Odana Sashti Festival In Rajapur.
Being in Mayapur and very close to Rajapur, home of Lord Jaganath, Baladeva and Subadhra, we all jumped in a car and went to take part of the festivities that were organized for the very sweet pastime of Odana sashti. This yearly Rajapur festival is a rare opportunity for the devotees to all sit in front of Lord Jaganath and listen to some of his very delightful pastimes this year told by HG Jananivas prabhu.
The weather in Mayapur is very pleasing at that time which gives a break from the intense heat that devot...

Harinama in the Islands of mercy, Fiji (Album with photos)
Ecstatic Celebration of Prabhupada’s 50th Anniversary of coming to the Western World.
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna chant is called the maha-mantra, the great, exalted mantra above all other Vedic mantras, because simply chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra brings so many beneficial effects. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 9.1.17 Purport).
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December 20. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Prabhupada meditation transcends time and place, although it can happen in any time and place. He can be with you even in a hot cubbyhole in a cheap hotel. When he does come to you, your place becomes transcendental. Rupa Gosvami has stated that everything can be used in the service of Krishna. Even the botheration of travel can evoke a fond meditation. Whatever our ongoing situation, we can always dovetail it with Prabhupada meditation of one sort or another. Give respects to the memories...

Ram Ghat - Chir Ghat Karttika (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: Some more pics from Karttika Parikrama. Come along with us to places we don’t often go. Ram Ghat, where Dauji did Rasa Lila with His gopis, and Chir Ghat, where Krishna stole the garments of the gopis. A few other places along the way! And the most astounding Deity of Dauji in Braja at Khelan Van (Shergarh)! Pics thanks to Vittalrukmini Das!
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The chilean music band Krishna Sambandha performed in massive Indian Festival in Centro Cultural Chimkowe. This vaisnava song is nam......

Mayapur: Sri Radha-Madhava Elephant Procession!
Saturdays around 5:00 pm in Mayapur… Magical moments of Sri Radha-Madhava Elephant Procession. Mystical sounds could be heard by every single living entity anywhere near ISKCON Mayapur campus. Very intense thundering of large drums beating to the rhythm of two elephant’s hearts, was the best way to bring back to mind some very sweet pastimes of our dear Lord Krsna in Dwarka.
Every Saturday evening, Sri Radha Madhava leave their altar carried by one of our leading Pujari, HG Jananivas prab...

Pujari Course in Mayapur.
For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Pancatattva, Prahlad Nrisimha Dev, Srila Prabhupada and for all the readers Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha happily informs that, for the first time there was a Training class arranged by Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha on ‘Bhoga offering and Aroti performance’ for one day (2 times class) on 6th December, 2015 to facilate those upcoming Bhakti Vriksha members in order to help them regarding daily Bhoga offering and Aroti performance in their home.
It took place in Mayapur...

December 19. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Even if Srila Prabhupada and Vyasadeva and other acaryas do sometimes teach us in preliminary ways, as one deals with less intelligent people, the learner will not be harmed if he follows their exact instructions. If there is more esoteric information that is beyond him, and which he does not know because his teachers do not teach him – still he will not be harmed if he trusts them. They know the best way to bring him through all the obstacles, back home, back to Godhead. The literal ...

Interviewing devotees about the relevance of the Vedic Planetarium Temple in Mayapur. (brief videos)
Srila Prabhupada: Now here in India we are constructing a very large Vedic Planetarium…within the planetarium we will construct a huge, detailed model of the universe as described in the text of the fifth canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. Within the planetarium, the model will be studied by onlookers from different levels by use of escalators. Detailed information will be given on open verandahs at the different levels by means of dioramas, charts, fil...

Mahabharata Controversies - Karna’s Tragic Choice (video)
A tragic figure of the Mahabharata had to decide between Krsna’s pleasure and his own prestige.
By HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu.
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Cows of Braj (Album with photos)
Vishnu Purana: My Lord, you are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and the of the entire world.
Purport: In this prayer we see that special mention is made of the cows, indicating that special protection must always be given to the cows who are very dear to the Supreme Lord. The Lord is very fond of cows and we are encouraged to give reverence and love to the cow. For the cowherd men and the cows, Krsna is the supreme friend. Therefore, He is worshi...

TOVP: Choosing the best decorations for the Temple of Vedic Planetarium. (Album with photos)
Sadbhuja Prabhu has recently visit......

ISKCON Auckland New Zealand: Harinama in the streets of the city (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one uses the vibration of the holy name for the benefit of the material body, for material wealth and followers, or under the influence of greed or atheism – in other words, if one utters the holy name with offenses – such chanting will not produce the desired result very soon. Therefore one should diligently avoid offenses in chanting the holy name of the Lord. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.60)
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Harinama in Moscow Russia, the Reading Project.
You’ve certainly met dancing and singing Hare Krishna devotees in the streets of your cities and you have a question: who are they and what are different from others? How dangerous are they to me? Or maybe I should not worry? Our magazine provides answers not only on these issues, but also talks about the fact that we are all united, like opening for everyone new horizons in a modern, it seemed to have the length and breadth investigated the world. If you are just getting started with our movement, t...

December 18. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
A doubtful person inquired and got answers from Swamiji. Gradually, he began to accept whatever Prabhupada said. He wanted us to accept everything, a “package deal”: the demigods in the higher planets, four-armed forms, thousand-headed forms, and so on. Everything started to be part of the same axiomatic truth – whatever was in the Vedas, whatever was taught by the spiritual master. One did not get to pick and choose. Besides, there was a reason why everything was believabl...

Merciful Vrinda Devi (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: A few special shots of our parikrama to Vrinda Kunda this Kartika.......

Food For Life Nepal Picnic Program - A Thousand Smiles (Album with photos)
Food For Life Nepal organized picnic program for a thousand children @ ISKCON Nepal temple, Budhanilkantha. A perfect place for a family gathering & to get a spiritual experience…
Our thanks & gratitude to ISKCON Nepal for their help & support.
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The new generation of preachers are here!
Sri Mayapur International School: Our Grade 4 students went for Book Distribution ins......

December 17. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Prabhupada had a lot of ammunition. He had good reasoning power and good arguments. He had personal saintliness and a mystical connection with the Supreme. He had the ancient and great Vaisnava tradition behind him. He was from India and spoke of many acaryas who also accepted Krishna consciousness. He said that what he was preaching was the same thing that Christ and Buddha taught. So, if one went against him, he went against all the Vishnu incarnations, all the God-teachers and sages of re...

Harinama around Sigatoka Temple, Fiji (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: No one in this life can chant the holy name of the......

Harinama at Coolangatta (Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) - 13 December 2015 (A......

Parikrama - 13 December 2015 (Album with photos)
Yoga Pitha, Srivas Angan and Murari Gupta’s House
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Bhaktivedanta Swami Gurukula - ISKCON New Govardhana, Australia (Album with photos)
End of Year Assembly. Achievements and rewa......

Fortunate Soul Takes 14 Books!
Bhakta Jay Khush distributes 14 books to a fortunate Soul in Los Angeles for the December Marath......