By Hari-sauri dasaIt is with great regret that we have to acknowledge the passing of another senior member of ISKCON, Sriman Sundararupa prabhu. Husband of Sudharma dasi he had lived in Alachua FL for many years.
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- 22 Sep 2008
By Hari-sauri dasaThe work of a great man will touch the life of more people than he himself can know. It will edify, uplift and improve; it will set a foundation on which future generations can live a better quality of life; it will provide sustenance and positive direction to a multitude of souls. In Sanskrit such a person is called ‘mahatma’.
...- 22 Sep 2008
By Kurma dasaIs there more than one, you ask? Yes! There are a few Kurma dasas around. There is myself, there is Kurma dasa in Mayapur, and of course there is Kurma Rupa. There may be more. I often get sent letters meant for Kurma Rupa, and maybe he gets a few of mine.
...- 21 Sep 2008
By Adi Guru dasBrighton UK - on a sublime late summers day, Lord Jagannatha and his devotees and friends go on Ratha Yatra along the famous Brighton Promenade. A blissful day for all and even the motorists had a smile on their face as we didn't even disturb the traffic!
...- 21 Sep 2008
By Jubilee Q. CookeWhen most Westerners think of “yoga,” they likely conjure up images of headstands and deep stretches to maintain health and fitness. But another form of yoga, rapidly gaining prominence in the West, is clearly presented in Steven Rosen’s recent book: The Yoga of Kirtan.
...- 21 Sep 2008
By Caitanya dasaI recently had the great pleasure to visit the 100 acre farm owned by ISKCON near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. I will first give a description of the farm, then second of the various services I performed there, and third I will speak about how I feel this affected my consciousness.
...- 20 Sep 2008
By Danavir GoswamiWe are shocked and very sorry to hear of the sudden departure of Sriman Sadaputa dasa Adhikari (Dr. Richard L. Thompson) His work in establishing Krishna consciousness through science was brilliant and effective.
...- 19 Sep 2008
By Indradyumna SwamiO Sanatana! Your lotus feet surpass even the nectar of the gods. Finding in this lotus flower of your feet the essence of sweetness which is endowed with truly wonderful mellows, I pray that today the bee of my mind will eternally reside there.
...- 19 Sep 2008
By Deena Bandhu dasaToo many people just throw up their hands and say "that's the way it is, you can't do anything about it".. I couldn't disagree more. And if a resource like gethuman.com saves people time, anger, and stress, than passing the word around about it is worth it.. and the people who put it together deserve our Thanks.
...- 19 Sep 2008
By Ila devi dasiThe present-day town of Navadvipa on the banks of the Ganges, which was formerly known as Kuliya, was basically what we would call today, a “University Town” 500 years ago.
...- 19 Sep 2008
By Sridevi dasiBhakti Raghava Swami, originally from Canada, was here at New Talavana, MS, USA for the weekend of Sep 12-14th, 2008 to convey the urgency of implementing varnasrama dharma as envisioned by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
...- 19 Sep 2008
By Radhanath SwamiTake an example like Hayagriva Prabhu. As far as I could see he went back home back to Godhead, by Prabhupada’s causeless mercy. So who cares, what stupid things and mistakes he did in this world, if he’s back home, back to Godhead?
...- 17 Sep 2008
By Ila devi dasiThe nearby town of Krishnanagar was the venue for the third day of the Holy Name week in Mayapur. Krishnanagar is the municipal and administrative headquarters for the district of Nadia in West Bengal. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur worked here as a magistrate when he first started exploring the Holy Dhama to re-discover the lost Holy places.
...- 16 Sep 2008
By Mayapur Sasi dasaFor the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains the following North American results for the month of August: North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors etc., Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5
...- 16 Sep 2008
By Caru Das3,000 attendees showed up and had the time of their lives. The festival execution was flawless with the help of many many volunteers
...- 16 Sep 2008
By Praghosa DasaWe are now in serious danger of ruining our long practiced and much cherished reputation of our 21st century sannyasi! What are we talking about? Well a couple of weeks ago a certain member of the sannyasa order all but snuck into the emerald isle unnoticed. Usually a visiting sannyasi’s arrival is known well in advance and there is at least a modest welcoming party to greet him. However not this time, rather it was a very humble entrance at a regional port and from there, almost immediately into a walking tour of the country.
...- 16 Sep 2008
By Atul-Krishna dasWhen Srila Prabhupada incorporated the first ISKCON temple, he stated the first purpose of ISKCON as follows: "To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world."
...- 14 Sep 2008
By Antony BrennanThis web site, Dandavats.com, has become a library of articles and stories of interest for the devotees and well wishers assembled in cyber-space. Like most libraries the content you see when you come in is only a small part of that which is available
...- 14 Sep 2008
By Bhakta KaplishDevotees of ISKCON, Ludhiana visited Central Jail in city on Saturday September 13th, in boy's jail aging between 18-25 years for preaching. Prisoners took part in the Kirtan very interestingly by dancing with mahamantra.
...- 14 Sep 2008
By Champakalata dasiDevotees in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, literally swam in an ocean of nectar during the past two weeks. After resoundingly successful Janmastami programmes, devotees had a 3 day break to catch their breaths before they dived into an ocean of bliss with H.H. Lokanath Swami.
...- 14 Sep 2008
By Partha-sarathi DasaI always travel with a few small books, so I pulled them out and explained each one. Each of the people gathered around started asking for a book, and by Srila Prabhupada's mercy I distributed all the books I had.
...- 13 Sep 2008
By Akruranatha dasYesterday I received an email from Anuttama Prabhu (not Rukmini’s husband the GBC, but the other D. C. Anuttama), with some photos of a huge display in an airport in Thailand of the devas and asuras churning the milk ocean, very beautifully done in Thai style.
...- 13 Sep 2008
By Parasurama DasThe World Holy Name Week is coming up in just a day (September 13th - 21st) and hand-in-hand with that a wonderful opporunity for each and everyone of us to partake in this worldwide nine day Harinam-yajna.
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