Jaya Govinda Dasa: It is with sadness that we announce the departure of His Grace Sananda Kumar Prabhu...
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- 15 Aug 2015
By Praghosa dasaDear Devotees, Friends and Supporters, in celebration of the glorious 50th Anniversary of ISKCON, we are holding the first ever UK National Convention. This will be a free one day event on Saturday the 22nd August 2015 and the main theme will be glorification of Srila Prabhupada. The venue will be Granby Street ISKCON Leicester. We see this as a great opportunity to bring devotees together in a mood of unity, cooperation, trust and positive communication with each other.
...- 15 Aug 2015
By Srinathji Srila Prabhupada came to our house in 1971. He came with young people. All westerners. My parents were both Vaishnavas but I was a Mayavadi. Srila Prabhupada, he pointed out to one of his disciples. This young man was looking bright and Srila Prabhupada said to my father, "This boy wants to become Indian, please help him get an Indian citizenship". My father was a member of Parliament back then. And then Srila Prabhupada said, "He is a personal associate of Lord Chaitanya, he will learn Bengali and p...
- 15 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataTribute Dance by 450 ISKCON Kolkata Congregation Boys and Girls performing at Srila Prabhupada's 50th Jaldutta Anniversary Journey to USA at Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata on 13th August 2015
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By the TOVP teamThe North American 108 Day TOVP Tour with Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Nrsinghadeva’s Sitari, accompanied by Jananivas prabhu, Radha Jivana prabhu, Vraja Vilas prabhu and Sunanda prabhu came to an end on July 5th. Click the links included to read the Daily Diary and see the results, temple by temple. ALL USA, GRAND TOTAL: 13,623,871 - Canada, GRAND TOTAL 2,684,410
...- 14 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataUnveiling of Brass Srila Prabhupada Statue Jaladuta Journey to USA in one end and other end Reaching Boston. Narration by Madan Mohan Das. This is gift from Ukraine devotees for Srila Prabhupada's 50th Jaldutta Anniversary Journey to USA.
...- 14 Aug 2015
By Jahnavi HarrisonAfter 30 glorious years of performance, including almost 20 international tours, UK's Bhaktivedanta Players marked their outstanding contribution to devotional art with a gala performance of The Mahabharata. This was a brand new production conceived and directed by Jaya Krishna das, and acted by a cast of more than 20. With the soundtrack arranged by actor and musician, Kishor Murti das, and new props and costumes, the stage was set for a riveting experience. A 730 strong audience flocked to ...
- 14 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataKiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is an Indian politician, social activist, former tennis player and a retired police officer. Bedi joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972, becoming its first woman officer. In 2003, Bedi became the first woman to be appointed the United Nations civilian police adviser. She resigned in 2007, to focus on social activism and writing.
...- 14 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkataPraghosa Das is currently the chairman of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission. He was the commission's chairman in 2005. Praghosa presently serves as the editor in chief of the Dandavats.com Vaishnava news agency.
...- 14 Aug 2015
By Tulsi GabbardTulsi Gabbard (born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has been the United States Representative for Hawaii's second congressional district since 2013. She is also a Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Elected in 2012, she is the first American Samoan and the first Hindu member of the United States Congress, and, along with Tammy Duckworth, one of its first female combat veterans.
...- 14 Aug 2015
By dna Correspondent"ISKCON will unveil an intricately carved sculpture of Shrila Prabhupada measuring 2.05 metres made of brass with a granite pedestal at Kidderpor Dock, Kolkata from where he began his Journey to West 50 years ago. Since Bengal was the place from where he left, the main programme will be happening there." The journey that gave the world International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISCKON) will be completing 50 years on Thursday. Celebrations will take place in all the major ISKCON temples in ...
- 14 Aug 2015
By zeenews.india.comDevotees from 106 countries practised bhakti yoga together at the Kshudiram Anushilan Kendra here, creating a record for "Most Nationalities in a yoga lesson" with the Guinness World Records, while another 105 devotees sang Bengali choir to set the record, ISKCON vice-president V N Das claimed. "Inspired by the fact that in June India created a world record in New Delhi for most number of people participating in a yoga lesson, we today decided to make yoga more popular around the world by crea...
- 14 Aug 2015
By Mridula ChattopadhyayISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), an organisation engaged in spreading the message of love and camaraderie in the society today celebrated the golden jubilee of its founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada's journey to the USA where he set up the organisation. Among the dignitaries who were present include West Bengal Bengal governor Keshrinath Tripathy, Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi, to name a few. While eminent danseuse Dona Ganguly and her troupe performed a danc...
- 14 Aug 2015
By Damodara Pandit dasISKCON can report there are: CENTRES 602 ISKCON Temples World wide 65 Farms / Eco Villages 54 Educational Institutes: Including primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary Colleges 110 Vegetarian Hare Krishna Restaurants worldwide DEVOTEES 75,000 devotees in ISKCON have received initiation (taken clerical vows) 7 million worshippers attend an ISKCON centre annually 2000 home study / worship (Bhakti Vriksa) groups meet regularly worldwide (consisting some 30,000 devotees) BOOK...
- 13 Aug 2015
By Chaitanya Charan DasMore than forty years before, during their first meeting, Bhaktivedanta Swami’s guru, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami, had instructed him to preach the message of Lord Krishna to the English speaking world. Thus, after a lifetime of preparation, at the age of 69, Bhaktivedanta Swami, later to be known as Srila Prabhupada, left for the New World not seeking riches, but to teach and distribute the greatest wealth of India and the East—knowledge of God, or “Krishn...
- 13 Aug 2015
By Iskcon teamFifty years ago, on August 13, 1965, a lone elderly monk and teacher, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami boarded the cargo ship Jaladuta in Calcutta for the one month sea voyage to New York City not seeking riches, but to teach and distribute the greatest wealth of India and the East—knowledge of God, or “Krishna Consciousness”. This historic journey introduced the Western world to the Bhakti tradition unlike ever witnessed in history before. Srila Prabhupada established #ISKCON in 1966 to share...
- 13 Aug 2015
By Sanjeevini DuttaKirtan music in the West, spurred by the growth of the international Hare Krishna community, but also of yoga studios in the US, has built up an extensive kirtan circuit with performers like Jai Uttal and Krishna Das filling vast auditoria, and getting up to a million You-Tube hits. Jahnavi Harrison toured extensively in the US with the group Gaura Vani and As Kindred Spirits (producer of CD) from 2009-2012, giving violin accompaniment, singing, dancing and storytelling. Jahnavi brought her trai...
- 13 Aug 2015
By Dvarakarani Devi DasiIf you are feeling the separation from New Dwarka's Lord Jagannatha's Ratha-yatra may you relish the sites of the Festival and hear the transcendental sounds of devotees worshiping Their Lordships. (166 photos)
...- 12 Aug 2015
By Iskcon KolkattaThis event is a tribute to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acharya of ISKCON who embarked on the mission of inundating the world with Indian heritage, love in devotion and happiness through loving service to the divine. He left from Kidderpore dock on the 13th of August, 1965 heading to Boston harbour in United States. He triggered the Hare Krishna Movement that has touched and transformed the hearts and lives of millions of people in 100+ countries around the world....
- 12 Aug 2015
By Mayesvara DasaChapter nine of the Bhagavad Gita is referred to as: “The Most Confidential Knowledge” and in the first two verses Lord Krishna tells Arjuna: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence. This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and bec...
- 12 Aug 2015
By Devaki Devi DasiBeing a selfless care giver means, that we don't even expect the most subtle gratification in return for our service. It implies that we should have healthy and appropriate ways of fulfilling our financial, emotional and managerial needs and thus never use our dependants for those needs. Unless we are stably situated in one of the ashrams, this condition will not be fulfilled. There will be some unfulfilled needs, which very easily enter the relationship in which we are meant to give shelter.
- 12 Aug 2015
By Ravindra Svarupa dasaAny student of Srila Prabhupada will at once recognize the phrase “plain living and high thinking.” It occurred frequently and memorably in his discourse. It functioned as kind of motto or slogan to epitomize Prabhupada’s vision of a natural spiritual culture, an alternative to our modern, “soul-killing” industrial civilization. Prabhupada had made use of the phrase even before he journeyed to America in 1965. In an essay (published much later by the BBT as the second chapter of...
- 11 Aug 2015
By Bhakta NikhilWe thank all those devotees who came to attend the program from various parts of the world, including Italy, Spain, Indonesia and Bangladesh. Special thanks to HG Govinda das and his team of sincere and hardworking devotees, unto whom all credits go for the successful Ratha yatra. We pray to Srila Prabhupada that we can hold this festival for years to come for the Lord’s pleasure and thus we may also become instruments in his hands and be engaged in spreading the message of Mahaprabhu’s sankirt...
- 11 Aug 2015
By James CooperAccording to Egyptian texts this universe is produced from the primordial waters at the beginning of creation. From these waters a mound is produced and from this mound a lotus flower travels up to the top of this universe upon which Ra, the great sun God appears. Now this of course is the same account we find in the Vedas, a lotus appears from the navel of Lord Visnu residing upon the causal ocean and upon this lotus Lord Brahma appears and proceeds to create this universe. The mound which appears,...
- 10 Aug 2015