Today is Sri Advaita Acharya’s appearance day. The foremost of all the Vaishnavas who reside at Navadwip is Sri Advaita Acarya, whose virtuous presence has made all the worlds blessed. He is the most preeminent preceptor in all fields including knowledge, renunciation and devotion. In explaining Krsna-bhakti he is like unto Lord Shankara (Shiva) himself, […]
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We are an ISKCON Congregation Development Ministry dedicated to enhancing and enlarging our communities. The Ministry has been active for twenty years, providing necessary resources for the furthering of Srila Prabhupada’s vision for our society’s communities. Today we request your support so that we may continue to perform this vital service. If you believe, please
My name is Andharupa dasi initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1975 at Miami Florida. In the summer of 2004 His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja visited the New Ramana reti temple in Alachua Florida. I approached Maharaja and asked him for his blessings for my departure from this world. My illness: Hepatitis C of 3rd stage fibrosis
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By Tirtharaja Dasa When we meet people we need to understand that, for example, in Poland people identify themselves as Catholic. So the two just go together. If you’re Polish, you must be Catholic. You can not be Polish and not be Catholic. In South America, they have a certain way of looking at things
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What do I gain by reading? Some of us may wonder what is the need to invest time in reading about Krsna Consciousness. Is it really necessary for our spiritual advancement? In this video Srivas Prabhu, Co-Regional Director of ISKCON West Africa, explains briefly the importance of reading Prabhupada’s books, and how can we make
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The Congregational Development Ministry has developed a course for supporting the welfare of ISKCON. This counseling course provides training to specific devotees in each of our communities to be able to support others in need. It also equips any devotee in managerial or leadership positions which may require them to deal with people’s problems. The
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On the 10th of December, 2006, while taking the bhakti shastri course in Mayapur, Deepak Gupta from Delhi, suddenly contracted chickenpox. Hoping against hope he consulted three doctors–allopath, homeopath and ayurvedic. All three confirmed the same thing: “Take complete rest in isolation for at least twenty days.” Deepak became really upset because his parents had
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By Tirtharaja Dasa The needs of the congregation may be different from what we think they really are. We need to sit down with our congregation and hear from them about their vision for the future. We must ask them what role we can play and determine what we can do for them, as far
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The ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) is to be held in Mayapur from 14 -20 February 2020, during which time the Congregational Development Ministry will promote its congregational projects, programs and resources. The theme for this year’s ILS will be “Everyone can Preach.” We are preparing videos, photos, handouts and booklets for making this year’s ILS
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There was a fight in a village, and in the course of the fight, one person was attacked with acid as a result of which his whole face was burnt and terribly disfigured. The sight of one of the eyes was completely lost and the other eye had only about 10% vision. The doctors said
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