By Hari-kirtana dasaI would like to thank all of the devotees who kindly wrote to Caitanya Rupini while she was in prison. I have been told that those letters meant a great deal to her. I will forward any correspondence I receive directly from her about your letters upon receipt.
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- 23 Oct 2006
By Rachel SauerThe movement, said Vineet Chander, an ISKCON spokesman, has grown up. Like the devotees themselves. Now, Chander said, the children of the original devotees are raising their own children in “Krishna consciousness.” They’re integrating their beliefs, he says, with daily life.
...- 23 Oct 2006
By The High Springs HeraldWith a live band in the background, Mohini Chacon, 16, dances in front of the temple’s shrine to Krishna. “My main goal,” she said, “is to meet new people. What we follow is what we believe in, and I never want to be anything else.”
...- 21 Oct 2006
By CHANDRIMA S. BHATTA-CHARYAA man of God is in town to challenge Darwin. Researcher Michael A. Cremo, like many of Darwin’s critics, doesn’t believe that man descended from monkeys. But unlike most of them, he turns Darwinian theory on its head, using the Vedas, believe him or not. “We haven’t evolved from monkeys. We have devolved from pure consciousness,” he says.
...- 21 Oct 2006
By Tejagaurangi Devi DasiNow I have 170 names, and every year I go to visit at least 50 of them. Every year the month of January is dedicated to follow-up. After the Christmas marathon I relax for one week and then I start to prepare follow-up, making the phone calls to the busiest ones. Then I start to prepare all the sweets. My wife is helping me with that.
...- 20 Oct 2006
By Srila Svarupa Damodara GoswamiAll glory to the ecstatic waves of devotion produced by the ocean of Krishna prema. All glory to the Sri Krishna Sankirtan movement started by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers.
...- 20 Oct 2006
By Payonidhi dasWith great concern I have been informed that some temples do not follow the calculated times of fasting in their time zone and this may well cause many persons to fast on dasami instead of ekadasi, some devotees follow the Mayapure calendar still, but this may be many hours ahead like here in US and cause one to start fasting on Dasami.
...- 20 Oct 2006
By Kavicandra SwamiAfter a very nice GBC meeting in Italy I finally made it to Vrndavana to join the VRAJA MANDALA PARIKRAMA. The first morning we were delayed by a car accident on the way to Govardhana parikrama. I was not hurt but HH Lokanatha Swami was injured and I went with him to the the hospital. He was bandaged and sent home and I was able to join the parikrama party at Govinda Kund.
...- 19 Oct 2006
By Sita-pati dasThere is a growing sense of unease about the effectiveness of our current preaching paradigms in Western cities. The rising number of ads calling for pujaris, cooks, and preachers to reinforce existing ISKCON temples is a visible indicator that recruitment from the general public has slowed down drastically.
...- 19 Oct 2006
By Caitanya Nitai dasa The whole point of our movement is to try to maintain and increase our consciousness of Krishna, and simultaneously avoid anything that may decrease it. His consciousness of Krishna is by far the most precious asset of a devotee, and he / she should be constantly vigilant not to loose it.
...- 18 Oct 2006
By HDG Srila PrabhupadaThey’re vultures, and their civilization is vulture-eater. The animal-eaters, they’re like jackals, vultures, dogs. They’re similar to these animals, the animal-eaters. It is not human food. Here is human food. Here is civilized food, human food. Let them learn it. Uncivilized, rudes, vultures, raksasas, and they’re leaders!
...- 18 Oct 2006
By Jon LandThe event at the Bhaktivedanta Manor ISKCON Temple, in Aldenham, has been organised by the Hindu Forum of Britain and forms part of a series of community outreach dinners with leaders from different political parties.
...- 18 Oct 2006
By Forum 18This official attitude fuels social intolerance of religious freedom. Kamaliddin Saidov, a Khorezm resident and Krishna devotee, was imprisoned with his wife by his father for fifteen days in a separate room. His father demanded that he renounce his faith and forced Saidov and his wife to eat meat and drink vodka (Krishna devotees do not eat meat or drink alcohol). When they would not deny their beliefs, Saidov's father expelled them from the house after seizing all their documents.
...- 17 Oct 2006
From Mayapur.infoIt is said in the Vedic scriptures that the Holy Dhama of Sri Ksetra or Jagannatha Puri is eternally manifest in this holy place and that all the benefits one can attain by visiting Jagannatha Puri may be achieved visiting the Sri Jagannatha Mandir in Sri Navadvipa Dhama. One of these many benefits is the opportunity to partake of Lord Jagannatha’s famous Maha-prasad.
...- 16 Oct 2006
From Bala Gopala's mridanga I have noticed within myself a tendency to oscillate between intense self-abnegation to almost complete languor in regards to monitoring my attachment to material sense pleasure. I never noticed this until I started to write this paper so I think that perhaps I am being shown an area I need to improve in based on the impetus of this essay.
...- 16 Oct 2006
By HDG Srila PrabhupadaISKCON’s primary mission is thus to encourage all members of human society to devote at least some portion of their time and energies to this process of hearing and chanting about God. In this way they will gradually come to realize that all living beings are spirit souls, eternally related to the Supreme Lord in service and in love.
...- 15 Oct 2006
By Nitai DasaThe core crew of Kuva and Rasikananda assembled on Monday August 28th, having survived flat tires and cross country trekking. Without stopping to sleep we sketched up a new site plan to fit our equipment and went stright into building Lord Jagannatha's temple. We spent the first two days getting our tents and stage, sound system, and temple put together
...- 15 Oct 2006
By Premanjana das As part of the Vraja Mandala Parikrama, Lokanatha Maharaja was going to participate in the Govardhana Parikrama. A tree had fallen down on the road. The driver tried his best to avoid the tree in the darkness, but the car started to skid and turned over. Maharaja’s left hand got stuck under the car.
...- 15 Oct 2006
By Vrindavan Lila Dasi
Many water pumps for clean water were damaged or destroyed. Most wood work would need replacing and many personal items are lost. Check for lot more pics of after flood
...- 14 Oct 2006
By Somesh KumarThis is dedicated to the lotus feet of Bhaktiswaroop Damodar Gosvami Maharaja in which an analysis of formally marrying Science and Spirituality is envisioned. Srila Sripada Maharaja has been a pioneer in this area and therefore this is being dedicated in his memory.
...- 14 Oct 2006
By Deena Bandhu dasaYou can download maharaj's last composed and last recorded song and a new archive has been set up for him at www.tdsingh.net and soon more spiritual material will be uploaded there.
...- 14 Oct 2006
By Jusaniya devi dasiWhat medical interventions would you want done if you suddenly suffered a stroke that left you brain-damaged and unable to swallow? Would you want physicians to provide you with artificial nutrition through a surgically inserted feeding tube? If you were injured in a car accident and unable to breath would you want doctors to place you on a ventilator to breath for you?
...- 14 Oct 2006
By Yugala Kisora DasaPurnacandra Dasa talks in his book about some unspoken obstacles, or impediments, on the path to bhakti. Some of them, like institutionalism and lack of freedom, may exist in any religious organization, but being subtle and difficult to spot, they are often not discussed.
...- 14 Oct 2006
By Bhakti Purushottama SwamiAs you know, since more than ten days, Sri Mayapur has been severely flooded with more than 70,000 people in about 40 villages adversely affected by this flood. With the limited funds and resources at hand, and with the help of generous donors, we at ISKCON Mayapur were able to distribute prasada and offer medical assistance to the people despite our facilities being damaged.
...- 13 Oct 2006
