By Indradyumna Swami"Losing the battle doesn't mean losing the war," I said to Nandini dasi. One of our festivals had been canceled despite her determined efforts, and she was sitting there fuming
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- 6 Aug 2009
By Bhakti Raghava Swami
Approximately 75 delegates from different temples in Bali attended the two day seminar with speakers coming from different parts of Indonesia such as Yogyakarta in Java and Lampung in Sumatra.
...- 4 Aug 2009
By Bhaktin Rita GuptaTo the delight of many devotees living in rural ISKCON communities, the GBC (ISKCON’s administrative authority) recently set guidelines instructing all GBC members to spend 10% of their time boosting farm projects.
...- 4 Aug 2009
A couple of years before he passed away in 2000, our good friend Rsabdev Prabhu (formerly with Spiritual Sky and the husband of Mother Kunkum) sent us a picture of Mahaprabhu with the deer from the cover of Sri Chaitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Volume Seven, which we framed and have worshipped ever since.
...- 31 Jul 2009
Internet access has provided ISKCON members with the opportunity to create web sites which reach out to the world in a variety of ways. These web sites become transcendental when they continue Srila Prabhupada’s mission
...- 31 Jul 2009
Would you like to see all of the changes made to the purports of Srila Prabhupada’s 1972 Bhagavad-gita As It Is? The BBT will soon be putting them all online
...- 31 Jul 2009
By Radhikakrpa Devi DasiThe dark foggy night of 22nd December '98 transformed my life. All the activity in my life came to a standstill. My world shattered attributing to pangs of pain. ''Death'',( the most dreadful word ) often heard of barged into my life and snatched away the most lovable, most close friend to me; my dear father!
...- 28 Jul 2009
By Chaitanya Charitamrita Dasa and Girish ParikhOn Saturday, July 25, 2009; ISKCON Berkeley Hare Krishna Temple celebrated Ratha Yatra in the Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) located in San Jose collaborated in the celebration.
...- 28 Jul 2009
I recently visited Manipur for seeing the dance drama - depicting the life and works of famous saintly king Rajrishi Bhagyachandra who had left a legacy of unique devotional services to Lord Krishna in the state of Manipur
...- 28 Jul 2009
With the kind blessings of Guru and Gauranga a Preacing center was inaugurated at Port Blair the Capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Benal.
...- 28 Jul 2009
- 23 Jul 2009
Dr. Santi Rupa devi dasi: His Grace Uttama Caitanya Dasa Brahmacari, a dear disciple of H. H. Srila Jayapataka Swami Maharaj, departed from this world suddenly but peacefully on Gaurabdha 523, Sridhara Masa, Krsna Paksa (Kamika Ekadasi, July 18th 2009) around 5 pm....
- 23 Jul 2009
Well, after 5 months of hard work in the heat and humidity of Kolkata, today we saw the auspicious inauguration of the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) library. Taking advantage of the presence of both HH Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Charu Swami in Kolkata for the Rathayatra festival, we conducted a successful opening ceremony of the library.
...- 23 Jul 2009
By Indradyumna SwamiOn Monday the Polish police raided our school base looking for drugs. The next day, the devotees went for harinama on the beach. Most of the devotees went by bus, and I was in a van with a few others.
...- 22 Jul 2009
Mathura Lilesvari JPS: With shock, sadness, regret and a heavy heart we inform that His Grace Uttama Caitanya dasa bramachari a disciple of His Holiness Srila Jayapataka Maharaj and the temple president of ISKCON Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur left his body in the association of devotees ...
- 21 Jul 2009
By Jason Miller Organizers for the Festival of India had to dig deeper into festival funds after several hiccups caused by the ongoing Toronto city workers' strike pushed them off Centre Island
...- 20 Jul 2009
The ever pestering power of empirical estimations of this colossal unknown called space still challenges many of us who read the 5th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. In many cases our “frog in the well” boundaries reluctantly, or sceptically acknowledges the enormous proportions of universal structures described with exacting precision, seeming too certain for comfort.
...- 19 Jul 2009
By Sanatan Kripa DasaThe Car Festival (Ratha Yatra) of Lord Jagannath is one of the largest festivals of the followers of Sanatan Dharma, in Bangladesh. This year about 0.1 million of people participated in the ever-increasing procession of the Ratha Yathra Festival.
...- 17 Jul 2009
Sri Mayapur dhama, being the world headquarters of ISKCON, devotees from all over the world have a very special attraction for Mayapur dhama and have a cherished desire to serve and stay in Mayapur.
...- 17 Jul 2009
By Indradyumna SwamiThe atheists are always prepared to harass a devotee; therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu suggested that one be very tolerant of these people. Nonetheless, one has to continue chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and preaching the chanting of this mantra because such preaching and chanting constitute the perfection of life.
...- 16 Jul 2009
By Radhikakrpa Devi DasiFor me, accepting Krishna consciousness was not hard, but being in it became a challenge. I am a progeny of Sikh parents and married into a Hindu Punjabi family. My transformation from Randeep Anand to Radhika-kripa Devi Dasi was the most decisive moment of my life.
...- 16 Jul 2009
By Patita Pavana dasThese were remarkable times; Krishna consciousness was bursting aflame and Hare Krishna was becoming a household word. Numbering about twenty or so brahmacharis headed up by temple president Brahmananda, we had just moved out of the first ISKCON center at 26 2nd Ave. to the new location up the street
...- 16 Jul 2009
By Bhakti Charu SwamiBeing enlivened by so many thought-provoking observations and concepts on the subject of guru-tattva and the ISKCON institution I feel inspired to express some ideas and understandings on this issue
...- 12 Jul 2009