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9th June '17, Medolago, Italy, On the auspicious Snan Yatra of the Lord Sri Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra, His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada bestowed His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj the renounced/ sanyasa order of life 40 years earlier. On this auspicious occassion this year Sri Guru Maharaj HH Bhakti Charu Swami addressing a gathering of devotees at Medolago, Italy, a place known as the Oasis of Srila Prabhupadadesh  spoke so beautifully over his feelings on receiving  sannyasa  and shared the most important instructions that Srila Prabhupada imparted on him. Below is the essence of the address. Guru Maharaja started off by sharing how certain GBC members were opposed to his  sannyasa  initiation, because he had been in the movement for just a little while.  Sri Guru Maharaja said: “ I was cooking in the kitchen,  Tamal Krishna Maharaja and Bhavananda Maharaja came to me.  Tamal Krishna Maharaja’s expres...

From Back to Godhead By Sivarama Swami What is the effect of chanting Hare Krishna? The names of the Lord in the maha-mantra Hare, Krishna, and rama are invested with His full potencies. Singing God’s names, therefore, is to contact Him through the medium of transcendental sound. Thus, the effect of chanting is the same as the effect of directly associating with the Lord. The following beautiful verse, written by Lord caitanya, describes the seven effects the Hare Krishna mantra has on chanters. A Film poster of Hare Krishna 50 year celebrations ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam sreyan-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-Krishna-sankirtanam “Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon ...

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...