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A Short Biography of Srila Prabhupada

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is considered the foremost contemporary (1896-1977) authority on bhakti-yoga, devotional service to Krishna( God) as taught by the ancient Vedic writings of India. Srila Prabhupada ( as he is known to his followers) translated and commented on over eighty volumes of sacred bhakti texts, such as the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is and the multi-volume Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srila Prabhupada boarded a steamship bound from India to New [Read More >>>]

Varnashram ISKCON Spiritual Academy

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Back in 2006, all   the devotes endeavored to manually transform a bar/club into a pivot of spiritual ashram. Under the guidance   and support from H.G.Patri prabhu, the 6 th floor of Radha bhaban   of Godhead. Primarily,VISA is a destination where children, youth and senior devotee are systematically   and    practically taught the treasures of vedic knowledge. From   introductory classes to advanced puranas, all the aspirants are educated by bona- fide Acaryas i. e. full-time practitioners of bhakti. Shined to become the window to Goloka vrindavan (topmost spiritual world). Varnashram ISKCON spiritual academy (VISA, then called Vaikuntha International Spiritual Academy ) is [ Read Full >>>]

Dhamja Festival of Devotion

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As Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the combined manifestation of Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna and Radha, had predicted his name to be heard and chanted in every corners of the world, Prabhupada’s ISKCON has been launching genuine Krishna Consciousness movement worldwide for the same. Renowned by the name of Hare Krishna movement worldwide, this Krishna consciousness movement has been slowly and slowly progressing in Nepal as well. Having its central temple in Budhanilkantha Kathmandu for Nepal and its city centre at Tripureshwor (VISA) ISKCON have been conducting Harinam Sankritan, the congregational chanting the holy name of Krishna all over Nepal. From 1 st to 3 rd Magh the program was held in Baglung as well.   In Dhamja VDC of Baglung district its popularity has grown up rapidly. There are many devotees. Devotees chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra (Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare) regularly and follow four regulative...

Wisdom can’t be banned !

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The same subject becomes the example of wisdom for one and ignorance for other sometimes. It is because one who has gone thoroughly the subject matter of that object attains the knowledge of the same and other who ignores the same misinterprets without the actual knowledge. When it is about Bhagavad-gita one person takes as the manual for self-displine while other take as the extremist literature. One who takes it to be the extremist literature  has developed mis-conception about this scripture. Bhagavad-gita teaches us the lesson of morality. It teaches us the code of conduct for running our life for perfection. Bhagavad-gita explores our hidden identity. In fact it is the collection of  wisdom. But sometimes people mis-interpret it and even try to ban it , accusing the nonsense to it. Really this scenario is seen all over the world. To sum up , scriptures like Bhagavad-Gita are in no way wrong rather are the subject matter of wisdom. To try to ban wis...

December Marathon: Run faster than you can.

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When someone speak the word ‘marathon ‘we immediately think it to be the type of race. In fact marathon is the racing competition.  In material world we see throat cut competition in each and every fields. That’s why the present world despite of being narrower due to technological advancement ,has been highly defragmented into pieces due to dirty competition. The scripture rightly calls this age to be the age of quarrels and hypocrisy. Not only in material worlds there are competitions but there are competitions even in the spiritual world. The only difference is that completion in material world are dirty but that in the spiritual world are fair. In this world competitions are practiced with the central view of harming other but in spiritual world competitions are aimed at benefitting both sides. Examples ? Of course the supreme lord Krishna competes spiritually with his cowherd boys in Goloka . Then what is ‘December Marathon ‘ ? December marathon is such type of marathon ...