There are many ways to spread Krsna consciousness!
Kadamba Kanana Swami: Preaching will not become successful if we are not endearing ourselves to Krsna. Preaching does not just depend on some techniques otherwise we could all learn hypnosis and with hypnosis, we could take over the world! There are yogis like that who can bring people under their will, “Chant Hare Krsna!” and look into their eyes. This is not the way we want people to chant – by force! We want people to chant voluntarily. We want service to be voluntary.
When Pr...
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- 24 Jul 2018
Dethrone television from the citadel of your daily regiment and replace it with the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is!
Ananta Gauranga Das: As the taxi got closer, I got deafer. The speakers roared, “I like big butts and I cannot lie, all the other brothers can’t deny.” Being a member of the Hare Krishnas, I practice renunciation, whereby nothing is falsely given up but rather everything is used in the Lord’s service. Could I link such vulgarity to spirituality? Then it dawned on me, using the tune still reverberating within my mind, I rev...
- 24 Jul 2018
Return Ratha Yatra in Myitkyina, Myanmar (Album of photos)
Iskcon Myanmar: Myitkyina is situated North of Myanmar, 70km from the Chinese border. Most of the population is Christian in the locality. As usual for the past years, devotees from around the country congregated in Myitkyina to celebrate the annual Ratha Yatra celebration.
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- 24 Jul 2018
All glories to the chanting of Hare Krishna mantra or Krishna sankirtana movement.
Srila Prabhupada: All glories. All victory......
- 24 Jul 2018
Climbing the bhakti ladder.
Question: What if I can only chant Hare Krsna right now, but I can’t do much service?
Answer: Chanting Hare Krsna is service. However, when you are chanting “Hare Krsna,” you are also requesting service. After chanting, don’t be surprised when you are awarded more service.
And then when Krsna gives you service, there may be a question about how much service you should take.
On the one hand, Krsna advises in the Gita (18.66) that we simply surrender to Him. And this is actually the main ...
- 24 Jul 2018
Give Now!
At the time of death everything will be taken away from you anyway BUT if you give back to Krishna while you are still alive you will get credit for this!
Rukmini Devi Dasi: “Coffee or Tea?” asked the air hostess. It’s been a full shift but she manages to smile and crack a joke whilst pouring my neighbour a decaf coffee. A mother in the seat in front of me patiently cajoles her screaming three-year-old through the eighthour flight. Finally, I reach the transit lounge and the red seats reserved for pregnant woman and the...
- 24 Jul 2018
ISKCON Secunderabad Ratha Yatra - 2018 (8 min video)
A film on ISKCON Secunderabad Ratha Yatra 2018.
A Ratha Yatra is the Lord’s day out! God, once a year, goes out to see the souls who are too busy to come and see Him in the temple!
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- 24 Jul 2018
Radhanath Swami tells a true story.
I want to tell the story of a lady Kuntidevi, also a disciple of my guru Srila Prabhupada. She was never a big leader; she was never a person that people honored and respected as being a person of high position. She was a simple mother and a very, very dedicated devotee of Lord Krishna. Those who knew her well honored her, but there weren’t so many people who knew her well. When she got cancer of the breast, that cancer spread viciously, and entered into her spine and into her organs and just crippled her. It w...
- 23 Jul 2018
The pursuit of happiness (video)
Although we live in a finite world, our desires are infinite. What is our understanding of happiness?
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- 23 Jul 2018
Arjuna and Karna.
While the Battle of Kurukshetra was at its peak, Arjuna and Karna were fighting each other. It was a battle to witness, a flurry of arrows was being exchanged, and even Gods were witnessing this epic battle between the 2 warriors.
Arjuna would shoot his arrows and the impact of these arrows would be so much that Karna’s chariot would go back by 25-30 feet. People who witnessed this were amazed by the skills of Arjuna.
Karna was no less. When he shot arrows, Arjuna’s chariot would also shake and go back by 3-4 feet....
- 23 Jul 2018
*When you want to marry*
by Mahatma Das
One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In other words, choosing the right partner can save you from pounds of cure having to go into your marriage. Always be aware that maya may choose someone for you, exactly the wrong person.
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- 23 Jul 2018
The Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
I approached a middle-aged couple. I offered a Gita to the husband, who said he did not have time to read this type of book.
I answered that if he had a desire, then he would find time to fulfill it. Having a strong desire, people find time to build houses, skyscrapers, spaceships, cars and so on.
The man responded that he had no such desire to buy the book.
But I replied that “I” had a desire to give him the book. God sees whose desire is stronger and fulfills the stronger one. The man continued t...
- 23 Jul 2018
Big Time Preaching in the Baltic Sea! (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Halfway through the summer our daily festivals are......
- 23 Jul 2018
Australian Aboriginals join in our kirtan down at the Sydney Opera House (2 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: O my Lord! Persons wh......
- 23 Jul 2018
Harinam at Bajrasandi Park, Bali (Album of photos)
Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur: “If we simply engage in discussing topics of the Lord while living anywhere by the Lord’s mercy we can realize the glories of devotional service, the Lord’s mercy, and come to remember the Lord in our day-to-day life. A devotee should live wherever the Lord is pleased to keep him and should forget his own material miseries. When the propensity to serve the Lord is awakened in the heart while discussing hari-katha in the association of devotees,...
- 22 Jul 2018
THE PURPOSE OF SAFFRON CLOTH – Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada explains why he and his followers adopted saffron-colored cloth.
Also: * PSEUDO RELIGIONISTS POSING AS ACARYAS – Stern warnings from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
* NAMA-TATTVA: TESTS ON THE PATH OF NAMA SANKIRTAN – Srila Sanatan Goswami elucidates on some subtle aspects of the process of chanting.
* PLEASING SERVICE – Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja speaks about how real service is done for the pleas...
- 22 Jul 2018
ZAMBIA RATHA YATRA 2018, Africa (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind, one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila, 17.31)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/P6BKDX
- 22 Jul 2018
Brentwood Festival, UK - 19th July 2018 (Album of photos)
Also, 500 bags of prasadam were distributed yesterday at the Tramlin......
- 22 Jul 2018
Known Australian actress and activist for the protection of the animals Isabel Lucas graced with her presence the Govinda’s restaurant in Australia where she had dinner prasadam.
See photos of other fortunate souls receiving prasadam at the same place here: https://goo.gl/BaifZK
- 22 Jul 2018
Ratha Yatra in Berlin (Album of photos)
What a wonderful festival! Happy singing and lively dancing we pulled Krishna and his......
- 22 Jul 2018
Rath Yatra 2018 in Calgary, Canada (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one somehow or other chants the Hare Krishna mantra,......
- 22 Jul 2018
TOVP: Coffer ceiling update.
Sadbhuja Das: Rangavati d.d. has completed the Coffer Ceiling concept with its measurements for erection and execution of construction for MacCoy company. This is a final concept. It is very workable and following with the existing Dome structure, which you can’t see here. In one row this is a 36 segments and total it is 432 items.
- 21 Jul 2018
Padayatra 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The mantra delivers the conditioned soul from his bondage; so simply by ch......
- 21 Jul 2018
Sivarama Swami about growing your own food (5 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Keep your health in good condition and work very hard for Krishna. Tha......
- 21 Jul 2018