Jaganath Puri dham Harinam Sankirtan (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Because we are in ignorance, maya, at any time we may forget Krsna. Therefore we must always engage in Krsna consciousness so that we shall not forget Him. That is indicated by Kuntidevi by the words sravana-smaranarhani. The word sravana means “hearing,” smarana means “remembering,” and arhana means “worshiping the Deity of Krsna.” One should always engage oneself in hearing about, remembering, and worshiping Krsna. All the centers of the Krs...

Harinama in London, Saturday night 18/02/2017 (videos)
One can see enlightenment among the elderly at pilgrimage sites in India, especially in Vrndavana. There one sees many old people visiting temples with intense devotion early in the morning. Hundreds of old people walk the circumambulation (parikrama) paths despite physical debilities. Some are bent nearly double! Someone might criticize that these people are not being provided with the Western medical treatment that could add a few years to their lives or ease their pain. But the sincere babajis an...

Rangoli designs in Krishna-Balaram Mandir, Vrindavana.
Devotees from Pune made beautiful rangoli in front of the Samadhi this m......

Elephant procession in Mayapur (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: There is no such thing to become master. It is useless. You cannot become master. Ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate [Bg. 3.27]. You cannot become master. Jivera svarupa haya nitya krsna dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. Either man or woman, everyone is servant of Krsna. We have to be trained up in that platform, how to become the best servant, not only servant directly, but servants, of the servant. This is called parampara servant. My spiritual master is the servant of his spiritua...

Food For Life - Nepal (Album with photos)
First wedding sponsor
Today on the day 19 Feb 2017 our newly wed couples Dr Rajendra Tamrakar and his beloved wife Dr Siprala Tamrakar, and Mr Roshan Tamrakar his beloved wife Ms Ranjita Tamrakar have made a kind donation to the Food For Life Nepal, midday meal program.
Mr Roshan Tamrakar and his better half-Ms Ranjita Tamrakar had visited one of the school and personally feed the children where FFLN is serving the children with mid-day meal. After serving the meal they offered their best wishes to FFLN...

Social Cohesion (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we joined the Saturday afternoon harinama party on the Durban......

Radha Kunda 17-02 (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: By the unlimited mercy of Srimati Radharani, we visited the most sacred place in the whole universe, Sri Radha Kunda. Payed our humble respects in the holy dust of many important holy places here. We’ll bring you there through the pics of Vittalrukmini Das!
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Bhakti House Jax! (1 min video)
Kirtan meditation, delicious home cooked sanctified vegan dinner, spiritual discussion and swee......

Logic vs Scripture.
Question: In CC Adi 17.167 Caitanya Mahaprabhu criticizes Islam as being illogical to Chand Kazi “There are many mistakes and illusions in your scriptures. Their compilers, not knowing the essence of knowledge, gave orders that were against reason and argument.” But in prior verse i.e. 166, he states ” Cow-killers are condemned to rot in hellish life for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the cow" which is even more illogical and unjust punishment by any standard of Christian scriptures, wh...

Days Two and Three of ISKCON GBC, Sannyasi and Guru Sanga.
On the second and third days of the GBC, sannyasi and guru sanga, the participants began to untie this Gordian knot. The morning session of the second day started with a report back by the sanga participants. The three topics tackled by the groups were issues that had been identified from their discussions the previous day. The first subject was “substance versus form”. There was a general feeling that sometimes in ISKCON substance is lost over form. The group explained a number of...

Famous Monk Sayadaw receiving Bhagavad Gita in Burmese by HG Lila Govinda prabhu. (Album with photos)
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Bhaktivedanta Manor’s ​Statement on Tallow Bank Notes.
We are both shocked and saddened to receive news that the Bank of England have already printed ten pound notes containing tallow. As a temple community our ethos is nonviolence. As such we stopped accepting the new five pound notes which in turn impacted the donations we depend on. Now with news of the ten pound note we will have to review our stance on banning tallow notes. We now find ourselves having to choose between compromising our core religious principles and spiritual values or...

Giriraj Govardhan & around (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: So especially you must encourage the students to read our books throughout the day as much as possible, and give them all good advice how to understand the books, and inspire them to study the things from every point of view. Better to boil the milk very vigorously and make it thick and sweet–that is the best progress. So let us concentrate on training our devotees very thoroughly in the knowledge of Krsna consciousness from our books, from tapes, by discussing always, and in so...

Title: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE [BHAKTI] (15 min video)
‘BHAKTI as it is’ through the eyes of a scientist who turned from atheism to science of LOVE and SELF-REALISATION.
“BHAKTI VIJNANA GOSWAMI was born in Tashkent, former Soviet Union. He took to spiritual life in 1980, during a difficult time during the communist era in the former Soviet Union, when the National Security forces were harassing any type of spiritual practitioner. Despite these obstacles, Bhakti Vijnana Goswami—a scientist, a Moscow State University graduate and...

Iskcon Surat Book-fair Report With Photos And Idt Hindi Report (Album with photos)
Surat congregational devotees took part enthusiastically in National Book Fair held by Surat Municipal Corporation during 25th to 29th of January,2017. We were able to sell approximately 2200 books in 50 hours that is at every 1.36 minutes we sold 1 book of Srila Prabhupada, which was made all possible due to the grace of Srila Prabhupada and Vaishnava acharyas.
People belong to particular Sampradayas like Muslim, Daudi-Vohra, Swami-Narayan, Jain etc. also visit...

Phanindra prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada from Venezuela left his body.
In recent hours we have received the news of the......

Barsana 17-02 (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: Yesterday we wandered around the sacred hill of Barsana, where Srimati Rad......

“SRI CAITANYA MATH ~ THE FOREST OF VRINDAVAN IN MAYAPUR” (Album with photos)
AT “SRI ANTARDVIPA” ISLAND OF SRI NAVADVIPA-MAYAPUR DHAMA
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura called this place “Vrindavana Pattan”, which means the place where the forest of Vrindavana is manifest. By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s spiritual potency, Syama-Kunda, Radha-Kunda and Giri-Govardhana of Vrindavana are all manifest here. Established by Sarasvati Thakura in 1918, this temple was the headquarters of his Kri...

Jai Radhe Jai Krishna Jai Vrindavan - Madhavas Rock Band new video-song (8 min video)
Song Name: Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna Jaya Vrndavana.
Official Name: Sri Vraja Dhama Mahimamrta
Author: Krsna Dasa
LYRICS
(1)
jaya rādhe, jaya kṛṣṇa, jaya vṛndāvan
śrī govinda, gopīnātha, madana-mohan

(2)
śyama-kunḍa, rādhā-kuṇḍa, giri-govardhan
kālindi jamunā jaya, jaya mahāvan

(3)
keśī-ghāṭa, bamL...

Ragini Dasi, Srila Prabhupada’s disciple from France leaving this world soon.
Mondakini Dasi: Protected and comforted by the nest of your loving prayers, appreciations and blessings from all over the world, she left her body on the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur around 2:30 am French time, with the sound of Srila Prabhupada's voice. Our godsister Ilavati, who is near her, says it is very meaningful. Srila Prabhupada mission to his spiritual master was very much focused on books publishing and distribution. One of Ragini ...

Formation of a good habit: Rising Early
Question. It is still a challenge for me to wake up early, so it is often difficult for me to finish chanting my rounds before class, and I often need to finish them later in the day. I have found that I can finish my chanting in the morning if I do not have homework to do, but it is a challenge for me to motivate myself to wake up early enough to have time to do a lot of homework and also do all of my chanting. Do you have any advice that might help me to motivate myself to wake up earlier? Hopefully I will be ab...

Sanga of ISKCON GBCs, Gurus and Sannyasis in Mayapur.
Most religious organizations fail to survive past four generations. These generations are tasked with challenge of preserving the original teachings of their founder. How each generation successfully navigates issues that arise provide the foundation for the next generation. To illustrate, Srila Prabhupada as the Founder Acharya of ISKCON, is the first generation. His disciples are ISKCON’S second generation. The third generation are the disciples of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples. Lastly t...

The Annual Jagannath Rath Yatra Mahotsava of ISKCON Rohini, Delhi was celebrated on 12th February 2017 (Album with photos)
The occasion was graced by the presence of several dignitaries and VIPs like Sri Vijendra Gupta Opposition Leader in Delhi Govt. & Former BJP delhi President, Sushil Kumar Indian freestyle wrestler (Olympics medallist ) and senior ISKCON Devotees.
On the following day, Delhi city witnessed one of the grandest ever Jagannath Rath Yatra.The auspicious event was inaugurated by Sri Vijendra Gupta Opposition Leader in Delhi Govt...

Vrindavan Temples 02-17 (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: Today we did Parikrama of many of the Temples of Vrindavan. We even saw an ancient deity of Purnamasi Yogamaya near Seva Kunja! We ended in time for Raj Bhog Arti in Radha Damodara Mandir. Last we saw Srila Prabhupada’s rooms where he prayed to Srila Rupa Goswami to come to the west to save terribly fallen souls such as ourselves. Come with us by the pics of Vittalrukmini Das!
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