By Giriraj SwamiI first met Mother Krsnanandini at the fortieth anniversary of the installation of Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji in Dallas, on Sri Radhastami in September of 2012. She and her mother, Bhumata, were both initiated by Srila Prabhupada on Radhastami in 1972. At the anniversary, she shared wonderful memories of her meeting Srila Prabhupada in Dallas at the time of the installation of Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji.
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- 30 Nov 2020
By ISKCON MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONâAll of my students should read our books very diligently at least one or two hours daily and try to understand the subject matter from varieties of anglesâ Srila Prabhupada Letter to Madhudvisa - Los Angeles, 16 June 1972
...- 28 Nov 2020
By Iskcon Silicon ValleyA call to innovate and look towards the future by H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu! Embrace the new normal as the ânowâ the Lord has given us to serve Him in new and previously unimaginable ways. Raise the bar, never resting on our laurels, or pining for the past.
...- 22 Nov 2020
By Sukanti Radha dasiDevotees are so creative in serving ISKCON around the world for different festivals. The holy month of Damodara is no surprise for yet another creative way of honouring Lord Damodar with a mobile Temple. The engineering geniuses behind this amazing service are HG Govindaji Das and HG Anand Prabhu of Durban South Africa. Govindaji das serves in various services for ISKCON in Durban. His most fascinating service is being in charge of the feeding section for Durban Ratha Yatra, ensuring over 10,000 plates a day for 4 consecutive days are served to the visiting community. As we all know...
- 21 Nov 2020
By Dahani Devi DasiIn the past, ISKCON has already been accepted as a religious community in Serbia, all until 2007 when it was erased from the list with an explanation that its Statute is more suitable for a civil organisation, not a religious one. Last year devotees finally agreed to join efforts and start the whole process of registration again. One hundred signatures had to be collected and all the legal and supporting documents composed. The request was at first reset to a new round due to objections related to two signatures, which made the devotees collect those all from scratch again. After the sig...
- 20 Nov 2020
By Devshekhar Vishnu DasWith no end in sight, the Corona pandemic continues to take its toll on human health. More in terms of mental than physical. The fatality rate due to the corona has gone up, workplaces are being opened more for economic reasons not because the Corona pandemic is over. In between all these chaotic scenes, Iskcon Chennai-Perambur came up with the idea of providing the sublime knowledge of Bhagavad to masses in form of Bhagavad Gita 18 Adhyay 18 Satra i.e Bhagavad Gita 18 Chapters in 18 Days(1-18 Nov) for Hindi speaking population. Registration was opened on 27th October and Sessions w...
- 20 Nov 2020
By the GBC Executive CommitteeWith heartfelt sadness, we offer our appreciation and respects in separation to HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami, who departed from this world on the 14th of November in New Delhi, India. Maharaja was one of the early members of ISKCON, accepting Srila Prabhupada as his eternal spiritual master in 1968. Since that time, he dedicated himself to sharing Krishna consciousness with society at large. Maharaja was a pioneer of university outreach and spent many years taking the message of Srila Prabhupada to university campuses in the United States. He also took on leadership respons...
- 17 Nov 2020
By the GBC Executive CommitteeThe impact of Krishnandini Devi's lifetime of humble service on individual hearts and on the community of devotees and beyond, is immeasurable. Hundreds of souls have benefitted from her guidance, wisdom, kindness, and sincere, heartfelt concern. She was a wonderful mother to her own ten children and to so many more who looked to her for both spiritual and material guidance. Krishnanandini Devi was the driving force behind the Grhastha Vision Team, a group of senior grhasthas who pioneered a society-wide forum to train and guide both those embarking upon the grhastha ashram a...
- 17 Nov 2020
By ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning TeamWe are pleased to have Sesa Das with us on our weekly "Ask a GBC" series. It is a wonderful opportunity to hear from the people behind the policies in ISKCON. He was interviewed by Gopal Bhatta Das.
...- 15 Nov 2020
By Rukmini Krishna DasWith deep sorrow, we would like to communicate the global devotee community the departure of HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami Maharaja around 6.00 AM today the 14th of November, 2020 due to a second cardiac arrest and complications arising out his surgery for cervical spondylitis and a cardiac arrest. He had been unwell for quite a long time. He was Covid-Negative, when last tested a couple of days before being shifted from the hospital to the ISKCON Punjabi Bagh Temple where he had been based out of, for nearly 15 years. An ICU environment with full-time attendants had replicated in...
- 14 Nov 2020
By ISKCON North American CouncilThe North American ISKCON yatra has much to thank her for. Her devotional services have had profoundly positive influences on our devotee communities for many, many years. Notably, Krsnanandini dd led the Grhasta Vision Team for two decades. The GVT is a North American Vaishnava grassroots organization dedicated to enlivening and strengthening the Grhasta ashram and spiritually- based family life in general. She coined the phrase Strong Families = Strong ISKCON. Her dedication to this cause profoundly assisted so many devotees for many years.
...- 14 Nov 2020
By ISKCON Prison MinistryI attended the Christian services and praised God, but the Bible just didnât satisfy my intellect. I continued to ask God to carry out His will in my body and one day my cell-mate got a copy of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is and it just sat on his shelf for like two weeks until I picked it up one day and started to read and WOW; I thought, ânow THIS is what I have been seeking, Sanatana dharma, the eternal religion.â
...- 12 Nov 2020
By Yadubara dasIt doesn't matter how many times I watch this movie , my heart is always hankering to watch it one more time. I experience that Srila Prabhupada is talking with me, his divine grace is giving me instruction, teaching me, helping me lift up from this material world, motivating me, showering his love over me, blessing me in my spiritual advancement. My soul cries tears of joy, love & happiness, peace, harmony and gratitude!
...- 12 Nov 2020
By Indradyumna SwamiIn the photo we see Krsna telling a servant to break the chains that Kamsa had ordered put on Krsna's patents, Vasuda and Devaki, years ago when Kamsa had them imprisoned in his jail in Mathura. The lecture focuses on what happened in Mathura after Kamsa was killed. Krsna is torn between staying in Mathura or returning to Vrindavan. There won't be a dry eye in the audience!
...- 11 Nov 2020
By Jagannatha Kirtanananda DasJagannatha Kirtanananda Das is speaking to HH Chandramuli Swami on âNo service is too big or too smallâ. Your weekly dose of inspiration directly from Prabhupada disciples where you can relish the nectar, personal pastimes, instructions and so much more.
...- 9 Nov 2020
By Radha Kunda DasiRadha's lake is named after Her because, like Radha, it pleases all the transcendental senses of Krsna. Krsna's eyes enjoy seeing Radha-kunda. Krsna's nose relishes the smell of Radha-kunda's waters and its lotus flowers. The touch of radha-kunda's cool water pleases Krsna's body. The sounds of the singing birds and buzzing bees satisfy Krsna's ears. Krsna's tongue enjoys tasting the ambrosial water of Radha-kunda. Radha-kunda is named after Sri Radha because it has the same power that She has to attract and enchant Sri Krsna. This is confirmed in the Caitanya-caritamr...
- 8 Nov 2020
By ISKCON Ministry of EducationâDo you read? So if you don't read, then you will feel restless: "Oh, let me go from Japan to India, from India to Japan." You are restless because you don't read. I am laboring so hard for you, but you don't take advantage. Don't take advantage of eating and sleeping. Take advantage of these books.â Srila Prabhupada Lecture on SB 2.9.6-14 -- Tokyo, 2 May 1972
...- 7 Nov 2020
By VIHEValue class, loyalty, by HG Panca Ratna prabhu to "Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education"'s students. ZOOM conference, November 6th, 2020
...- 6 Nov 2020
By Brindha SinghOver 6500 Participated in ISKCON Malaysiaâs Virtual Deepavali. The event, which was attended by 6,538 participants from many locations including Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, UK, USA, Russia, and South America, exceeded the previous record of 1,360 participants in the category of Largest Participation in a Virtual Deepavali event in the Malaysian Book of Records.
...- 4 Nov 2020
By Padmavati Devi DasiOur relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eternal. Nitya-siddha Krishna-prema. The pure souls are eternally in love with Krishna. Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one revives his original relationship with God and thus becomes so happy that he does not want anything material. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.7.39 Purport)
...- 3 Nov 2020
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiA few years ago, while pursuing my postgraduate studies at USM in Penang, I happen to glance over the front page of the local newspaper to read the following headlines in large capital letters: WANTED: LEADERS. Srila Prabhupada: âOrdinarily, the spiritual master, husband, father, mother or superior relative accepts worship from an inferior relative, but here Rshabhadeva forbids this. First the father, spiritual master or husband must be able to release the dependent from repeated birth and death. If he can...
- 1 Nov 2020
By Giriraj SwamiThis verse appears in Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.68) in connection with a misunderstanding between Durvasa Muni and Maharaja Ambarisa. As a result of this misunderstanding, Durvasa Muni tried to kill the king, when the Sudarsana cakra, the celebrated weapon of Godhead, appeared on the scene for the devoted king's protection. When the Sudarsana cakra attacked Durvasa Muni, he fled in fear of the weapon and sought shelter from all the great demigods in heaven. Not one of them was able to protect him, and therefore Durvasa Muni prayed to Lord Visnu for forgiveness. Lord Visnu advised him, however, t...
- 1 Nov 2020
By Vijaya DasaThis has never happened before: Chowpatti is the No. 1 temple in India and the No. 2 temple worldwide (just behind Los Angeles, which is always up there in the charts). The Chowpatti temple did 32,952 book points in September, and the Los Angeles temple did a whooping 40,949 book points. Look out, Europe! New Mayapur (France) is moving up in the competition. It was No. 4 among the European temples, with 1,771 book points. Janananda Goswami has a new team of fired-up book distributors, and he also goes out with as many devotees as possible. What an example!
...- 31 Oct 2020
By Brajanath DasaMy wife and I were pondering how to reach out the community with Prabhupada books during the pandemic and we happened to see little birdfeeder-sized, house-shaped structures full of books on the front lawns of houses in our neighborhood. We thought that these would be nice altars for Prabhupada books, and peeked inside. They contained books related to fiction, science, romance, health, and travel as well as kidsâ books. As we didnât see any spiritual books, we thought to place Bhagavad-Gita and other small books of Prabhupada.
...- 29 Oct 2020