"This holy name of God Krsna, this name is absolute. Krsna is the same as His name, His form, His pastimes, His paraphernalia and so therefore this holy name of God has the same potency as Krsna Himself. And it says in the Narada Pancaratra that God is dancing on the tongue, if we just chant or sing this name Krsna then Krsna is dancing on the tongue."
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
July 13, 1971
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Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Vyas Puja Mahotsava
September 16, 2023
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj appeared on the 2nd of September in the Gaurabda year 443 (1929 A.D.) in Orissa, India. Both his parents were devotees of Krishna and Jagannath, as were their ancestors up to the time of Sri Syamananda Prabhu. His mother’s family were the famous kirtaniyas of Gadai Giri. Thus most of His Divine Grace’s child- and boyhood was spent in Gadai Giri, in the company of his uncles and maternal grandfather, having kirtan and worshiping their ancient family deity, Sri Gopal Jiu. He was never attached to play, but rather spent his time reading Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Chaitanya Charitamrta and singing Hare Krishna.
In April 1974, on Ramnavami, the day of the holy appearance of Lord Ramachandra, His Divine Grace left his family to search for Sri Guru. He was now 45 years old but had since childhood had the desire to accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa, and preach the message of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He was already acquainted with many sadhus in Orissa and throughout the rest of India, but was not satisfied by them. He travelled on foot and by train around northern India for about 5 months, stopping at every temple, monastery and institution where there might be a sadhu. Arriving at last in Sri Vrindavan Dham, he met His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada on the 15th of September 1974. Among the first things Srila Prabhupada asked him was whether or not he had taken sannyasa. Srila Prabhupada said: “I will give you sannyasa!”. Within a short time Srila Prabhupada initiated him giving him Harinam and Diksa and the name Sri Gour Govinda Das and sent him to preach in Orissa. On Ramnavami 1975, during the opening of the Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir in Vrindavan, one year after he had left home, Sri Gour Govinda Das was given sannyas by Srila Prabhupada.
Thus Srila Gour Govinda Swami came back to Orissa and gradually, after much hardships, opened the temple that Srila Prabhupada had envisioned in Bhubaneswar. He also translated Srila Prabhupada’s books into the Oriyan language. From 1985 through 1996 His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami preached throughout the world and accepted disciples. Thus he executed the three instructions Srila Prabhupada gave him.
Though he had problems walking after an operation, His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami travelled extensively and preached energetically. He spoke with the force and firmness of a bullet, yet was soft at heart. He stressed the value of purity and simplicity, emphasizing the importance of pure chanting and encouraging everyone to yearn for sadhu-sanga, the association of pure devotees. He warned against duplicity and the pollution that Kali has infiltrated into the minds of people in this age. He always made it a point to support everything he said with reference from shastra and present that everything is in Srila Prabhupada’s books, you only have to extract it.
The centennial of Srila Prabhupada’s divine appearance was celebrated 1996. In the evening of the appearance day of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, on february 9th, two senior devotees asked Srila Gour Govinda Swami why xcMahaprabhu stayed in Jagannath Puri. While narrating the pastime of Lord Krishna coming back to Vrindavan after a long separation and how He appeared in the form of Lord Jagannath, His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj departed from this world and entered into the Divine Lilas of Sri Krishna.
Sri Krishna Janamastami 2023
September 7, 2023
To hear the beautiful discourse by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj on Janmastami Festival - Birth of Lord Krishna - Gour Govinda Swami - Gopal Campu - 18/8/1995, please follow the link below
https://youtu.be/m-pWKb6L7o4
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Vyasa Puja Mahotsava 2023
September 8, 2023
Srila Prabhupada, the Founder Acarya of ISKCON, established 108 temples in most major cities around the world, and touched so many people who can also teach this philosophy that this genuine spiritual knowledge, as predicted in the ancient Puranic literature, will continue to spread and be available for at least the next 10,000 years.
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According to Skanda Purana, “One can demolish all his sinful acts by simply offering respect to the cows.”
"There are four (4) altars in the temple namely – One in Padma Mandira (Lotus temple) – Sri Radha Gopinatha and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. Other three altars are Sri Gour Nitai, Sri Krishna-Balarama, Sri Jagannatha,Baladeva and Subhadra Devi Sri Krishna-Balarama is the presiding deities of the temple.”
So by serving the devotees, we can please the Supreme Lord. It has become our prime need to provide a right and healthy accommodation facility to the devotees who are engaged in various
loving services of the Lord. So, we need all your help & co-operation for the same as per the following contribution schemes.
The International society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) is a well-known worldwide organization which is awakening spiritual awareness of the people, who are being misguided by modern education for running after material opulence forgetting the real aim of their life.
Service to Vaishnavs should be one's main path. If we serve Vaishnavs, they will arrange everything for us. "Chhadiya vaisnava-seva nistara payechhe keba (ছাড়িয়া বৈষ্ণব-সেবা নিস্তার পায়েছে কেবা): without service to the Vaishnav, you can never get any relief." ”
"The celebration was launched back in 1996 by ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, as one of many ways to celebrate ISKCON Founder Srila Prabhupada’s Centennial, or the 100th year since his birth.”
Long ago the city of Mathura was ruled by a demon king Kamsa. All the citizens in his kingdom always lived in fear because he was wicked and cruel in his behavior. He had a noble sister named Devaki who was married to Vasudeva.”
We are glad that people are donating very liberally to the development of the Society's activities, and people are also eagerly accepting whatever humble contribution we are giving them in the shape of books and magazines dealing strictly with the subject matter of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
According to Skanda Purana, “One can demolish all his sinful acts by simply offering respect to the cows.” If we maintain and serve a cow in a nice manner then we can not only catch Krishna’s attention but we can please Krishna as well.