By Mayapur Sasi dasaFor the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this page contains the following North American results for the month of May
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- 15 Jun 2013
By Alex de JongEigentijds Festival is the largest New Age spiritual festival in Europe. This year, from june 6th to 9th, about 2000 participants converged on the village of Vierhouten in The Netherlands for a full program of workshops, yoga and meditation sessions, concerts ranging from mantra singing to didgeridoo playing and encounters with like-minded souls
...- 15 Jun 2013
By Bhakti Raghava Swami We have a golden hill. Not everyone has a golden hill, but we have. One day, Krishna willing, we will become famous as the HARE KRISHNA GOLDEN HILL. At present we are known as Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama Ksetra or SSKBK
...- 13 Jun 2013
By Nityodita dasaA manager of a big chain store in Ohio called New Vrindaban Temple President, Jaya Krsna dasa and bitterly pointed out that New Vrindaban’s purchases of milk, butter, heavy whipping cream, and yogurt are at a dangerously low level!
...- 13 Jun 2013
By Kesava Krsna DasaScholars and professors like to observe Iskcon and compare us with various religions. Devotees too, can feel that they belong to one of the faiths called Iskcon. Should we accept that we are just one of many, or is there something unique being neglected?
...- 11 Jun 2013
By Rama Vijaya dasaOver 600 ISKCON devotees came together for the 2nd annual Sadhu Sanga Kirtan Retreat near Austin, Texas during the Memorial Day Weekend (May 24-27, 2013) to experience, by Srila Prabhupada’s mercy, the bliss of ecstatic kirtans, nectarean classes, delicious prasadam and sublime association
...- 11 Jun 2013
By Malini devi dasiWe offered the results of our Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) of sincere prayers, which was held for last one month at ISV on the auspicious appearance day of Lord Narasimhadev at ISV
...- 11 Jun 2013
By Indradyumna SwamiAnatoli Fedorovich Pinyayev (Ananta-santi dasa) was the first Soviet Hare Krsna devotee. Because of his active preaching throughout the USSR and because of the spiritual influence he had on many people, he was subjected to severe persecution for five and a half years at the hands of the staff at various Soviet psychiatric hospitals
...- 10 Jun 2013
By the GBCRESOLVED: That the Executive Secretariat (ES) receives its mandate from the Governing Body Commission (GBC); the Secretariat reports and is accountable to the GBC. Throughout the year the ES works with the GBC Executive Committee (EC) in its role as representative of the GBC, to ensure and assist the ES to perform as mandated
...- 9 Jun 2013
By Krishna Sharma dasLast week I was blessed to be granted an interview with devotional music veteran Nirantara Das, a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, practitioner and preacher of bhakti-yoga for nearly 40 years
...- 8 Jun 2013
By Madhavananda dasVaiṣṇavas follow various vidhis or rules. However, it's not that all of these vidhis have equal importance. For example it is a rule that one should take bath daily, it is also a rule that one should chant the holy names daily, but of the two vidhis the latter is much more important
...- 8 Jun 2013
By Hari Narayana das“....If we belive that Krishna is providing and maintaining everyone, then why should we be misers? This mean loosing faith in Krishna, and thinking that we are the doers and suppliers. We are confident that krishna will supply! Let the whole world come, we can feed them”
...- 8 Jun 2013
By Sikhi Mahiti dasBalabadra was born in Atlanta, became a devotee in Atlanta, and has never served in any other temple since. He was an airport book distributor back in the day, temple vice president for 5 years, and temple president for 20 years! He continue to serve despite being replaced. He is always present at temple functions, he has a weekly gita class, and unlimited harinams
...- 7 Jun 2013
By Parvati devi dasiI am appealing to you for an unusual request. I request that our society deeply consider honoring this devotee who lived and died to spread Krishna consciousness, by observing his appearance day yearly, as we do Jayananda prabhu's
...- 6 Jun 2013
By Madhavananda dasA story based on the Sanskrit Hitopadesh of Sri Vishnu Sharma with some comments compiled by Madhavananda Das speaking about false devotees and institutions
...- 6 Jun 2013
By Indradyumna SwamiMy dear godbrother, Ananta-santi, I have no doubt that upon leaving your body you were delivered straight to the spiritual world where Srila Prabhupada personally received you and engaged you in service
...- 6 Jun 2013
By Ananta Ram dasIt is with great enthusiasm that we announce the re-opening and expansion of the school in New Talavan. By the grace of Guru and Gauranga, and for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, we will be able to open the school in August 2013
...- 5 Jun 2013
By Caru Das New Video of The Kirtaniyas and MC Yogi combining to lead thousands chanting "Nitai Gauranga" and dancing at the Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork Utah.
...- 5 Jun 2013
By Damodar Prasad dasBertrand Russell, famed agnostic philosopher, has criticised Thomas Aquinas, famed Catholic philosopher for knowing in advance the outcome of his argument. He has claimed “The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading.”
...- 5 Jun 2013
By Bhaktisiddhanta SwamiCriticism is fine when the hidden motivation is to support the spiritual welfare of another but when it is there to undermine without any pure desire for their spiritual upliftment, then that is a reactionary affair
...- 5 Jun 2013
By Parasuram dasOn the 31st May 2013 singer/song writer Pete Doherty visited Matchless Gifts in London, to open ISKCON's first Charity Shop. Pete who struggles with his "demons" has decided to support the prasad distribution project by offering financial support through a benefit gig this September at the Brixton Academy
...- 4 Jun 2013
By the GBCThe ISKCON Governing Body Commission Society hereby agrees that its copyrighted software package “Gaurabda Calendar (GCal)” authored by Gopalapriya Das may be licensed to members of the general public under a suitable open-source licensing agreement. The GBC Vaisnava Calendar Committee, presently constituted with members Bhanu Swami, Gopalapriya Das, Sadasivananda Das, and Bhaktarupa Das, are authorized, in consultation with legal advisors, to finalize the terms of such licensing agreements and devise policies and procedures whereby such agreements may be execu...
- 3 Jun 2013
By several vaishnavas reportingPrabhupada’s five days on Russian soil provided him ample opportunity to position himself well for the eventual checkmate his movement would play in Soviet Russia. But it was Ananta-santi who took Prabhupada’s message to heart, single-handedly, vigorously, sharing what he had learned with hundreds of Soviet people, many who became devotees
...- 3 Jun 2013
By the BBTJosé Manuel Barroso, President of the European Union, Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and László Surján, Vice-President of the European Parliament, receive the "Ramayana", produced by the Mediterranean division of BBT, as part of a high-level meeting on the theme "putting citizens at the heart of the European project in time of changes"
...- 1 Jun 2013