Searching for Internal Spiritual Connection (Album of photos)
Krishna Premarupa Dasa: It’s five o’clock in the morning and the church bell rings. The monks, headed by their abbot, enter the church from a side entrance and then, after showing their respects to God by kneeling down, they take their seats in front of the altar. Beautiful, mystical singing and glorification of God fill the hall. I feel at home, after all, at least in this lifetime, Christianity is my religious background and I still feel a connection to its tradition, especial...
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- 3 Jul 2019
“Krishna Forgives Us Life After Life” (4 min. video)
Mahatma Das: Krishna is constantly with us life after life, ready to forgive us for all our past sins and accept us. Isn’t it then strange that in spite of receiving his unlimited forgiveness, we are unwilling to forgive a person who hurt us?
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- 3 Jul 2019
Harinama in Kaduna, Nigeria (Album of photos)
Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria.
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Krishna stresses the importance of remembering Him. One‘s memory of Krishna is revived by chanting the maha-mantra, Hare Krishna. By this practice of chanting and hearing the sound vibration of the Supreme Lord, one’s ear, tongue and mind are engaged. This mystic meditation is very easy to practice, and it helps one attain the Supreme Lord. (Bhagavad-Gita 8.8 Purport
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- 3 Jul 2019
Iskcon New Govardhana, Australia. The farm, the cows, the gardens - 02 July 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Both for......
- 3 Jul 2019
Govinda’s Ashrama Kirtan (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: On another recent visit to Sydney, I led a couple of kirtan nights at Govinda’s Ashrama. As usual, there was a great crowd and everyone was enthusiastic in the chanting.
At the end everyone mingled and relaxed and, of course, there was great prasadam, which was cooked by a few devotees at Govinda’s Restaurant.
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- 3 Jul 2019
Day 4 of the Summer Marathon in East London (Album of photos)
Today we went out with HG Vaisesika Prabhu in East London with the Bhakti Vriksha Group. We also had the honor of HG Bhuta Bhavana Prabhu joining us.
- 2 Jul 2019
Tulsi Gabbard: Namaste, Aloha and best wishes to you all! When I saw your conference theme “Love of Neighbor in the Catholic and Hindu Traditions, I smiled, because it reminded me of my upbringing as a child. For those of you who don’t know, I was raised by a Catholic father, and a Vaishnava Hindu mother. So as a family, we studied the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible, side by side....
- 2 Jul 2019
Purushottama Deva was an emperor of Orissa who ruled from 1467 to 1497 C.E. He was the second ruler of Gajapati Dynasty and was known for his military prowess. Once during his South India tour he went to the kingdom of Kanchi where he met the princess of Kanchi, Padmavati. Her beauty and simplicity won his heart and when the king of Kanchi put a proposal to Purushottam Deva to marry his daughter then Purushottam Deva immediately agreed. ...
- 2 Jul 2019
The Ox Training Seminar at New Vraja Dhama, Hungary held April 17-24, involved training oxen by voice commands. Before the seminar, there were a few young oxen who were in the early stages of being trained by voice commands at New Vraja Dhama. Shiva was one of those oxen, and Balabhadra (William E. Dove) showed how to train Shiva to stop and stand. Then seminar attendees took Shiva for a walk to practice Shiva's stopping and standing....
- 2 Jul 2019
San Antonio (Texas) Mayor endorses 2nd Annual Festival of Chariots (2 min. video)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg invites SATX locals to t......
- 2 Jul 2019
Hilarious Rathayatra invitation in Spiritually Diverse Ojai (California)!
Diverse Ojai Valley: Ojai is a town with a very diverse spiritual venue. You can find whatever one wants here: atheism, experimentism (science), agnosticism, and a smorgasbord of every flavor of theology one could ask for: Naturalist, intellectualist, sentimentalist, physicist, socialist, neo-advaitist, voidist, impersonalist, partyist, etc. We got tree huggers, star gazers, moon blessers, psychics, hope chasers, light mergers, pot smokers, bliss babies, chakra healers, go...
- 2 Jul 2019
A wonderful Snana Yatra at Iskcon Leicester, UK (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as ma......
- 1 Jul 2019
Up And Running (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our 30th annual summer festival tour along the Baltic Sea in Poland is up and running. We held yesterday’s program in a heatwave that has affected all of Europe. Despite the high temperatures [ 101 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius ] a good crowd attended. ‘Rain or Shine’ the show always goes on! [ All photos by Kartamashi dasa ]
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- 1 Jul 2019
Some pictures from last Swan Boat Festival @ ISKCON New Vrindaban...
- 1 Jul 2019
Wonderful Budapest Ratha-yatra festival (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadan......
- 1 Jul 2019
Shripad Yesso Naik, Indian Government Minister for Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) received the book "Easy journey to other plantes" from Sri Bhakti Das (Chile). Mrinal Kulkarni famous actress from Maharashtra and Bollywood films also received "On the way to Krishna" ....
- 1 Jul 2019
Finding Balance in Life from the Inside - London UK Corporate (video)...
- 30 Jun 2019
Harinama at Burleigh Heads - 30 June 2019 (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “If one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, then very quickly he is cleansed of all offences. Thus as soon as he chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, he feels the ecstasy of love for God.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.31)
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- 30 Jun 2019
Blissful Harinama in Turin, Italy (1 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he receives love of Godhead. The holy name of Krishna is so powerful that by chanting even one name, one very easily achieves these transcendental riches.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.28)
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- 30 Jun 2019
Summer marathon of book distribution in Birmingham, UK, with 60 devotees (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: Day 2 of the Summer Marathon. Our Monthly Sankirtan Festival in Birmingham was pretty far out to say the least with approximately 60 devotees participating. We initially had a one and a half hour seminar presented by His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu at Birmingham temple. We then all split into groups and went out Door to Door as well as Street distribution in Birmingham City Centre.
- 30 Jun 2019
"Ryali" in local Telugu language means falling. According to the Srimad-Bhagavatam when the Demigods and Rakshas were quarreling over sharing of holy divine nectar, seeing this, Lord Krishna came in the guise of Mohini-Murti avatar to the rescue of demigods and convinced both the rivalry groups promising to distribute the divine nectar in equal share to Demigods and Rakshas....
- 30 Jun 2019
Rathayatra in Siauliai (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: On Thursday morning we had Rathayatra in Siauliai, one of the......
- 29 Jun 2019
Chariots festival Ratha Yatra in Wroclaw, Poland, 22 June 2019 (6 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.3.51 Purport)
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- 29 Jun 2019
The New Religion: Shopping! (7 min video)
Mahatma Das: So we thought that the religion for this age was Harinama, wrong! The religion is …“Shopping!” :-)
Our leaders do not see us anymore as citizens but as “consumers”. Because this is good for the economy!
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- 29 Jun 2019