Sri Krishna Janmashtami Festival ki Jaiii....

Hare Krishna! ISKCON Delhi offically started its Janmashatami festival with 7 days Srimad Bhagvatam Katha by HG Radha Damodar prabhu (Senior Vice President) on 21st August. It will go on till 27th August. And on 22nd August, there was a big Harnaam Sankirtan in Malviya Nagar, started by 2:00 pm until 7:00 pm...Sri Krihsna Janmshatami Festival ki Jai Jai...

Srila Rupa Goswami Disappearance Day Celebrated...

21st August was the divine disappearance day of Srila Rupa Goswami, Lord Chaitanya's direct associate & head amongst the famous six goswamis of vrindavan...

Srila Rupa Goswami Disappearence day:- Even though there are so many great acaryas, Srila
Rupa Gosvami has been attributed with the honor of being that person who has established the mano-‘bhistam, the innermost heart’s desire, of Sri Krsna in the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

  

sri-chaitanya-mano-'bhistam

sthapitam yena bhu-tale

svayam rupa kada mahyam

dadati sva-padantikam

When will Srila Rüpa Goswami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?

A Saintly Boy

In Russia a thirteen-year-old received one of Srila Prabhupada books, became attracted to the philosophy, and went to the temple and loved everything. The devotees gave him beads and more books.

He became more interested and became a devotee. But he knew his parents wouldn't approve, so he secretly continued his Krsna consciousness. He heard about a three-day festival a few hundred miles from Moscow. He really wanted to go, so he told his parents that he was going camping with a friend. He had all of Prabhupada's books hidden in his room, but if he went away they might come into his room and find them. So he locked them in a chest. They gave him permission to go, and he went to the festival confident that there would be no problem.

However, when he returned there was no one home, and he found that the lock on the chest had been broken. Now he was nervous.

His father later asked him, "Why didn't you tell us about these books? All this time we didn't know what you were up to, but when you left we decided to find out what it was. We opened the chest and found your books. We were shocked to find so many books. Then we decided to find out what these books were about, so we read and read and read. Both of us were happy to find these treasure-houses of knowledge. Why didn't you tell us about this?

The boy was surprised and happy. He said, "I thought you would not approve."

The father embraced him and said, "Not only do we approve but we want to know more." Then he said to his wife, "We're so fortunate to have a saint as a son."

They became devotees.

Srila Prabhupada Katha

"I have just now received your presentation of slippers as an offering for Vyasa pujaday. They are certainly very attractive. Thank you very much for them and offer my thanks and blessings to all the nice boys and girls there in Boston.

There is a story about one man, a cook, who bought a nice new pair of shoes. But all morning long he was in the kitchen cooking and so he couldn't wear his shoes.Similarly, all afternoon he was cooking. So what did he do? At night,when he went to sleep he wore the shoes.

So these shoes are so nice,but I don't know when I shall be able to wear them. So when taking rest at night I shall wear them.

Srila Prabhupada

"Letter to Satsvarupa, August 14, 1971

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

The first picture was of a calm lake, the lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too, but these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush, a mother bird had built its nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on the nest in a perfect peace.

"Bravo" said the king putting his hand on the second picture "peace doesn't mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your.

A devotee of Krishna is like this bird. He lives in a very turbulent society but remains calm and peaceful and always finds ways and means to serve Krishna. His whole aim is to satisfy Lord Krishna. That brings him all the peace that takes care of all the material problems.