Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami.
From Kasidhama, Raghunatha Bhatta traveled on foot to Puri-dhama. When he arrived in Puri, he went straight to the place of Sriman Mahaprabhu and offered his respects at the Lord’s lotus feet. At that time, the Lord embraced him, saying “Raghunatha!” Having been embraced by the Lord, Raghunatha Bhatta found that all his troubles went far away. Raghunatha Bhatta thought to himself, “I am coming to see the Lord after such a long time; He didn’t know that I was coming. How is it that he is showing me so much affect...
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- 28 Oct 2020
The moon rose, anointing the face of the eastern horizon with the reddish hue of his comforting rays and thus dispelling the pain of all who watched him rise. The moon was like a beloved husband who returns home after a long absence and adorns the face of his beloved wife with red kurkuma.
- 26 Oct 2020
ISKCON SanDiego: Class on "Lord Rama Vijayotsava" by HH Badrinarayan Swami 10/25/2020.
...- 26 Oct 2020
Kishori Jani: Sri Narendra Modi ji ( PM of India) honored and remembered our father today, Jashomatinandana Prabhu!! They had many exchanges when he was chief minister of Gujarat and attended the Janmastami festivals in ISKCON Ahmedabad regularly!
...- 25 Oct 2020
In the transcendental land of Vrndavana, every living creature is established in his eternal loving relationship with Krsna. And the Lord can reciprocate with each one perfectly. Not only does He respond to their loving mood heart-to-heart, but He can also communicate in their own language.
...- 25 Oct 2020
The Global Devotee Care Directorate weekly webinars brings this week Strategic Leadership with Gopal Bhatta Das in conversation with Gauranga Das
...- 25 Oct 2020
One day, shortly after Krsna had lifted Govardhana Hill, Indra secretly came into His presence, offered obeisances, and praised Him: “O Lord, although You are never caught in the current of material illusion, which is born of ignorance, You nevertheless accept a humanlike body and perform various activities to establish religious principles and chastise the wicked.
...- 24 Oct 2020
“If you want to learn this Krsna consciousness movement, we have got enough books. You can scientifically and philosophically study”
...- 24 Oct 2020
The king of the cowherd mean, Nanda Maharaja, observed the prescribed fast on the eleventh day of the lunar month and then considered how to break his fast properly on the twelfth day.
By circumstance only a few more minutes remained, and so he decided to take his bath at the very end of the night, although astrologically that was an inauspicious time.
- 23 Oct 2020
Ananda: There is a great connection between stillness and listening. “Don’t move” we say when we hear some noise around the house in the middle of the night. In yoga we hold the body still in order
...- 23 Oct 2020
In this One on One interview, we speak with ISKCON Deity Worship Minister, His Grace Nrsimha Kavaca Dasa. He talks about his own memory of coming in contact with Hare Krishna devotees, the purpose of proper training in deity worship and why its important to have brahmanical qualities.
...- 23 Oct 2020
- 23 Oct 2020
After performing wonderful pastimes in the Yamuna River with Srimati Radharani and His other beloved gopis, Lord Krsna came out onto the shore, taking all the gopis with Him. Then the gopis who had stayed on the riverbank rendered service by massaging the other gopis and Krsna with scented oil and smearing paste of amalaki fruit on their bodies.
...- 22 Oct 2020
- 22 Oct 2020
Ornaments caress Krsna’s body, but the transcendental body of Krsna is so beautiful that it beautifies the ornaments He wears. Therefore Krsna’s body is said to be the ornament of ornaments. Enhancing the wonderful beauty of Krsna is His three-curved style of standing, which beautifies that form.
...- 21 Oct 2020
Vaisesika Das: A Wednesday morning, after clamoring aboard a United 747 Jet, I flew over the Pacific Ocean, crossed the international dateline, and landed in Tokyo, Japan at 2:30pm Thursday afternoon. Ten minutes before our jet landed in Tokyo, our chief purser asked the passengers - who had been without sunlight for nearly eleven hours - to open their window shades.
...- 21 Oct 2020
Bhakti Charu Swami: “How is our existence in the material nature? Very beautiful, very wonderful. [laughter] Full of promises and full of excitement, full of opportunities. But that is the influence of the Lord’s illusory potency. We are suffering, but we consider this suffering condition to be joyful. The reality is this material existence is full of suffering. And the thing is, the more we try to enjoy, the more we end up suffering. Therefore, saintly people in the past, they used to voluntarily accept austerities, difficulties. Enjoyment le...
- 21 Oct 2020
“I am obliged to your good daughter for awarding me a good degree as SWAMI JESUS which is actually a great honour for me. Some time the Lord speaks through innocent child and I take this honour as sent by Lord Jesus through an innocent child free from all formalities of the current society. Lord Jesus preached the message of God and I have taken up the same mission, and it would be a good luck for me if I can follow the footprints of Lord Jesus who preached the message of God in spite of all persecution. Lord Jesus is a living example how one has to...
- 21 Oct 2020
Chaitanya Charan das: It is because Krishna enjoys rasa in different ways with different people. So just like Krishna is God, but Mother Yasoda sometimes chastises Krishna, she ties Krishna, threatens him. Why does she do that? Because that’s the way Krishna rejoices in maternal rasa with her. She is in that relationship. So Krishna enjoys a fraternal rasa with Balaramji. Although Balaram is at one level non-different from Krishna but He is also His own Person. And when Krishna wants to do something and Balaramji opposes that, then there is an adven...
- 21 Oct 2020
We started with the special features of Kurmadev. We talked about how it seems that He doesn’t speak, He is a very silent avatar. And there are no prayers offered to him. And then we had a lot of discussion on the nonliteral aspects. So Kurma Dev is worshipped for stability as is recommended by Bhakti Vinode Thakur.
...- 20 Oct 2020
After being bewildered by Lord Krsna’s unlimited potencies and practically rendered dumb and blind, Lord Brahma slowly regained his external consciousness and stood up, just like a dead man coming back to life. Opening his eyes with great difficulty he saw the universe, along with himself.
...- 19 Oct 2020
- 19 Oct 2020
>One day while Krsna was playing with His small playmates and Balarama, all His friends joined Balarama in lodging a complaint with mother Yagoda. “Mother,” they submitted, “Krsna has eaten earth.”
...- 18 Oct 2020