Gave Up On Your New Year Resolutions by Syamananda Dasa
A recent study says that most people give up on their resolutions in the month of February after finding that they simply cannot maintain them. It has been seen that New Year resolutions concerning health are the most popular and indeed they are also the first... read more
Worldwide Activities of Krishna Consciousness
ISKCON 50th Celebrations Pune, Maharashtra: The ISKCON temple here has set out to 50th-ize the year 2016. The plan is to set higher-than-usual goals for all of Pune’s outreach efforts in multiples of five or fifty. ISKCON Pune’s two temples, 200 full-time... read more
Srila Prabhupada’s Legacy Lives On by Caitanya Carana Dasa
Though Prabhupada was present for only the first eleven years of ISKCON’s fifty-year history, he continues to guide and inspire his followers to expand what he began. Yama, maybe you want to deal with this opening some other way, rather than as an extract.... read more
As We Desire, So We See by Hari Parsada Dasa and Caitanya Carana Dasa
Translation by Hari Parsada Dasa, commentary by Caitanya Carana Dasa kanya varayate rupam mata vittam pita srutam bandhavah kulam icchanti misöannam itare janah kanya — bride; varayate — desires; rupam — beauty; mata — the mother [of the... read more
The Forty-Year History of ISKCON Padayatra by Gauranga Devi Dasi
In our high-tech world, a time-honored lowtech tradition still proves to be an effective way to spread Lord Krishna's teachings For thousands of years, people in India have per formed padayatras (“walking festivals”) to tour holy places and spread... read more
Cooperation The Key to Spiritual Success by Ajay Gauranga Dasa
Coming together is beginning; keeping together is progress; serving together is success. More than 800 people had come to participate in the weekly Sunday Feast program at our local ISKCON temple. After the discourse everyone queued up to get their plate of prasada... read more
Today’s Hellish Condition by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
By stopping all family traditions, human society has led itself to such a situation. sankaro narakayaiva kula-ghnanam kulasya ca patanti pitaro hy esam lupta-pindodaka-kriyah – Bhagavad-gita 1.41 “When there is increase of unwanted population, a hellish... read moreLetters, Volume-13 Number-03 (Indian) 2016
Well Begun is Half Done My sincere thanks to Caitanya Carana Dasa and entire BTG team for the continuous, wonderful articles in BTG magazine. One English saying goes, “A job well begun is half done,” but while reading January 2016 BTG magazine, I got full... read more
That Still Small Voice Inside by Syamananda Dasa
Ever wondered about the small voice or voices that we hear from within? Is it the mind, intelligence, or ego? Or something else? In the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that the Supreme Being is present in the heart of every living being as the Supersoul. This... read more
Worldwide Activities of Krishna Consciousness
12,500 Gitas Distributed Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Supporters and wellwishers of ISKCON who attended a 50th Anniversary gala event in Ahmedabad on 19th December sponsored over 12,500 copies of Bhagavad-gita as part of the December marathon in India. Rathayatra in Dominican... read more