An international book distribution award ceremony was held on 3rd March during the Morning lecture. HG Vijaya Prabhu and HG Pragosh Prabhu facilitated the award distribution ceremony. HH Jaya Pataka Maharaj was the guest of honor and he enlightened the audience with his words before distribution of awards. He told about the amazing potency […]
Lecture by Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami on S.B. 6.4.26
From Sri Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir Date: 26 February 2015 Speaker: Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami (invocation prayers) Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6, Chapter 4 (The Hamsa-guhya prayers), Text 26 yadoparamo manaso nama-rupa- rupasya drsta-smrti-sampramosat ya iyate kevalaya sva-samsthaya hamsaya tasmai suci-sadmane namah Translation: When one’s consciousness is completely purified of the contamination of material existence, […]
Day 4 of Nabadwip Mandal parikrama
Hare Krsna! Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama ki jay! We visited Campahatti and Vidyanagar, these are very special places. HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami, HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami and HH Bhakti Nityananda Swami gave speech at Campahatti about Gaura Gadadhara deities and Jayadeva Goswami’s lila, At Vidyanagar HH Bhakti Vigna Vinas Narasimha Maharaj spoke about Sri […]
Day 1 of Nabadwip Mandal parikrama
Thousands of devotees from all over the world have been participating in Nabadvipa Mandala Parikrama for the last twenty-five years. This year, eight thousand devotees took part in the parikrama. Parikrama Adivas took place on 21st February morning at Yog pitha. The parikrama began on 22nd and devotees visited Godruma dvipa, the island of Kirtana. The […]
Inauguration of Gaur Purnima festival
Inauguration pictures Today, 16th February, we had the inauguration of Gaur Purnima festival, 2015. The festival marks its 43rd anniversary this year in Mayapur. Initially, there was a kirtan before Deities of Gaur Nitai and Garudadev. Then more devotees led by sanyasis including HH Gopal Krishna Goswami, HH BhaktaGaurVani Swami and HH Prahladananda Swami […]
Gaur Purnima festivities begin in Mayapur
Mayapur.com welcomes all the devotees who have arrived here for Gaura Purnima 2015 festivities. Today saw the commencement of Sravna Utsava. This is the second time Sravna Utsava has been organized. There would be lectures from 12th to 15th February on Gaur Lila, pastimes of Lord Nityananda, Brihat Bhagwatamritam, Sat-sandharva and Sri Jagannath lila. This […]
GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Update
GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Mayapur 2015: Part 5 of 5 Badrinarayan Swami, whom we introduced in previous posts, speaks on the exciting deliverables coming out of the strategic planning work, the latest being the leadership training college, a legacy for ISKCON’s future. https://gbc.iskcon.org/2015/02/04/spiritual-inspiration-and-strategic-planning/ Praghosa Prabhu, a GBC member for the UK, Ireland, and parts of Northern Europe, […]
Lecture by HH Giriraj Swami on SB 6.3.35
On 7th February, morning lecture was given by HH Giriraja Swami on SB 6.3.35. Below is the transcript of the lecture. itihasam imam guhyam bhagavan kumbha-sambhavah kathayam asa Malaya asino harim arcayan “When the great sage Agastya, the son of Kumbha, was residing in the Malaya Hills and worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I […]
GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Update
GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Mayapur 2015: Part 4 of 5 Romapada Swami, GBC member of over twenty-two years leading ISKCON in New York, New Jersey and the Midwest of the USA, and also a member of the SPN’s Organizational development Committee, speaks on how strategic planning has helped him in his GBC service and how it can […]
GBC Strategic Planning Network updates
GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Mayapur 2015 Part 2 Badrinarayan Swami, a veteran GBC member and a member of the SPN’s Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee explains why the GBC is investing so much time and energy in planning for ISKCON’s future. https://gbc.iskcon.org/2015/01/29/why-do-strategic-planning/ Sesa Prabhu, a GBC member and a member of […]
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