I am jubilant to offer the annual issue (Sridhar Mas) of THE EIGHT PETALS to you. We have covered a distance of one year together, only because of the mercy of Sri Guru
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- 10 Oct 2010
Perhaps you may not agree with the premise that the question alludes to. Perhaps you think Cow protection is alive and well and living in Iskcon. My answer is that you would be wrong. Cow protection in Iskcon is more akin to a Cow protection show or Cow protection zoo
...- 6 Oct 2010
By Deena Bandhu DasGiriraj Swami presented the project to Radhanath Swami and leaders of Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Bombay, and they also jumped at the chance to serve the Vaisnavas in this most significant way. Meanwhile, Giriraj Swami, along with Sangita Dasi, the foremost authority in ISKCON on hospice care, found a most excellent facility in San Diego upon which to model the project
...- 6 Oct 2010
By Lakshman dasSri Jagganath Baladev Subdhra came to Agresen Seva Sadan in a procession on 16th Sept. Pandal program was start on Sep 16. H. G. Devaki Nandan Prabhu was speaker in that Program. Bhajan snadhya , Nandotstav and a drama on Rukimini Haran was played be ISKCON Vrindavan Gurukul students on same day
...- 6 Oct 2010
By Vrsabha dasI am sure you would like my latest PowerPoint presentation (converted to PDF) on Cow protection. The presentation is in plain English.
...- 5 Oct 2010
By Hari-sauri dasaWelcome to our first annual report and newsletter. It's just over a year since the inauguration of the BRC. We have made good progress, some exciting acquisitions have been donated, and we are full of plans for the coming year
...- 5 Oct 2010
This is the video from Brighton Rathayatra. September 2010. Brighton is the only Rathayatra in England which takes place on the seaside. Coaches came from Soho Street Temple, Birmingham Temple, and Bhaktivedanta Manor. Kirtan singers include: Gaurahari, and Kripamaya prabhus
...- 2 Oct 2010
I was just listening to a Prabhupada lecture today and he was reiterating that if one spend one hour rendering devotional service, his life is a success, but that even if one spends millions of lifetimes in material life, there is no gain
...- 30 Sep 2010
By Madhavendu dasISKCON Kanpur and thousands of the surrounding villages are affected by flood it has brought damage and suffering to ISKCON Kanpur. Prasadam is being cooked last three days in great inconvenience
...- 30 Sep 2010
This year, Yamuna wanted to kiss Vrindavan with no miss. She swelled and swelled and expanded her reaches to embrace Vraja as much as she could. When alarm bells rang, those graced her ways dwelling on her sides moved on to safe elevations fearing her overflowing tears of love
...- 30 Sep 2010
By Abhaya Mudra DasiLet us glance at the astro-data of Raghava das Brahmachary and Ratnavali devi dasi. From the correlations between them, we will see that these two are in fact the same person who has transmigrated from one body to the next
...- 30 Sep 2010
By Patita Pavana dasI have remembrance of my last past life as a brahmachary named Raghava das. This has come about through a sequence of dreams that were later found to be real of events in the life and death of Raghava, as confirmed by those that knew him. His post mortem injuries and my birth marks, scars and illnesses all correlate
...- 30 Sep 2010
By Dhanesvara dasChristopher Lasch, a well-known American social and cultural critic, argued in his last book that democracy was withering in the hands of professional and managerial elites who lack a sense of social and civic values.
...- 29 Sep 2010
I used to take care of Srila Prabhupada's garden in Sri Vrindavan Dhama in the summer of 1977. Srila Prabhupada used to come into the garden every morning and chant japa or listen to some devotees chant Bhajans or read his books outloud
...- 29 Sep 2010
By New Vrindaban Communi - cationsSunday, October 3, is the anniversary of the day on which Hladini devi dasi was brutally gunned down by an extra-judicial firing squad in war-torn Liberia in western Africa. The death squad arrived at the Hare Krishna temple in the capital city of Monrovia in the early morning hours, and ordered the devotees to come out
...- 29 Sep 2010
By Mohana dasThis year we had the largest and "crazyest" Harinam tour so far. Such a venture in this area no one has even tried to do and we also thought at the beginning that we started „to bite too much of a cake“, but somehow we all managed with Krishnas grace ...
...- 27 Sep 2010
By Parasurama DasaTo train the leaders on the importance and urgency of establishing varnasrama dharma, both within our own ISKCON society as well as within society at large, forms an important part of Srila Prabhupada’s mission
...- 27 Sep 2010
On this page of our web site are two videos of the recent Festival of India in Spanish Fork, Utah. An estimated 3,000 - 4,000 people visited the 5 hour event
...- 25 Sep 2010
In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance of sankirtana-yajna. Other yajnas prescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but the sankirtana-yajna is easy and sublime for all purposes, as recommended in Bhagavad-gita also (9.14).
...- 24 Sep 2010
Money, that ubiquitous substance that everyone the world over pursues to fulfill their desires, is rather young in the history of the world—a mere 2,600 years or so old. Prior to that there was no such thing as we now understand it anywhere on this planet
...- 21 Sep 2010
(With due respect to devotees who are on these sites for some specific sevas.) Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc. are a few social networking sites which are taking its toll on the devotee community also. I've also been a patient myself
...- 21 Sep 2010
By Lakshman dasIn the month of Bhadra (Hrisikesh masa), during the waxing fortnight on the eight day at noon, we observe the most auspicious appearance of Vrishabhanu Nandini Srimati Radhika, the most beloved associate of Sri Krishna.
...- 21 Sep 2010
One side of Darwin rarely discussed in popular and scientific literature was his powerful sadistic bent. One of his passions that reflected this was his love for shooting, hunting, and guns. Darwin's interest in shooting and hunting was not unusual in nineteenth century England, but he carried it far beyond that of most of his contemporaries
...- 18 Sep 2010
By Gaurangi dasiThe following article is a condensed version of the memories of Citra Devi that devotees shared the day of the ceremony we did in her honour in New Mayapur, France, on Sunday July 26
...- 18 Sep 2010