Dignitaries Celebrate ISKCON50 at Hungarian Gala.
As part of the event there was an exhibition of pictures and photographs, with a special work of art - a mosaic of 400 small photos depicting a portrait of Srila Prabhupada. On their arrival our guests were greeted with artifacts representing stages in Srila Prabhupada’s life: a typewriter, a recorder, books, a 1944 BTG magazine, handwritten letters and a packed suitcase containing the exact contents of Prabhupada’s 1965 suitcase on the Jaladhuta ship. The captions provided thematic and chro...
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- 10 Jan 2017
A man is on trial in Russia — for talking about yoga!
Washingtonpost: What they’re really doing however, is making it practically illegal to speak publicly about anything pertaining to spirituality or religion unless you’ve registered with authorities as a representative of an approved missionary group.
Since the laws have passed, officials have invoked the law to bizarrely crack down on seemingly benign situations. In August, for example, a Hare Krishna devotee nearly went to jail when he was arrested after talking to two people ...
- 10 Jan 2017
HG Murari Hari Prabhu ACBSP suffered a stroke in Mayapur and was taken to a Kolkata hospital where his condition is stable and he is......
- 10 Jan 2017
(Photo caption) It’s cold at the Mayapur goshala.
Srila Prabhupada: In India, “Oh, Vasudeva, we know everything of Vasudeva,” “Hare Krsna, oh, What you can teach? We know everything.” This is the Indian disease. Because familiarity breeds contempt. Because Indians are familiar with the name of Vasudeva, with the name of Hare Krsna, they think… Just like in Europe and American cities these boys and girls, they go for sankirtana, and the Indian people, they say, “Oh, we know everything about it. We have now com...
- 10 Jan 2017
Sri Harinam Sankirtan Nectar - Sydney CBD 05/01/17 (Album with photos)
Hare Krishna and Welcome to 2017.
This transcendental vibration by chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method for reviving our Krishna consciousness.
As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krishna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter since time immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by the material atmosphere.
Krishna consciousness is not an a...
- 10 Jan 2017
ISKCON UK Annual General Meeting 2017 (Album with photos)
Hare Krishna Festivals UK were invited along to the ISKCON UK AGM last Sunday in Bushey (Hertfordshire) to present the team’s statistics for the 50th Anniversary Year. What a record-breaking year it was! Tribhuvanatha ki Jai! Srila Prabhupada ki jai!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/tlDWFI
- 10 Jan 2017
Mahabhagavat Katha in Pune.
ISKCON Pune has been playing host to the annual Bhagavat Saptah presented by HH Lokanath Swami for 15 consecutive years now! The katha is held during the last week of the calendar year, and was held between 27th December 2016 through 2nd January 2017; in the largest auditorium in Pune city.
On this, the 50th Anniversary of ISKCON, HH Lokanath Swami dedicated the entire katha to the person bhagavat – HDG Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, as his final offering of the year. The katha was based primarily on conte...
- 10 Jan 2017
Distributing Books in Foreign Languages (Video)
Satyanarayan Dasa (head of BBT Far East, Middle East):
What magnifies the importance of this special book distribution, especially in these Far Eastern and Middle Eastern languages, is what happens to these books after they are received. We are just seeing the beginnings of their long and remarkable journey here. These fortunate tourists and university students become emotionally moved by seeing and obtaining these literatures translated into their own beloved mother tongue. And because the books are also being offered to them by such sincere and caring book dis...
- 9 Jan 2017
Sadhu Sanga event in County Wicklow (a region south of Dublin in the east of Ireland.)
Kurma Dasa: Some of my friends at our fi......
- 9 Jan 2017
“Krishna’s Cuisine” (Album with photos)
The Festival of Colors USA 2017 Tour will offer sumptuous prasadam dishes prepared in our own State of the Art 29 foot “Krishna’s Cuisine”
Find them here: https://goo.gl/HmOTUa
- 9 Jan 2017
Bhumi Pujan Ceremony at Iskcon Cultural Centre Bangalore (Album with photos)
Premadata Gaur Das: “Temple means a shelter for spiritual education. People should come, they should learn what is spiritual life, what is God, what is my relationship with God.. That is a temple.”– Srila Prahhupada
As an offering for ISKCON 50 Years, for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, Guru & Gauranga, Srila Prabhupada and for the entire devotee community "BHUMI POOJA” at ISKCON Cultural Centre, Kumaraswamy Layout, South Bangalore there...
- 9 Jan 2017
Cultural program in Iskcon Moscow, Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: … you see so many pictures of Krsna. Krsna is playing with His cowherd boys; Krsna dancing with His girlfriends, gopis; Krsna is stealing butter; Krsna is doing so many – simply happiness, simply happiness. You won’t find Krsna is morose and sitting or crying. (laughter) Even if He is killing some demon, very laughingly, as easy job. You see? So either He is killing or dancing, He is happy. So we are giving this information of happiness, the topmost happin...
- 9 Jan 2017
A Year In Review (10 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada we present a review of our service for ......
- 9 Jan 2017
Harinama in Christchurch, New Zealand (Album with photos)
We visited a village market in Ohoka, and upmarket shopping area in ......
- 9 Jan 2017
Saturday Maha Harinama Sankirtan in London dedicated to a local ailing disciple of Srila Prabhupada (Album with photos)
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- 9 Jan 2017
From Mukunda-mala Stotra. The desert of material existence has exhausted me. But today I will cast aside all troubles by diving into the lake of Lord Hari and drinking freely of the abundant water of His splendor....
- 8 Jan 2017
Sacinandana Swami: What actually was the matter is called "Paralysis through analysis"-being paralyzed by thinking too much. One who is continuously absorbed in various thoughts, always living with the fear to commit offenses, will not be able to chant properly....
- 8 Jan 2017
Radhanath Swami: Our temples, it is so very important that we learn the science of properly giving and receiving the association of devotees. Actually every guest that comes is Krishna’s specially invited guest. And it is our duty to give them every possible opportunity to make spiritual advancement. It is the first priority....
- 8 Jan 2017
Harinama at Surfers Paradise (Queensland’s Gold Coast in eastern Australia) - 08 January 2017 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: …not everyone wants to serve Him. Everyone wants to become God, imitator. Imitation. Therefore they say, “Why Krsna shall be alone God? I am God.” You are God. That’s all right. But you are not the Supreme God. Why you forget that? You may be a God at home of your wife, but when you go to your office, you are not god; your master is god. He directs you to do something; you have to do it. >...
- 8 Jan 2017
Srutakirti dasa: Often times I would bring them to his bedroom just before his evening massage. Throughout his massage he would smell them off and on. He would then keep them on His pillow (close to His nose) all night. The following morning, I would find the flowers gently laying on the pillow exactly where they had been the night before. The flowers looked as fresh and fragrant as ever, looking as if they had just been picked....
- 8 Jan 2017
Krishna-kumara Dasa: To my surprise, the girl was spontaneously drawn in, like iron to a magnet, and grabbed a book. The boy followed suit and grabbed the other book. I briefly explained who I was and what the books were all about. They both took a book, and she gave an exceptionally large donation. She eagerly asked, "You said 'Krishna Krishna!' right? I've been learning about Krishna in my 'Hindu Gods & Goddesses' class, and I LOVE Him! He's my favorite."...
- 8 Jan 2017
What to Pray For and How Krishna Reciprocates With Our Prayers.
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to pace back and forth on his balcony and pose questions to himself, and then answer them. I do the same in this newsletter. I ask the questions of myself and then answer them. I ask subtle questions that I believe are important for our progress in Krishna consciousness.
I ask about the nature of pure prayer: Is it wrong to pray to Krishna to protect us materially? Is it okay to pray to Krishna to fulfill material desires that would help us...
- 7 Jan 2017
Love is beyond the law.
Krsna has regulated the material world with perfect regard for the karma of living beings.
For every action I perform in this material world, I am subject to an equal, opposite reaction. This is the relentless, insurmountable rule of the material nature regulated and enforced by the three gunas – sattva, rajas and tamas – which like ropes, bind the living entity tightly, forcing him to submit.
Lord Krsna says:
“There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary syst...
- 7 Jan 2017
Cause of Material Life.
Question: Why did we come to the material world in the first place? I know this question has been asked many times and it seems no one really has the correct answer. I have heard from various other devotees that each individual will eventually find out why based on their own individuality; but there must be some logical explanation for God to build this material world. From my own conclusion and what I have heard is that we were given a choice to enjoy independently of Him while we were in the spiritual world since we are all ind...
- 7 Jan 2017