by Sruta Kirti dasa I was fortunate to be with Srila Prabhupada in 1975 when Prabhupada was here in Mayapur for Gaura-purnima in March. And what I wanted to try to do, although it’s not so possible to do, but I am going to try anyway to give just a…
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This prediction of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s is now actually coming to pass. The Krishna consciousness movement is being distributed all over the world through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and people who were leading confused, chaotic lives are now feeling transcendental happiness.
In 1892, commenting on the words of Vrindavana Dasa Thakura’s Chaitanya-bhagavata, the Vaishnava acharya Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838–1914) wrote an article called “Nityadharma Suryodaya” (“The Rising Sun of Eternal Dharma”), which appeared in his journal Sajjana-toshani. This visionary article explained that the movement of Sri Chaitanya would spread across…
Prophecy has been part of Prabhupada’s life from the time he first appeared in this world, and, as we have shown, even before that. But the instance of his birth prophecy is especially significant, and so we conclude with that visionary beginning. Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami writes in his Srila Prabhupada-lilamrita.,,
Those days going to mangala-arati was the main priority no matter what age. They even had one western devotee taking note of attendance standing at the temple gate at 4:30 in the morning. I was always tired due to lack of sleep. But there was no way of getting prasadam if we didn’t go to mangala-arati. One day, I devised a plan and shared it with Dwarkadish…
All devotees are invited to attend this auspicious occasion glorifying ISKCON Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada either personally or online.
based on lecture by Bhanu Swami In ISKCON, the topic of guru has been discussed by many people with different ideas, and throughout its history, it has grown only more complex. Kaviraja Maharaja explains in the Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi Lila Chapter 1 called “the spiritual masters”. Vers 35 states that…
In ISKCON, it’s important for all devotees to honour their guru. Some disciples may think that their ISKCON guru should be honoured as much as Srila Prabhupada, this should be discouraged and checked, and unless the GBC body recognises such a highly exceptional and pure devotee, all these trends and vacillations should be discouraged and stopped if they become a disturbance.
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ISKCON Mayapur: These three days were filled with joy, reflections, and realizations. I acknowledge my inability to recall and mention all the wonderful revelations made by Srila Prabhupada’s disciples here. I am attaching the link for the videos of the event with this article.
Subhag Swami expressed gratitude to all his godbrothers for their kind participation in the festival. The program concluded with the Abhishek ceremony and pushpanjali for His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The devotees offered Srila Prabhupada 108 different dishes. All Prabhupada’s disciples were respectfully seated, and they lovingly honored the Lord’s divine prasadam while reminiscing about Prabhupada. Around ten thousand devotees also enjoyed the Lord’s prasadam in a separate pandal.