We know the value of associating with advanced devotees and are keen for their darsana, guidance and blessings. Unfortunately, we quite often deprive ourselves of the full benefit of spending time with them. We tend to speak rather than hear and we try to bring them into our world rather than proactively and sensitively gain entrance into theirs. What an unfortunate misuse of a chance of mercy!
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- 12 Aug 2018
How Can I Serve You?
HH Candramauli Swami: This topic is fundamental to everything we do in devotional service. Understanding this principle requires each of us to know clearly that as living beings our nature and our happiness in achieving that nature rests on the principles of service. When we say service as an activity, we mean service rendered for the benefit of the person being served. Service that is done without this motivation is defined more as using another to get something for ourselves. The dynamics on how service is executed solely for th...
- 12 Aug 2018
Prabhupada, “You can also see God in six months if you simply become this sincere and determined.”
Narada Muni: I was selling books from a book cart at the 1971 Ratha-yatra when I asked someone to take my place for a minute so I could run to see Srila Prabhupada on the Ratha-yatra cart before it left.
When I saw him, I felt that Srila Prabhupada looked at me, and everybody probably felt the same thing.
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- 11 Aug 2018
Super Harinam in Miedzyzoroje, Poland (23 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: When one is free from offenses in chanting Hare Krishna, he develops the ecstatic bodily features called pulakasru. Pulaka means “symptoms of happiness,” and asru means “tears in the eyes.” The symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes must appear in a person who has chanted the holy name offenselessly. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.15.25 Purport)
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- 11 Aug 2018
Krsna’s Village Of Peace (17 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Krsna’s Village of Peace at this year’s Woodstock festival - renamed Pol’and’Rock - exceeded all our expectations. Tens of thousands of youth came through, 150,000 plates of prasadam were distributed, Ratha Yatra went on four days in a row and kirtan was roaring 11 hours a day in the Mantra Yoga tent. We couldn’t ask for more. Our only request is that we may continue to serve Srila Prabhupada in the same way for many years to come.
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- 11 Aug 2018
Prasada: The Power of Sacred Food.
On the spiritual path those that are most inclined to lead a peaceful existence that respects the value of all life often adopts the vegetarian lifestyle. It is in accordance with the yogic principle of ahimsa, which is to observe nonviolence and abstain from injuring any being in any way. However, in the process of bhakti-yoga, devotion goes beyond simple vegetarianism, and food becomes a method of spiritual progress. In the Krishna temples, food is offered to the Deities in a special sacrament, after which it become...
- 11 Aug 2018
Children and Pets
Urmila Devi Dasi: A BOY AND HIS DOG, at least in America, is a symbol of friendship and of healthy psychological development. Srila Prabhupada, however, said that keeping pet dogs is a symptom of how the world has lost Vedic culture. People sometimes say that giving children pets to love helps children develop universal love. But we can easily see that it doesn’t work. Children love their dogs, cats, hamsters, and lizards, yes, but they eat cows, fish, sheep, and chickens. Some children on farms even learn to arrange for the sla...
- 11 Aug 2018
The Head and Heart.
Sri Hanumatpresaka Swami: Many writers on yoga, mysticism describe this non-striving state of consciousness as the highest level of experience, but from this Vedic model we can see that it is high, but realistically it is not even spiritual.
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- 10 Aug 2018
How one of Srila Prabhupada’s books changed the life of a young Moroccan Muslim (5 min video)
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- 10 Aug 2018
Enjoy the complete Mahabharata narrated by Nirantara Das ACBSP available freely in audio mp3 files.
You can download them fro......
- 10 Aug 2018
There are no material formulas if we sincerely want to distribute books!
Maha Buddhi Dasa: Bhakti Tirtha Swami, who was Ghanasyam before taking sannyasa was on book distribution with me in the 1970’s distributing full sets to the colleges.
- 10 Aug 2018
Yadukula: As Delhi went under a spell of monsoon this July, Yadukula hosted it's annual cultural evening- Manthan 2018- on the 29th of July. This event was conducted with immense enthusiasm and excitement by young practitioner devotees - most of whom are part of the cultural youth community, Yadukula- from different parts of Delhi/NCR....
- 10 Aug 2018
Earthquake in Bali (1 min video)
Devotees in the Iskcon temple of Bali hold the deities steady in their place while the earthq......
- 9 Aug 2018
Prabhupada said, “Simply by circumambulating Krishna and Balarama, no more traversing up and down in the material universe.”
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- 9 Aug 2018
Once, this Azerbaijan devotee, Garuda Vahana Das and I were at the University of Utah, where practically everyone is fixed up in Mormonism, and we approached a student reading outside on a bench.
Garuda: (Russian accent) Excuse me, I have book for you, about Yoga, you know, meditation.
Student: That sounds great, but I think I’m okay.
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- 9 Aug 2018
Celestial bodies as depicted in scriptures.
Sadbhuja Das: A column writer from the Telegraph (Indian Newspaper) came to interview me, did a colorful article on the ToVP.
Newspapers here in India love to do articles on the ToVP.
The Telegraph is an English newspaper that is in all the major cities in India, this article was in all of them!
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By Sudeshna Banerjee.
Mayapur: A gigantic blue dome is all that visitors to Nadia’s Mayapur have been seeing of the temple under construction for the past seven years. Last February...
- 9 Aug 2018
Calf born to prize-winning pedigree at New Gokul farm!
The latest addition at the New Gokul farm is a female calf born to Hemala, a donated cow. The mother is a prize-winning pedigree and her attributes and caliber are very clearly present in her generational offspring. “Hemala is a very warm, friendly and exceptionally well-natured cow,” explained Farm Manager Jaya Krishna. “Manor Temple President Srutidharma das named the calf Janaki!”
- 9 Aug 2018
Local Council in UK laud community charity achievements.
The charity ‘Gratitude’ recently celebrated its 5th anniversary with a special event attracting senior devotees, members of Hertsmere Council, representatives of contributing local supermarkets, charity representatives and other well-wishers. Gratitude saves food from waste and uses it to benefit people in need in the local community via social gatherings that are educational in terms of healthy lifestyle and waste awareness. Their main outlet is St. Theresa parish hall in Borehamwood...
- 9 Aug 2018
We visited Shirdhon, a small village in the Kavathe Mahankal Talukain Sangli District, located 35 kms East of Sangli District’s headquarters. On getting the news of padayatra’s arrival the local devotees had called for a meeting and planned up everything. All the villagers came together to serve Their Lordships and decorated the road with rangoli designs and flowers. It was amazing to see their cooperation. As we reached, the matajis arrived with big pots of water, washed the hoofs of our oxen and performed arati of the Lord. We were all honored by beautiful garlands. The devotees had displayed about fift...
- 9 Aug 2018
Ratha Yatra at Saranagati, Canada (Album of photos)
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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- 8 Aug 2018
Mantra Therapy Retreat to Scenic Hungary.
Mantra Therapy, the dynamic, contemporary Sanga Group for professionals, celebrated its 8th Anniversary with a special Spiritual Retreat at the beautiful New Vraja Dham in Hungary. 28 attendees, many on their first ever retreat, embraced Bhakti Yoga, immersing themselves in Temple programmes, Motivational Workshops, Meditation, Martial Arts, Hiking, and signature Mantra Therapy style Kirtans. The group were also blessed with a special seminar by Sivarama Swami, and got to experience the “simple living, hi...
- 8 Aug 2018
True Devotion
Dhirasanta Das Goswami: Once upon a time, the residents of a small village were affected by a famine; the villagers were already poor and had a tough and hard life. Thanks to the famine, they now had to battle with starvation and various diseases.
The village priest was a 70-year-old man who was a great devotee of Krishna; he was moved by the condition of the villagers. As each day passed by, their condition worsened.
Since the famine started, the villagers would visit his
temple thrice a day and pray to Krishna to fulfill the...
- 8 Aug 2018
The Stars and Us.
In a recent conversation, I heard about a persons struggle with life, and having the it never rains but it pours experience. What did I do to deserve this? he mused.
Something, I replied.
That was almost as painful for him to hear as his present situation. And he couldnt accept it. Are you telling me, he ventured, that I have caused as much pain to another that I am experiencing now?
Yes, no one makes our bad karma that causes us pain. It may appear that others are doing it to us, or life itself is doing it and Im just an innocent ...
- 8 Aug 2018
Rocking in Dublin with Huntertones Band from New York (5 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: If the surface of the globe is overflood......
- 8 Aug 2018