By Tattvavit DasaVarious GBC members then expressed thanks to the out-going chairman. Sivarma Swami said that Bhaktivaibhava Swami did an outstanding job by giving the GBC body the opportunity to work together to formulate a vision. Maharaja was impressive that Bhaktivaibhava Swami agreed to serve on the Executive Committee one more year, to solidify the GBC's work on strategic planning.
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- 19 Feb 2007
By Muniraja dasaOf course, devotees are not expecting service for themselves, but if you go to a temple where none is interested to help you, to speak to you, you may wonder what kind of impression it will leave to someone visiting first time. Very opulent surroundings, elaborate puja and loud kirtans are not much helpfull, if devotees are not interested about visitors.
...- 19 Feb 2007
By Mangalananda dasI started participating in the Hare Krishna Kirtan movement in the early 1970s. The chanting profoundly changed my life and Iāve been an advocate of the benefits of kirtan ever since. As a songwriter born in the U.S. I naturally write about my unique American experience which includes kirtan.
...- 17 Feb 2007
By Krishna-kripa dasaAs I have previously invited you to the 2007 Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival and advertised the courses given, I feel obliged to update you with current information. Some new courses have been added, others cancelled, and the time and/or place has changed for still others.
...- 17 Feb 2007
By Kavicandra SwamiSome years ago the GBC appointed a group of " deputies " to assist them in their work. They have been doing very valuable service behind the scenes, without getting very much public recognition. They have done a lot of preliminary work which has enabled the GBC members to concentrate on proactive things.
...- 17 Feb 2007
By Madan Mohan DasaMy thoughts on this are partly in response to seeing (on this site) the model of the proposed temple to be built in Mayapura. I'd like to see the setting for the temple be as moving as the structure itself, or more so. Perhaps there could be a botanical garden/arboretum incorporated into the plan.
...- 17 Feb 2007
By Shyamagopika Devi DasiHis Divine Grace desired to have Gaura Purnima festival year after year in a grand way and as a result, in 1973 or 74, over 300 devotees attended. It grew to more than 2000 devotees in 1996 during Srila Prabhupad centennial year and now it has reached to the point of more than 5000 devotees coming to Mayapur to take the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with them.
...- 17 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaThe GBC voted that a World Holy Name Day be annually celebrated at temples worldwide, to coincide with and commemorate Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the USA. Lokanath Swami, Janananda Prabhu, and Ekalavya Prabhu will be the coordinators. The GBC body spent the rest of the morning discussing and voting on a resolution concerning the situation of Dhanudhara Swami.
...- 17 Feb 2007
By Shyama - krishna DasDevotees from around the world are hereby informed that in pursuance to an interim order passed by the Hon'ble High Court at Allahabad on 12th February, 2007, Srila Prabhupada's Bhajan Kutir is now re-opened.
...- 16 Feb 2007
By the GBC ChairmanOn behalf of our beloved Founder-Acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the GBC Executive Committee, extends its grateful appreciation to His Holiness Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami for his outstanding service in dealing with the difficulties facing the Kazakhstan yatra during the year 2006.
...- 15 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaBhanu Swami chaired the Open Forum and began with a letter from Jiva Tattva Prabhu (Spain), who asked why ISKCON does not have a varnasrama social system and whether the GBC's role is spiritual or managerial.
...- 15 Feb 2007
By Deena Bandhu dasaEverywhere there were South Indian brahamanas mostly with their distinctive sikhas where they shave about two inches back from the forhead and around the ears and tie all their hair in a bun at the back.
...- 15 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaSesa Prabhu cried when Bhakti Swarupa Damodara Maharaja departed. He pointed out that Maharaja was so fixed on Srila Prabhupada's instructions that his departure from the world was glorious. Krsna, in this way, prepared him to go back to Godhead. Sesa Prabhu asked the senior disciples to be forgiving, as there is a lesson to be learned from all this.
...- 14 Feb 2007
By Suresvara dasaAstonished, the professor looked at me and I looked at him. Both of us felt as if our hairs were standing on end. He said, āGive me all those books, I must have those books!" I sold him 12 hardbound Bhagavad-gitas.
...- 14 Feb 2007
By Caru DasIn this temple visitors purchase a ticket for a pot of jaggery, sweet water with cardamon and pepper, to be offered through a brass mask of Narasingha placed over a hole in the mountain.
...- 14 Feb 2007
By Malati Devi DasiThe secret destination turned out to be Jagannathās Mandir and I personally could not have been more pleased since I had not been able to visit Them last year. These Deities of Jagannath, Subhadra and Baladev are very powerful and are known for Their benevolence in granting boons. There are many authentic experiences supporting this claim, many of them recent. We performed a bhajan and kirtan lead by H H Lokanath accompanied by Madhava das (world reknown mrdanga player).
...- 14 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaNext there was a debate about the best way to serve and honor prasadam. Hridayananda Maharaja's team defended eating on the floor and using one's fingers. Devamrta Swami's team argued that a Western style of eating (at a table, with silverware) is essential for effective preaching. The argument that a pizza is a self-realized capati got a lot of laughs.
...- 13 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaToday's agenda: morning presentations about Kazakhstan, the Child Protection Office (CPO), and Mayapur. The new temple will fit on the ISKCON trust land. There will be triple the park-and-garden space we have now. Srila Prabhupada wanted the main dome to resemble the Capitol in Washington, D.C. or the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, and it does.
...- 12 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaTwo initiatives are being undertaken: The "six-month initiative" will focus on the first six months of new devotees in ISKCON, when they accept Srila Prabhupada as their siksa guru. A curriculum will be produced that helps new devotees establish a solid siksa relationship that continues throughout their lives. The team also proposed a "hearing from Srila Prabhupada initiative," to teach new devotees how to listen to and hear from Srila Prabhupada.
...- 11 Feb 2007
By the GBC ChairmanThe GBC will be available for all ISKCON devotees by scheduling an Open Door Day. The Open Door day will be in Sri Mayapura Dhama during the Annual GBC Meetings on Tuesday, February 13th from 10.00am until 12.15pm in the GBC room on the top of the Conch building.
...- 10 Feb 2007
By Payonidhi dasWe have just found these prayers to Lord Narasimha on the Acaraya folio, they are prayers offered by Saturn Personified, Sri Sani deva, who is so much feared in India. Actually he is great devotee of Lord Narasimhadeva.
...- 10 Feb 2007
By Caru DasLast Monday from my office window I noticed a sole Indian gentleman circling the temple verandah on foot. He had apparently tried entering from the upstairs, but that door is often stuck in winter due to cold expansion.
...- 10 Feb 2007
By Lalita Madhava devi dasiFirst of all, on behalf of the unofficial "team" that has been coordinating this fundraising effort - gurukulis Madhvacarya, Radha-priya and Dhanista, along with "first generation" devotees Kirtiraja Prabhu and myself - I wish to thank the many devotees who have sent generous donations and words of encouragement. We are most grateful.
...- 10 Feb 2007
By bhakta MartinFor several years I suffered from almost suicidal pains in my head and tried different doctors and therapies, ate many chemical pills but nothing helped. Then I tried to search for the cause through astrology and I found the website of Shyamasundara Prabhu, disciple of Srila Prabhupada
...- 9 Feb 2007