By: Mayapur Advisory Committee for ISKCON News on Feb. 1, 2020

Those who may want to come to Mayapur from China, or other countries and areas in close proximity to outbreaks of this virus, or those with any symptoms of fever...Read More

By: Nrsingha-tirtha dasa for ISKCON News on Jan. 31, 2020

Viplavah 2020, the Annual International Symposium by ISKCON Ministry of Education will be held on February 21st & 22nd, 2020, at ILS Venue in Gita Bhavan, Sridham Mayapur...Read More

By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Jan. 31, 2020

Back in 2009, when devotees in Radhadesh, Belgium held a small kirtan weekend with Sivarama Swami and Madhava, just 100 people attended. It was a similarly intimate group the next...Read More

By: ISKCON Mayapur for ISKCON News on Jan. 31, 2020

Vasanta Pancami usually takes place during the month of January or February, and marks the first official day of spring. The spring season signifies new life and joy, and Mother...Read More

By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Jan. 31, 2020

When 13-year-old Josh Menheere first noticed graffiti around the surf town where he grew up in Queensland, Australia, and learned techniques from his cousin who was dating a graffiti artist ...Read More

By: Nrsimhananda das, Chairman, SABHA for ISKCON News on Jan. 31, 2020

The SABHA - Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly - invites devotees to take part in a brief survey....Read More

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The so-called political leaders are busy making plans to advance the material prosperity of their nation, but factually these political leaders only want an exalted position for themselves. Due to their greed for material position, they falsely present themselves as leaders before the people and collect their votes, although they are completely under the grip of the laws of material nature...Read More

By H. H. Bhakti V. V. Narasimha Swami

So this is one of the two verses which are used in the beginning of Caitanya-caritamrta by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami to introduce us to Advaita Acarya. The chapter then goes on to explain how Advaita Acarya is the second branch of the tree of Caitanya Mahaprabhu - the first branch of course being Lord Nityananda and the main trunk being Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself...Read More

By the Sastric Advisory Committee

One argument for a beardless deity of Advaita Acarya is that we should follow Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Certainly we should follow the previous acaryas. Sometimes, as in the case of Maharaja Priyavrata, the param-guru may override the decision of the guru. In this regard, Srila Prabhupada wrote, “The duty of a great devotee is to carry out the order of the spiritual master, or the spiritual master of the spiritual master in the parampara system. “ (SB 5.1.20 purport) Unfortunately, neither Srila Prabhupada..Read More

By HH Radhanath Swami

Material life is when we put the flickering pleasures and securities of the mind and the senses in the center of our lives, our decisions, our aspirations, our goals are according. Spiritual life or true bhakti is when we put the pleasures of God or Krishna in the center of our life— what pleases Krishna, all of our decisions, our aspirations are orchestrated accordingly....Read More

By HH Bhakti Rasamrta Swami

Madhvacarya's advent was principally to counter and defeat the Mayavad conclusions. In South India despite Ramanujacarya's aggressive preaching for many years and very potent dissemination of the principle of pure bhakti there was still Mayavad that was well entrenched. And the Mayavadis were also becoming very aggressive and they were spreading like anything everywhere. So Madhvacarya's purpose of advent was essentially to be like a connecting link between Sankara and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu if one looks at it like that...Read More

What exactly is Bhishma Ashtami? Bhishma Ashtami marks the event of Bhishmadev willfully leaving his body after lying on the bed of arrows for 18 days after the Kurukshetra war. It falls on the Ashtami of the Shukla Paksha of the Magh month. This period was considered auspicious as it was Uttarayana (daytime for the devas in the heavenly abode) and thus, Bhishmadev chose to remain alive till the arrival of this period...Read More

By: HG Sunanda Prabhu for TOVP News on January 28, 2020

On February 13, 2020, the 146th auspicious Divine Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada, the TOVP staff and all of ISKCON will celebrate another milestone event in the progress of the construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium: the inauguration of the Deities’ completed new pujari floor...Read More