By Anthony Dematteo"My life is surrounded by God," said Ganga Sheth, as hundreds of the young woman's fellow members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness sang and danced in Plaza de Constitucion. "Everyone has their own way of loving God. We chant. We dance. We eat food."
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- 28 Mar 2011
We are pleased to inform you of 2011. On 21 March the Govinda restaurant in Budapest - the first Buda side of Danube - was opened. Govinda-Buda is the first of the restaurants we prashadam breakfast for our guests
...- 27 Mar 2011
By Mayapur.tvThe dīna-nāthas, or devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who preach the path of devotional service, become the favorites of the demigods. Generally people are interested in worshiping the demigods, especially Lord Śiva, in order to obtain material benefits, but a pure devotee, who engages in preaching the principles of devotional service, as prescribed in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, does not need to separately worship the demigods; the demigods are automatically pleased with him and offer all the blessings within their capacity
...- 27 Mar 2011
By Nityananda Ram DasFirst time in our ISKCON Preaching Centre at Najafgarh, New Delhi (India); devotees very enthusiastically celebrated Gaur Purnima Festival-2011. I would like to share some of the highlights & Photographs of the same with all of you & seek your blessings
...- 25 Mar 2011
By Priyavrata dasAs with the last big tsunami, Food for Life Global has gotten a "flood" of volunteer applications for the relief work in Japan. Quite simply, there are too many people to engage in this current opportunity. However, some of the applicants are very qualified professionals that could be used to do all kinds of service for FFL affiliates and ISKCON projects if they were properly guided
...- 25 Mar 2011
By Arti ShahSituated at Gotri road, the ISKCON Temple in Vadodara is about 2 km from the railway station. The magnificent temple stands amidst beautiful gardens and green surroundings. The temple area comes alive in the evenings when it is filled with people and divine prasadam is distributed to all
...- 25 Mar 2011
Mayapur Dham has stepped into the new year with a really good start, doubling every other temple in the world for the month of January, with over 51,637 book points. Rupanuga Vedic College also had a dynamic start, doubling every other small temple in the world, with 7,894 book points
...- 25 Mar 2011
St. Patrick's day passersby were heard to say the Harrys float was easily the best - they've so much energy! They wildly danced, sang Haribol without the need of alcohol they're drunk on chanting Krishna's names sober but happy all the same! We all dressed in leprechaun style We'd do anything to see Jaganath smile Then chanted the Holy names with all we had It pleased St. Patrick and Srila Prabhupad
...- 25 Mar 2011
The Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) of ‘Humility and Harmony’, held to honor the divine appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was concluded last Saturday, March 19th on which day, the final results were offered at the Gaura Purnima Mahotsav held at the ISV temple in San Jose
...- 22 Mar 2011
By Vrajendra - nandan DasZee News TV Chanel is India's oldest and most populat TV channel. This year for the 1st time Zee news team came with me to cover the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur from New Delhi. The news editor and the producer of the channel arrived in Mayapur dham on 18th March and stayed for 3 days with whole news crew
...- 22 Mar 2011
By Shyama - sundara DasaMayan Calendar and prediction of world destruction... This could defuse all this talk of world destruction :-)
...- 20 Mar 2011
By Giriraj SwamiWe welcome you on the auspicious occasion of Sri Gaura-purnima, the appearance day of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna Caitanya. We are gathered here in the most holy abode of the Supreme Lord at the feet of the Panca-tattva. According to tattva, or ontological truth, Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His original form. And the same Krsna who appeared five thousand years ago as the son of Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda Mayi appeared again five hundred years ago as the beautiful son of Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi--Sri Krsna Caitanya...
- 19 Mar 2011
By Bhakti Madhurya SwamiIn order to get to Vaikunthaloka the verse is saying only persons who constantly engage in the welfare activities can reach the Vaikuntha planets. We have to reach some understanding what it means to reach Vaikuntha. First of all you can perform austerities and penances, you can go but in Vaikuntha and also Vraj you must actually have the invitation of a devotee
...- 18 Mar 2011
By Dhwani Pathak Dave“We did not have enough blankets to keep them warm so we borrowed them from some Gujarati families who readily gave them.” Not only this, the Gujarati families also got together at the Govinda restaurant of ISKCON to prepare food for the refugees. Biryani and khakhras were made for them as there was shortage of food
...- 17 Mar 2011
By Bhakti Marg Swami Persons who are peaceful, equipoised, cleansed and purified, and who know the art of pleasing all other living entities, keep friendship only with devotees of the Lord; they alone can very easily achieve the perfection of going back home, back to Godhead
...- 17 Mar 2011
We are all swimming upstream. Everybody else in this world is going down, down, down. If they don't take up Krishna consciousness, take advantage of the opportunity Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement Srila Prabhupada said that one will not get another opportunity for millions of kalpas
...- 17 Mar 2011
I am therefore calling on devotees with prior experience in the Tsunami relief and other disasters to step forward now. At this time, our focus will be on identifying some team leaders and then gathering the resources we need to set up and serve prasadam. Food for Life Global's web site FFL.ORG will continue to be the communication centre for the effort
...- 17 Mar 2011
By Gopal Gauraguru DasThe Bhaktivedanta Academy, the educational wing of ISKCON Coimbatore organized “ENVIRO 2011” – a Conference on Youth and Environment at GRD auditorium, PSG College of Arts & Science as a pioneering effort in bringing the attention of youth and people in general to one of the most critical issue we face today - the rapid changes in climate and its consequences
...- 17 Mar 2011
By Sesha DasEducation without values is like a flower without fragrance. Education should impart values to the youth that makes them sensitive to fellow human beings, and the environs around them and can prepare them to become responsible citizens.
...- 17 Mar 2011
By Jagajivan dasaI was explaining and emphasizing in the class, respect, amanina manadena. Respect is one of the most important aspects of a gentleman. Ladies know that because they open the door for you. That is respect. Our mothers know that we respect them so they feel more protective. If someone is respectful he will become honored
...- 16 Mar 2011
A number of the GBC's Strategic Planning Committees have broad international mandates. The mandate of the Outreach Committee, for example, covers all aspects of preaching - from how to encourage book distribution to congregational preaching to how to effectively present Krishna consciousness in university settings to all other aspects of outreach
...- 15 Mar 2011
By Prabo - dhanand Sarasvati Swami Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur said to chant 64 rounds but Srila Prabhupada said only sixteen rounds. How it is possible that by chanting sixteen round one can return back to Godhead? But Srila Prabhupada gave us guarantee. He told us, "I am not cheating."
...- 15 Mar 2011
Some of us must have thought of doing Harinama Sankirtana in Mecca, of all places, or would like to set up a temple there? How about the Vatican, Pyongyang or Beijing, and Tripoli, Havana or the pyramids of Egypt? Not too long ago most people thought that Moscow, Bucharest and half of Berlin would be democratised way beyond their lifetimes
...- 15 Mar 2011
By Damodar Krishna DasIt is with sadness that we received the news of the passing of Harivamsa Prabhu on Wednesday 9th of March. He has been a very dedicated devotee of Sri Sri Radha-Gokulananda at Bhaktivedanta Manor UK for many years. We will leave it to his close friends and mentors at the Manor to describe the glories of that service. But what many devotees may not be aware of, is that he also performed significant service to our London Lord Jagannatha
...- 15 Mar 2011