Busy Family Man Teaches Maha-Mantra to Thousands!
Maha-Mantra Das is a busy family man and software developer in Washington D.C.
In his spare time, he and his wife and children have taught about 60,000 people how to chant the Hare Krishna mantra on beads over the last decade.
As local GBC Anuttama Das comments, “He is super empowered – an example of a congregation member taking outreach to heart.”
Originally from Tirupati, South India, Maha-Mantra moved to D.C. in 2007. Since 2008, when he first showed passersby how to ch...
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- 15 Sep 2018
Mangalananda das: My dear wife Yamini left this world today, Friday the 14th at 12:15 pm PST. She was surrounded by loving devotees chanting Hare Krishna. It was a very auspicious departure. The Krishna consciousness of our lives was intertwined in every aspect of the day. I will miss her tremendously. I pray to serve with you again in the future. Hare Krishna...
- 15 Sep 2018
Let us pray for all the devotees and others caught in the fury of Hurricane Florence that is pounding the coast of the Carolinas and possibly Florida with winds up to 120mph! We pray that Srila Prabhupada and our Lords give them Shelter and Solace....
- 15 Sep 2018
Harinama under the rain in Ljubljana, Slovenia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Narada Muni, citing a practical example fro......
- 14 Sep 2018
Appearance day of Sita Thakurani (Album of photos)
Today’s Darshan in Mayapur - Today is the appearance day of Sita Thakurani-the divine consort of Advaita Acarya.
Shri Sita Thakurani is to be worshiped just as much as Sachidevi herself, as the mother of the universe. She is the eternal wife of Shri Advaita Acharya. She was the daughter of Shri Nrishinga Baduri. She was married to Shri Advaita Acharya in Phuliya Nagara. After their wedding, Advaita Acharya went to Nadiya, to live in Shantipura. Sita Thakurani was always absorbed in vatsalya p...
- 14 Sep 2018
How can one become a proper recipient of Radharani or Hladini shakti mercy? (3 min video)
Romapada Swami: What is Rupa Goswami saying? Eligibility of candidate for devotional service is the answer to the question, the question is answered by sincerity, that you really want, and Krishna will test our sincerity, are you sure you really want? I am paraphrasing Prabhupada’s teaching, are you sure you want Krishna? what if there is some trouble? you really want Krishna or relief from your trouble and you say no Krishna I really want you let the troubl...- 14 Sep 2018
Ecstasy in Iskcon Hong Kong (1 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: If we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Krishna by takin......
- 14 Sep 2018
Janmastami in Novokuznetsk, central Siberia (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: For Janmastami we were in Novokuznetsk, ......
- 14 Sep 2018
Everyone wants peace in the world. The peace marchers do not know how to obtain peace, but they want peace. I read a speech of the Archbishop of Canterbury in which he said, "You want the kingdom of God without God." This is our defect. If you want peace at all, then accept that peace means to understand God. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Unless you are in touch with the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, you cannot have peace. Therefore, we have a different peace formula....
- 13 Sep 2018
World Holy Name Festival.
This is a link to a packet of information to fully equip devotees to celebrate World Holy Name Festi......
- 13 Sep 2018
Article and video in glorification of Gunagrahi Maharaja - by Sankarsana das.
My eulogy along with a 30m. video (DC Krishnafest) featuring Gunagrahi Maharaja who just left us this past weekend.
From 1989 through 1993 Gunagrahi Maharaja led the Krishnafest Harinama party seasonally located in Washington D.C. During that time Maharaja recruited several notable ISKCON kirtan leaders to participate in the party, such as Danavir Maharaja, BB Govinda Swami, Mahatma, Gaura, Titiksava Karunika, Sakya Rasa from UK, and Sarvatma prabhus. Numbers of other s...
- 13 Sep 2018
Integrating Krishna consciousness and Business - Interview with Coach Nick Pereira (Nakula Dasa)
What was the response to ......
- 13 Sep 2018
The Glory of Kurukshetra - Sri Krishna Arjuna Iskcon Temple (3 min video)
A Short video showing the latest construction visuals of world’s first Sri Krishna Arjuna Temple coming rapidly for all of us in Jyotisar - The birthplace of Bhagavad Gita.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/JT6hgT
- 13 Sep 2018
Iskcon Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, on Fire!! (photos and video)
These devotees by nature know how to express their joy......
- 13 Sep 2018
First ever ISKCON College and Career Conferences in North America! (Album of photos)
ISKCON of New Jersey: Thank you to all vo......
- 12 Sep 2018
Bhakta Mukesh: Arrival of a sadhu is the sign of Lord’s mercy; and when this mercy coincides with Balarama Jayanti that precedes Lord Krsna’s appearance day – it’s all the more a reason to rejoice in festivity and dance in ecstasy. Therefore, to celebrate the confluence of these holy tithis with the arrival of HH VedaVyasaPriya Swami Maharaj, the Journey of Self Discovery, Wellington, organised several events and festivities including a two-day Otaki retreat in honour of Maharaj and other senior v...
- 12 Sep 2018
Chanting and dancing for 50 Scouts (Album of photos)
Hare Krishna Festivals UK: Thanks to the Keynsham Scout Group (Somerset) for inviting us along to chant and dance with them.
Over 50 Scouts, and their parents, spent the evening learning about Krishna Consciousness and the Maha Hare Krishna Mantra.
Delicious vegetarian snacks (prasadam) were provided by Parasuram and the Food for All Team!
Every Scout was given a copy of ‘Chant and Be Happy’ to take home.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/Tz...
- 12 Sep 2018
Giriraj Swami: Yesterday was Gunagrahi Maharaja’s memorial program in Vrindavan, and I wrote him the following letter:
My dear Gunagrahi das Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, to your lifelong service to him, and to your divine departure to his lotus feet.
When you were leaving Dallas to go to India in the face of your cancer, you gave me the opportunity to see you off.
When you were traveling in India and dealing with so many issues and developments, you gave me the opportunity to c...
- 12 Sep 2018
To spread the brilliant moonlight of this auspicious benediction to people all over the world, the global GoMatsya Initiative has devised the Bhadra Campaign, a global effort to increase widespread distribution of Srimad Bhagavatam through donation on the occasion of Bhadra Purnima, which falls on 25 September 2018....
- 12 Sep 2018
Huge crowds for the Janmashtami - 2018 in Iskcon Silicon Valley (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one renders even a small amount of sincere devotional service, Krishna becomes obliged to elevate such person; and what to speak of one whose entire life and soul has been dedicated to Krishna’s service. Letter to Harer Nama, November 6, 1969.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/A1BNZ8
- 11 Sep 2018
Bhakti Sangama — Opening Night — 10 Sept 2018 (6 min video)
An incredible eight thousand devotees flocked to a small village on the Black Sea Coast near Odessa, Ukraine for the mega Bhakti Sangam festival.
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- 11 Sep 2018
Photos from the 2018 Brighton Ratha Yatra (UK)
Srila Prabhupada: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—these sixteen names composed of thirty-two syllables are the only means to counteract the evil effects of Kali-yuga. In all the Vedas it is seen that to cross the ocean of nescience there is no alternative to the chanting of the holy name.” (Kali-santarana Upanisad)
Please find below photos from the 2018 Brighton Ratha Yatra.
Slideshow (please turn on sound):
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- 11 Sep 2018
Here We Go! (4 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: If the rest of our 6-week festival tour here in America is anything like our first show in Houston today, we’re in for a mighty fine time!
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- 11 Sep 2018
Radha Kunda Seva: August 2018 Photos and Updates (Album of photos)
In this last month of August we expanded our daily cleaning efforts to include the maintainence of two new locations in Radha Kunda Town! Two ghats (landing stairs/ramp into water), one of them named Vallabha Ghat at Shyama Kunda, and another named Go Ghat at Radha Kunda proper, just across from Lord Nityananda’s Sitting Place. Both of these places are frequented by many people as well as the local dogs and monkeys, and as a result of this they have become quite polluted from the...
- 11 Sep 2018