By Praghosa Dasa"There should be somewhere on earth, a place which no nation could claim as its own, where all human beings of good will who have a sincere aspiration, could live freely as citizens of the world and obey one single authority, that of the supreme truth; a place of peace, concord and harmony" "An Aurovilian should lose the sense of personal possession. For our passage in the material world, what is indispensable to our life and to our action is put at our disposal according to the place we must occupy.
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- 10 Mar 2010
...devotees in Los Angeles and all devotees living in places due north or south of LA, or west of the city (including in Hawaii), should observe it as stated on the calendar, namely on the 10th.
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Vijay Venugopal dasaWith expert help from Urmila dd, we finalised the methodology of our meetings. We would first agree on 'Where we are' in terms of Devotee Care in Iskcon, 'Where we want to go' (goals), and 'How to get there' (Action plans).
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Baladeva dasUnfortunately we take the decision to close the temple for danger of collapse. His Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitay will go to the house of the Pujari.
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Ekanatha dasaWe need to complete the archival process in a professional manner so that Srila Prabhupadaās teachings are accurate and will not leave questions as to the provenance of the collection as we have seen throughout history with other mainstream groups that are struggling with authenticity.
...- 10 Mar 2010
By Nrsimha Kavaca dasa
A Summary Of Achievements During 2009. Vision For Our Activities For 2010. A Message To The GBC Executive Committee
...- 6 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiThe process of bhakti-yoga, devotional service, is the main river flowing down towards the sea of the Absolute Truth, and all other processes mentioned are just like tributaries.
...- 5 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiI will discuss the sannyasa pastimes because this year we are celebrating 500th anniversary or Caitanya Mahaprabhu taking sannyasa.
...- 5 Mar 2010
By Sraddhadevi dasiAnuttama Prabhu, representing the GBC's Guru Services Committee, reported on the Guru Seminars and Guru Retreats program. These programs allow devotees who are serving as initiating or instructing gurus to associate with one another and share their experiences serving Srila Prabhupada in the role of guru. The Guru Seminars and Retreats also aim to enhance skills in counseling disciples and caring for one's own physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
...- 4 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Raghava SwamiModern day occupations connected with factory, industry and all kinds of recently invented hard technologies, have deviated mankind from his more natural occupations connected with land, cows, nature, and God.
...- 3 Mar 2010
By Bhakti Vinoda SwamiOn December 19th 2009, the twenty seventh annual "Bhagavata Satram" (gathering of devotees of the Bhagavat Mahapurana, also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam) the largest such gathering in South India, was held at Kochi, (also known as "Cochin"), Kerala.
...- 3 Mar 2010
By Basu Ghosh DasOn Thursday, February 18, 2010, the first International Indian Classical Dance Festival, "Indiclad", was organized at the ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishnachandra "Manimandir" at Imphal Manipur.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Priyavrata dasAs you can well imagine, the reconstruction and replenishing of Haiti is going to take a long time and a lot of effort. With not much infrastructure in many areas to begin with, Haiti is very dependent on outside help and resources.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Deena Bandhu dasaTaking advantage of the Vrindavan Kumbha Mela on 20th March, Jankinatha Prabhu organized a Sadhu Sammelan in Krishna Balaram Mandir on the topic of the 500th anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Sannyas.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Gopijan ballab dasThree different parties, Namahatta party with 2500 devotees , Russian party ( for the first time) with 900 devotees and international party with 1000 devotees set out to recharge their spiritual batteries, immersing themselves in hearing of pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, singing and chanting the holynames, walking in the dust of the holy dhama, abundant sadhu sanga- Parikrama is totally a transforming experience.
...- 28 Feb 2010
By Bhakti Vikasa Swami One of the first of the very profound statements I have ever heard after being allowed in the doors of this movement was from Gurudas. "You will know when our movement is successful when we have to appoint someone to mop up the tears after kirtan."
...- 27 Feb 2010
By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiSo very soon after a few days we are going to celebrate the appearance day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore from today onwards we will discuss different topics on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to develop our Caitanya consciousness.
...- 25 Feb 2010
By Urmila Devi DasiMy dear Lord, although personally You have nothing to do, You have distributed Your energies in the interactions of the material modes of nature, and for that reason the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation take place
...- 24 Feb 2010
By Danavir SwamiWhatever we see in Bhagavatam is to be taken authoritative - the topmost of all authorities, scriptures. There are many Puranas and there are many Upanisads, different branches of Vedic literature but out of all of them amala puranam, Srimad Bhagavatam is to be considered the top authority
...- 23 Feb 2010
February 15th 2010, saw the graduation ceremony for the newest Bhaktisastri graduates at the Mayapur Institute (MI) Sri Dham Mayapur Campus. The ceremony was graced by many senior ISKCON leaders and educators.
...- 23 Feb 2010
It is not that science is without faith - actually, faith is a vital component of science. For example, to account for the results of experiments, some scientist developed the atomic model of a positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons.
...- 23 Feb 2010
By Bhakti Charu SwamiIn order to assist Srila Prabhupada Sri Krishna sent many devotees. And undoubtedly HH Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj is one of them. To assist Srila Prabhupada Krishna planted different devotees in different parts of the world, in different communities, in different societies and when Srila Prabhupada went to America they came forward to assist Srila Prabhupada.
...- 22 Feb 2010
By Citraka dasaI found this tool (for Microsoft Windows) to facilitate drastically the uploading of pictures (text or files also) either to my ftp servers or external free hosting services.
...- 22 Feb 2010
By Anuttama dasaLord Kapila continued: This instruction is not meant for the envious, for the agnostics or for persons who are unclean in their behavior. Nor is it for hypocrites or for persons who are proud of material possessions
...- 22 Feb 2010