ISKCON India (Bureau) Executive Committee Letter on the Issue of COVID-19
Dear Maharaja and Prabhus, Dandavat Pranams. Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Please find below the letter from Bureau EC on the issue of COVID-19. The EC is also monitoring the situation and will take a call shortly on the IIAC and Bureau meetings scheduled to take place in Mumbai. Kindly note thatContinue Reading
Sri Srivasa Pandita Appearance Day
asyaartho vivrtas tair yah sa sankshipyaa vilikhyate bhakta-rupo gaurachandro yato ‘sau nandanandanah bhakta-swarupo nityanando vraje yah sri-halayudhah bhaktaavatara acaryo ‘dvaito yah sri-sadaasivah bhaktaakhyaah srinivaasaadyaa yatas te bhakta-rupinah bhakta-shaktir dvi jaagranyah sri-gadaadhara-panditah “I shall now summarily explain the meaning of these words. In this Pancha-tattwa, the bhakta-rupa (form of a devotee)Continue Reading
Coronavirus – Whole World is now following Ancient Eternal Advance Scientific Way of Greeting
Thank you Corona whole world is Now Following World’s oldest Ancient Eternal advance Scientific Vedic Tradition… No Hand Shake only Namaste No meat-eating only Veggies No Burying Dead Bodies but the bodies Vedic Sanathana Dhamra style cremation. So if you don’t follow What is Said In Vedas you suffer, likeContinue Reading
ISKCON GBC EC Letter on Coronavirus
Dear ISKCON Community Members, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Yesterday, we received the sad news of a beloved member of the Bhaktivedanta Manor Community in the UK passing from this world as a result of the coronavirus. In light of the seriousness of the situation,Continue Reading
Term ISKCON is exclusive and needs highest degree of protection, says Bombay HC
Free Press|By Narsi Benwal|Updated on : Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 6:38 AM IST: Mumbai: Observing that the term ISKCON never existed prior to it being coined by the trust — International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), the Bombay High Court recently held the expression deserves the highest level of protection. The HC accordingly barred anContinue Reading
TOVP News-Jaya and Vijaya Detail Work
At most Vishnu temples in India, the main temple entrance is flanked by murtis of Jaya and Vijaya, the Lord’s eternal gatekeepers in Vaikuntha. We all the know the story of the Lord’s pastime in arranging for them to be cursed to come to the material world so He couldContinue Reading
Gaura Purnima – Appearanca of Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayapur in the town of Nadia just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Phalguna (1407 Sakadba), answering to the 18th of February 1486 of the Christian Era. The moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth, and the people of Nadia wereContinue Reading
Video Transcript: How We Read Srila Prabhupada – Part I
Hare Krishna. My name is Krishna Kirti Das, and I’m going to comment on the question and answer portion of a Bhagavatam class given by His Holiness Bir Krishna das Goswami, who is responding to a devotee named Dharma Das, who himself is a highly successful book distributor from Serbia. The class took place on January 7th, 2020. And is on Srimad-Bhagavatam canto six chapter 18 text 35.
Now, why I am commenting on this portion of the class is that I feel that Maharaja’s opinions on the subject of women’s social rules and the female diksha guru issue are representative of the views and attitudes of many devotees in our movement. However there are many others in our movement who do not share these views, and I will be representing them.Continue Reading
What will happen when I am not here, shall everything be spoiled by GBC?
I cannot understand why, instead of one GBC man, a person outside the Commission was given so much power, and there was to be immediate action without divulging the matter to the devotees. And I am surprised that none of the GBC members detected the defects in the procedure. It was detected only when it came to me. What will happen when I am not here, shall everything be spoiled by GBC? So for the time being, let the GBC activities be suspended until I thoroughly revise the whole procedure. Continue Reading
ISKCON Faces Ire Of Devotees For Attempting Another Untimely Rath Yatra
Odisha TV|Edited By Suryakant Jena Published By Mrunal Manmay Dash Last updated Mar 5, 2020 – 11:29 PM Puri: The ISKCON has once again dragged itself into another controversy by announcing to hold another untimely Rath Yatra despite widespread resentment against the authorities and repeated warnings by Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) against doing so. AsContinue Reading