If you simply chant your rounds daily as prescribed and stick strictly to the rules and regulations, all these questions will automatically be answered by Krsna as Supersoul. You may refer in this connection to Bhagavad gita, (10:10), “To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” and (10:11), “Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.” This process of understanding by devotional service is essential for developing Krsna Consciousness and you all must follow this program assiduously.
Youth Learn Leadership Skills Via Nectar of Instruction Zoom Course
By: Madhava Smullen on May 29, 2020
The Vice Principal of TKG Academy is offering online bhakti courses for teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching them The Nectar of Instruction using Srila Prabhupada’s purports and Steven
Covey’s … Read More
Aid during School Closures: Srimad Bhagavatam for Young Readers
By: Sri Radhika devi dasi on May 29, 2020
Many devotee parents are often wondering how to meaningfully engage their home-bound children in devotional activities, which is especially relevant during the weeks of school closures. A great remedy
could … Read More
TOVP Launches New Talk Show, Grand Opening Still Set for 2022
By: Madhava Smullen on May 29, 2020
While devotees in India and around the world cannot visit Mayapur, the TOVP has launched its own talk show, “TOVP Talks” to keep everyone inspired and connected to the project. Read More
Towaco Zoom Sangas A Bright Spot in the Darkness of the Pandemic
By: Madhava Smullen on May 29, 2020
The program has delivered talks by some of the most illustrious speakers in the Hare Krishna Movement eight times a week online, providing the kind of experience that would have …Read More
The world economy is going through a very trying period, and it has its likely impact on the source of funding for many of our centers around the world. Some such centers may have previously taken
out loans against their properties, with an expectation to service it through donations and income. Such assumptions may now be challenged…. Read More
Cleanliness In The Home
By the Minister of Deity worship
When articles are mildly contaminated through contact with impure items such as food remnants, they may be purified in the following ways: gold, silver, conch shells, jewels, stones, and spoons are
purified by water; yajïa utensils, such as the sruk and sruva (wooden ladles), by rinsing with warm water; other yajïa utensils by scrubbing with kuça grass and water; an äsana, bed, and vehicle
by water; and grains, deerskin, cloth,4 thread, linen, fruits, flowers, grass, and leaves by washing them in water if extensively contaminated, or simply by sprinkling if the contaminati… Read More
WSN April 2020 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
By Vijaya Das
This unprecedented time of lockdown should be seen as an opportunity find other ways to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. “Don’t let a good crisis go to waste.” We know about Bhagavatam and Caitanya-caritamrta
set sales, and we have been distributing sets for decades, but mostly to our congregation. Many set sales before the Coronavirus were done by Devamrta Swami’s disciples, the harinama devotees
in New York City, and Vaisesika Prabhu’s team in Silicon Valley. But now Krishna has put us all in a situation in which online is the only way to distribute. Krishna made this arrangement so
t… Read More
Surrender
By Kavicandra Swami
We often get questions about surrender, like “how can we surrender”. Recently I was reading one old BTG, 2001, and found a nice practical statement from Srila Prabhupada. If we search “surrender”
on the vedabase we find 7445 hits, so we know it is an important topic. One should be submissive and say, “Krsna, I am very poor. I have no means to understand You. Please be merciful upon me.
Please allow me to understand You and surrender.” This is wanted. Krsna is very merciful, and when He sees that someone has surrendered, He will help from within.
Teachers wishing success in their service must cultivate the mode of goodness. But wait a minute! Am I hearing protests from hard-pressed devotees sincerely striving to serve their Lord with a passion?
Are they not crying out from the distance that there’s no need for goodness? Are they not emphatically stating that devotees are transcendental to the three modes of material nature? Srila Prabhupada
once addressed this very question after a Sunday feast lecture at 26 Second Avenue. Prabhu…
When the majority of people in a country are influenced by commercialism and addicted to the four most karmically implicating activities–meat-eating, intoxication, illicit sex, and gambling–there
will definitely be reactions to endure in the future. This is the universal law. There is no amount of economic planning, defense buildup, agricultural arrangement, or even weather forecasting
that will help us to avoid unexpected karmic reactions. If the ruler of a country receives one-sixth of the aggregate good or bad karma of the citizens, then the citizens themselve…
How Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar and Sri Sri Krishna Balarama Manifested in Jaipur
By Sridevi Dasi
Sitala devi dasi, a resident of Mayapur Dham, had been ordering deities for ISKCON since 1975. Many temples around the world have used her services to obtain their deities. In the 1990’s the devotees
of New Raman Reti asked her to order deities in India for our Temple. “It took a while for consensus to be reached among devotees here as to who should be the Lords of New Raman Reti,” she says.
“Once the decision was made, Radha Shyamasundar manifested pretty quick…
Dialogue not Debate: The Key to Healthy Spiritual Communities (video)
By ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team
Join this conversation with Vraja Vihari Das and Deva Madhava Das as they unpack the idea behind having less debate and more dialogue as a key to developing healthy spiritual communities.
TOVP Architecture Department Report – Interior Artwork, April 2020
Interior Artwork
This is the April Architecture Department Report which focuses on various areas of artwork throughout the project. We have classified the art into 24 modules for the interior and exterior and are
sharing the updates of each module in this report.
Click here to see
it in your browser or download a copy to your desktop for offline reading.
Broadcast from ISKCON’s World Headquarters in Sridhama Mayapur, the education capital of the world, this bi-weekly webinar will flood the world with the dissemination of devotional and organizational
subject-matter of the highest quality by devotee speakers highly regarded in their expertise, in a systematic and effective way through the ZOOM live video conferencing program and format, to
be utilized by devotees worldwide for their personal and extended benefit. Read More
Vaishnava Calendars: ISKCON GBC Vaishnava Calendar Comitee, GCAL (Gaurabda
Calendar, a program for calculation of the calendar for vaisnavas, according Gaudiya-Vaisnava tradition.) Webpage: krishnadays.com, Gcal Facebook page
These dates and timings are for Sri Mayapur Dhama. Find timings for your location at the Vaishnava
Calendar links.
June 1, 2020 (Monday) Ganga Puja Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana — Disappearance Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini — Appearance
June 2, 2020 (Tuesday) Fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi
June 3, 2020 (Wednesday) Break fast 04:49 – 09:07 (Local Mayapur Time)
June 4, 2020 (Thursday) Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava
June 5, 2020 (Friday) Snana Yatra Sri Mukunda Datta — Disappearance Sri Sridhara Pandita — Disappearance
June 6, 2020 (Saturday) Sri Syamananda Prabhu — Disappearance
