By Indradyumna SwamiAs my flight to Los Angeles took off, I looked through the window at the disappearing Australian landscape and thought about my three-month visit to the country. "Our festival tour was intense," I thought, "but it went by in a flash. When you enjoy what you're doing, time passes quickly."
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- 15 Mar 2010
By Pradyumna dasThe book will accept offerings from everyone directly initiated by Srila Prabhupada, regardless of their personal history, present circumstances, personal views, or institutional affiliations.
...- 15 Mar 2010
By Basu Ghosh DasOn the auspicious day of papamochani ("freedom from sins") ekadashi, Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Governor of Assam, His Excellency Sri Janakivallabh Patnaik, launched the efforts to construct a new Jagannath temple, on a fifteen thousand square foot property at Jaynagar Charali Beltola, Guwahati, Assam, donated to ISKCON by Smt. Shantidevi Kamikya Prasad Sharma
...- 14 Mar 2010
By Lakshman dasOn March 6, 2010 the season of spring, perfect for Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar Boat Festival. There happened a historical procession in Vrindavan from ISKCON Vrindavan to Yamuna in the bank of Kumbha mela ghat on the occasion of boat festival.
...- 13 Mar 2010
Many devotees are now returning from India after their pilgrimage to the holy dhama. Srila Prabhupada wanted the sankirtan devotees to go to India to get inspiration and then go back to their countries with greater strength to spread the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
...- 11 Mar 2010
We are looking for expressive, meditative, or intriguing photos taken by talented photographers that explicitly or implicitly depict the theme(s) above and bring out aesthetic or intellectual elements both of Krsna consciousness itself and of the photographer's own spirituality and quest for self-realization.
...- 11 Mar 2010
By Gargamuni dasI cannot possibly put into words the loss I feel with the passing of Padmanbha Prabhu. Before he moved to Germany at the end of 1983, he lived on this side of the Atlantic, in a place called New England. Some 27 years after his move, his departure from this world has sent shock waves to everyone who knew and loved him.
...- 11 Mar 2010
By Praghosa Dasa"There should be somewhere on earth, a place which no nation could claim as its own, where all human beings of good will who have a sincere aspiration, could live freely as citizens of the world and obey one single authority, that of the supreme truth; a place of peace, concord and harmony" "An Aurovilian should lose the sense of personal possession. For our passage in the material world, what is indispensable to our life and to our action is put at our disposal according to the place we must occupy.
...- 10 Mar 2010
...devotees in Los Angeles and all devotees living in places due north or south of LA, or west of the city (including in Hawaii), should observe it as stated on the calendar, namely on the 10th.
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Vijay Venugopal dasaWith expert help from Urmila dd, we finalised the methodology of our meetings. We would first agree on 'Where we are' in terms of Devotee Care in Iskcon, 'Where we want to go' (goals), and 'How to get there' (Action plans).
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Baladeva dasUnfortunately we take the decision to close the temple for danger of collapse. His Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitay will go to the house of the Pujari.
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Ekanatha dasaWe need to complete the archival process in a professional manner so that Srila Prabhupadaās teachings are accurate and will not leave questions as to the provenance of the collection as we have seen throughout history with other mainstream groups that are struggling with authenticity.
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Nrsimha Kavaca dasa
A Summary Of Achievements During 2009. Vision For Our Activities For 2010. A Message To The GBC Executive Committee
...- 6 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiThe process of bhakti-yoga, devotional service, is the main river flowing down towards the sea of the Absolute Truth, and all other processes mentioned are just like tributaries.
...- 5 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiI will discuss the sannyasa pastimes because this year we are celebrating 500th anniversary or Caitanya Mahaprabhu taking sannyasa.
...- 5 Mar 2010
By Sraddhadevi dasiAnuttama Prabhu, representing the GBC's Guru Services Committee, reported on the Guru Seminars and Guru Retreats program. These programs allow devotees who are serving as initiating or instructing gurus to associate with one another and share their experiences serving Srila Prabhupada in the role of guru. The Guru Seminars and Retreats also aim to enhance skills in counseling disciples and caring for one's own physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
...- 4 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiModern day occupations connected with factory, industry and all kinds of recently invented hard technologies, have deviated mankind from his more natural occupations connected with land, cows, nature, and God.
...- 3 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Vinoda SwamiOn December 19th 2009, the twenty seventh annual "Bhagavata Satram" (gathering of devotees of the Bhagavat Mahapurana, also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam) the largest such gathering in South India, was held at Kochi, (also known as "Cochin"), Kerala.
...- 3 Mar 2010
By Basu Ghosh DasOn Thursday, February 18, 2010, the first International Indian Classical Dance Festival, "Indiclad", was organized at the ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishnachandra "Manimandir" at Imphal Manipur.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Priyavrata dasAs you can well imagine, the reconstruction and replenishing of Haiti is going to take a long time and a lot of effort. With not much infrastructure in many areas to begin with, Haiti is very dependent on outside help and resources.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Deena Bandhu dasaTaking advantage of the Vrindavan Kumbha Mela on 20th March, Jankinatha Prabhu organized a Sadhu Sammelan in Krishna Balaram Mandir on the topic of the 500th anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Sannyas.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Gopijan ballab dasThree different parties, Namahatta party with 2500 devotees , Russian party ( for the first time) with 900 devotees and international party with 1000 devotees set out to recharge their spiritual batteries, immersing themselves in hearing of pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, singing and chanting the holynames, walking in the dust of the holy dhama, abundant sadhu sanga- Parikrama is totally a transforming experience.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Bhakti Vikasa Swami One of the first of the very profound statements I have ever heard after being allowed in the doors of this movement was from Gurudas. "You will know when our movement is successful when we have to appoint someone to mop up the tears after kirtan."
...- 27 Feb 2010
By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiSo very soon after a few days we are going to celebrate the appearance day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore from today onwards we will discuss different topics on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to develop our Caitanya consciousness.
...- 25 Feb 2010
