By Jeevanmukta DasHaving chanted a few rounds and feeling somewhat wise, sometimes we worry that the alien religion (Krishna Consciousness) and its sacred texts that we have adopted is not ‘secular’ enough for today’s twenty-first century sensibilities
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- 24 Feb 2011
By Madhava SmullenAn in-depth interview with the Christchurch pujari:" “At first, it seemed just like any other day,” says Sevananda Dasa, a priest at the Christchurch ISKCON temple. “I was up on the altar, offering the chamara whisk to the Deities....
...- 24 Feb 2011
By Sivarama SwamiAn audio recording about one topic of the GBC agenda, what Srila Prabhupada meant when he said “The GBC is the ultimate managing authority.”
...- 24 Feb 2011
By Bhakti Dhira Damodara SwamiHow can a sick person enjoy? One who is sick, you have a severe headache and if you see food it is very irritating. Isn't it? A sick person cannot enjoy. Therefore the conditioned soul is not an enjoyer. Enjoyment is for the greater souls. Enjoyment is for pure devotees
...- 24 Feb 2011
By Patita Pavana das Memories of an Indian Holy Town by Hayagriva Swami about his 1972 Kartik pilgrimage. Hayagriva was known as Prof. Howard Wheeler when he joined Shrila Prabhupada in 1966 as one of the original devotees. He was Shrila Prabhupada’s first book editor, and the early issues of BTG carry many of insightful articles and poems of this talented writer
...- 24 Feb 2011
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiNaturally such a personality as Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura plays a very important role and a very important place within our Sampradaya, within our Iskcon Society in particular being the inspiration and spiritual master of the founder acarya of our society, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada
...- 24 Feb 2011
By Praghosa DasaAt that time Arjuna spoke the following words: Oh infallible sankirtana leader Krishna please park up my sankirtana van so that I can look on the street to see where it is best to distribute books, let me see who has come out today to do their shopping. When Arjuna saw all the stressed faces of the shoppers he spoke the following words....
...- 23 Feb 2011
By Sraddhadevi dasiThe 2011 Governing Body Commission (GBC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) commenced on February 20th in the Society’s world headquarters, Mayapur, West Bengal. Madhusevita dasa, this year’s GBC chairman, welcomed the GBC body, appreciating that thirty-one out of thirty-three voting GBC members were present at this session
...- 23 Feb 2011
By BBC NewsEditor's note:Our ISKCON temple was severely damaged and the Deities were broken, also some devotees received injuries but we don't know how serious those are at the moment
...- 22 Feb 2011
By Sivarama SwamiAudio report about the first day of the GBC meeting including India’s phenomenal book distribution results, Pastoral Abuse, Vedic Planetarium, cow protection and more...
...- 21 Feb 2011
By Ramai SwamiIn Indonesia we had President Suharto who was eighty or ninety years old. He had to be dragged down. Amassed millions of dollars, overseas accounts we saw with Ferdinand Marcos and recently with Hosni Mubarak in Egypt - eighty two or eighty three years old and clinging to power to the very end
...- 21 Feb 2011
By Ajamila PrabhuThat a devotee who subhasubha-parityagi, that a devotee renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things. A devotee's position is very, very elevated. It is actually not so easy to be subhasubha-parityagi. Bhaktiman yah sa me priyah - then one becomes very dear to Krishna as soon as we renounce both auspicious and inauspicious activities
...- 20 Feb 2011
The first Monthly Sankirtana Festival of 2011 entitled "Bringing back old friends" was concluded yesterday and the final results offered to Lord Nityananda at a celebration honoring His divine appearance day held at the ISV temple in San Jose, CA
...- 20 Feb 2011
By Radha Mohan DasOver the past year Bhaktivedanta Manor has conducted a Review of all of its activities by speaking to a breadth of devotees across its key community groups – the review, headed up independently has been a project that has unfolded into a wide ranging review of the practices at the temple and feelings of devotees who visit, work and serve around the temple
...- 20 Feb 2011
By Romapada SwamiIn those prayers it is said that he is a king there. He wasn't in the sadhana stage, he was in that perfectional stage. In the discussion of Ramananda Raya were Lord Caitanya is asking him to identify the sadhya sadhana, the goal of life and the means to achieve it. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu hears some of our most famous verse, our favorite verse of Bhagavad-gita, He says external
...- 19 Feb 2011
By Jayapataka SwamiThey asked me to speak on the philosophy of Lord Nityananda. We heard the pastimes first. Maharaj like to give the sweet words but of course everything about Lord Nityananda is ecstatic and very blissful
...- 18 Feb 2011
By Vinod-bihari dasOn 18 February 2011, the day after Sri Nityananda Prabhu´s appearance day the long awaited decision pertaining the appointment of land for a new temple in The Hague, The Netherlands, was made by the local Dutch governing authorities in favour of ISKCON and other religious organizations
...- 18 Feb 2011
We have to have intelligence to understand and discuss Krishna Consciousness in both a non-dogmatic and uncompromising way. Intelligence implies abstract thinking. As children we begin to think abstractly but this is limited to concrete operations. If a child has two blocks of equal size it can conclude that a pile of two will be twice as high as one, every time
...- 18 Feb 2011
By Nirmala dasiBhadra Priya joined ISKCON in 1972 in Montreal, Canada. Shortly thereafter she moved to the temple in Toronto where she was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in 1973
...- 18 Feb 2011
By Basu Ghosh DasRathayatra , Paatotsav, Bhumi Puja and Ananta Shesh installation at Kanpur. Kanpur is India's tenth largest city, and the largest city in Uttar Pradesh with a population of approximately fifty lakhs (five million). Kanpur is famous as an Industrial and business center. Kanpur is located on the bank of the holy Ganga nadi (Ganges River), some three hundred and fifty kilometers Southeast of Vrindavan
...- 18 Feb 2011
By Madhavendu dasThere was also a series of Hari Katha given by HH Radha Govinda Maharaja on “Akrur Manorath” for the last five days at our newly renovated Balaram Hall. HG Bhurijan Prabhu is still continuing to read from the Krishna book for the last one month at Srila Prabhupada’s quarters every night
...- 18 Feb 2011
By Ekanatha dasaWe just completed a VedaBase update. Added in 2011.1. This is an update to the contents, not an upgrade to the software. You can download this free update on the Internet, from one of these links: [Download Links] (378Mb zipped). Installation instructions are provided in the download
...- 18 Feb 2011
Strategic planning has been on the minds of GBC members for some years now. What was clear then is even clearer today: there is unlimited work to be done to nurture ISKCON toward a future that serves Srila Prabhupada's vision for a vibrant, spiritually dynamic movement
...- 18 Feb 2011
Raktak Das: Though a month is gone after the departure of His Grace Pranav Das Prabhu, but, I came to know just recently.? Someone wrote a letter to my gurudev HH Hanumat Preshak Swami Maharaj, and he sent me a copy of that letter, then somehow, I got his family-members? phone nos. and talked to them and got confirmed that he is gone, So, I would like to share some thoughts about this great devotee...
- 18 Feb 2011