More and more people in the world celebrate Gaura Purnima as the most important holiday of the year. Gaura Purnima is a happy time when Lord Caitanya, the golden avatar, appeared on earth five hundred years ago. He is also called the most gracious avatar. He gives an invaluable gift - love to God for everyone. According to His prediction, Mahamantra Hare Krsna is heard throughout the world. On the day of His appearance, the whole planet was freed from the oppression of the age of Kali, so everyone on earth received the opportunity to be liberated simply by chanting the holy names.
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- 29 Feb 2020
“Afraid to Surrender” by HG Mahatma Prabhu - April 16, 2018 (4 min video)
If we are afraid of love - and surrender is another word for love - Krsna will bring into our lives the very things we fear will happen if we surrender. So what we fear will happen if we surrender then appears in our lives, because this is what we are focused on and this is what we expect will happen.
- 29 Feb 2020
Iskcon devotees, including HG Mahatma prabhu ACBSP (in the photo), spent a morning collecting garbage thrown carelessly in the streets of the Holy Dhama of Sri Mayapur. There is a plan for the stores in Iskcon Mayapur to be using primarily products with biodegradable packaging but is not applied yet. There are also other policies thought out in order to prevent pollution like for example placing signs everywhere: 1000 RUPEE FINE FOR LITTERING and then get all the chokidars to enforce it. Eventually, these and othe...
- 29 Feb 2020
The benefit of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam classes (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Prahladananda Swami in ISKCON Vrindavan.
- 29 Feb 2020
Harinama in Rishikesh with 50 Iskcon devotees (3 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: If you ask me what is my favorite service, this is it. Speaking to the people in my favorite “temple”: the street corner of every town and village. Jaya Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
- 28 Feb 2020
- 28 Feb 2020
We are not the controllers! (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Shikhi Mahiti Prabhu in ISKCON Vrindavan.
- 28 Feb 2020
“This man’s photo gives me so much comfort and that’s how I get by…”
Once I was collecting in a very small sheep farming town Western Australia. I knocked on the door of a run-down small country style house and a very fragile bodied old lady answered the door. It was quite clear that she was living on her own and looking after herself in the last years of her life. Normally, in that situation, people aren’t used to strangers coming to the door in a small town so it struck me that she immediately looked at what I ha...
- 27 Feb 2020
When The Lord Breaks His Own Rules!
Sacinandana Swami: We might wonder what is going on in the heart of the Lord when someone turns to Him. Any information about this would increase our desire to connect with Him manifold – but is there any reliable description, an example, a real incident?
- 27 Feb 2020
Lord Siva and the devotees of Lord Krishna (video)
From a recent class in Bhaktivedanta Manor...
- 27 Feb 2020
Srimad Bhagavatam in the center!
Shastrakrit Das: If we want good marriage we put each other first and if we want great marriage we put Bhagavatam in the center!
- 27 Feb 2020
Prabhupada: The only one who told us the truth! (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Dhirasanta das Goswami in ISKCON Mayapur.
- 27 Feb 2020
George Harrison and Hare Krishna.
Despite The Beatles incredible fame and fortune, due to the pressures of touring and the constant attention from public and media, peace of mind and happiness had escaped them. So, in 1967 they travelled to Rishikesh. This trip to India was part of a sudden fascination of everything Indian by the vibrant and searching youth of the late 1960s.
- 26 Feb 2020
City Of Liverpool To Open Memorial Garden In Honor Of George Harrison.
Today, on what would have been George Harrison‘s 77th birthday, the city of Liverpool, England where the late guitarist was born and raised has announced plans for a memorial woodland garden to open in his honor.
- 26 Feb 2020
The highland city of Bandung is only a short 2.5 hours' drive southeast of Jakarta via toll road, and is the overwhelming destination of choice for Jakarta residents to get away for weekends and long holidays. Lately it has also become a favorite holiday resort for tourists from Singapore and Malaysia, who come here in droves to shop and enjoy its nature and fabulous foods.
...- 26 Feb 2020
Remembering the ‘Quiet Beatle’
February 25 is the birth anniversary of George Harrison, the popular British songwriter and musician known best as a member of the famous Beatles Group.
Harrison , known as the “Quiet Beatle”, passed away at the age of 58 on November 29 ,2001 .He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Ganga , according to his wishes. Harrison had embraced the Hare Krishna tradition and remained a devotee till his death. In the summer of 1969, he produced the single “Hare Krishna Mantra&rdqu...
- 26 Feb 2020
Mayapur Kirtan Mela (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: Every year at the Mayapur festival, there is a kirtan mela, which features well-known kirtan leaders from around the world. It starts in the morning, after the program and goes into the evening until 10.00pm.
- 26 Feb 2020
I, me and mine (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Drutakarma Das in Iskcon Mayapur
- 26 Feb 2020
Cure Racism Today by Sivarama Swami (2 min video) Only by understanding and realizing the simple fact that we are not our material bodies we can experience, as spiritual entities, our being equal
...- 25 Feb 2020
‘I wanna be beautiful’
Mohini Madhavi devi dasi: How often you shout at your friends not to tag you on Facebook photos?
Did you ever had thoughts of wearing burka?
Did you ever fasted to loose weight & then after 1-2 days because of hunger ate whole fridge then sat & wept?
- 25 Feb 2020
To Srila Prabhupada, I give my life. I owe him everything!
MadanMohanMohini dasi: After graduating from high school in 1966, my friend and I went to the Village in New York City to check out the scene. While there, we heard a, ‘ching, ching, ching, ching, ching, ching’ and turned around. Looking through the intense heat waves we saw, in double file, a group of somebodies or somethings in saffron orange clothes, singing, playing instruments, and floating down the hot sidewalk. I turned to my friend and said, “New York sure is a weird p...
- 25 Feb 2020
I SEE YOU IN THE SKY!
Sacinadana Swami: “I would believe only in a God that knew how to dance.” - Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A few days ago, I went for a long walk with a very dear friend. We were so absorbed in our talks that we forgot the time. All of a sudden, we found ourselves surrounded by the pitch-black night.
A recent hurricane had torn off the branches of many timeworn trees and uprooted numerous others, leaving us an ominous path back home. Fortunately, my friend had a mobile phone with torchlight function, and ...
- 25 Feb 2020
Tamal Krishna Goswami’s Disappearance Day.
Srila Prabhupada said that when a Vaishnava departs we feel simultaneously happy and sad. We feel happy because we know the Vaishnava has gone to Krishna, but we feel sad because we will miss the Vaishnava’s association. I have no doubt that Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja has gone both to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and to the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji. By such service as he offered to Srila Prabhupada for so many years, one is natura...
- 25 Feb 2020
A gorgeous film honoring so well the depth and commitment of the devotional journey and the humility of George Harrison
...- 25 Feb 2020