By radhanathswami.comOn the 27th of April, 2015, Civitatis International, a dedicated international forum for the promotion of peace and cooperation between nations, hosted an interview with Radhanath Swami at Goodenough College in London on the topic “Peace and Prosperity in the 21st Century”. The event was attended by more than one hundred esteemed guests, including lords, professors and thirty-seven plenipotentiary representatives and ambassadors of various nations.
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- 15 May 2015
By Jagannath DasGaur Krishna Das Goswami started his preaching in villages of Bihar and Jharkhand since 1984. He was also a part of Pada Yatra Sankirtan Party which was led by HH Lokanath Swami. He has given his considerable services in Vrindavan, Juhu (Mumbai) and currently he preaches in Jhansi. He started his Bhagavat Katha in Hindi language in year 1998 since then he was invited to various places in North India including Pune, Belgaum, Mumbai, Mayapur, Surat and many different cities of India.
...- 14 May 2015
By Murari DasThe 4th Annual Tamil Bhagavad Darishanam, or Tamil edition of Back To Godhead Festival took place in Vellore on Saturday, 9th May 2015 at the Jayaram Chetty Hall in Vellore city, Tamil Nadu. This festival is held every year to present a forum where the Magazine production team and distributors can motivate the members of the Tamil devotee community to spread this magazine more and more in terms of subscriptions and readership. The past year is reviewed, discussions on overcoming obstacles and strateg...
- 14 May 2015
By Hari Narayana DasRatha Yatra on Narasimha Caturdasi, a wonderful coincidence or two pastimes on the same day. On the auspicious day of Lord Narasimha’s appearance day, a flood of mercy swept out the second biggest city of Indonesia, Surabaya. Lord Jagannath, His brother Lord Balarama, and His beloved sister Subadra Devi on his ratha yatra chariot bestowed Their causeless mercy to the citizens of Surabaya on this year’s Flower and Cultural parade commemorating the anniversary of Surabaya city on May 3, 2015...
- 14 May 2015
By TOVP staffNever before seen design sketches! The artists and architects have been hard at work designing the temple to make it look more beautiful than any other in the world. Their sketches fill the art room walls with color and wonder, sastric books are stacked high on the large conference table for reference and drawing materials are strewn about as if a tornado hit the room. We have been anxiously waiting for some approved sketches to show all of you what ‘out of this world’ progress is being made, and ...
- 14 May 2015
By Nityam Bhagvata-sevaya TeamNBS # 12: This edition is in honour of Sri Bhishmadeva, the pure devotee of the Lord who conquered Him on the battlefield of Kurukshetra! 1) Lord Krishna And Bhishmadeva 2) An Exchange Of Transcendental Pleasure 3) Yudhisthira’s Sorrow 4) Various Rishis Assembled To Witness The Passing Of Bhishmadev 5) Bhismadeva's Prayer To Lord Krishna 6) Why Was Bhishma So Dear to Krishna?
...- 13 May 2015
By Sunanda dasThe San Jose Temple (ISV) is home to some of the biggest book distribution scores in North America. This dedicated team of grhastha devotees living outside the temple, under the inspiration and guidance of His Grace Vaisesika prabhu, distributes almost as many books as some of North America’s full-time book distributors. On the weekend before our arrival they had distributed 14 full sets of Srimad Bhagavatams, along with many other books, and they now have over 150 youngsters going out weekly in t...
- 13 May 2015
By Balimardana DasaI would like to bring to your notice regarding the current event "Ramayana Festival 2015" conducted at Scott Lane Elementary School, Santa Clara, California. More than 120 kids participated in this event, we have a Lego competition about the Ramayana theme. INDTV covered the whole event for live telecast.
...- 13 May 2015
By Jagadananda DasBy the blessings of Srila Prabhupada, this year also we had very wonderful Lord Jagannatha Rath Yatra festival at Karnal. This rath yatra was inaugurated by Honorable chief minister of Haryana,Shri Manohar Lal Khattar He was very much happy to see the youngsters are chanting and dancing before the Rath. He himself offered Aarti to Jaganath on the Rath, sweeped the road and pulled the Rath. Thousands of people pulled the ratha and took Prasadam.
...- 12 May 2015
By Sunanda DasOn Monday, April 20th the TOVP Team and the Lord’s Padukas visited the home of Kalarupini dasi who, along with Bhaktin Katelin, prepared and served us prasadam. In the evening we were invited to the home of Virendra Sharma where many devotees came to hear Jananivas speak. The Padukas were worshiped along with kirtan and prasadam was served.
...- 11 May 2015
By Radharaman DasOn 13th August 2015 ISKCON Kolkata is kick-starting the yearlong celebration of Jaladuta Yatra and Golden Jubilee celebration of ISKCON. On that occasion we want to present a 21 to 25 minutes chanting of Mahamantra by devotees from 7 different continents of the world namely: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. While they will be singing, their respective continent map and country map will be displayed on the big LED Screen's.
...- 11 May 2015
By Shatakshi Goyal The principle of gratefulness grew clearer in my heart during the seminar given by Urmila Devi, another ISKCON veteran. She gave the example of the gopis, who didn't give up on Krishna. With His flute He invited them to the rasa dance. But when they arrived, He told them to return home – even though they had performed severe austerities for millions and millions of years, intensely longing for Krishna to reciprocate with their desire for intimate loving exchanges. When the time finally arrived...
- 10 May 2015
By Chaitanya Charan dasCertainly, we have a right to our emotions – we are sentient beings and we can’t just do away with our emotions. Still, our life is too precious to be dissipated by living in the past, wallowing in self-pity, sighing about the way things could have been and begrudging the way they have turned out. The Bhagavad-gita (18.28) cautions that such morose living characterizes the ignorant. Thankfully, Gita wisdom counters such ignorance with an empowering insight: we are bigger than our presen...
- 10 May 2015
By radhanathswami.comHeld in the Al Falak Ball Room, the event was entitled “Simple Living High Thinking”. It was attended by the Indian Ambassador to The United Arab Emirates His Excellency T. P. Seetharam who spoke of how the building, seminar room and the lifestyle are the antithesis to the concept of simple living, and he was looking forward to hear from the swamis. This was followed by a keynote address by His Holiness Radhanath Swami and Mr. Ajay Piramal, leader of The Piramal Group.
...- 9 May 2015
By DevoteeMatch.com TeamFor everyone, the site offers guidance and advice that is consistent with Srila Prabhupada's instructions on grihastha ashram and Vedic marriage. The Advisory Council consists of senior ISKCON devotees (including gurus and sannyasis) who are experts in this area.
...- 9 May 2015
By Sutapa dasKrishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami’s Chaitanya-Charitamrita is considered the most accurate, authentic, and philosophical biography of Shri Chaitanya. At present, however, it remains a relatively unexplored literature. Since the studies of Bhagavad-Gita and Shrimad-Bhagavatam are vast in and of themselves, many neglect the opportunity to bathe in the delightful narrations of Shri Chaitanya’s life. CC Compact does not fully describe each episode of the Chaitanya-Charitamrita, since Shrila Prabhupada’s...
- 9 May 2015
By Naimisharanya Devi DasiDevotees experienced new bliss and taste for the holy name, so much so that they could not stop chanting and dancing. Mauritians had never experienced such dancing in kirtan. On the first day HH Kadamba Kanana Maharaja described how in the Caitanya Bhagavata it is stated that sometimes Lord Caitanya is dancing wildly as if He wants to break the floor. The next day, the devotees danced so much that the wooden floor of the pandal gave way!
...- 8 May 2015
By Indradyumna SwamiIn an old temple tucked away in a street near Loi Bazar in Vrindavan is the oldest existing copy of Srila Krsna das Kaviraja Goswami’s epic Caitanya Caritamrta. Over 350 years old, it sits in a cabinet in a room near the alter. In 1982, Sri Harishan-kara dasa, the head priest, donated 475 precious manuscripts that had been with the temple for 400 years to the Vrindavan Research Institute. But he kept the Madhya-lila portion of the Caitanya Caritamrta. His son, Govinda Sankar Sharma kindly in...
- 7 May 2015
By Brijabasi dasaIn the Caitanya-caritamrta Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has quoted more than 90 different sources (among them he quoted Srimad-Bhagavatam the most – 404 times). The book consists of 62 chapters (“paricchedas”) divided into three parts (“lilas”) and 11.555 verses, out of which 97 Sanskrit slokas were composed by the author himself, 933 Sanskrit verses were quoted by him from many different sources and the remaining 10.525 bengali verses (“payaras”) were, of course, composed by Sri...
- 7 May 2015
By Vaishnavanghri Sevaka DasSrila Krishna dasa kaviraja Goswami, the author of Sri Chaitanya Charitamritam (CC), allowed his readers to know the date of completion of scripture’s compilation in the book itself through the final verse of Antya Lila, which reads as, “In Vrindavana in the year 1537 Shakabda Era (A.D. 1615), in the month of Jyaistha (May-June), on Sunday, the fifth day of the waning moon, this Chaitanya Charitamritam has been completed” (CC. Antya Lila 20.157). Thus the great scripture completes...
- 6 May 2015
By Gurugovinda kripa dasHG Rupa Goswami prabhu who earlier took care of Iskcons All India Padayatra successfully for around a decade decided to take the service of developing Iskcon Vrindavans Eco Farm near Radhakund. It is said that this was the place where the Demon Aghasura was killed. If you ever thought Vrindavans ground water is salty, you should try tasting it here. It might even beat the salty Ocean water. Locals say that it is the blood of Aghasura that made it like that. This caused many people to leave ...
- 6 May 2015
By The Prabhupada Festival CrewThis two-day festival includes special talks and remembrances from senior Srila Prabhupada disciples, enlivening kirtans, six sumptuous feasts, a beautiful boat festival, Maha-Harinam, original artistic performances, representatives from diverse preaching projects as well as a variety of Vaishnava vendors. Tons of devotees from all over the place show up to give honor to the Founder Acharya of the International society of Krishna Consciousness. If you have never come to the Prabhupa...
- 6 May 2015
By Sachin MittalI can't express how relevant and inspiring this seminar was for anyone who wants to see ISKCON progress in leaps and bounds in the coming years. With ISKCON's 50th anniversary celebrations coming up, it is imperative we all know where we are as an organization, what steps we need to take collectively and individually to progress to the next level, and educate ourselves on our shortcomings. This seminar did that for many and I hope the greater devotee community has the opportunity to access the vi...
- 6 May 2015
By Premvilas dasThis retreat is a forum for all physician devotees and those within the medical field to gather and experience enlivening fellowship. We will be deeply honored by your presence. The retreat is open to all premed students, medical students, students in other medical disciplines, interns, residents, and fellows as well. The program will feature inspiring talks by HH Romapada swami and HG Anuttama prabhu and group discussions will be facilitated by HG Vraj Vihari prabhu. We will have ecstatic kirtan...
- 5 May 2015