“You guys stopped a riot. There was a riot that was about to happen and you guys stopped it.”
Amarendra: In 1972 before the New Vrindavan festival, I went down to Miami Beach for the 1972 Republican convention.
With Mahavir, who was a good friend of mine, we put together a prasadam program for all the demonstrators who were camping out at Miami Beach at a place called Flamingo Park.
Every day we would bring prasadam and feed all the protestors who were there to disrupt the Republican convention.
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- 17 Dec 2022
The books Srila Prabhupada brought with him from India were the first three volumes of the Srimad Bhagavatam he had printed in Delhi between 1960 and 1965.
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How to find the Divine in the world around us? (8 min. musical
video)
From the album Forever by Mahatma Das & Friends.
- 17 Dec 2022
Don’t Buy the Big Tube!
HG Vaisesika prabhu: I met a pathologist recently who works with cancer patients. She explained to me that there is a certain kind of pancreatic cancer that is most deadly and that one who contracts it can survive only a few months, at the most.
- 17 Dec 2022
Srila Prabhupada: In Kali-yuga, you cannot strictly follow, neither I can strictly follow. If I criticize you, if you criticize me, then we go far away from our real life of Krsna consciousness.
Morning Walk – March 10, 1976, Mayapur:
- 16 Dec 2022
120 Names of Sri Krishna (8 min. musical video)
The devotees and children from the Czech Hare Krishna farm’s community Krishna’s yard published a new video clip of the song of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Nagare Nagare Gora Gay.
Music composed by Jay Gurudev Prabhu (ACBSP)
- 16 Dec 2022
“I Am Missing You, O Krishna” (5 min. video)
Norah Jones performing “I Am Missing You, O Krishna” is a song by Indian musician Ravi Shankar, sung by his sister-in-law Lakshmi Shankar and released as the lead single from his 1974 album Shankar Family & Friends. The song is a rare Shankar composition in the Western pop genre, with English lyrics, and was written as a love song to Lord Krishna. The recording was produced and arranged by George Harrison, and it was the first single issued ...
- 16 Dec 2022
Srila Prabhupada about prasadam.
01. All to be served should be invited to sit on the floor, and prasadam should be served by qualified devotees.
02. Those who are served should be very clean, peaceful, and satisfied. They should eat before serving, if necessary. They should try not to speak while serving.
03. Serve just the right amount so that nothing is wasted.
- 16 Dec 2022
The history of Krishna Balaram Mandir (video)
Historical narration by HG Daivi Shakti Mataji
- 15 Dec 2022
Taking Shelter of Lord Krishna’s Lotus Feet (audio)
“For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.” —Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.58.
- 15 Dec 2022
The Baked Potato Lila by Govinda Dasi.
At New Jersey, my chores consisted of various household duties aside from my artwork for “Back to Godhead”. I cleaned the kitchen, washed Swamiji’s clothes - he was still called Swamiji at that time -, made the beds, mopped the floors, and cleaned everything. I enjoyed serving him any way I could and of course, I picked him roses every day. It was with great joy that I did everything. Kirtanananda however, did the cooking, as I was not trained in cooking. I had been a college student, just prior ...
- 15 Dec 2022
When Srila Prabhupada was thrashed by a bull.
From 1960-65 HDGSP would wander these lanes at Chippiwada, Delhi performing His service of publishing His 3-volumes of SB-purchasing paper, checking the book-binder, proof-reading at the printer, etc. One day HDGSP was thrashed by a bull. HDGSP relates this lila—[see the sign ISKCON where HDGSP resided] “In the beginning, it appears to be very bitter. When I took sannyasa, when I was living alone, I was feeling very bitter. I, sometimes I was thinking, "Wh...
- 15 Dec 2022
HG Srutakirti prabhu narrates the pastimes of HDG Srila Prabhupada (video)
Srutakirti: Today I was asked to speak to the devotees in Gurgaon on Zoom. I have shared it on Facebook and Instagram live.
- 15 Dec 2022
Ramai Swami: As Lord Jesus Christ said, we should hate the sin, not the sinner. That is a very nice statement, because the sinner is under illusion. He is mad. If we hate him, how can we deliver him? Therefore, those who are advanced devotees, who are really servants of God, do not hate anyone.
...- 13 Dec 2022
A real prayer comes deep from within!
The following prayers, which Srila Prabhupada described as “the sum and substance of devotional life [v. 24]”, are spoken by the demon Vrtrasura – to Indra’s great astonishment – in the middle of his fight for life or death with the king of the demigods (Indra):
- 13 Dec 2022
“Gossip! It will Destroy this Movement”
Melbourne Temple, 14 Burnett Street, St. Kilda, Thursday, 6 April 1972
‘Behind Srila Prabhupada’s room was a tiny, two-metre square kitchenette. There, each day, Citralekha would prepare rasagullas for Prabhupada, who ate the sweets daily with his breakfast. Around mid-morning, Upendra would start to prepare Prabhupada’s lunch.
- 13 Dec 2022
Daily Quotes by His Grace Mahatma Prabhu. Mahatma Das joined ISKCON in 1969 and has served as temple president, book distributor, sankirtana leader, college preacher, membership director, and VIHE teacher and co-director. He is well known in Iskcon for his recorded music and his seminars. He is the co-director of Bhakti Life, a non-profit organization that teaches the practices of devotional service through interactive workshops, retreats, online courses and counseling.
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Domestication and Capitulation?HH Bhaktisiddhanta Swami: When I first became a devotee as a young brahmacari it was like being part of a revolution, guided by Srila Prahupada’s call in distribution and heart transformation.
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5 Gems from Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
Chaturatma Dasa: While studying about Madhavendra Puri I came across these gems. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur says that there are 5 primary counter examples we should learn from Ramachandra Puri: (1)Faultfinding, especially finding fault in Vishnu and the Vaishnavas, is extremely detrimental to ones spiritual advancement. A devotional practitioner should look at his own faults rather than at others. By correcting his own faults, he will be able to make some advancement.
- 12 Dec 2022
Rare old photos of clips from the local press coverage, the day Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur departed from this world.
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- 11 Dec 2022
My Guru Mahārāja, my spiritual master, used to say that you have to select a spiritual master not by seeing but by your ear, but by hearing. And you don’t select a spiritual master who has got a very good hair or beard or some very beautiful feature, ‘Oh, he is a very good, nice looking.’ No. You must hear. Tad viddhi praṇipātena (BG 4.34). Śruti. The whole process is śruti. The Vedas are called śruti. The ear has to aural reception.”
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, New York, August 12, 1966)...
- 11 Dec 2022
In the mood of visiting the Dham when you can't physically go to the Dham, GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) is bringing the Dham to you.
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- 11 Dec 2022
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur's Paduka At Bagh Bazar Gaudiya Math, Kolkata.
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Srila Prabhupada: In 1936, just on the 13th, December, I wrote him one letter. Not 13th. I think by the beginning of December, 1936, I wrote one letter to Guru Maharaja. I knew he was little kind upon me, so I wrote that “Guru Maharaja, you have got many disciples. I am also one of them. But they are doing direct service to you. Some of them are brahmacaris, some of them sannyasis, but I am a householder
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- 11 Dec 2022