By Hari-sauri dasaWith great regret the Mayapur management wishes to inform the community of devotees about the disappearance of Srimati Gauri dasi, the granddaughter of Srila Prabhupada, her three years old daughter Yamunangi, and her brother-in-law, Sriman Sri Hari dasa.
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- 30 Sep 2006
By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiBy now you must have come to know that ISKCON Mayapur and many of the surrounding villages are affected by flood. Although this year’s flood is not as big as in the year 2000, still it has brought damage and suffering to ISKCON Mayapur and nearby villages of dham-vasis. But despite all our inconvenience we badly need to help the nearby villagers who are in very distressed condition.
...- 30 Sep 2006
From a lecture of Giriraja Swami Kausalya dasi: I would like to tell this because I think it is one of the sweetest exchanges. We had so many wonderful exchanges. In India, Prabhupada was very.. It was a very intimate group. There was a very small number of us. There were only five women and how many men? Ten? Fifteen?
...- 29 Sep 2006
By Govinda dasiWe are eternally indebted. No one had heard of Krsna in the West. You were the emissary, the pioneer, the divine agent sent by Lord Caitanya to awaken the Western world from the sleep of ignorance. You are the most exemplary preacher of the Lord, always concerned for the welfare of all living entities for the suffering of all the souls in this world.
...- 29 Sep 2006
By Visnu Murti dasPlease find attached 4 files which could be of interest to many of you as aspiring leaders and servants of the Krsna Consciousness Movement. The research documents are the result of three months of studying VEDAbase to extract all of the quotes from the books of Srila Prabhupada on the subject matter of the Krsna Consciousness Movement.
...- 29 Sep 2006
By Forum 18 In June, a Hare Krishna devotee was knifed. One blackspot is the town of Backa Palanka, where Seventh-day Adventist and Pentecostal churches have faced graffiti, arson and stone-throwing attacks and a Jehovah's Witness was assaulted.
...- 29 Sep 2006
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...- 28 Sep 2006
By Vaishnava dasSrila Prabhupada asked a devotee, ‘can you quote the verse?’ They could not. Srila Prabhupada said, “Just see - you are not reading my books. You have to read my books and you have to study and learn my books just like a lawyer learns the law books. You must know everything chapter and verse. If you do not know, how will you teach these men unless you know my books.
...- 28 Sep 2006
By Vrindavan Lila DasiWe are still trapped by the water in Youth Forum bld, Gosala area. We could walk to the temple in water upto our chest, but both of our healths isn't good at all. We do get out a little only around Gosala area, as it is less time to spend in cold water than trying to go to the temple.
...- 27 Sep 2006
By Madhumati Devi DasiGangamai is slowly coming once again to touch the lotus feet of lord Nrisimhadeva.Slowly the water is raising at a steady pace.All the day school and Housing is now totally flooded and water level is already 4 feet to 5 feet.I saw many childrens having fun in the water in the housing area but as a pathologist we always have a microscopic view! I feel following Health precautions have to be taken !
...- 27 Sep 2006
By Sankarshan Nitai DasFloods in Mayapur are usually caused by release of water from various Dams which are about 100km upstream. Around noon, the local government officials informed ISKCON management that they were releasing water down stream gradually. ISKCON Mayapur management immediately swung into action and convened a meeting of the Department heads at 4:00pm to discuss preventive measures and relief action.
...- 27 Sep 2006
Submitted by Shastra dasaMother Ganga touched the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava in the year 2000, but she has not come to greet the new Pancha-Tattva Deities, installed only 2 years ago. A rather dry rainy season was coming to an end . no one expected any flood in Sri Mayapur this year. Then the news came – the dams are too full and the Government has opened them up, in a few hours we will have a flood.
...- 27 Sep 2006
By COMMUNI-CATIONS DEPARTMENT ISKCON VRINDAVANAThe present situation with regards to Srila Prabhupada's rooms at the Radha Damodara Temple is that ISKCON won a recent court decision in Mathura. The court ruled that ISKCON was in legal possession of Srila Prabhupada's rooms, and should not be illegally dispossessed of those rooms. The City Magistrate was to turn the rooms over to us, but there was a local strike at that time, and the order wasn't issued right away
...- 27 Sep 2006
By Praghosa dasaOne of the purposes of the Dandavats website was to provide a medium where devotees could express their Krsna conscious realisations, so please don't be shy in sending them to us. An automatic benefit of sending your realisations, given the nature of the medium, is that they will reach the eyes of many many souls. As websites are available for everyone to read, who knows who might read and be inspired by your words?
...- 27 Sep 2006
By Sita-pati dasAs I consider myself "within ISKCON", I consider that what I do is "within ISKCON". The teachers at our yoga school are a mixture of initiated grand-disciples of Srila Prabhupada and aspiring grand-disciples of Srila Prabhupada who have been introduced to ISKCON through association with the devotees who teach there.
...- 26 Sep 2006
By Devaki devi dasiAnd I boldly say the Counselor System gives us the formula how to turn every yatra into Vaikuntha! Maharaja's personal example of taking care of Krishna’s devotees, of tirelessly preaching about the need of the counselor system within his zone, and finally compiling this wonderful book will no doubt gradually create a revolution within the hearts and minds of many devotees worldwide--exactly what ISKCON needs the most at present!
...- 26 Sep 2006
By Braja Sevaki devi dasiVrindavan Lila devi dasi has a series of images from yesterday tracking the progress; however it's now 5.30am the following day, and the waters have risen a minimum of 2 ft overnight. In the grhastha area (where I am writing from, and where I'm trapped until my gardener returns with our boat!), the water is around 4- ft high in some parts...
...- 26 Sep 2006
By Chaitanya Charan DasThe silly point is that we protest about the star shown as a smoker, but not about the same star being shown as a drug-dealing gangster or an underworld don. When movies blatantly exhibit sex, rape, addictions, crime, violence and murder, and when movie stars are today’s perverse role models, isn’t it silly to be shocked when the same happens in society?
...- 24 Sep 2006
By Danavir GoswamiWe find a growing conception among uneducated devotees that ISKCON's success depends on not rejecting any type of so-called spiritual ideas. This monstrous misunderstanding needs rectification. Srila Prabhupada wanted multitudes to enter the open doors of Lord Caitanya's loving sankirtana house, yet all unauthorized misconceptions and bogus practices carried by the members were to remain outside.
...- 24 Sep 2006
By Michael KennedyThe court had barred the city from enforcing its ordinance pending the outcome of litigation. The principal challenger was the Society of Krishna Consciousness of California, one of the major solicitors of airport travelers.
...- 23 Sep 2006
By Kavicandra SwamiWe have a very interesting story of how Rupa Manjari devi dasi became a practicing vaisnava. She graduated from the university majoring in political science. She had a serious drug problem while studying, but due to some accident she gave that up, that is when she started to believe in God.
...- 23 Sep 2006
By The Sangai ExpressUnable to resist the call of the Almighty, he left for ISKCON temple quite early as if he knew it was the last day of his life and before his departure his heart and soul was eager to get Brahmin Dikshya, the crest fallen widow recounted while consoling herself that her husband was finally able to fulfil his long cherished wish to get converted into a Brahmin.
...- 23 Sep 2006
By Kesava Krsna dasaLet us suppose a Spiritual Master tells a disciple he wants to rest due to tiredness, and requests the disciple not to wake him up under any circumstances. Let us also suppose that after some time, the president of the country comes quite by surprise and asks for an audience with the Guru. Is the disciple going to ask him to wait and apologize profusely, sticking rigidly to the order?
...- 23 Sep 2006
From Manor NewsletterEleven year old Orissa Kelly, who attended Bhaktivedanta Manor’s nursery and gurukula, has won a myriad of gold, silver and bronze medals and cups in gymnastics.
...- 23 Sep 2006