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Rivalry and Competition

BY: CAITANYA DAS - 13.7 2020 In the following verse and purport, on the need for forgiveness and cooperation even though a degree of competition and envy and rivalry in service may be there in the hearts of devotees, it's always recommended to try to put past differences aside, holding no grudges. Srila Prabhupada in his great transcendental vision and acceptance says these things can be adjusted without difficulties in the greater service of the Lord. In today's ISKCON it is drummed into us how we should...Read more...

The Bhagavatamela Natakams

BY: SUN STAFF - 13.7 2020 Lord Nrsimhadeva Mask Bhagavata Mela Prahlada Charitam Natakam Each year, on the occasion of Narasimha Jayanthi, a select number of Bhakti-oriented plays are performed by traditional families of certain villages around Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The dramatic...Read more...

Six Qualities that Enhance Bhakti: Various Activities

BY: SUN STAFF - 13.7 2020 Six Qualities that Enhance Bhakti by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Tat-tat-karma-pravartana Various Activities Favorable for Devotional Service Srila Rupa Gosvami has enjoined the system of tat-tat-karma-pravartanat, acting according to the...Read more...

HH Bhakti Charu Swami’s Samadhi Ceremony

By Ananda Tirtha das (GBC Corresponding Secretary) - 13.7 2020 Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. HH Bhakti Charu Swami’s vapu will be placed in samadhi on Monday, July 13th morning, India time. You can find details of the program at...Read more...

Bhakti Charu Swami Vapu Journey to Mayapur

H.H. Bhakti Charu Swami Vapu Journey to Mayapur Summary of the travel plans 10-12 July 2020 Background His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami departed the material world on 4th July 2020 in Orlando, FL, USA. The GBC Executive Committee decided that Maharaj’s vapu shall be placed in...Read more...

Bhakti Charu Swami departs

Samadhi Ceremony in Mayapur

India - From Punya-Bhumi to the Land of Sinners

By Madhudvisa dasa - 9.7 2020 Bikini girls on a beach in Goa, India Over the last thirty years I have spent a lot of time in India and I am very, very dismayed to see the incredibly rapid degradation of the Indian people. Srila Prabhupada wrote: “Indeed, the chief executives of the...Read more...

Devotees Construct Detailed Jagannath Puri Replica

By: Madhava Smullen - 9.7 2020 The recreated Jagannath Rathayatra in Puri, complete with miniature chariots and devotees When devotees at the ISKCON temple in Sydney, Australia, couldn’t organize their regular full-fledged outdoor Rathayatra festival due to COVID-19 restrictions...Read more...

Freedom of Debate: Is It Allowed Today?

By Vamadeva Shastri - 9.7 2020 The dharmic traditions of India have always valued a tradition of open debate in which everything is questioned and every point of view explored, however contrary. That is why India’s philosophical systems have such a great variety and never...Read more...

Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima: Spreading the Message of India’s gurus By Vamadeva Shastri - 9.7 2020 The Guru has been one of India’s main exports to the world, with many traveling to teach and inspire millions around the globe. Now it is time for India as a country to take a more...Read more...

Reflections on Guru-purnima

Vedic legitimacy of its ‘brahmin diksha’

Six Qualities that Enhance Bhakti: Dhairya

BY: SUN STAFF - 9.7 2020 Six Qualities that Enhance Bhakti by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Dhairya - Patience For the practitioner of devotional service, dhairya, patience, is extremely necessary. Those who possess the quality of dhairya are called dhira, sober. Due to lack of this...Read more...

Time Line of Lord Krishna Supported by Science

Increasing our Bhakti Sukriti

Goa's Devaki-Krsna Temple

BY: SUN STAFF - 8.7 2020 India's foremost temple dedicated to Mother Devaki and son Krsna. Goa, India is home to one of India's most unique temples - the Devaki-Krsna temple in Marcel. Marcel, in Ponda Taluka, is located about 17 km. from the state capital of Panaji. Here is found...Read more...

Goa

Worship of Lord Narasimha in Maharastra and Goa

Comilla Jagannath Temple BY: SUN STAFF - 8.7 2020 Ancient Jagannatha temple now under ISKCON servitorship. A sketch of the Jagannath Temple at Comilla in 1843 Frederic Peter Layard, British Library In the Comilla...	Mayapur to Open Gates for Visitors from 5th July BY: MAYAPUR COMMUNICATIONS Each year more than 70 lakh people from different parts of the world visit Mayapur, birth place of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and headquarters of ISKCON. Over the...
Samadhi Ceremony in Mayapur By editor - 8.7 2020 Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. As we try to come to terms with the departure of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami,...	Bhakti Charu Swami departs His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami departs from this material world! Big loss for Iskcon! Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It is with...
Changes In Prabhupada's Books BBT Revisions Review Panel to Examine Changes In Prabhupada's Books By: Krishnarupa devi dasi - 1.7 2020 Many ISKCON members are aware of the formation of the Revisions Review Panel...	Tallest Hanuman Deity Tallest Hanuman Deity in the US is Installed in Delaware By Indian Express - 1.7 2020 Hockessin, a city in New Castle County, Delaware, has become the home to the tallest statue of Lord...
What is Your Real Identity? What is Your Real Identity? Going Beyond All Outer Identity to Universal Awareness By Vamadeva Shastri - 1.7 2020 The Pursuit of Identity Identity and belonging have always been an...	Chidagni: the Goddess as the Fire of Consciousness By Yogini Shambhavi - 1.7 2020 Ma Kali gently tended the coals of my inner fires, stirring the flames of Agni to manifest every magical colour, permeating the very spanda...

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Bona fide Branches of Prabhupada's Tree	Places of Pilgrimage
Naba Kalebar Yatra of Sri Jagannatha, Part Two	TOVP Launches New Talk Show
Nagas in the Sculptural Decorations	The Holy Places of Jaiva Dharma: Yamuna
Naba Kalebar Yatra of Sri Jagannatha	The Message of His Divine Grace
The Nagas in Ancient India, Part Two	Dialogue not Debate
The Nagas in Ancient India	Holi - Full Moon Day of Phalguna
Wonder of Creation	What is Ekadasi
Winning the race against Time	My Brief Against Feminism
Sri Caitanya's Nectarian River Pastimes, Part 4	The importance of reading
Scenes from the Ramayana War	The Holy Places of Jaiva Dharma: Yamuna
The Temple of Jagannath at Puri	The Presentation of Krishna Consciousness
Cause of all Causes	Art of resolving conflicts
Stone-Alive	Does Asana Equal Yoga?
Labeling Body Parts	Karma of the Nation
Time Line of Lord Krishna Supported by Science	Vedas as the source of transcendental knowledge
Train Calves, Don’t Eat Them!	The History And Traditional Source Of The Vedas
Gurus Support Vaishnavi Diksa-Gurus	Prana Beyond the Breath
Statement on the protests	Lord Varaha Lifting a Globe Earth?
500 Year Old Temple Rises from the River in Odisha	Deities in Jaipur
Sri Caitanya's Nectarian River Pastimes, Part 3	The Holy Places of Jaiva Dharma: Yamuna
Lord Varaha Lifting Flat Bhumandala Earth	Increasing our Bhakti Sukriti
In Honor of HG Brahmananda Prabhu	The Holy Places of Jaiva Dharma: Vrndavana
Tributes for our dearly departed Brahmananda prabhu	Prithvi, the Earth Mother
Sri Caitanya's Nectarian River Pastimes, Part 2	Why Krishna Appears as Jagannatha
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Snana Yatra	Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
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