan Das: To mistake the hilarious to be malicious is ridiculous - Gita 01.04 (6 min video)
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- 27 Jan 2023
Those were the days!
Kurma das: Monday, 17 July 1972
“Civil authorities in Melbourne followed Sydney’s lead by arresting the devotees, albeit it under slightly different circumstances. In Sydney, devotees would be spontaneously arrested for street chanting. In Melbourne, however, although the police disapproved of the chanting parties, devotees were mainly getting charged for selling Back to Godhead magazines on the street. The charging would result in court cases with fines being imposed against the devotees. The devotees, of course, ...
- 27 Jan 2023
The heart of a sincere sadhaka.
Good chanting does not depend on our adherence to mechanical rules. It is not a matter of just doing the dos and avoiding the don’ts and then our job is done. No, not at all! Chanting is an offering of the heart – a heart filled with feelings of humility, a desire to surrender and a sincere service attitude. It is ultimately a loving call to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. This means we need to chant with a firm understanding of our relationship with Them (sambhandha). “My Lord, I have a relationship with You...
- 27 Jan 2023
Automatic percussion for a temple of Jagannath (1 min. video)
Some devotees were approaching to visit the temple thinking to meet a group of kirtaniyas who were playing their instruments. Instead, this is what they found :-)...
- 26 Jan 2023
Are the elderly a burden? (4 min video)
Sivarama Swami: A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let's give more attention to our elders!
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- 26 Jan 2023