This year’s Janmashtami festival at Bhaktivedanta Manor will launch the first literacy program in the world to incorporate both whole language and phonics systems. It is the first and only Learning to Read program in the world where the books can be heard in 25 languages by touching each page
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- 27 Aug 2010
Hundreds and thousands of living entities meet death at every moment, but a foolish living being nonetheless thinks himself deathless and does not prepare for death. This is the most wonderful thing in this world
...- 27 Aug 2010
By Dinadayal dasaThe building where the campers stayed has been quiet for a few weeks now: the rooms cleaned, the sheets washed. But the memories of the campers and their impact on the community will not be swept away
...- 24 Aug 2010
Madhavananda Das: We are sorry to announce the departure of Svayambhu Maharaja, a senior disciple of Srila Gour Govinda Swami and our dear godbrother and friend....
- 24 Aug 2010
With great pleasure, ISKCON Mayapur invites devotees worldwide to celebrate the Gaura Purnima festival 2011 at Sri dham Mayapur. On 5th of March 2011, the festival inauguration will take place, followed by various festivities, Navadwipa Mandala Parikrama and the grand celebration of Gaura Purnima on 19th March. Please find below the detailed festival schedule
...- 24 Aug 2010
Food for Life Global is committed to providing support to disaster relief efforts managed by ISKCON or Food for Life projects. If we can get a confirmation that there is a team willing and able to head up a prasadam relief project to help survivors of the floods, Food for Life Global will initiate a fundraising campaign through our social network. We will also solicit for volunteer help as needed
...- 21 Aug 2010
By ISKCON Vaishnava Research ForumThere was a wealth of interest generated in the recent Vedic Ecology Convention held by the ISKCON Vaishnava Research Forum at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, in Durban, South Africa. The event was attended by about 200 delegates and everyone was enthused by the brilliant presentations on the Vedic culture which reflected various ecological processes of ancient India
...- 21 Aug 2010
We are profoundly saddened that in New Mayapur on Friday 23 July in the early morning hours (around 1:00 am) Citra mataji committed suicide by setting her body on fire
...- 18 Aug 2010
By Janice K BrewerAs Governor of the State of Arizona, I would like to welcome everyone to annual observance of Sri Krishna Janmashatmi. Sri Krishna, revered as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by Hindus, appeared five thousand years ago and spoke The Bhagvad-Gita, which is treated as the best treatise on spirituality by religious clergies and philosophers all around the world
...- 18 Aug 2010
By Adi Kesava dasThe 15th of July 2010 commemorated 30 days since the passing of His Grace Sripad Aindra Prabhu. His room was just renovated covered with fresh cow dung. All the deities were moved back in and a ceremony was held establishing his Samadhi. Some of his god brothers were present; they glorified his services and activities
...- 18 Aug 2010
By Prayag Narayan MisraAfter his speech, he was offered blessed garlands from Hare Krishna temple which he gracefully accepted and wore it during the photo opps
...- 14 Aug 2010
When I was teenager, I used to think Why do I have to ride my Scooty, and I don’t have a car instead. Or, you can understand how cribbing I was, as I recollect my thoughts in past. So these mundane thoughts were kind of ghosts influencing my subtle body.
...- 13 Aug 2010
By Lakshman dasHariyali Teej is a festival celebrated in Shukla-paksha in the month of Shravana (August) during the rainy season. In 2010, Hariyali Teej is celebrated on 12 August. Hariyali relates to green and teej represents three
...- 13 Aug 2010
By Prayag Narayan MisraHealthy Living Camp was organized at ISKCON Phoenix Hare Krishna Temple, Chandler recently for kids aged five years to 12 years in cooperation with health and wellness company Whole Body Fitness, LLC.
...- 13 Aug 2010
GBC Strategic Planning announcementThe times call for both dynamic, visionary planning as well as the effective execution of those plans. The GBC has concluded that to best serve ISKCON, it needs to strengthen its executive strategies by establishing an Executive Director, who will serve the GBC by ensuring that GBC members fulfill the fundamental assignments Srila Prabhupada gave them, implement the GBC’s resolutions, and make progress in activities related to strategic planning
...- 11 Aug 2010
By Gopal Gaura Guru dasaKalady is the birth place of Sripada Shankaracharya who blazed an intellectual and spiritual trail from this humble hamlet and toured the holy land of Bharata desa with the clarion call for bursting the illusory bubble of material existence.
...- 11 Aug 2010
By Krishna Kirti DasWhat is in Communism's philosophical "DNA," Marxism, that makes it so difficult to eradicate? Marxism is a genetic descendent of Western thought and culture. Because marxist philosophy draws its force from the Western philosophical tradition, other Western systems of thought like Liberalism, which have much in common with it, have been unable to defeat it
...- 10 Aug 2010
By Jambavan DasNearly a century ago in Russia, the oppressed found solace in the words of Karl Marx. These words were not simply the theoretical musings of a philosopher, these were words which heard the cries of the downtrodden-carrying with them the hope of a greater tomorrow, if only the powerless would band together and take hold of their destiny
...- 10 Aug 2010
By Sukanti Radha dasiOn Thursday I met with HE Monika Mohta the Minister of Culture at the Indian High Commission - Nehru Centre – United Kingdom. Her Excellency warmly welcomed me on a healthy discussion on our upcoming event which is a talk on the “Temple of Vedic Planetarium “ and “Sri Mayapur” which she will be playing host to
...- 10 Aug 2010
LA Rathayatra - better than anything I could have done! Greatcellent! A must see for every Lord Jagannath bhakta
...- 10 Aug 2010
By Caitanya Caran DasaIt was in 1999 when I visited Sri Vrindavan Dhama for the first and only time, 3 years after I joined ISKCON. I was living in Amsterdam-temple as a brahmacari, and my temple president at that time asked me to bring a nice clay Mrdanga for our temple
...- 7 Aug 2010
By Radhanath SwamiAs the effulgent sun of Sri Aindra Prabhu’s divine personality has risen in the spiritual world of Goloka Vrindaban, the sun of his physical presence has set in Gokula, the Vrindaban of this world. And we cry in separation
...- 7 Aug 2010
By Antony BrennanWelcome to the Mayapur Academy is a short movie filmed and edited by HG Amala Caitanya dasa. Filled with beautiful images of students learning the detailed art and science of deity worship, at the hands of wonderful, dedicated teachers. The movie is a short documentary showcasing the activities of the Mayapur Academy
...- 7 Aug 2010
By Devaki - nandan dasResting on the banks of the River Ganges is "Kanhapur"-the city of Lord Krsna-presently known as Kanpur. Nearby is Bithoor where the Ashrama of Valmiki Muni is located and where Sitadevi, the Goddess of Fortune and wife of Lord Ramacandra, lived when Her husband expelled her from Ayodhya
...- 7 Aug 2010