By Aziz HaniffaThe first-ever Congressional Diwali celebration on Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening was a spectacular event by any measure, with the House of Representatives Rayburn Building lobby overflowing with over 500 members of the Indian American community, scores of United States lawmakers, administration officials and well-wishers
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- 31 Oct 2013
By Gunacuda DasiSri Mayapur International School has over 220 students from vaisnava families. Our students and teachers come from all over the world .At present, we have 17 full time teachers from which 7 are second generation devotees. This year, four new teachers have joined us who grew up in ISKCON
...- 31 Oct 2013
By Patita-pavana dasaOn Friday October 25th, the Town Hall of Adeje, Tenerife South, in a plenary session approved the donation of a plot for the building of a Temple. The next day the Mayor announced it during the celebrations of Diwali
...- 31 Oct 2013
By Ananda Tirtha DasThe Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin on February 20, 2014. Following the ISKCON GBC Society's Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by a GBC member, to be submitted by December 31, 2013. This will allow adequate time for the GBC Secretariat and Deputies to prepare the proposals for presentation at the meeting
...- 30 Oct 2013
By Mayesvara Dasa It’s taken me over a week to try and figure out how to go about writing this article because I have two very strong but conflicting feelings about the way we are introducing the Holi Festival to the Western world. On one hand I have a tremendous respect for those who have made these events so exceptionally successful. The public response has been extraordinary and the credit for that goes to the devotees who visualized and successfully coordinated the huge Holi festivals which have been attracting tens of thousands of participants
...- 29 Oct 2013
By Mayapur Sasi dasaSeptember was a good month for Brisbane, Australia. The temple had a 874% increase, with 4,535 book points. Does anyone remember Brisbane ever having such a big score? I don't. I wonder what's happening "down under."
...- 28 Oct 2013
By Damodara Pandit DasGuests packed the cinema to watch 10 new release devotional short films. "The turn out was quite amazing" said Ken, the cinema manager."These days we struggle to get attendances with all the big blockbuster Hollywood spectaculars but these Hare Krishna film nights are fabulous. People are interested to see real art that has meaning and relevance
...- 28 Oct 2013
By Mahadevi dasi“A prayerful attempt to bring higher consciousness to the lifestyles in India, by living in spiritual and material harmony,” will debut at the Kamini Auditorium in Delhi on 5 November 2013.
...- 28 Oct 2013
By Dinadayal Dasa It is resolved that any devotee who wishes to receive second initiation is required to pass the Bhakti-shastri examinations according to the standards established by the ISKCON Board of Examinations.
...- 27 Oct 2013
By Sunanda dasThe producers are looking for people to interview for the film. One category is persons who met Srila Prabhupada, especially in the early days in the U.S., and also in India. Another is influential and important people worldwide who were positively influenced in some way by Srila Prabhupada's spiritual power and teachings. (They may or may not have met Srila Prabhupada.)
...- 26 Oct 2013
By Gadi dasOur cows fall asleep standing up when they are being hand milked and sung to. They are at peace, they feel the auspiciousness of their life, being surrounded by loving caretakers. Their milk and all the products thereof derived, carry the message of their reciprocation
...- 26 Oct 2013
By the Management of ISKCON Mayapur The Management of ISKCON Mayapur hereby expresses our strong condemnation of the recent, vicious physical attack on His Grace Sadhu das. We pray that Sadhu prabhu will make a full recovery and that those responsible for this reprehensible act will face punishment to the fullest extent of the law
...- 26 Oct 2013
By Visakha Priya dasiThose souls who try to deny their prakriti nature and who want to experience the taste of being the purusha, meaning that they desire to enjoy separately from God and to try themselves to be God – the Lord, the center for whose pleasure everything is meant – those souls are cast into the material world
...- 25 Oct 2013
By Mukunda Datta dasa In Krsëa consciousness (as in any philosophy), a major concern is how to know or ascertain truth. This necessarily involves pramaëa (i.e., epistemological evidence, authentic assertion), which itself includes an important epistemological tool Lord Krsëa calls “aitihya” (historical tradition), as explained below
...- 25 Oct 2013
By Isana Gaura dasAlong the course of my work I have found several errors in the way of planetary distances given in the Fifth Canto of the Bhagavatam. I am now preparing a map of the universe which will mandate that these errors be rectified
...- 25 Oct 2013
By Gadi dasThe weather was surprisingly hot, perhaps the hottest day of the summer… especially since rain was forecast the whole preceding week…. The devotees were ready and anxious, the Lord and his associates, seated upon high… looked stunning…the kirtan flowed with sweetness loudly proclaiming the glories of the mahamantra
...- 25 Oct 2013
By Thakur Ranjit SinghThe team from ISKCON in their traditional costumes, add the flavour to the solemn theme and sanctity of Diwali (unfortunately missing from commercialised Diwali events.)
...- 24 Oct 2013
By Srutakirti DasaThis is a video of today's class of Srutakirti prabhu in Los Angeles about his personal experience wiith the amazing passing away of Srila Prabhupada's disciple and Srutakirti's wife Amekhala Mataji
...- 23 Oct 2013
By Dhruva DasWe then called our Vet who gave us contact details of neighboring farms – we called around – nobody has claimed her. We also logged a called with the Sheriff’s Office and there has been no claims from there either. So Radha Damodara has brought this soul to our community – we named her Janma and let’s hope that she is here to stay
...- 23 Oct 2013
By Varada Krsna DasaThe miraculous rescue by Iskcon devotees, of a cow who was supposed to be slaughtered, with the involvement of the police and other higher authorities
...- 22 Oct 2013
By Amala Bhakta dasWe are a group of brahmacharis from Estonia, Tallinn traveling around Europe in every town and village making Harinama Sankirtana. We would like to show you a presentation of our Traveling Sankirtan Party which was one of Srila Prabhupada desires.
...- 21 Oct 2013
By Satananda Krsna DasWe had a great programme on the 18th of October 2013 at the Art Gallery of South Australia known as ‘Realms of Wonder’ unveiling Indian religious exhibits. There is a Krishna section as well with deities, paintings etc. But the highlight was an 8-foot wooden deity of Krsna which was decorated and dressed by ISKCON Adelaide temple devotees.
...- 21 Oct 2013
By Dinadayal dasaTheme 1: Traditional Vaisnava diet: Milk in ISKCON. Theme 2: Re-invigoration of book distribution in Europe (summaries will be published soon). Theme 3: Kirtan Yoga. Reports from European yatras/centres/projects. ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards (will be published soon)
...- 20 Oct 2013
By Mayapur Sasi dasaFor the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains the following North American results for the month of September
...- 19 Oct 2013