By Giriraj SwamiAt her initiation ceremony yesterday, Rose Forkash received the name Rajani-priya dasi. Rajani is a name of Durga, an expansion of Srimati Radharani, who is the divine, universal mother. Rajani was also the name of Srila Prabhupada’s mother. Priya means “dear” or “dear to,” and dasi means “servant” or “servant of.” During the ceremony, Rtadhvaja Swami, Niranjana Swami, and especially Indradyumna Swami encouraged Rajani-priya via Skype with words of appreciation, affection, and ...
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- 21 Aug 2015
By Braja Bihari DasEvening Class at Iskcon Chicago, Sri Kishore Kishori temple streamed live on Aug 19, 2015. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirms the conclusion of Srimad-Bhagavatam on the strength of His philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva. That philosophy holds that the Supreme Lord is simultaneously one with and different from His creation. That is to say, there is unity in diversity.
...- 20 Aug 2015
By Manohar Krsna DasAs Vrindavan rejoiced in the Hariyali Teej festivals yesterday, MVT (Mayapur Vrindavan Trust), management, staff and residence decided to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s Jaladuta Yatra by distributing delicious kitchari prasadam cooked in desi ghee for over 3000 pilgrims and visitors to Vrindavan. The kitchari prasadam cooked with devotion by Gopal Das (ACBSP) in the staff kitchen, had everyone who tasted it come back for seconds. Manager of MVT Prem Kishore Das said “...
- 20 Aug 2015
By Vanamali Pandit DasaSeveral esteemed ISKCON sannyasis will be joining the celebration. They include: HH Jayadvaita Swami, HH Niranjana Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Giriraj Swami, HH Bhaktimarga Swami, HH Romapada Swami, HH Trivikrama Swami, HH Janananda Gowami, HH Candramauli Swami, HH Danavir Goswami and HH Bhakti Prabhupada-Vrata Damodara Swami. Many prominent government officials have also been invited to attend, including Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, as well as the Chie...
- 20 Aug 2015
Padmapani das: I wish to inform the Vaisnava community that a great soul has passed from our midst. Her name was Rita McNaughton -- better known as Momji among devotees....
- 20 Aug 2015
By the ISKCON Seattle Communications OfficeISKCON Seattle is making great strides in preaching the holy name to the greater Seattle, WA community. Anandamela, the festival of India is a unique cultural event that bridges east with the west. Organized by ISKCON seattle for the last five years, this event comes in the wake of the festival of colors - Holi that has captured imagination of folks in Redmond and neighboring cities representative of general America. The festival is designed to gradually introduce th...
- 20 Aug 2015
By the BhaktiWomen.org TeamAmong the various areas that the Bhakti Women team serves women in, we are also very inspired to support mothers in empowering their daughters and to honor and value their role as women. We wish for them to excel and shine in their roles as home- makers , caretakers of the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of their families, in raising emotionally and spiritually sound children and in maintaining relationships within society. With this purpose in mind we offered a ten session ...
- 19 Aug 2015
By Giriraj SwamiBy Srila Prabhupada’s causeless mercy, Rose Forkash, who developed the Friends of Lord Krishna (FOLK) program with Srila Prabhupada’s direct encouragement and guidance, will receive initiation at my ashram in Carpinteria on Wednesday, August 19, between 10 a.m. and noon. She is four weeks away from her ninety-fifth birthday. Please bless her that she achieves complete success in Krishna consciousness in this very lifetime.
...- 18 Aug 2015
By Bhakti-lata DasiFor those of you who read the previous IPM NEWS, you will remember that inmate bhakta, Richard Chase—affectionately nicknamed “Krishna Kirtan”by Sarva-drik prabhu—was very well situated in a prison in Petersburg, Virginia where he had started what became a very successful and popular Hare Krishna program at the chapel library. Last year, however, he was transferred to a prison in Lisbon, Ohio where the chaplains were quite inimical toward Krishna Consciousness and who prevented him from ...
- 18 Aug 2015
By Pusta Krishna dasLord Chaitanya predicted that the glories of the Holy Names of the Mahamantra would take place in every town and village throughout the world. This energy was reflected in the person of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur who wrote of the Bhagawat and sent a copy of this book to Canada around the time of our Srila Prabhupad's appearance. The great carrier of that mercy was illuminated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad. He gave the order to Abhay Charan De, later known as His Divine...
- 18 Aug 2015
By Indradyumna SwamiAfter a month of harinams and festivals and a mammoth three-day Woodstock festival, our tour devotees were exhausted. When I mentioned during a meeting that we had seventeen more festivals to go, I saw many devotees catch their breath and roll their eyes upward. “It's our duty,” I said. “We can't give up, we can't give in. We've inherited a tradition that goes back five hundred years. Many great devotees have served selflessly for this very moment that we are living: when the holy names o...
- 17 Aug 2015
By different devoteesWho else would have tolerated all difficulties, and distributed Harinama with a pleasant heart? Who would have given us the dhamas such as Mayapur, Vrindavan and Jagannatha Puri? The teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu constitute the greatest and most auspicious treasure. Who else would have engaged us in constantly practicing and preaching it? Sri Sri Nitai Gaura are desire trees of love of Godhead. Desiring a drop of Their mercy, Jayapataka's heart incessantly takes shelter of Your Divine g...
- 17 Aug 2015
By Iskcon Kolkata If Srila Prabhupada had not come, what would have happened? How could we have passed our lives? Who else would have distributed the unlimited mercy of Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauranga all over the world? Which other compassionate person would have endeavoured to deliver the miscreants , sinful, impersonalistic and voidistic people in the West? Who else would have come to distribute Harinama to them? Who else would have come forward to transform them into civilized beings? Who else would have ta...
- 17 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataVote of Thanks by HH Radhanath Swami at 50th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's Jaladuta Yatra at Netaji Indoor Stadium on 13th August 2015 (10 min video). On Thursday August 13th, ISKCON temples worldwide celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the westward journey of founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who, at the age of 69, left India this day in 1965 to introduce Krishna-consciousness to the West.
...- 17 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataOver the past 50 years, approximately 75,000 ISKCON devotees have received initiation. There are 2,000 home study (Bhakti Vriksa) groups meet regularly (consisting some 30,000 devotees). There are 7 million worshippers attend ISKCON centers annually. Since its establishment ISKCON has published and distributed 516 million books, and gave out 3 billion plates of sanctified vegetarian meals (prasadam) worldwide. Today, there are 1,000 public harinama chanting parties going out on the ...
- 17 Aug 2015
By Harivilas DasThe seven opulences listed — fame, fortune, fine speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience — are considered feminine. If a person possesses all of them or some of them he becomes glorious. So this doesn’t just mean women can have these qualities; men can have these qualities too. If a man is famous as a righteous man, that makes him glorious. So that’s interesting! The first quality is called kirtiḥ. That means fame. So what makes a person really famous? The fact that they...
- 17 Aug 2015
By Mina Sharma Taking place just days after the formal inauguration of ISKCON's 50th anniversary celebrations in Kolkata, the eight hour kirtan event brought together top kirtaneers from all over country, which really embodied the spirit of a whole UK yatra. HH Prabodhananda Saraswati Goswami Maharaj from Sri Vrindavan Dham also participated in the programme as a special guest. Organised by Birmingham Pandava Sena, hundreds of devotees from all over the UK attended the event. ISKCON Birmingham is renowned for it...
- 16 Aug 2015
By Vrajendra Nandan DasWe are pleased to announce the launching of the book, "Values of Life" today in New Delhi by Smt. Hema Malini, Member of parliament in Lok Sabha and famous film actress. This book is published by ISKCON Delhi. We express our gratitude to Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT), for allowing the use of translations and lectures by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Values of Life has also been compiled from the books and lectures by H. H Radhanath Swami Maharaj, H. G Radheshyam P...
- 16 Aug 2015
By Gaura Krishna dasOn the 24th of July 1965 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada embarked on his epic journey to New york by boarding the Calcutta mail via Nagpur in Mumbai. Srila Prabhupad wrote in his diary, ”To start for Calcutta by the Calcutta Mail via Nagpur. Starting from Bori-Banrer at 19 hours in the evening. Vide Ticket Dt 24/7/65. Luggage booked. Receipt No. A116695 paid Rs. 12/20. ISKCON devotees in Nagpur are very proud of the fact that Srila Prabhupad travelled to "New York via ...
- 16 Aug 2015
By Sankarsan DasI went to see him as a visitor. I did not know that he was born in our family. But I had heard from my father a long time back that that man, Abhay Charan, (we used to call him 'Abhay Kaka') had went abroad. We knew that very well. But Prabhupada never informed us that he came back with all the foreign disciples. So, I went there, and Prabhupada asked my name. I told him my name, and he said, "Oh, you're coming from Taliganj?" My name then was Gauri Shankar. My calling name is Shankar. So when I t...
- 16 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataSrila Prabhupada was related to the Mullik family, who were very rich in North Calcutta. They gave some accommodation to Gaur Mohan De, to do some business on their property, as well as a place to stay, in North Calcutta. Then they admitted Srila Prabhupada at Multilal Sil School. This was very near to his house, just 5 minutes by foot. He used to go to school every day by foot. Multilal Sil School, on Mahatma Gandhi Road, in North Calcutta. It is a very old school where Srila Prabhupada used to g...
- 16 Aug 2015
By Desh Deepak DasThousands of residents marched together in the city of Chandigarh, capital of Punjab and Haryana, while loudly performing kirtan and chanting the Hare Krishna mantra to usher in the year long celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The co-president of ISKCON Chandigarh, Nand Maharaj Das said, “In October 1976, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada visited Chandigarh, the city beautiful and spoke to a large a...
- 16 Aug 2015
By Indradyumna SwamiToday is our 40th harinam of the summer. With two weeks still to go, we have distributed 280,000 invitations to our 35 festivals. Not including the great Woodstock Festival, more than 150,000 people have attended our events. Throughout the summer several thousand books have been sold and prasadam has been distributed like a river flowing to the sea. Srila Prabhupada, we are your servants awaiting your next instructions!
...- 15 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataDasavatar Dance by Prince Group (winner of the India got talent’s) Performing at Srila Prabhupada's 50th Jaldutta Anniversary Journey to USA (10 min video)
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