Should we be using silk? If we want to practice compassion and non-violence toward all living entities, then we should think twice about what we are putting on our bodies. Originally in Vedic times they used what was called Wild Silk.
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- 6 Mar 2009
"Let's play Simon says," a man announces to an audience of curious onlookers, most of them BYU students. He leads the discussion wearing traditional Indian garb and holds a strange looking drum in his hands.
...- 5 Mar 2009
The Executive Committee (EC) of the GBC has received your recent peace proposal for which we offer you our thanks. The EC has since gone through your peace proposal and we have the following points to make.
...- 5 Mar 2009
By Divyambara dasiI am happy to offer you an invitation to the Level 1 & 2 Japa Retreats in New Vrindavan this April. For the first time they will be held in the most sacred place in North America - Srila Prabhupada's Pushpa Samadhi Mandir at the Palace of Gold !
...- 4 Mar 2009
By Praghosa das In the last week of February 2009, Gopal Agarwal (who resides in USA) along with his son Brij spend a couple of days in Mumbai and one of their first trips in the city of Mumbai was to ISKCON Juhu to take darshan of Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari.
...- 3 Mar 2009
By Radhikakrpa devi dasiFICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers Of Commerce and Industry) Ladies Organization along with women from Inner Wheel Club and Divya Chaya Trust kept their date with ISKCON Food Relief Foundation on the February 28th afternoon.
...- 3 Mar 2009
Once Prabhupada noted, "When Krishna was here, few could understand that he was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Maybe a few hundred people, that's all."
...- 3 Mar 2009
It was recently announced in the news about how an 18 year old autistic boy from Ohio/USA is being charged for murder after his university professor mother (who was apparently very dedicated to his care-giving) died from injuries received from her son during a violent outburst.
...- 3 Mar 2009
At the time of pralaya the oceans exceed their limits. Yet a saintly man always remains steady, even under extreme circumstances.
...- 1 Mar 2009
Even if you are not physically present in Mayapur, watch our Gaura Purnima festival videos and join with the devotees assembled in Mayapur. Devotees interviews, Gaura Purnima Festival inauguration, Jala Yatra (procession to Ganga for fetching water for Maha abhisheka) are added now to the festival videos collection.
...- 27 Feb 2009
By Tusti Mohan Krishna dasThe GBC meetings ended yesterday, I am posting also a historical pic of all the GBC members including HH Jayapataka Swami sitting on his wheel chair in the middle. The Chairman elected of this year is His Holiness Romapada Swami.
...- 27 Feb 2009
Our festivals in Sydney were a huge hit. We had given the event a French name, Le Carnaval Spirituel. During December we averaged more than five hundred people a show. After the New Year, we traveled north to Brisbane and held another round of successful programs on the Gold Coast.
...- 26 Feb 2009
By Ananda Tirtha dasSo the future of this Krishna Consciousness movement is very bright, so long the managers remain vigilant that 16 rounds are being chanted by everyone without fail, that they are all rising before four in the morning, attending mangal arati-our leaders shall be careful not to kill the spirit of enthusiastic service, which is individual and spontaneous and voluntary. They should try always to generate some atmosphere of fresh challenge to the devotees, so that they will agree enthusiastically to rise and meet it. That is the art of mana...
- 26 Feb 2009
Dravida dasa: Early on the morning of Monday, February 23, Rucirangada Dasi succumbed after a long battle with cancer and passed away peacefully at her brother's home in San Diego. ...
- 25 Feb 2009
By Deena Bandhu dasaOn Sunday we had the ecstatic grand finale of the 6th anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple. All the devotees gathered beside Pavana Sarovar and after a nice hot breakfast of kichari, we began the preparations for the famous Kalash Yatra.
...- 25 Feb 2009
Watch Sri Sri Pancha-Tattva Maha Abhisheka LIVE from Sri Mayapur. Maha Abhisheka will begin at 8am (IST) on 25th February and will continue till noon.
...- 24 Feb 2009
By Shyamagopika devi dasiTo the vibrant chanting of Garuda Dandakam prayers by Balaji Swami of Tirumala Tirupati, ecstactic harinam and blowing of conch shell & āuluādvani , the garuda flag was hoisted by HH Jayapataka Swami announcing the inauguration of Gaura Purnima festival 2009.
...- 24 Feb 2009
On Thursday Feb. 21th, 2009, Day 10 of the AGM GBC Meetings in Sridham Mayapur membership was voted upon. This year, there was one new member added to the GBC Body (by unanimous vote), Her Grace Dina Sarana Devi Dasi (ACBSP), who oversee's Germany and Austria.
...- 23 Feb 2009
By Manohara DasaWe are very happy to announce that ISKCON's GBC body approved the sannyasa initiation of Yadunandana prabhu (the principal of Bhaktivedanta College)
...- 23 Feb 2009
Times are changing rapidly as many choose to fall in the booby but beautiful trap of love. Yes, we āfallā in love, but never āelevateā in love. This is not to portray love as a blasphemous emotion, or a taboo but to prove that the consciousness in which an activity is carried put plays a paramount role in its execution.
...- 22 Feb 2009
There's werk ta be dun! And a whole world of hungry people just waiting for them "hairy Krishna fellers and gals" to help Krishna feed them all. Let's get to it! Now is the time for Love! And more than ever before there's no time to waste. For everyone's sake.
...- 22 Feb 2009
Parijata devi dasi - ISKCON Communications: Sethiji met Srila Prabhupada in 1971 at Aakash Ganga, one of the first places where Srila Prabhupada resided with his disciples after returning to India from USA, and realized that he had met a great personality. He became a life-member and a staunch and loyal servant of Srila Prabhupada....
- 21 Feb 2009
By Bhakti - vedanta ManorIn the early hours of this morning, amidst tears of joy, priests, farmers and congregational members witnessed the birth of a healthy female calf. This was no ordinary calf, but a symbol of reconciliation and a new era between the RSPCA and Vaishnava communities across Britain.
...- 21 Feb 2009