Vedic Cosmology: Integrating God and Physics.
One of the strongest points of tension that often comes up in cosmology between science and religion is the age of the universe. Some interpretations of the Bible calculate it to be about 6,000 years old, while the most recent calculation according to the Lambda-CDM concordance model is 13.8 billion years. The Vedic literatures see the manifestation and eventual destruction of the universe, like most events in nature, as a periodic occurrence and give it in trillions of years....
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- 10 Sep 2018
“I curse your children to become devotees of Krishna!”
Urmila Devi Dasi: We met with people who had taken up Krishna consciousness in 1980-82 when all religion was illegal in the then Soviet Union. We heard this story from one woman:
Her husband came home one day when she was cooking meat, and said he had become vegetarian. When she asked if he would eat dinner she had already cooked for that day, and start vegetarianism tomorrow, he refused. Within a year, she started chanting Hare Krishna also. Her husband was put into prison for bein...
- 10 Sep 2018
It is deeply sad that we have lost a great general in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission. He was an inspirational leader and took on great responsibility on behalf of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ...
- 10 Sep 2018
Caitanya Caritamrita By Radha Padma (18 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.2.37).
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- 10 Sep 2018
We are now calling for nominations for the 10 available ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards (IEEA) for 2018. The IEEA recognizes the sincere service of devotees who have dedicated their lives to the mission of Srila Prabhupada within Europe. These awards are to encourage such exemplary devotees and also to inspire all other devotees by their example....
- 10 Sep 2018
Sadhu-sanga festival 2018 in Dzhubga, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If we simply place oursel......
- 10 Sep 2018
2018 Ratha Yatra and Festival of India in Copenhagen (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: This Krishna consciousness movement ......
- 9 Sep 2018
Cooperate!
Bhaktimarga swami: If there could ever be a New Year’s resolution that resonates universally, I would say it could be to step-up on cooperation. Cooperation appears to be a high symptom of love.
Our guru, Srila Prabhupada, had remarked that love is demonstrated by the ability to work as a team.
In other words, cooperate.
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- 9 Sep 2018
HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami placed into Samadhi (Album of photos)
“He reasons ill who tells that Vaisnavas die When thou art living still in sound! The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try To spread the holy name around!”
The glorious departure of HH Gunagrahi Das Swami Maharaj continued today with Maharaj being placed into Samadhi at Iskcon Goshala amongst other exalted souls.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
All glories to HH Gunagrahi Das Swami Maharaj!!
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- 9 Sep 2018
DASI Creates Service Opportunities for Young Women in ISKCON.
It’s a bustling evening on Janmastami, Lord Krishna’s appearance day, in Village of Vrindavana, a pop-up reconstruction of famous temples and pilgrimage spots at ISKCON of Alachua, Florida. Against the ink-black night sky, ten young women in bright, multicolored costumes are portraying Krishna’s rasa dance with the gopis. Their fusion of Bharatanatyam, Odissi and modern dance puts a cherry on top of the night’s festivities and has everyone grinning and applauding.
- 9 Sep 2018
As a Part of 'Sri Krishna Janmastami Celebrations' on the final day September 7th, ISKCON Guntur has conducted a Youth Awareness Rally on the theme 'Say No To Bad Habits-Save The Youth' which is organized by ISKCON Youth Forum Guntur....
- 9 Sep 2018
Before Srila Vyasadeva recorded the Vedas, fixing them in a written medium, they were passed down in spoken form. An oral culture of transmission relies on an aural culture of reception; that is, the message has to be heard and comprehended in order to be useful. SrimadÂBhagavatam tells us that Vyasadeva wrote down the Vedas because people’s aural skills were diminishing. He wanted to preserve the texts’ content and make it available to all those who would lose “their vision due to the dense darkne...
- 8 Sep 2018
The outreach program was conducted by the Journey of Self Discovery Trust at Epuni hall in Lower Hutt city in Wellington. The community hall was packed to the hilt with more than 350 participants, with registrations closing in less than two days due to the high demand....
- 8 Sep 2018
The three gunas (goodness in white, passion in red and ignorance in black) as they influence the conditioned soul.
From a recen......
- 8 Sep 2018
“Secrets to Self-Improvement” (Album of photos)
On the 30th of August, 2018, Vaisesika Dasa gave a motivational talk entitled “Secrets to Self-Improvement”, as a part of Mindfulness & Conscious Living Series @Intel HQ in Santa Clara, California. It was attended by 300+ employees worldwide who enthusiastically took back valuable nuggets of wisdom to aid in their personal & professional life.
Vaisesika Dasa reflected on the famous quote of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura,“Intrinsic in every living being is the abili...
- 8 Sep 2018
Bhakti & Science - Village to Village.
The highlight of the tour was the Russian conference. When Caitanya Candra Caran Das and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami (originally a scientist himself) heard the news that a representative of the BIHS was in Europe, and wanted to give a seminar in Russia, they gave their blessings to Abhinanda, Vasushretha, and Jagannath Baladeva to mobilize the academic devotees throughout the country. Murali was amazed by their efficiency: “Immediately all these devotees got overnight trains and airplanes from Moscow, St. Pe...
- 8 Sep 2018
There is now an improved, online database of BBT art (paintings, photo graphs, and drawings). More than 8,000 images have already been uploaded, and we are gradually adding more images, plus keywords and other metadata, so that the images become eminently searchable....
- 8 Sep 2018
Negara is a city situated in Western Bali around two and a half hours from Denpasar. It is the capital of Jembrana and has a population of around 300,000. On the 1st of September 2018, in conjunction with the cities’ 123rd anniversary, devotees held a grand Ratha Yatra celebration. This was the second time the festival was held with the first being on a small scale in 2010; 8 years prior....
- 7 Sep 2018
Janmastami festival celebrated at ISKCON Gaya. Here are the link where all the pics and videos are being uploaded....
- 7 Sep 2018
ISKCON Kiev: Most spectacular offerings for Srila Prabhupada’s Appearance Day (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one can please a pure devotee of the Lord, such action means immediate satisfaction of the Lord, even though such a person is not officially qualified to receive the mercy of the Lord. Letter to Yeager, December 20, 1970.
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- 7 Sep 2018
Sri Vyasa Puja - ISKCON of Alachua (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The secret of surrendering to Krishna is that such surrendered devotee sees that everything is part of Krishna’s plan. Whatever is meant to be I am doing. Let me do it with my full attention to every detail. Let me become absorbed in such service, never mind what it is. Let all other considerations be forgotten and only my desire to do the thing best for Krishna’s alone pleasure is my motive. Letter to Jayapataka, December 19, 1972
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- 7 Sep 2018
There are two main reasons for the print/ebook combo concept: 1. To supply the ebook, free of charge, to the buyer of the printed book. Many people like to have both: the printed book at home, and the ebook for traveling. 2. To supply the book distributors with the perfect response to people saying “I only read ebooks.” The devotees can now distribute ebooks and printed books in one go. At no additional cost to the temples. At no additional cost to the person buying the book....
- 7 Sep 2018
Srila Prabhupada’s ingenuity!
Ramesvara das: What Srila Prabhupada did was so ingenious, it has to be appreciated from a historical point of view. No one in modern history has ever made philosophy books popular for the mass market. So what Prabhupada did was a stroke of genius and he should be described as…this should be understood to be part of Prabhupada’s genius in knowing how to popularize Krsna consciousness. ...
- 6 Sep 2018
Janmastami 2018 - Zurich (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The secret of surrendering to Krishna is that such surrendered devotee sees that everything is part of Krishna’s plan. Whatever is meant to be I am doing. Let me do it with my full attention to every detail. Let me become absorbed in such service, never mind what it is. Let all other considerations be forgotten and only my desire to do the thing best for Krishna’s alone pleasure is my motive. Letter to Jayapataka, December 19, 1972.
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- 6 Sep 2018