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.
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- 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 & ‘ulu’dvani , 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 “fall” in love, but never “elevate” 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
By Ananda Tirtha dasFor the last several years, strategic planning has been a major theme of the GBC meetings. Several days of the Annual General Meeting, as well as the second GBC meeting later in the year, is exclusively focused on this important theme. This year was no exception. Days four through six saw all regular work shelved and the entire Body, plus many other devotees, come together to proactively discuss the best way for the GBC and ISKCON to prepare for the future.
...- 21 Feb 2009
Hari-sauri dasa: Here's a couple of remembrances about Mr. PL Sethi a very loyal and faithful servant of Srila Prabhupada who, although he never took initiation, always regarded Srila Prabhupada as his guru....
- 20 Feb 2009
In the early ‘70’s, when Srila Prabhupada was arriving at the New York airport, a reporter asked, “Why have you come to the West?” “I have come”, Prabhupada replied, “to give you a brain. Your society”, he continued, “is headless.”
...- 19 Feb 2009
Brajahari Dasa Temple President, ISKCON, Juhu: Sethiji was 88 years old. He was a building contractor and was one of the first devotees in Mumbai who came forward to assist Srila Prabhupada in his mission to acquire and build the temple in Juhu. ...
- 19 Feb 2009
By Deena Bandhu dasaYesterday, our Prison Preaching team went for their regular program in the Bharatpur Jail, just 40 km. from Vrindavan in Rajasthan. They were very wonderfully surprised when they reached the jail, the prisoners were having Srimad Bhagavatam class.
...- 18 Feb 2009
As part of the regular Saturday practical Krishna Conscious activities, children from the Sri Mayapur International School went on harinama around Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi on Saturday afternoon.
...- 18 Feb 2009
And again, another miracle….. Goura Prema dasi, aspiring disciple of Lokanath Swami and performing Kathak classical dance for Maharaj’s Festivals since she was 3 yrs old, stunned the audience with her swirling and twirling!
...- 18 Feb 2009
In another FIVE days, devotees from all over the world will arrive in holy dhama to celebrate Gaura Purnima festival in this spiritual center. Festival Committee has carefully planned many festivities so that the visiting devotees get more spiritually uplifting experiences and carry the same mood in their preaching fields.
...- 18 Feb 2009
By Ananda Tirtha dasThe second day of the GBC meetings opened with a presentation by the Law Book Committee. Aniruddha Prabhu presented the progress of the committee in revising the current law book which contains constitutional principles, action orders, rules of order, administrative guidelines and governing law.
...- 16 Feb 2009
By Ananda Tirtha dasThe 2009 Annual General Meeting of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission commenced with arati and guru-puja kirtana to Srila Prabhupada, who is present in murti form in the meeting hall. Apart from the large murti, this year there is a small murti of Srila Prabhupada fixed on a beautiful altar near the Chairman's seat.
...- 13 Feb 2009
There is something called “treadmill” yoga. One can walk and run for miles on a treadmill and sweat until one drops, but one is going nowhere in particular. Is there any wonder why the path of devotion appears to be an immense slog?
...- 12 Feb 2009