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16 April 17, There is Goloka Dhaam in Europe the topmost spiritual abode in contrast to ever growing hedonistic material chauvinism. Thanks to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Spiritual Ambassador for this the world where World Wars took place and appears always in the offing that there is a place for peaceful coexistence for the people of all races and faiths. Sri Sri Radhamadanamohan Developing Krishna consciousness is the solution to all mankind of the present, future and for their salvation, this being given as a mandate to the empowered Srila Prabhupada, initiated earlier by the Lord Sri Caitanya himself five centuries ago.  Among other European countries besides England , Srila Prabhupada focused Germany as the most important center to establish the epicenter for Krishna Consciousness. He always urged to owe a piece of land and build the Hare Krishna temple or install the deity form of the lord only upon owing the building for the Internati...

By Radhanath Swami, 25-03-17.  According to the shastra- the holy scriptures of the Vedic wisdom, the way to counteract the very deeply strong tendency for possessiveness in the grihastha or married life is to giving charity to the Vaishnavas and the brahmans, to the mission of the guru.   Foto from Swamiji's facebook According to the shastra, the first fifty percent you have give it to your guru’s mission. And then whatever else you have, maintain, that is the ideal standard. You never be possessive if you do that, because the first priority with whatever you get goes to Guru and Krishna. You cannot do fifty percent; you should aspire to come as close to that as possible. But that should be the first thing you do with your Laxmi or your wealth or whatever you have. Not that I will take care of my own needs and whatever little is left will see. This is how a grihastha suppose to be trained according to the shastra. Then you will not be possessive, for you should g...

Dear Devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I wish you all a very happy Gaura Purnima. It is a very special occasion for us, the Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the followers of Srila Prabhupada, because on this day the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared in His most munificent feature as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore, we celebrate this day as our New Year and resolve to commit ourselves to the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with all our he art and soul. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu predicted that His Krishna consciousness movement would spread all over the world in every town and village, and He very mercifully sent Srila Prabhupada to fulfill that prediction. Srila Prabhupada not only spread this movement all over the world but in order to continue his mission, even after his disappearance, he created the wonderful institution — ISKCON. We are experiencing how with the progress of time Krishna consciousness movement is expanding so...

This Amazing story is about a saint named MataJi Pada Sevanam, from Baku, Azerbaijan. (Caucasus, former part of the USSR), who re-established devotional service to Lord Nrsimhadev and changed the hearts of many devotees due to her limitless love to Krishna, fearlessness, and determination. ( Excerpt f rom a lecture by A.C. Bhagavatamrita Keshava Swami. Barnaul, Russia December 18, 2016) Few decades earlier, someone distributed a Bhagavad-Gita by Srila Prabhupada to this woman. She read it and the knowledge struck her so much that she accepted it with all her heart. She found the address of the ISKCON temple in the beginning of the book and came to meet devotees in a luxurious, large hat. A devotee met her and escorted her to a guest room where there were a few other people. The devotee begun telling something to the guests, but he was called out and left them to bring more guests, saying: “just a minute, please wait”. When he came back, the woman was preaching the Bhagavad-Gita to...

In a unique offering for ISKCON’s 50 th  anniversary, two devotees have made a preaching trip to Antarctica, the southernmost and coldest continent in the world. Kesihanta (left) and Trivikrama with their Hare Krishna mantra banner in Antarctica The intrepid explorers are Kesihanta Das, a Prabhupada disciple and co-director of ISKCON Alachua’s Save the Cow program, and Trivikrama Das, bass player for Vaishnava hardcore band 108. The two held the first kirtan in Antarctica and distributed Prabhupada’s books there for the first time, placing the Bhagavad-gita As It Is in several Antarctic research stations. What’s more, in bringing a murti of Srila Prabhupada himself with them, they have ensured that the ISKCON Founder-Acharya has now visited every continent in the world. “During the Prabhupada arrival festival at Boston’s Commonwealth Pier last year, many devotees were giving exciting and inspiring talks about Srila Prabhupada’s achievements, saying he went to s...

Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Please accept my most humble obeisance on this most glorious day of your appearance. Let your divine glory spread all over the world for the benefit of all the living entities.  Many times you emphatically reminded us of the critical condition of Kali-yuga. In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, you said, people would become degraded and violence would prevail everywhere. And sure enough, we are seeing that prediction come true. Sinful activities have become so rampant that breaking the four regulative principles is now the normal standard of life.  There is violence wherever we look. In the name of religion, adharma is gaining popularity, and violence in the form of terrorism is engulfing the world. Recently, during Easter time, when the Christians in Lahore were celebrating that auspicious occasion, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb, killing more than hundred people and injuring over three hundred others. Less than a week earlier, two young suicid...