By Jaya Govinda Caran DasTo be honest, I did not know what to do, write to my spiritual master asking for advice, or run into the first chocolate shop I find, because I have to recognize, I was a chocolate addicted and the only idea of eating chocolates without any feeling of guiltiness made me so glad.
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- 27 Jan 2007
By Murari Gupta DasaHis Grace Sridama Prabhu was enthusing devotees to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books at Malad Station. His heartfelt announcements were inspiring the crowd, and sales picked up. Then a strange thing happened...
...- 27 Jan 2007
By Vijaya DasaDecember was a very successful ending for 2006 with over half of the years points being done in that month alone. What a great marathon! India of course was the main reason for that turn out, Srila Prabhupada predicted that India would be a country where book distribution would be a great success, and so it has.
...- 27 Jan 2007
By Ekalavya DasHere at ISKCON Pandharpur, we just had our first Youth Festival. More than two hundred youths attended from district towns and villages across Maharashtra including Pandharpur, Jaisingpur, Solapur, Amravati, Pune, Jalgoan, Vita, Satara, Sangli, Aravade, Alibhag, and Bid. The festival was a co-operative effort of ISKCON Pandharpur and the ISKCON Maharashtra Preaching Ministry
...- 25 Jan 2007
By Gokulananda dasOur mercilful God has offered us this perfect revelation about our real spiritual identities and our inate enduring loving relation to Him; and He has preserved its integrity within an unbroken disciplic succession "evam parampara praptam" of His empowered servants, the authentic Vedic teachers
...- 25 Jan 2007
By Kesava Krsna DasaDo we see all the obeisances and reverences accorded to the renounced order and secretly think “That position really has some power! Advanced supremacy! Without so much as lifting a finger, devotees fall like adoring uprooted trees without a storm in their presence. It is tempting to say, I wouldn’t mind having a danda.”
...- 25 Jan 2007
By Deenanath DasaSrila Prabhupada encouraged repetition of the sastra as a principle of disciplic succession and at the same time he condemned it as artificial and unscientific. Let’s examine the two positions with quotes from him.
...- 24 Jan 2007
By Basu Ghosh DasBefore I begin to describe the conference, I would like to publicly thank both Sriman Bimal Krishna Prabhu and Sriman (Dr.) Ganga Narayan Prabhu, who are the co-Presidents of ISKCON Ujjain, for so kindly hosting myself and my “party” at the newly constructed guest house there.
...- 24 Jan 2007
By Krishna-kirti dasI offer my obeisances to my spiritual master, Hridayananda das Goswami. In presenting these essays, I have meant you no malice. But please understand: I would rather be an outcast and have my arguments given a thoughtful hearing instead of an insider whose arguments are never heard. I offer my obeisances at your feet. And finally, I offer my obeisances at the feet of my param-guru, Srila Prabhupada. Without you, where would we all be? Please have mercy on me.
...- 24 Jan 2007
By Deena Bandhu das- 22 Jan 2007
By Deena Bandhu dasaThe Brahma-vaivarta Purana explains why Sarasvati no longer exists in her full glory: When Ganga-devi cursed Sarasvati-devi to become a river here on Mrtyuloka, one of the conditions was that she would only remain on earth as long as rishis and other great sages performed tapasya on her banks.
...- 22 Jan 2007
By Karuna Purna dasiAlthough, the subject of devotees' consumption of commercial milk speeding the moment of cows' slaughter has already been discussed years ago, I think that it is a good idea to revisit it from time to time.
...- 22 Jan 2007
By Dravida dasaOfferings for Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja book are due on April 15, 2007. The following is the official BBT announcement in this regard.
...- 22 Jan 2007
By Lilasuka dasiI am so happy to see some environmental issues being discussed amongst the devotee community. It is an issue for everyone in the world wherever you are. The saying "Think Globally, Act Locally" is particularly applicable at this time in history. We all affect each other and we each make a difference, everyday.
...- 19 Jan 2007
By Deena Bandhu dasaSince in Ujjain Kumbha Mela in 2004, Lokanatha Swami became a Sri Mahant of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Prabhupada Khalsa, we now have our official place in the Shahi Snanas.
...- 19 Jan 2007
By Indradyumna SwamiI offer my respectful obeisances to Das Goswami, who helped pioneer the mission of Srila Prabhupada in the southernmost tip of the world. He is devoted to bhajan and is caring and affectionate to all those who take shelter of his lotus feet
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Madhava GoshFor years we have been kicking around the idea of vicarious cow protection. Facing the reality that most will have to, for the time being, purchase milk from cows that will be slaughtered, what is a sincere devotee of the Supreme Cowherd Boy, Krishna, to do?
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Vyenkata Bhatta dasaThe devotees in Kazakhstan have been painstakingly following the proper procedures and have been careful to act with integrity and honesty. Likewise, members of the campaign team – under the direction of His Holiness B.B. Govinda Swami – have been diligent and conscientious in their approach, maintaining dignity, accuracy, balance, and fairness in all that we do.
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Amrita Gopala DasiKsudhi dasa, initiated by ISKCON Founder-Acarya Srila Prabhupada in 1970, is known for his pioneering spirit. A dedicated and caring preacher, Ksudhi Prabhu is credited with starting the South African yatra back in 1972. Presently he lives in Laguna Beach, California and is engaged in Bhakti-vriksha propagation.
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Sri Nanda - nandana dasaThis is an invitation to see if you might be interested in using several free brochures that have been developed for helping explains various aspects of Vedic knowledge.
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Dayananda dasParticularly in India, environmental solutions can be solved within the context of religion. Experts say that a fundamental cause of environmental problems in the West is that the Protestant disregard for God’s nature has allowed business, government, and science to collaborate in the rape and destruction of the earth and its living beings.
...- 17 Jan 2007
By Praghosa dasaGoing back to the original question - does sport have any place in the life of a devotee? We can fairly confidently conclude that sport of the professional, competitive and passionate variety does not, and clearly falls into the category of what Srila Prabhupada termed 'unnecessary sports'. Yet if we remove those elements, the argument could be made that engaging in sports like tennis, basketball or squash etc., might be okay for devotees. Perhaps not young full time temple devotees who have the opportunity to spend hours either dancing in kir...
- 15 Jan 2007
By Dayananda dasPrabhupada"s point about "no scarcity" is extremely important. He was interested to hear that although his disciple was giving fifty percent he had no scarcity of facilities to maintain his family.
...- 15 Jan 2007
By Karuna Purna dasiMy first shock arriving in Vrindavan after nineteen years of absence was seeing the amount of rubbish, plastic bags and inedible food in the streets that not only pollute Vrindavan, but also constitute a hazard, particularly for cows’ health and ultimately their life, as you very rightly pointed out.
...- 15 Jan 2007