Gaura Purnima celebrations at Iskcon of Silicon Valley! Ecstatic Kirtan lead by Vaisesika Dasa Prabhu and amazing prasadam! Haribol!!
Srila Prabhupada: The sound of the spiritual world is nectarean and eternal, whereas the sound of the material world is hackneyed and subject to end. The sound of the Holy Name – Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare – everlastingly increases the enthusiasm of the chanter. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.21.22 Purport)

Gaura Purnima at New Raman Reti, Alachua, Florida (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The demigods are pleased when sacrific......

March 23. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Free to Preach.
Room 307 at 72nd Street was never meant for use as a residence or ashram or lecture hall. It was only a small, narrow office without furniture or a telephone. Its door held a large pane of frosted glass, the kind common in all offices; above the door was a glass-paneled transom. Prabhupada placed his blankets on the floor before his metal foot locker, which now became a makeshift desk where he wrote. He slept on the floor. There were no facilities he...

New Sannyasi for Iskcon.
Halayudha Prabhu recently took sannyasa from HH Radha Govinda Maharaja. This was the first-time a sann......

Harinamas of western Iskcon devotees in the city of Mumbai (video)
Srila Prabhupada: Worship of the Lord, whose name is like th......

More from the Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur.
Sadbhuja Das: This is a sample of our first ‘gold-leafing’ experiment, just to see how the effects and color will be matching for the inside- & outside of the altars, and chamber pillars.

Latest TOVP updates. (Album with photos)
Sadbhuja Das: We’re pleased to inform you of the latest happenings at the TOVP : 3 of the 8 chatris have been completed with blue tiles and kalashes. More segments have been put onto the 3 domes, in preparation for the kalashes. The 4th stage (out of 6) of the decorative sandstone features has been completed. Also 2 more Demigods; Lord Brahma and Laksmi Devi are nearly completed, while the life-size clay model of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur is going on.
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Vaishnava Etiquette. Why it is important? by HH Bhakti Charu Swami. Playlist of short interviews taken by ISKCON Desire Tree of HH B......

The Garland of Prema-Nama.
“Prema-bhakti is the essence of bhakti. If we prepare a garland of flowers, one thread is required and it is woven together. Similarly, when the question of nama-prema-mala comes, what is the thread of that garland? That thread is prema. The mala is woven together with the thread of prema. It is nama-prema-mala. The example is the japa-mala. With our japa-mala we are chanting. That means you should chant the Holy Name feeling acute pangs of separation from Krsna. Then your chanting will be offenceless and the pure name w...

March 22. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Singhania Not Interested.
Prabhupada’s series of correspondence with Mr. Singhania, which began hopefully, ended negatively. Mr. Singhania did not reply personally to Prabhupada’s last letter. He had his secretary, Mr. Iyer, write to Prabhupada, thoroughly discouraging his last hopes for purchasing a building in New York.
I regret to write that Sir Padampatji is not interested in the scheme of building a Radha-Krishna temple in New York at present. I...

Three Steps.
Sutapa das: The three steps of anything: 1) Initial enthusiasm, 2) doubts, disinterest and struggle 3) eventual reward for the committed. This seems to be the standard pattern for most things in life: studies, career, relationships, hobbies, and yes, even spirituality. The beginning of our spiritual journey is often characterised by idealism. Everything is fresh and fascinating, a whole new world to explore and unlimited opportunities to pursue. We can’t imagine any problems, since it all seems so simple and straightforward. We have ...

ISKCON 50th Anniversary offering by Jayadeva das (5 min video)
Early 70’s pop star John Richardson aka Jayadeva Prabhu is set to release his ISKCON 50th Anniversary offering–the virtual mantra choir. Having gathered the voices of devotees from more than 25 countries, Jayadeva conducts the Mantra Choir in singing the name of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The track will be released on Gaura Purnima day (23 March) and can be live streamed from www.mantrachoir.com.
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Navadvipa-Mandal Parikrama 2016 (6 min video)
Parikrama at New Varshana, New Zealand.
Srila Prabhupada: “Although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.3.51 Purport)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/Nz00Ft

The “Urge To Speak”
Vaco-vegam means the urge to speak. This was the topic of discussion in our morning Sadhana Class at TKG Academy last week, as older classes study the first verse of the Nectar of Instruction.
“Why would we want to control the urge to speak? When should one DEFINITELY TALK? How to speak pleasantly and for the benefit of others?” Eye-opening discussions ranged from “I won’t interrupt my mom on the phone.” to “What if I hurt someone with my words?!” to how to discuss is...

Best Film Awards night in Mayapur (Album with photos)
Visnumurti prabhu was awarded for creating and developing Vanipedia. Sidd......

Harinam Sankirtan at Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday 20th Mar 2016 (Album with photos)
Sri Jagannath Mandir Kuala Lumpur organized Harinam on 20th March 2016 at Brickfields in conjunction with the upcoming Gaura Purnima festival (23/03/16). HH Mahavishnu Maharaj together with some members of the Harinam Ruci team did wonderful ecstatic kirtan. Total of 83 Small Srila Prabhupada’s books & 100 pax of Prasadam was distributed.
Photos by the courtesy of HG Rasanath Prabhu.
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March 21. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: “We Cannot Help You”
He wrote again to Sri Padmapat Singhania, requesting him to send a man from India to supervise work on the temple in New York, as Mr. Singhania had previously suggested.
There is no record of any reply to this request.
Prabhupada wrote again to Sumati Morarji, requesting her to please send him a mrdanga to accompany his chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. He also requested her that in the future, when he would send many men ...

Rishikesh Harinama, Himalaya, India (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna movement is present in every millennium of Lord Brahma’s life, and the holy name is chanted in all the higher planetary systems, including Brahmaloka and Candraloka, not to speak of Gandharvaloka and Apsaroloka. The sankirtana movement that was started in this world five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is therefore not a new movement....

HH Bhakti Vaibhava Swami: Cooperate and get benedictions! (25 min video)
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear sons of the King, I am very much pleased by the friendly relationships among you. All of you are engaged in one occupation—devotional service. I am so pleased with your mutual friendship that I wish you all good fortune. Now you may ask a benediction of Me.
PURPORT
Since the sons of King Pracinabarhisat were all united in Krsna consciousness, the Lord was very pleased with them. Each and every one of the sons of King Pr...

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade London March 2016 (3 min video)
Parasuram das: This was a great opportunity to distribute Prasad, the Holy Name and Srila Prabhupada’s books. We chanted the Holy Names with all we had and hopefully it pleased Srila Prabhupada & St Patrick :-)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/Ptw5iK

Life and pastimes of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
“Most of His contemporary biographers have mentioned certain anecdotes regarding Caitanya which are simple records of His early miracles. It is said that when He was an infant in His mother’s arms He wept continually, and when the neighbouring ladies cried ‘Haribol’ He used to stop. Thus there was a continuation of utterance of 'Haribol’ in the house, foreshewing the future mission of the hero. It has also been stated that when His mother gave Him sweetmeats to eat, He...

A new sannyasi for Iskcon (Album with photos)
It is with great joy that we announce that HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami
awarded sa......

Vaishnava Winter Festival in Lithuania, 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Lord’s holy name is called sravana-mangala. This means that one receives everything auspicious simply by hearing the holy name. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.7.15 Purport)
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March 20. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Prabhupada is Praiseworthy.
The concept of guru-disciple is not foreign anywhere in the world. Credit is given to teachers and spiritual directors, but not with the emphasis found in the Vaisnava sampradāya. People think that too much dependence or praise of the guru is cultish, a kind of deification of an ordinary man. They look for feet of clay in all heroes, and signs of exaggerated and sentimental dependency in the followers. So we strive to exemplify the r...