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
- 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
Purushottam Nitai Das: Nanda and Yashoda comes from the spiritual world to enjoy pastimes with Krishna. And after Krishna unwinds his pastimes in the material world Nanda Maharaj and mother Yashoda merge into their original sources in the spiritual world....
- 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
Sri Sri Corastakam.
(The song about the Thief)
This song by Sri Bilvamangala Thakura expresses the sweet relationship between the devotee and Krsna, who purifies His devotee. It also highlights the special potency of Krsna’s holy name. (1) I offer my obeisances to that foremost of thieves – who is famous in Vraja as the butter-thief and who steals the gopis’ clothes, and who, for those who take shelter of Him, steals the sins which have accrued over many lifetimes. (2) I offer my obeisances to the foremost of thieves – who...
- 26 Jan 2023
Surrendering to Krishna (video)
Lecture by HG Anuttama prabhu at ISKCON PHILADELPHIA
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- 26 Jan 2023
We are all the eternal servants of Krishna (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Bhima Prabhu at ISKCON Juhu.
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- 25 Jan 2023
Tolerating material miseries (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Narayani Mataji at ISKCON Los Angeles.
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- 25 Jan 2023
CAN YOU SEE GOD? (5 min. video)
Kishor das remembers his experience with Srila Prabhupada. An outspoken lady asked Srila Prabhupada: “Swamiji, can you see God?”
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- 25 Jan 2023
1970.
In this photo that’s Shymsundar in front and Guru Das in the back (names misspelled in the photo blurb). They accepted the awards for the first Apple Records release, ‘Radha Krishna Temple Album London’. Their awards were Top Group- Britain and World, Best LP and Best single.
Left to right: DJ Tony Blackburn, Shymasundar, Guru Das, Lulu, Cilla Black, Cliff Richards, and David Bowie.
- 25 Jan 2023
Don’t let our desire to use something for Krishna become greater than our desire for Krishna (Based on Gita 09.26)
Chaitanya Charan Das: While driving to meet someone special, suppose we get a desire to offer them a special gift. But we get so caught in searching that gift that we lose our way and fail to reach for the meeting. By our mistaken priorities, we end up undermining the very relationship that we wanted to sweeten.
- 23 Jan 2023
Prabhupada priya dd: A few days ago, while doing some writing at the University of Florida library, I took a break to chant my midday Gayatri, and as I looked out from the 4th floor over the Plaza of the Americas, I felt Srila Prabhupada’s presence very strongly. I could almost visualize him walking down the path between the library and the old chapel (now auditorium)...
- 23 Jan 2023
Devotee families have their own unique offering to make to Krsna. Theirs is not an inferior brand of spirituality. Nor is marital happiness something shameful, as was often believed in the medieval ages of Christianity. God does not envy our enjoyment. But if we want our happiness to last, it has to be built on the principle of serving Krsna's enjoyment, because we are all His servants and cannot have lasting enjoyment by acting against our nature....
- 23 Jan 2023
With this in mind just like a drop of rain can become a pearl with the touch of oyster, in the same manner with the touch of a pure devotee we can clean our filthy hearts filled with dust and make it shine like a mirror. But, when that same drop of water drops into the gutter, it is not even worth of washing our feet.
- 23 Jan 2023
A Revolutionary Spirit.
Kadamba Kanana Swam: In the introduction to the Srimad Bhagavatam, Śrīla Prabhupāda quotes a very famous verse (SB 1.5.11). This is the verse that speaks about a revolution, so that attracts me because I like the revolutionary spirit, the spirit of making changes, something dynamic. Prabhupada is pointing out it is the discussion of Krsna that would bring about the change.
- 23 Jan 2023
The story of the Wrangler ad.
Ugrasrava is one of the most senior devotees of the Australian Yatra. He tells the story of the Wrangler ad.
Written by Aprakrita dasa
Ugrasrava: I had friends in the advertising industry, and one day they came to the temple and said, “The Wrangler Jeans Company wants us to advertise their product and we have the idea to use the Hare Krishnas’ in a sankirtan party - playing mridangas and kartals, wearing dhotis and full tilak, coming down Burk Street. One of the devotees will wear a Wrangler denim shi...
- 23 Jan 2023
Unity in diversity (video)
A seminar by Braja Bihari das in Iskcon Naperville Temple.
Brilliant presentation, often hilarious, touches on different points, explanations based on guru-sastra-sadhu.
- 23 Jan 2023
What You Have To Do If You Have Offended A Devotee Of The Lord.
Sacinandana Swami: If one has drunk the poison of offending a devotee, one should, with that same mouth, drink the life-giving nectar of sincerely praising (and serving) that devotee. Haridasa Thakura says, “If anyone offends a sadhu in a moment of delusion and madness, he must fall at the sadhu’s feet and bitterly repent; weeping with full contrition, he must beg for forgiveness. He should declare himself a fallen wretch in need of a Vaisnava’s grace. A sadhu is very me...
- 21 Jan 2023