By Nirmala Krishna DasHonorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri AkhileshYadavji came for darshan to the Krishna Balaram temple, ISKCON Vrindavan on 11th February, 2015. He was scheduled to come to Govardhan for some work, but as a pleasant surprise, he added darshan of ISKCON Vrindavan to his program only 3 days back. It was his personal decision to have darshan in ISKCON Vrindavan, which he said, he had last visited only in his childhood.
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- 12 Mar 2015
By Smita Krsna das, Team Leader, BBT Global CommunicationsHow can we Celebrate BBT ONLY DAY? BBT is requesting all GBCs, ISKCON centers and BBT directors to bring to the attention of all of ISKCON this very important letter that Srila Prabhupada wrote. Therefore it is important to emphasize and commemorate "BBT ONLY" DAY on March 14. We humbly request that ISKCON Temples promote BBT Only Day according to the availability of resources and manpower.
...- 12 Mar 2015
By Manjulali Devi DasiEvery year ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry awards those devotees around the world who have done an outstanding service in the area of congregational preaching. This is done during the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur, where several of ISKCON leaders and preachers are gathered at that time of the year. During this 2015 Annual Award Ceremony, devotees who have pioneered, maintained and supported congregational preaching programs were formally recognized and offered appreciation fo...
- 12 Mar 2015
By Prahladananda SwamiOn 5 March 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Ganga Narayan Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami. On 21 February 2015, His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Ananda Caitanya Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Bhakti Swarupa Caitanya Swami. On 21 February 2015 His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja awarded sannyasa to His Grace Dhirasanta Prabhu. His sannyasa name is His Holiness Dhirasanta Das Goswa...
- 11 Mar 2015
By Chris BaynesTwo new Croydon free schools, including the borough's first Hindu faith school, were announced by Prime Minister David Cameron this week. A primary school run by Hindu charity the Avanti Schools Trust and a secondary school offshoot from a top Sutton grammar were among 49 new Department for Education approvals revealed on Monday. Both are expected to open in the next three years. Avanti Schools Trust, which already runs exisiting schools, had its initial application turned down by the DfE last ye...
- 11 Mar 2015
By Sangita Devi DasiA Vaishnavas Care Team (V-Care Team) is a group of devotee volunteers within your temple or community who assist members of your congregation when they are acutely or chronically sick or even terminally ill with an end-of-life illness. Even when a devotee is sick with a “flu” or has had an accident, is hospitalized for any reason, or needs surgery, help is often required from the community. Visits from our volunteers, bringing prasadam meals or maha-prasadam from the Deities, flowers, or p...
- 11 Mar 2015
By Kaunteya DasAnother session that was thoroughly appreciated was the afternoon presentation by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja. Within the topic of "Being a Srila Prabhupadanuga," Maharaja launched into a comprehensive historical, philosophically and esoteric description of who really is Srila Prabhupada, of how his appearance and accomplishments fit into the context of Lord Caitanya's descent and mission. Maharaja explained Srila Prabhupada fulfilled the desire of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura to ...
- 10 Mar 2015
By Niranjana Swami It is about the implementation of the Counselor System as introduced by His Holiness Radhanath Maharaja at Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir in Chowpatti, Mumbai. Using quotes from Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, Srila Prabhupada, and parts of lectures and presentations, including letters and istha-gosthis with devotees in and around Russia, it highlights the importance of the Counselor System to developing vibrant and caring communities.
...- 10 Mar 2015
By Mahavrata Devi DasiThis year gaura punima was celebrated in grand style as devotees gathered early in the morning, chanting, fasting and singing devotional lyrics. it was later followed by fire sacrifice, abhiseke and prasadam in the night. It was repeated on Sunday in a bigger way for the India community and workers who could not meet up during the week. It was all fun as devotees took turn to chant, children performances, Bhajan, fire sacrifice, abhiseke, varieties of prasadam for guests and devotees.
- 10 Mar 2015
By Bhajahari das Here are two short video clips. The first is only 9 seconds long and overflows with genuine enthusiasm for Harinam Samkirtan, expressed by Mother Maharani. Maharani Dasi was in London with her husband for a brief visit from Galway, on the West coast of the Ireland. They came in order to experience directly the nectar of The London Saturday Night Harinam Party.
...- 10 Mar 2015
By Avadhutacandra DasISKCON has been active in Finland for more than 30 years but there has never been a fixed location to serve as a temple. In 2012 the devotees had to vacate the previous temple due to the termination of the lease. Devotees have been working since then to find a temple for Srila Prabhupada and a suitable base for the Vaishnava community in Finland. The devotees had been promised one property at reduced rate by the Helsinki City Council. Unfortunately, a business group managed to talk the counci...
- 9 Mar 2015
By Sri Radha Govinda DasiThe GBC College for Leadership Development started its first day of its first year of operations today, 8 March 2015, at the Govardhana Ecovillag on the outskirts of Mumbai. The College has been formally established by GBC resolution last month, February 2015.
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By Sarvabhauma DasaTexas is a big state, but Srila Prabhupada's disciple Dina Bandhu Dasa recalls how the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Houston, Texas, began in a small way. "When my wife, Akuti Devi Dasi, and I arrived in Houston in 1971," he says, "Prahladananda Dasa was the temple president at 406 Gray St. It was a dilapidated two-story wooden building just outside downtown, in a very bad neighborhood. The plaster was no longer on the walls; only the lathe was there, and the wind used to ...
- 9 Mar 2015
By Jagannath DasHH Radhanath Swami was conferred Global Sustainability Award for his Govardhan Eco Village (GEV) on World CSR Day at the 4th Enhanced Edition of the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Awards recently held in Mumbai. also GEV Received Platinum Award from SKOCH Group for Water Conservation and provisionally certified with Five Star rating under GRIHA, the Indigenous Rating System for Green Buildings in India.
...- 9 Mar 2015
By Purushottam KumarThe Bhagavad-gita (16.21) identifies lust, anger, and greed as the “three gates leading to hell.” Present-day society is unfortunately well equipped to aggravate the disease of lust. Obscenity has become so common in movies, TV, advertisements, Bollywood songs, and so on. some leading newspapers and magazines are stuffed with semi-nude pictures of women just to increase circulation. Internet and mobile pornography is at its peak. Even in cricket tournaments like IPL semi-clad cheerleaders ...
- 8 Mar 2015
By ISKCON-LondonDepartment Heads presentation Annual Review. This year's Annual Review is out! Once again we have tried to create a more visually appealing and interactive experience. You can play videos, visit web pages and contact persons in the areas of your interest. We hope you will enjoy revisting the past years activities and events of the London Temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
...- 7 Mar 2015
By the GBC CRO of the Strategic Planning NetworkThe GBC’s Strategic Planning Network (SPN) recently concluded its five-day bi-annual meeting in Mayapur. Facilitated by the GBC’s Strategic Planning Team, the numerous SPN committees, made up of GBC members and ISKCON leaders and thinkers from across the globe, continued to explore new ideas and initiatives with the view to providing documents and other published materials that will form a powerful and comprehensive plan for the future of ISKCON.
...- 6 Mar 2015
By Bhakti Purusottam SwamiWhen the living entities they forget Krishna, they develop desire to enjoy separately from Krishna so maya catches. That’s why Bhagavad Gita explaining that two kinds of living entities as, ksara and aksara. ksara living entities they are prone to fall down, they are prone to fall down, so they develop this desire thinking that I will go enjoy separately from Krishna and though Krishna forbids him but still he wants to come.
...- 6 Mar 2015
By Chaitanya Charan DasTo understand how sankirtana makes this inauspicious age auspicious, let’s consider the prison metaphor. What matters most in a prison is not how miserable it is, but how accessible the way out of it is. In Kali-yuga, the way out of the prison of material existence becomes eminently accessible: no strenuous yogic austerities, no expensive fire-sacrifices, no complicated deity worship, as was required in the previous ages; just the chanting of the names and glories of Krishna.
- 6 Mar 2015
By Himali DoshiDr Phalgun Shah, member of Ahmedabad Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society, who too approached ISKCON for stress management workshop, said it was because doctors tend not to get out of 'medical' talk. "Ask doctors to talk about anything other than medicine and they struggle to hold a conversation. We approached ISKCON as they do not talk about religion," said Dr Shah. He said their talk is based on stress management techniques based on principles of the Bhagwad Gita.
...- 5 Mar 2015
By Rasikananda DasaOur initial offering is to invite temples to submit kirtan recordings from past and present kirtan chanters. We aim to have every temple featured by ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. Please visit the site to hear and be a part of creating this offering for Srila Prabhupada! Sincerely, your servants The Prabhupada Global Kirtan Revolution team.
...- 5 Mar 2015
By Prahladananda SwamiAs on 1 March, 2015, the following are the candidates for sannyasa along with their respective waiting periods: Adi Purusa Das (GGS) (Bhubaneswar) 1 year Adwaitacharya Das (GGS) (Bhubaneswar) 2 years Agnideva Das (ACBSP) (Caribbean) 2 years with conditions Akincana Das (BSDS) (Odisha) 2 years Amala Bhakta Das (ACBSP) (Los Angeles) this year with conditions Ambarish Das (GKG) (Russian Federation) 1 year Ananda Caitanya Das (BCAIS) (Baltics/Russia/US) this year Ananda Vardhana Das (BV...
- 5 Mar 2015
By Mukunda GoswamiThe government of the city of New York has a good memory. It installed a metal sign glorifying the incident of what was probably the first outdoor mahamantra chant in the West. The plaque is located in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, New York City on a cyclone fence that surrounds the elm tree, under which Srila Prabhupada stood, conducting the kirtana. The metal sign mentions that date of the event, and goes on to read that the poet Allen Ginsberg was present. Signed by the Mayor of New Y...
- 5 Mar 2015
By Muralidhara-priya DasRajan Jani prabhu, an ISKCON devotee from Kenya Africa, donates for a Golden Gratitude Coin ($108,000 U.S.) and promises another $400,000 before the finish of the project. He has been a great supporter of many ISKCON projects and now feels the ISKCON Mayapur temple is a crown that will decorate the body of ISKCON for the coming years. His message to the world is everyone should feel blessed to participate in building this temple. He has also encouraged his son to donate a large amount of m...
- 5 Mar 2015