Vaikunthanath: The Montreal temple was going very well, but we always had a difficult time paying the monthly rent, and there was some danger that they would lose the temple at one point because they just didn’t have the rent money.
Prabhupada actually proposed the idea to me and Pradyumna that we should go out and meet people in the Indian community and explain to them that we are trying to establish this Radha-Krishna temple here and maintain this temple and that we would like their support and help.
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- 18 Jun 2019
On Sunday 6/16/2019 Lord Jagannath Snan Yatra was celebrated with sincere devotion. On this actual day of Lord Jagannath’s appearance day...
- 18 Jun 2019
Nartaka Gopala dasi says: I have been feeling devastated since I heard my dear friend Labangalatika devi passed on May 28, 2019 at her home in India. Yes, one less Prabhupada disciple on the planet, but more than that, she was one of the most remarkable and inspiring people I ever knew....
- 18 Jun 2019
Ratha Yatra at Prague, Czech Republic (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Kr......
- 17 Jun 2019
GOD ON TRIAL SHOWDOWN (27 min video)
Atheistic Scientists challenge God to show up in court or face charges of non-existence. (This video was shot in 1997 & 2000 on Standard Definition equipment.)
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- 17 Jun 2019
“Can Lord Chaitanya wear a peacock feather?”
Jananivas: In 1973 we had just completed the lotus building in Mayapur. I went to Prabhupada’s room and asked him,
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- 17 Jun 2019
My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains in his commentary that just as a legitimate son has to simply remain alive to gain an inheritance from his father, one who simply remains alive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, following th...
- 17 Jun 2019
When Stephen Colbert would “go to the Hare Krishnas and listen to the Bhagavad Gita in order to get the chickpeas-salad” (1 min video)
Stephen Colbert talks about when he used to go to a Hare Krishna temple to save money on food when he was a struggling Northwestern University acting student in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Michael Shannon is also in the clip.
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- 17 Jun 2019
Pushpa Abhishek 2019 (Album of 86 HR photos)
New Govardhana San Diego, June 16, 2019
Srila Prabhupada: If with the arrow of chanting the holy name of the Lord one pierces Lord Vishnu’s lotus feet, by dint of performing this heroic activity of devotional service on receives the benefit of returning home, back to Godhead. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.15.42 Purport)
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- 17 Jun 2019
“In this Age of Kali, Krishna is manifest in two forms; wood and water. Thus, by enabling the conditioned souls to see the wood and bathe in the water, He helps them become liberated.” “Lord Jagannath is the Supreme Lord himself in the form of wood and the river Ganga is the Supreme Lord himself in the form of water.” [ Lord Caitanya quoted in Caitanya-caritamṛta: Madhya 15.134-135 ]...
- 16 Jun 2019
A rare view of Bhaktivedanta Manor completely deserted due to the Rathayatra festival in London (Album of photos)
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- 16 Jun 2019
Srila Prabhupada expressed his appreciation for his father in his dedication to his book Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, “To My Father, Gour Mohan De (1849–1930)”: “A pure devotee of Krsna, who raised me as a Krsna conscious child from the beginning of my life. In my boyhood ages he instructed me how to play the mrdanga. He gave me Radha-Krsna vigraha to worship, and he gave me Jagannatha ratha to duly observe the festival as my childhood play. He was kind to me, and I imbibed from him the ideas later on solidified by my spiritual master, the eterna...
- 16 Jun 2019
Devotees of Journey of Self Discovery (JOSD) Wellington had a power packed week with HG Chaitanya Charan Das, who gave 8 seminars from 3 – 9 June 2019....
- 16 Jun 2019
HG Kunti Devi Dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada and known Iskcon pioneer left this world.
Karnamrita Dasi (her daughter, shown in the little square photo with her mother): She left at 9:40am, she had said the evening before, just as we were ready to go to sleep, “The train is coming, I’m getting on” I thought there were no meanings to her words. And then the next morning my sweet friend Molly Ananga Manjari Martin who was helping with my mother’s needs, let me know that her loud death rattle had stopped and to come immediate...
- 16 Jun 2019
The Festival of India (Ratha-yatra) in Connecticut (30 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: The devotee’s life’s mission is to please Krishna, and he can sacrifice everything for Krishna’s satisfaction, just as Arjuna did in the Battle of Kurukshetra. The process is very simple: one can devote himself in his occupation and engage at the same time in chanting Hare Krishna. Such transcendental chanting attracts the devotee to the Personality of Godhead. (Bhagavad-gita 12.6-7 Purport)
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- 15 Jun 2019
Big Rathayatra in Florence, Italy (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadanya, th......
- 15 Jun 2019
When you have Kurma, the chef as your husband and it’s your birthday! (Album of photos)
Kurma: Birthday Prasadam. Here’s some up-close and personal darshan of (my wife) Dhira Lalita’s Birthday prasadam. It featured food from all the 5 major food groups - chocolate, sugar, cream, butter, and strawberries. Thank the Lord that birthdays come only once a year.
A big thanks to our neighbors Bhakta Terence and Bhaktin Niamh for hosting us. ...
- 15 Jun 2019
We need basic Pathology lab machines, equipment and funds. We are asking the IKSCON community for help in acquiring the necessary equipment and funds so a self-sustaining and medically sound Pathology lab for our ever-growing ISKCON Mayapur community can be established.
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- 14 Jun 2019
Remembering Aindra Prabhu (video)
Braja Bihari das and his wife Ananda Vrndavanesvari share some memories of Aindra Prabhu fol......
- 14 Jun 2019
The basic observance of Ekadasi, as prescribed by Srila Prabhupada, is to refrain from grains and beans and to chant as many rounds as possible. Although most devotees in ISKCON do not perform nirjala on every Ekadasi, many do on Pandava-nirjala Ekadasi. They also try to chant at least sixty-four rounds....
- 14 Jun 2019
Work on the Main Dome of the TOVP is almost complete! (Album of photos)
Sadbhuja Das: In the photos you will see blue tiling h......
- 14 Jun 2019
ISKCON Mayapur: Panihati is the name of a village located in the state of West Bengal, on the banks of River Ganges (10 miles north of Kolkata)....
- 14 Jun 2019
Fan The Spark (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Vaisesika prabhu at Bhakti Center of New York, June 12th, 2019.
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- 13 Jun 2019
- 13 Jun 2019