By H.H. Chandramauli Swami Challenges and difficulties are actually opportunities to make spiritual progress. When two people are roped together based on religious principles, getting guidance from seniors and through spiritual leaders and work through the difficulties even though it may seem impossible then that relationship becomes stronger. That is also given as a statistic …
By Her Grace Urvasi Devi Dasi I live about an hour and a half from the nearest temple. I do preaching programs because I am there by myself. I started the program by having vegetarian cooking classes. I teach a one month course three times a year. After getting to know people and making a lot of …
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By Her Grace Srimati Dasi According to Srila Rupa Gosvami, laughter in ecstatic love can be broken down into six divisions. These divisions, according to different degrees of smiling, are called in the Sanskrit language smita, hasita, vihasita, avahasita, apahasita and atihasita. These six classes of smiling can be further classified as major and minor. …
During 2004 Kavipriya devi dasi of South Kolkata, a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, made some bracelets for Lord Nrsimhadev. Somehow or other she could not come to Mayapur and offer them to the Lord. In the meantime, she started becoming sick in different ways. She went to the doctors and tried various treatments, …
By H.H. Chandramauli Swami When there is unwanted or undesired population the type of population were the soul is called in to enter into the womb of a mother who is not following the Vedic culture, the Vedic traditions or the Vedic samskaras, purifictory processes and what is the result? We have what we call …
Hare Krsna dear devotees. On behalf of ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (CDM), we would like to express our deepest gratitude for helping us to assist in Srila Prabhupada’s preaching movement. As you all know, Lord Nrsimhadeva is not in need of anything from us; but when we offer Him something according to our own capacity, …
By His Grace Svavasa Dasa (ISKCON L.A. Temple President) In the Los Angeles yatra we had a plan which started about ten years ago where we were going to just develop friends. We are not so much concerned with people giving donations, but our focus is on making friends. In the last ten years that …
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 his eyes was completely lost and the other eye had only about 10% vision. The doctors said …
Dear Devotees, Hare Krsna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The Congregational Development Ministry is offering you a 50% discount coupon on the Sri Godruma Kalpatavi Ebook. Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, “The Desire-tree Grove of Godruma,” is a compilation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s description of the “Market of the Holy Name” or Nama Hatta established …
By H.H. Chandramauli Swami The nine principal rsis, or sages, are Marici, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhrgu, Vasistha and Atharva. All these rsis are most important, and Brahma desired that the nine daughters already born of Kardama Muni be handed over to them. Here two words are used very significantly – yatha-silam and yatha-ruci. …
