SB 9.10.33: When Lord Rāmacandra returned to His capital, Ayodhyā, He was greeted on the road by the princely order, who showered His body with beautiful, fragrant flowers, while great personalities like Lord Brahmā and other demigods glorified the activities of the Lord in great jubilation. SB 9.10.34: Upon reaching Ayodhyā, Lord Rāmacandra heard that in His absence His brother Bharata was eating barley cooked…
Hare Krishna Hour Weekly Podcast – 23 Oct 11 – Listen Now
HARE KRISHNA!!! and welcome to the HARE KRISHNA HOUR, your weekly Krishna Conscious Radio Show brought to you every Sunday mornings between 8am & 9am . Hare Krishna Hour 23 Oct 11 Another great show this week.. Beginning with our inspirational Bhagavad Gita class by HG Ishvara Puri das who continued with the third chapter of Bhagavad Gita, this week Prabhu explained a very…
We Love Krishna, Therefore We Are: The Importance of Serving with Affection part 2 : Karnamrita das
Krishna has a perfect sense of timing. As so often happens in my life, He has helped me in my tiny service. While I was thinking of how to expand my four paragraphs in this second part about affection, I heard a very appropriate tape of a Prabhupada lecture, with pertinent details about feeling that…
Wits Bhakti Yoga Society (BYS) receives Dean’s Award
Yesterday marked the 36th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s visit to the University of the Witwatersrand. On the 20th October 1975, during His only visit to South Africa, His Divine Grace delivered a talk at the prestigious Great Hall, Wits. Today, the Bhakti Yoga Society at Wits University- a university-based preaching wing of the Intrernational Society…
Hare Krishna Hour Weekly Podcast – 16 Oct 11 – Listen Now
HARE KRISHNA!!! and welcome to the HARE KRISHNA HOUR, your weekly Krishna Conscious Radio Show brought to you every Sunday mornings between 8am & 9am . Hare Krishna Hour HH PSDG VyasaPuja Special A special show this week dedicated to the Vyasa puja celebration of HH Partha Sarathi das Goswami Maharaj which was held at the Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple in…
The Importance Of Hearing About Krishna : Srila Prabhupada in 1967
Now, when you chant Hare Krishna, if we chant mechanically, then the effect is different. I have already given you ten kinds of offenses there are in chanting Hare Krishna. So mechanical way of chanting is also another offense. So offenseless chanting; Of course in the beginning, neophytes, we are apt to commit so many…
Kartika and Sarat Purnima : Special Mercy and the Dance of Divine Love : Giriraj Swami, 2007
We welcome you to this most auspicious place, the temple of Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha, on the most auspicious occasion of the beginning of Kartika, in the most auspicious association of Lord Krsna’s devotees. Kartika is also known as the month of Damodara (dama means “ropes,”and udara means “abdomen”), or Krsna who allowed Himself to be bound about the…
1st Day of Kartik 2011
The Padma Purana describes the month of Kartik (11 Oct – 10 Nov in 2011) as Krishna’s favourite month. Devotional activities performed during this holy month are rewarded with greater spiritual results than usual so devotees often take vows to increase their spiritual practices or to simplify their material needs for the entire month. It…
Kartika – The Vrindavana Mood : Partha Sarathi Das Goswami
Kartika is an occasion to increase our remembrance of Krishna. Everything in Krishna consciousness is designed to increase our remembrance of Krishna. The month of Kartika is a wonderful occasion to go deeper into Krishna consciousness and to try to imbibe the Vrindavana mood. Devotees make a special attempt in practicing Krishna consciousness during this…
Blood,Sweat and Tears : Nanda Kumar das
“Blood,Sweat and Tears” is often used to describe an extraordinary achievement under difficult conditions. We all know how Srila Prabhupada , after a lifetime of preparation, journeyed west at a very advanced age and tolerated many physical inconviences and after much struggle and hardship established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. From his initial meeting…