On 18th March 2009, Sri Maheshbhai Dhokia, a congregation member from London, called me and told me that His wife, Srimati Jayshree Dhokia, is suffering from acute uterine cancer and she is being flown to Frankfurt for the last time. Maheshbhai asked me if the devotees in Mayapur could do some prayers for his wife. […]
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By Pragosa Dasa There is no doubt that congregational development is still one of the great untapped resources available to ISKCON. While our temples, ashrams and educational facilities will always serve as centers of excellence for training and educating devotees to the highest standards of Vaisnava etiquette, culture and philosophy, for mass distribution of Lord
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In this video Jivanath das, a Prabhupada disciple and senior book distributor, currently serving in Mayapur as the Campus Preaching Coordinator, describes his brief interactions with Srila Prabhupada when he took initiation in the early days of ISKCON. With his characteristic humor and enthusiasm, Jivanath Prabhu candidly describes some memorable pastimes that allow us to
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One time the frantic parents of a runaway boy, after searching all over the country, finally heard that their son was at our Mayapur center. They immediately came and spent the whole day looking for him, inquiring at the reception desk and from individual devotees, but they were not at all lucky in tracing him.
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By Nrisimha Kavaca Das – ISKCON Deity Worship Minister I think that the Congregational Development Ministry is doing wonderful work. Over the last 10 years ISKCON has become a more congregational-based society. The work of helping develop the congregation and improve the standard of bhakti-yoga is a very important aspect of Krsna consciousness. In Australia
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For a temple to be healthy and well supported, it needs the assistance of its congregation. The Bhakti Vriksha program fulfills the Temple’s need of readily available manpower, financial help, and enhancing the community’s devotional growth. ISKCON Bahardurgarh Temple President, Nityananda Asraya das, shares his experience in growing a supportive congregation through Bhakti Vrikshas. He
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My father and mother, living at Bakura district, Catna village, are initiated devotees of the Gaudiya Math. My name is Gauranga. I had joined the ISKCON Sri Mayapur temple six months ago, and after finishing the three months bhakta training course, I was put in the school preaching service. A few days ago just before
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His Grace Ravindra Svarupa Dasa I think everybody has realized that congregational preaching has become more and more important because we discovered that all over the world, we have congregations. If Krsna consciousness is going to spread and it will be spread it will be chiefly through congregation. That is to say, people living at
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H.H. Bhanu SwamiLord Caitanya’s movement is a movement of purification and transformation of the individual to reach the level of complete love of Godhead by chanting God’s name. This is most powerfully actualized in a group; thus the yuga dharma is sankirtana, congregational chanting. This is enhanced by continuous association of like-minded persons who are
In the lapse of over two decades, ISKCON has grown rapidly into an organization with well-established temples and large congregations in the south of India. This short video shows some of the festivals that took place early this year when devotees from all over the world visited ISKCON temples and many holy places in that
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