By Prema-tarangini Devi DasiDuring this entire process, the devotees doctors from Bhaktivedanta hospital have been very supportive and sacrificing of their own personal needs and schedule to be there for Maharaj. Maharaj is deeply grateful to them and has expressed his appreciation of their sacrifices, service mood and devotee care system multiple times. Maharaj is particularly grateful to Dr. Saksi Gopal prabhu an intensive care physician from Bhaktivedanta hospital who has been with Maharaj throughout
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- 20 Feb 2012
By Ravindra Svarupa DasaHere's one thing. Iskcon is what Prabhupada had to do to make Bhagavatam happen. It wasn't enough that he brought the books. He also had to create the authorised hearers. Then with Prabhupada as the authorised speaker and people in Iskcon as the authorised hearers then Bhagavatam can happen. It can take place
...- 19 Feb 2012
By Vaishnava DasI am writing this article as a means to increase dialogue within the devotional community with respect to risk management. I do not place myself as an expert in this area though I do have a sensitivity to the subject given my occupation
...- 19 Feb 2012
By Raxit JariwallaThe first Monthly Sankirtana Festival of 2012, entitled “Sri Nityananda Trayodasi MSF of Getting to Know Each Other” was held at Iskcon of Silicon Valley (ISV) in honor of Lord Nityananda’s divine appearance day. It was concluded on February 15th, on which day the MSF results were offered to Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships during the Wednesday night Gita class at the ISV temple in San Jose, California
...- 19 Feb 2012
By Dr. Madhavananda DasThis is to inform that Romapada Maharaja was taken ill today in Mayapur and has been transported to the Birla Heart Centre in Kolkata. He has symptoms of breathlessness and chest pain on the right side. At the moment he is conscious but on oxygen
...- 19 Feb 2012
By Times of IndiaAlfred Ford (re-christened Ambarish Das), an American heir to Ford fortune and the great grandson of legendary businessman Henry Ford, visited the Institute of Leadership Entrepreneurship and Development (iLead) Kolkata campus to interact with the students and teachers
...- 17 Feb 2012
By Bhakti Vijnana GowamiSomehow or the other as conditioned living entities we hope, with our conditioning of thinking that, we are the Supreme Lord we hope to be victorious all the time. We kind of count on it. It is the subconscious mentality of every living entity. We just want to be victorious and when something goes wrong in our life we immediately become dejected and because it always goes wrong then we are always dejected
...- 17 Feb 2012
By Romapada SwamiIn keeping with the theme of the ILS, the International Leadership Sanga, I was requested to speak on the character of a leader. I selected a verse which epitomizes the mood of a leader, namely the bearer of the will and the instructions of those more elevated than oneself
...- 16 Feb 2012
By ToVP.org2012 ToVP Video Presentation to the GBCs and Assembled Vaisnavas by Ambarisha, Sadbhuja, Hari-sauri, Bhavananda, Jananivas prabhus, Jayapataka Swami and more
...- 14 Feb 2012
By Bhakti Charu Swami Prabhupada told us emphatically, "Don't make the same mistake that my god brothers made after Guru Maharaj's disappearance. Guru Maharaj told them to come and manage the society through a governing body. They did not. They rather appointed an acarya. When the acarya fell down, the whole structure collapsed." Then he said, "Don't make the same mistake." And we can see about thirty-five years after Srila Prabhupada's disappearance Iskcon is not only there but Iskcon is growing, Iskcon is expanding, Iskcon is becoming more and more wonderfully established...
- 14 Feb 2012
By Antardwip DasaSoon the influx of many more devotees from around the world will converge in Sree Dham Mayapur to experience perhaps the most memorable kirtan event in ISKCON history, perhaps since the time of Narottama Das Thakur. Do you want to tell your grandchildren you were there? We think, yes!
...- 14 Feb 2012
By Bhanu SwamiSo Krishna is the ideal leader because He meets everybody's expectations. Whatever you can imagine is in Krishna - everything wonderful. That is of course in the Nectar of Devotion. Rupa Goswami gives sixty-four qualities of Krishna. Of course He has four special qualities but even the fifty qualities are very wonderful. We don't expect to find all these fifty in any of our leaders in the modern world or whatever. We don't find all of those fifty qualities which should be there in a good jiva
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- 12 Feb 2012
By Radhanath SwamiSrila Prabhupada endured heart attacks, sea sickness, strokes, poverty to begin this movement what to speak of after people like us started to become devotees, what he had to tolerate! He gave his life. He told us that he had shed buckets of blood for every devotee. He said that in the spirit of how important it is to take care of each other and to honor and respect each other
...- 12 Feb 2012
By Naresvara DasAs every week passes in Mayapur, the landscape changes: the TOVP's presence expands, dominating the grounds, embracing the entire community; suburbs and sub-divisions bloom and unfold; the village grows with every breath, closer than ever to being the city that Srila Prabhupada predicted it would become. For the thousands of people who wish to reside in this most beautiful holy dhama, more than ever it's now or never...
...- 12 Feb 2012
By Sahadeva dasaProcession started around afternoon from Lord Venkateswara temple in the down town area. Thousands of people participated in the 6 hour long procession and tons of prasadam was distributed. Many people turned up simply to have an auspicious beginning for their new year
...- 11 Feb 2012
By Caru DasThis 3 minute film on the Utah Krishna Temple was filmed by some Brigham Young University students during the Sunday Feast
...- 11 Feb 2012
By Iskcon Leadership SangaDay One of the ISKCON Leadership Sanga was a huge success! Despite many technical difficulties, all the devotees felt enthused and enlivened by the work that is already being done by the GBC members
...- 11 Feb 2012
By Jayapataka SwamiOne thing is that Prabhupada wanted the devotees to attend the regular Gaura-purnima festival every year. One of the GBC's said, "Prabhupada (At that time it cost $500. Now it is more expensive.)Each year thousands of devotees go and they pay $500 each. That is $500 000. We could build a temple. (In those days.)" Prabhupada said, "Yes. The devotees eat so much [Laughter] If they didn't eat we could have so much money. [Laughter] The GBC shut up
...- 10 Feb 2012
By Prahladananda SwamiThat if one is chanting the holy name, they are taking shelter of the real shelter and we should appreciate that and we should respect that. That is how we take shelter of them. Even if they are not following very strictly still in our heart we have to appreciate that here is Krishna's servant, somehow or the other by good fortune they are taking that much shelter of Krishna and I should appreciate them for doing it
...- 10 Feb 2012
By Vedavyasapriya Swami Srila Prabhupada is saying that the artificial arrangement of divorce system is not approved in the Vedic sastras. It is not a flat outright saying but i think it is very serious and very important as far as serving the Absolute Truth is concerned this principle which is enunciating the Absolute Truth cannot be violated. So it has to be understood in proper perspective. Many times we say that time, place and circumstances - change the rule. Rule cannot be changed. Application can be changed. The rule cannot be violated
...- 9 Feb 2012
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiSahyadri Varnasrama College (SVC) officially opened at Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama Ksetra (SSKBK) on the Appearance Day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, February 5, 2012. Scheduled to begin the first week of January, SVC started 3 weeks later this year due to late arrival of students
...- 9 Feb 2012
- 9 Feb 2012
By Candramauli SwamiIt is like in the 1920's in the United States of America. At the end of the 1920's there was a huge crisis economically and practically the whole country went down. And people who had fortunes lost everything practically overnight. And it is reported that many people were jumping out of windows committing suicide simply for something that really - a devotee understands what the value of such things is
...- 8 Feb 2012