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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Hare Krsna dear devotees On behalf of the 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
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We are an ISKCON Congregational 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. We believe in our children – they should be supported and nourished so that ISKCON will have a bright
Yasoda Mata’s 85 year old foster father passed away two months ago. During his stay in the hospital, Yasoda Mata prepared a tape recorder and played the Hare Krsna Maha Mantra all day long in his ward. Her foster father was actually in semi-coma, but miraculously when he heard the maha-mantra, gradually he awoke and
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from ISKCON Communication Minister Anuttama Prabhu From a communications perspective, we know that for a society or an organization to make progress we must identify certain key audiences who are able to help or hurt it in a big way. For any organization what is called the “internal audience” is the most important. They are
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