Akiñcana, Akiñcana means do not possess anything material. Akiñcana-gocara. Queen Kuntī, when she was receiving Kṛṣṇa, she said, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are Akiñcana-gocara. You are realized by a person who has no material possession. And You have given us now so much material possession. How we can understand You?”Continue Reading
Through bhakti-yoga we can finally reunite with the person we’ve wanted all along. A lecture given on December 12, 2000, at 26 Second Avenue in New York City, ISKCON’s first temple. WE’LL READ TONIGHT from the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, which discusses dhyana-yoga, or meditative yoga. Texts 13-14 say: “One should hold one’s body, neck, and head erectContinue Reading
Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.11.2 by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami. Recorded on 05.June.2019 at ISKCON Jamnagar, Gujarat, India Is Varnashrma-Dharma is eternal to know please watch? When Varnashrma becomes asura Varnashrma to know, please watch? How to see if somebody loves their work or not to know, please watch? WhoContinue Reading
The Indian newspaper The Hindu has published an article on how Sri Vaishnava acharyas oppose the push for female diksha gurus within ISKCON. Subscribers can read the entire article here.Continue Reading
Krsna has a plan to eventually spread His teachings all over the world through His devotees. Every disciple of Srila Prabhupada has his own individual responsibility to follow in the footsteps of our beloved spiritual master. I’m sure that that has always been in the back of the minds ofContinue Reading
The true meaning to the Vedic literature is hidden to the academics scholars, therefore, besides simple grammatical editing as approved during Srila Prabhupada’s presence, we can not change Srila Prabhupada’s books to suit our ideas of what is academically ( or perhaps politically) correct. As we have been told manyContinue Reading
Kartik, or the month of Damodar, is considered the best of months and is most auspicious for spiritual advancement. In the Skanda Purana it is stated: “As Satya-yuga is the best of yugas, as the Vedas are the best of scriptures, as Ganga is the best of rivers, so KartikContinue Reading
[Translation from Hindi] News Desk, Amar Ujala, New Delhi, Updated Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:50 PM IST The name of ‘UDGAR’ festival organized to get rid of the evil addictions in the country has been recorded in the world record book. London’s World Book Records on Sunday honored Gopal KrishnaContinue Reading
Sri Radha Madhav Iskcon Temple in Rohini, Delhi, organised and held in its precincts an interfaith meet to celebrate the Holy Name Week. MONA MEHTA reports Talking in fluent Hindi, Divyaroopa Devi Dasi, Iskcon member from Ukraine, took us around the Sri Radha Madhav Temple in Rohini, Delhi. As sheContinue Reading
Isn’t it Lord Chaitanya’s desire and instruction that we disciples of Srila Prabhupada become gurus ourselves to explain and expand this great science, under the expert guidance of our beloved spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, to whomever we meet? This does not mean that we want to be worshipped ourselves orContinue Reading