By Giriraj SwamiOn the occasion of the acceptance of the renounced order of life by Badrinarayan Swami—some relishable instructions from Srila Prabhupada.
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- 8 Mar 2014
By Anuttama DasIn a couple of years 2016, we will be celebrating a very important event. What is that event? ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. That’s a very very big deal and if we all join together and make that an emphasis along with the other services we have, we are going to be getting a lot of attention from the governments, the media, from religious leaders. They are going to look at us more and more and they are going to expect more and more from us. So we should be careful to think and to look and to do everything we can, will we be up to the task of showing them an exam...
- 7 Mar 2014
By Dravida DasaSo the harinama party should be such that we are attractive to people. There is whole paper written by Indradyumna Swami and Sri Prahlada Prabhu about this. Bhaktimarga Swami and I put it together. Its called the Sankirtana Manual. It was never published en mass, but you are all welcome to it. I will send you the pdf, put it on the site. It goes through all of these things: how to put on a successful harinama party. It’s based on his experiences in Poland, and so many other places. It describes how to put on an effective harinama party so that people actuall...
- 6 Mar 2014
By Krishna.ruI would like to say a few words about the situation in Ukraine and in Russia. With great pain, anxiety and excitement I've been watching how the situation develops, and feel the need to call upon all the Vaishnavas to ensure that discussing this conflict, we remembered about the basic, fundamental provisions of the Vaishnava philosophy.
...- 6 Mar 2014
By Niranjana Swami"My devotee only asks for one thing, let me serve You! So therefore, how can I give him anything, he doesn't want? But still I must give him something. I must give him something which is valuable. Something which he'll appreciate or value. Something that will mean something for him. He doesn't want wealth. He doesn't want follower. He doesn't want beautiful women. He doesn't want anything from me. But let me give him something that he'll accept. So what do I give him. I give him My heart. My devotee has my heart. And you are asking me have a heart! And I am...
- 6 Mar 2014
By Radhanath SwamiSrila Prabhupada wanted this land in Mayapur, but so many people failed to try to get anything because there was so much opposition. So he turned to Tamal Krsna Goswami, 'get me this land'! So it took a long time and when he finally came back to Calcutta with the deed, it was late at night, Srila Prabhupada did not go to sleep, he was so concerned, he was just sitting, waiting. The light was on. Tamal Krsna Goswami Maharaja came in and said "Prabhupada, you have the land!" In Mayapur dhama, here is the deed. Srila Prabhupada with tears in his eyes embraced...
- 4 Mar 2014
By the Hare Krishna Today MagazineModels of the Pancha-tattva were made after researching the scriptures on the exact dimensions, proportions and qualities of each member, who were made in accordance to the descriptions found. It was decided that each deity should have an individual pose. Thus each is holding His hands differently. Lord Chaitanya with His hands wide open worships Lord Krishna to teach all the conditioned souls how to take shelter of Him.
...- 3 Mar 2014
By Lokanath Swami“You are all born to spread Krishna consciousness all over the world..” (Haribol). Prabhupada took that way ‘You are born to spread this Krishna consciousness all over the world.’ And then I was talking of letters, not letter, this is a purport, in another purport Fifth Canto Prabhupada writes, “therefore this (meaning this Mayapur) is the best among all the places in the universe (Haribol). The Krishna consciousness movement has established its center in Mayapur, birth site of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to give men the opportunity to go there and perfor...
- 2 Mar 2014
By Giriraj SwamiHH Tamal Krishna Goswami played the role of the older brother to so many godbrothers and godsisters in ISKCON, and he played it exceedingly well. He was loving, caring, expert, and resourceful in many, many ways. He could give expert advice and practical support on the physical plane—medical, architectural, financial; on the emotional plane—psychological, social, marital; and on the spiritual plane—chanting japa, singing bhajanas and kirtana, studying and teaching sastra, associating with devotees, worshiping deities, going on parikrama, preaching, dist...
- 2 Mar 2014
By Chandan Yatra DasThis beautiful neem Deity of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu is the Deity that Srimati Visnupriya, wife of Lord Gauranga worshiped for 80 years after Lord Caitanya took sannyasa.
...- 2 Mar 2014
By SJMKL Harinama Team Devotees from Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur were instrumental in spreading the holy name in Kampong Ambar Tenang, Dengkil. This is one of the small villages which is approximately 40kms away from the city ,a palm oil plantation estate and has Indians as its majority population.
...- 2 Mar 2014
By Sankirtana DasIn 2012-13, as I was bringing my book – Mahabharata: The Eternal Quest - to completion, I kept asking myself: what about the Mahabharata would be most relevant to today’s readers. The book has endured for thousands of years. It’s revered by millions of Hindus all over the world. But what does it have to say to anyone else? Is Mahabharata just for Hindus or does it have a place in world literature, or in the very fabric of our diverse cultures?
...- 2 Mar 2014
By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiRamachandra went to the ocean. So He wanted to test, “by writing My name stone is floating. If I put a stone what is happening?” Ramachandra picked up a stone and threw it in the ocean and the stone drowned into the ocean. And Hanuman, clapping from behind, “Oh My Lord, now You understand. You are testing Your power. But see, Your Holy Name is more powerful than You. You threw the stone, the stone drowned. But when we are writing Your name, the stone is floating”.
...- 1 Mar 2014
By Kadamba Kanana SwamiSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is called maha-vadanyavatara because although He is Sri Krsna Himself, He is even more favorably disposed to the poor fallen souls than Lord Sri Krsna. When Lord Sri Krsna Himself was personally present, He demanded that everyone surrender unto Him and promised that He would then give one all protection, but when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to this earth with His associates, He simply distributed transcendental love of God without discrimination. Sri Rupa Goswami, therefore, could understand that Lord Caitanya was none other th...
- 1 Mar 2014
By Amy HollisTwo or three times a week, I take a break from serving Krishna Lunch prasad and approach a student who is enjoying their Krishna Lunch. Camera phone in hand, I take their picture and record our five minute conversation as I ask them, "When was the first time you had Krishna Lunch?" or, "Why do you come every day?" or, "What do your friends think of it?" And then I listen as they praise Krishna's remnants, usually having to stop them when they've gone on too long.
...- 28 Feb 2014
By the TOVP staffLatest reports from the devotees engaged in the realization of this landmark spiritual project with universal significance. Ambarisha prabhu's successful fundraising team in S.Africa raises 4 million dollars in ten days, new 3D animation video renderings of the interior presentation of the cosmic creation and more!
...- 28 Feb 2014
By Chaitanya Charan dasAll of us undergo times when our mind just doesn’t let us do what we need to and want to do. We try to study, but the mind goes blank. We try to work, but the mind doesn’t focus. The mind’s obstinacy that troubles us when we are meeting our worldly obligations often rises to scary heights when we engage in devotional activities like chanting.
...- 28 Feb 2014
By Kesava Bharati Dasa GoswamiNow we are going to hear how the Lord actually feels about us. Each and every one of us. The Supreme lord said: “Welcome, welcome my dear boy. I am fortunate, most fortunate to meet you here. For so long I have been eager to see you. My dear friend you have passed many lifetimes without paying any attention to me at all. So I transgressed my eternal code of conduct and arranged for you to take your current birth”. That birth was in Govardhan.
...- 28 Feb 2014
By Bhakta StevenI recently had the privilege of meeting a special person to all of us. His name is Gary Liss or Gary Prabhu as most of us know him. I listened with great anticipation for one hour of the fascinating true story of two boyhood friends from Chicago and the trials and tribulations of their travels during their early twenties at The Krishna Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gary’s boyhood friend was none other than, Radhanath Swami.
...- 27 Feb 2014
By Kodandarama DasaJust a few years ago, when the civil war between Sinhalese (Buddhist) and Tamils was raging, nobody would imagine that a Hare Krishna program would be held in the heart of Buddhist culture in Kandy. At the beginning we were little skeptical but later on when more than 500 hundred people joined our nagara-sanirtana all anxiety went away. Finally around 2500 people participated in the program.
...- 27 Feb 2014
By Radha Jivan dasThis year is very special since it is the 10th anniversary of the installation of Pancha tattva. There will be a maha abhishek performed on March 3rd which commences every 5 years. We are offering 1008 Golden bricks with the names of the sponsors engraved on them which will be put on the platform of Mahaprabhu’s altar in the new temple which is now under construction. These are limited to 1008 and many devotees who have come for the festival are sponsoring these bricks as a donation towards the construction of the new Temple.
...- 27 Feb 2014
By Devamrita SwamiKrishna explains in the Bhagavad Gita, as soon as there is lust there must be frustration, anger, there is no way around it because you are not the body, you are not the mind, your dedication to material desires must cause problems. So we can see that in the case of the phenomenon we are describing of the middle class being the ones who are shaking everything up, not the proletariats as Marx predicted, not the poverty stricken persons that we thought to be the constant source of trouble.
...- 26 Feb 2014
By Chaitanya Charan das“I am my worst enemy.” Some of us may have felt like this when we came under the grip of sudden, irrational impulses, and spoke and acted in ways that hurt others or ourselves or both. We make plans and efforts to change our illogical, uncongenial behavior, yet the heat of the moment often overpowers us. When we repeatedly succumb to the same self-defeating behavior, we may become possessed by the gloomy thought: “Maybe this is just the way I am; maybe this is my unchangeable nature.”
...- 26 Feb 2014
By Bhakti Vinoda SwamiIt is very challenging to be a servant, to have the mood of the servant and also adopt the mood of a leader. Sometimes we think, they are both anathema, they don't go together. In the world, people are all wanting to be leaders. They want to enjoy lordship. They want to enjoy mastership. They want to lord over people and many of them they do that for the sake of getting a subtle happy thrill of being able to control others and whatever servant leadership or whatever they may advocate, ultimately it is meant for them to enjoy leadership. But actually s...
- 26 Feb 2014