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First glimpse of ISKCON Chandigarh upon arrival. Sunrise 28 March 2017, 6.32 AM, from the flat rooftop of ISKCON Chandigarh Temple building.   Their Lordship Si Sri Radha Madhava, presiding deities at ISKCON Chandigarh, India.   Lord Jaganath, Lord Balaram … Continue reading →

There is one young and perhaps immature world wide religious organisation, the name of which I am going to keep a great secret. In that religious organisation, there is an aspiring member of the international board of directors, whose name … Continue reading →

The entire shopping centre has closed down. Everyone is gone during renovations. But not GOPALS HARE KRISHNA RESTAURANT, as you may judge by the picture taken in late evening after sunset! GOPALS stands tall, alone and on top of things, … Continue reading →

  We are fighting 3 things:   BUREAUCRACY.   “Regarding your points about taxation, corporate status, etc., I have heard from Jayatirtha you want to make big plan for centralization of management, taxes, monies, corporate status, bookkeeping, credit, like that. … Continue reading →

And the whole world is problem for ordinary persons, but to us it is not problem. Because we see everything Krishna’s. If there is problem, it is Krishna’s problem. Why my problem? Krishna can know how to solve problem. So … Continue reading →

  Non verbatim and improved Vyasapuja 2017 extract: There are seemingly mundane expressions of beauty that cannot fail to remind us of Krishna, as per His words in Bhagavad-Gita As It Is 10.41:   yad yad vibhuutimat sattvam srimad uurjitam … Continue reading →

Their Lordship Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda on the ISKCON rural community of Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA. Photo credit Avinash Prabhu.(Ph. D.) It is a fact that the more we offend Srila Prabhupada in particular, as the Founder-Acarya of the International Society … Continue reading →

Besides the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, I beg to propose a second Maha-Mantra as follows: STUDY BOOKS STUDY BOOKS STUDY STUDY BOOKS BOOKS DISTRIBUTE BOOKS DISTRIBUTE BOOKS DISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTE BOOKS BOOKS. “Our first business is this book distribution. There is no … Continue reading →

Sneha-päshair. This sneha-päsha, sneha is there. Sneha means affection. Everyone got affection. The cats and dogs, they have got also affection. But the affection is wrongly placed. We are affectionate to the skin, to this body. So this is wrong … Continue reading →

Painting of Sanatana Goswami with a straw in his mouth, as an expression of humility and clasping the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. From the following extract of conversation between Sri Caitanya Mahapabhu and Sanatana Goswami at Varanasi, India, … Continue reading →