By Parasuram DasThere was a great Beast from the East With blizzards which never ceased But Krishna's Castle was strong And all day long They served out a great big feast Here is the latest snowy movie from The City of London's new initiative.
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- 6 Mar 2018
By Madhava SmullenWe in ISKCON may feel that times have changed; that we must use very different methods to deliver our message to people. But in New York City’s Harinama Ashrama, a group of devotees is using the most “old school” approach – simple Harinama and book distribution for hours every day – to impressive effect. And nowhere was this more evident than during the Prabhupada marathon this past Christmas. Rama Raya Das, formerly of the 24-Hour Kirtan Mandali in Vrindava...
- 5 Mar 2018
By Sikhi Mahiti DasMillions visited and watched the celebrations in Mayapur this year. Just see the images and watch the videos of the ceremonies (included in the post) that took place outside the temple room to see the crowds gathered! This morning, the 2018 Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival officially ended after Srila Prabhupada's guru puja. Srila Prabhupada was taken on a palanquin for the ceremonial lowering of the festival flag, and then returned to altar.
...- 4 Mar 2018
By Mayesvara dasI had watched the destruction done in less than two minutes with astonishment and disbelief and I simply had no idea what to do next. I felt like a complete failure and was so traumatized with what had just occurred, I started telling all those who were asking me what to do: “Tell everyone to go home. There isn’t going to be a parade!” I began to work my way through the crowd and eventually got back into the temple and headed straight back to the roof, which was t...
- 4 Mar 2018
By Taru dasaThe Laddu Sadhu. Who is there who can sufficiently describe the wondrous attributes of this illustrious sweet ball? This must surely be Madhumangala, who is mentioned in many Vaisnava books and songs as a great lover of laddus. Being a brahmana boy, he used to promise to give Krishna benedictions in exchange for laddus. So if a laddu is so potent as to be able to distract the attention of one of Krishna’s most intimate friends, who can calculate its effect upon an ordinar...
- 4 Mar 2018
By the Secretary of Sannyasa MinistryAlthough in Kali-yuga the injunction is that no one should accept sannyasa. Of course, those who actually follow the rules and regulations must take sannyasa. Generally, however, people are unable to accept sannyasa life, and therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu stressed, kalau nasty eva nasty eva na-sty eva gatir anyatha. In this age there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative than to chant the holy name of the Lord: Hare Krs...
- 3 Mar 2018
By Madhava SmullenThe Go Matsya project aims to save and preserve Vedic culture through distribution of full Srimad-Bhagavatam sets, as the Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedic literature. Now the project has spread from the US to the UK, where it is taking off in new and exciting ways. Launched in ISKCON Silicon Valley, California in January 2017 by BBT Trustee Vaisesika Das, Go Matsya is a kind of spiritual multi-level marketing effort.
...- 3 Mar 2018
By Jhimli Mukherjee PandeyThe biggest festival in the Gaudiya Vaishnav Sampradaya- Gaur Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was celebrated with fervour and gaiety at the global spiritual headquarters of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Mayapur, birth place of Mahaprabhu. The month long celebrations that began on 8th February included Sravan Utsav, Kirtan Mela, a weeklong Nabadwip Mandal Parikrama and many cultural programmes by western dev...
- 2 Mar 2018
By Parasuram dasLord Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted His followers to move all over the world to preach in every town and village. In the Caitanya-sampradaya those who strictly follow the principles of Lord Caitanya must travel all over the world to preach the message of Lord Caitanya, which is the same as preaching the words of Krsna--Bhagavad-gita--and Srimad-Bhagavatam. The more the devotees preach the principles of krsna-katha, the more people throughout the world will benefit. Devotees...
- 2 Mar 2018
By Sadbhuja DasPlease see our video presentation of the ToVP construction and development for 2018. In this video you will see the work achieved in 2017, our plans for the 2018 year and preparation for the opening in 2022. We are also including a 3D visualization of the ToVP Master Plan. We used a special game engine to make these remarkable effects. We hope that all of you will enjoy this video on this very auspicious day of Gaura Purnima.
...- 2 Mar 2018
By Ananda Tirtha Das (BBT)In our small endeavor to fulfill this statement by Srila Prabhupada, BBT India has released an App called "Transcend - to a Higher Life" that is available on Google Play Store and Apple Store. It contains 20 of Srila Prabhupada's books in English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati Languages. This set of 20 books are available for a price of only Rs. 499. This App also contains the 18 Volume Srimad Bhagavatam as another download package for a nominal price of ...
- 1 Mar 2018
By Kesava Krsna DasaThe dancing of Lord Chaitanya was so astounding that even the Lord of the universe, Sri Jagannatha was astonished. Lord Jagannatha who has seen the best of everything within and outside of the universes, how can He be astonished? Dance in Vaikuntha and Goloka must be beyond compare. The dance of destruction by Rudra must be inexplicably awesome. What was so unique about Lord Chaitanya’s dancing? Worldly scholars of our Gaudiya tradition will say that Srila Krishna Dasa Kaviraja and other Vaisnava author witnesses to such dancing h...
- 1 Mar 2018
By Radhika krpa Devi DasiWe have a small center there named as Sri Sri Gaur Nitai Bhawan, but the influence of Srila Prabhupada's simple translations of such a heavy subject of Bhakti is more than enough to attract large crowds. I was fortunate to address large crowds at various places in Karachi, Hyderabad and Ghotki; all in Pakistan. It was indeed a wonderful experience for me to mingle with the so called minority in Pakistan. They had infinite queries and doubts. I was amazed to ...
- 1 Mar 2018
By Radhanath SwamiIn this age of Kali, the greatest yajna is sankirtana, the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave us a simple principle: trinad api sunicena, taror api sahisnuna amanina manadena, kirtaniyah sada harih We must be very attentive. We must be disciplined. We must be regulated in how we perform this yajna of chanting God’s names. But at the same time, Lord Caitanya gave us this verse. To the degree we are following these principles of h...
- 1 Mar 2018
By Gour Govinda SwamiWE SHOULD KNOW the cause for the appearance of Gauranga Mahaprabhu, Lord Caitanya. There are two causes: external and internal. The external cause is to teach Kali-yuga dharma, the religion for Kali-yuga, the Age of Quarrel. That religion ishari-sankirtana, the chanting of the holy name. Lord Caitanya comes in Kali-yuga, especially the present Kali-yuga, with His abode and all His associates and paraphernalia. He offers and distributes the chief result of hari-nama-sankirtana Krsna-prema, love of God freely, indiscriminately. Even Brahm...
- 1 Mar 2018
By Vijaya DasISKCON Bangalore's Jaganatha Mandir got off to a great start in 2018, with 17,000 book points. Some very enthusiastic book distributors earned Bangalore the No. 1 spot in the Small Temple category. The New York Harinama Party long ago started out doing just harinama, then some book distributors joined them. Now they are steadily pouring out books to New Yorkers. Srila Prabhupada would be pleased to hear this, as the Big Apple is among the most important cities in the worl...
- 1 Mar 2018
By the MCO The best time and place is Mayapur on Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day. That is not only the best for me but for everyone. Mayapur is meant for that. If possible all devotees from all our centers should go for 8 days at that time.” – Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Tamal Krishna, Bhaktivedanta Manor 20 July, 1973
...- 28 Feb 2018
By His Divine Grace A.C.B. Swami PrabhupadaSri Chaitanya Charitamrita is the record of immortal activities of the Lord. In the first part 9th chapter of the book the welfare activities of the Lord is described in nutshell. According to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, everyone who is born in the holy land of Bharat Varash or India must engage himself in the welfare activities for the human society. He says that one desirous of doing welfare activity must implant in his own life the real ideas...
- 28 Feb 2018
By Taru DasIn a few short years, it has all taken on the quality of a legend. Nobody really believes the stories of what we used to eat, how much we used to eat, the austerities of cooking outdoors. It all seems like a myth. Sometimes new devotees still come up to me and say, “I hear you used to eat ninety chapatis a day”. I just kind of shrug my shoulders and smile and mumble that everybody used to eat a lot more then. (The truth of the matter is that one time I kept count up to s...
- 27 Feb 2018
By Malati Devi DasiLess reading of Srila Prabhupada's books, minimizing his position by more elaborate guru-pujas than SP's guru-puja, introduction of new, unauthorized literature, demigod and non Vaishnava worship in Iskcon temples, Indian social customs like rakhi, minimizing prasadam standards, inappropriate items offered to the deities like frozen vegetables, relaxed sexual behavior, improper decorations of the Deities, non traditional kirtans by chanting names non associated with ...
- 27 Feb 2018
By Jagannath Damodar dasA glorious Rathyatra festival was organised on 24-2-18 in the town of Bharuch ( Bhrigu kuchh). This is a historical place connected way back crores of years back, when Lord Vaaman Dev enacted His wonderful pastimes of covering the whole universe with His two steps and keeping the 3 rd on King Bali's head. In the same way in this Rathyatra, approximately 50 devotees covered the whole area of Bharuch with their powerful 2 foot steps and distributed 3000 loose BTG ...
- 26 Feb 2018
By Vrsabhanu dasaIn the late sixties Hare Krishna devotees from New York went to Philadelphia to open a temple. Many people were attracted by their kirtans and by the philosophy and lifestyle that they were teaching. Lord Jagannatha, Lord Baladeva and Lady Subhadra were installed in 1972 and taken out for the first Ratha-yatra festival on the East Coast of the USA. Srila Prabhupada visited the temple in 1975 and attended the Ratha-yatra that year. The current temple in the beautiful ...
- 26 Feb 2018
By Mayesvara DasaBecause of the success of the BBT book distributors all over the world… the volume of pilgrims attending have become so high the parikrama groups have had to be divided into smaller groups. What is further impressive is that those responsible for coordinating the logistics of this operation arrange for ALL the pilgrims to get both breakfast and lunch served at the location sites where they arrive at! There is yet another group of very hearty individuals who camp and ...
- 25 Feb 2018
By Nartak Gopal Devi DasiKrishna arranged for devotees to be there at the time of his death. This was December 8th 1980. The New York temple was on West 55th Street in Manhattan and two devotees lived at that temple. Bakula and Surottama, and they had their daughter Shringara born that morning. She was born in the temple so by the afternoon she had developed kind of a cough so they thought well we better take this baby to the hospital because you never know. So they asked another devot...
- 25 Feb 2018