By David JormI would like any advice on running a successful university program. Here in Melbourne, Australia, we do not have a presence at any of the universities and the word from the devotees is they have been 'hard to crack'.
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- 9 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaThe main agenda item for the next three days is planning ISKCON’s future. If you have a vague idea of what strategic planning is, you will better understand it after reading this report. At the morning session today, the GBC discussed strategic planning for two and a half hours. Gopala Bhatta Prabhu enthusiastically facilitated the discussion and helped the GBC members open their hearts and focus on the issues.
...- 9 Feb 2007
By Shyama - krishna DasDevotees from around the world are aware that a dispute between ISKCON, Vrindavan and the Goswamis of Radha Damodar Temple, in respect of Srila Prabhupada's rooms in Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan, is presently being heard in the Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad, India.
...- 8 Feb 2007
By Janananda dasThis letter is a request to its readers to be as kind as to reply to me on the following topics regarding the Vanaprastha ashram in ISKCON. This letter is more of a feeler. We would very much appreciate feedback from young and old.
...- 8 Feb 2007
By Sri Nanda - nandana dasa If we are going to succeed in becoming free from the influence of Kali-yuga and use the Golden Age within the first 10,000 years of Kali-yuga in the best way possible, then we must cooperate in allowing for a new species of humanity to enter this world.
...- 8 Feb 2007
By Krishna Premi dasiDear Prabhus, could you help me get in touch with a devotee named Anantashakti dasa
...- 7 Feb 2007
By Lalita Madhava Devi DasiI am writing to make you aware of the tragic situation with Baladeva dasa and his wife, Bhaktin Christina, that is unfolding here in the Greater Alachua community, and to appeal to you all for your help.
...- 7 Feb 2007
By Mayapur CPTWe are trying to keep things tight again so we may avoid incidents of child abuse in particular and any illicit activity involving our youth. Most festival visitors are respectful and well behaved,coming only for purification and association. Unfortunately there are the unscrupulous few who come with a view to exploit and abuse.
...- 7 Feb 2007
By Bhurijana dasaThe Yamuna River bank calms the mind and offers peace and shelter to all, including those souls in the attached photo who are sitting peacefully at the bank of the Yamuna as the sun begins to set.
...- 7 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaBhaktivaibhava Swami (GBC chairman) began the meeting by advising the GBC members that they need to direct their comments and discussions more carefully in order to be more effective as a body. Offering an example, he said that during a discussion of a proposal, if a member withholds criticism until the last minute before a vote, this undermines the GBC's ability to build on constructive criticism or can obstruct progress. Thus he asked a deputy to provide guidelines for the day's straw-voting process.
...- 7 Feb 2007
By Tattvavit DasaThe GBC chairman, Bhaktivaibhava Swami, opened the well-attended meeting. Only a few members were absent this year, some because of illness. The day’s agenda: a summary of the autumn GBC meetings in Italy and a discussion of book distribution. The chairman first presented an overview of the GBC’s work in 2006.
...- 6 Feb 2007
By Jesse OlsenI am among the hundreds of devotee dishwashers in North America. It has become painfully aware to me the need for good dishwashing gloves. I recently discovered what I consider to be the best dishwashing gloves on the market.
...- 6 Feb 2007
By Dharmatma dasI felt very safe being wheeled into the operating theater hearing Srila Prabhupada chanting from speakers in every room and space in the hospital. Imagine our amazement when during recovery there was a knock on our door and Lord Jagannath appeared on a beautiful throne before us.
...- 6 Feb 2007
By Ratisha DasThe appearance day of Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami was celebrated for the first time at his birthplace, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu on the 8th of January 2007.
...- 6 Feb 2007
By Vineet ChanderMEDIA RELEASE - ISKCON COMMUNICATIONS on the latest developments in the persecution of a Hindu minority in Kazakhstan. Notably, the government's actions fly in the face of statements made by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the U.K. Parliament.
...- 5 Feb 2007
By Sita-pati dasFor me, personally, the definitive Prabhupada take on chocolate comes from an anecdote recorded in one of H.H. Satsvarupa Maharaja's Prabhupada Nectar books: One devotee had recently joined the temple in India. He recalls that he was addicted to eating chocolate, even though he knew that devotees did not take it.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By Adiguru dasOver the last couple of weeks as I have been travelling, I have been meeting several people who seem to be very eager and open for Krishna Consciousness. I asked Billie my usual cabdriver, how many books does she need to distribute. She gave me a figure for around 20 books.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By Jayapataka SwamiIt is a beautiful Temple. Colored with intricate golden filigree, marble floors, carvings and painting everywhere. They have raised the "bar" in Tirupati with this beautiful offering to the Lord. There may be bigger temples in ISKCON, but this one is very beautiful.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By BB Govinda SwamiHowever, as soon as construction began the same government authorities brought an administrative case against the community for having started illegal construction. SKC members were shocked by the change, but fully complied with local authorities and demolished the foundation.
...- 1 Feb 2007
By Janananda dasWorld famous Bondi beach, Christmas day 2006. 25 devotees descend amidst the thousands of beach combers with their surf boards and numerous other gadgets for trying to find happiness. The kirtan begins winding our way along the promenade. Then into the bar areas, onto the grass, with bodies lying everywhere in different states of awareness. The kirtan reaches higher and higher peaks raising the fallen to their feet.
...- 30 Jan 2007
By Bhakta ChrisSo, how did I, a peanut butter and jelly Nintendo kid from America, the land of plenty and plenty more, choose to enter as a brahmacari into the tradition of Gaudiya Vaisnavism as brought to the West by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada?
...- 30 Jan 2007
By Kaunteya DasA journalist pretended to be a normal Christian follower asking the confessors for absolution from his sins, or rather asking if what he claimed to be doing was sinful.
...- 30 Jan 2007
By Mayapur Sasi dasaFor the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains the following North American results for the month of December: 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
...- 27 Jan 2007
By BB Govinda SwamiThe representative of the General Prosecutors' office said on the last day of the Commission (3rd of January, 2007) that the Karasai District Prosecutors office has opened a criminal case against the members of the Society for Krishna Consciousness.
...- 27 Jan 2007