Steps to Involvement
The closer your relationship is to Krishna, the more his opulence (All Attractive, All Wealthy, All Wise, All Knowing, etc) applies to you and your life. His love and mercy for us is unlimited. The temple is a means to come into His circle, to experience the bliss of His company. Here, there is offered a sequence of steps……
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Spotlight News
My Experience with Japa
The quick and restless energy of anticipation danced across my consciousness as I turned into the driveway of a yellow house set in the suburbs of East Harford. Above the doorway read “Hare Krishna”.
Read more...Vrajavadhus Kirtan Band
With two albums out this year, mega performances to tens of thousands in India, and yoga studio tours across the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa, Gaura Mani and the Vrajavadhus is the biggest kirtan band you may not have heard of…. yet. Read more...
Temple Profile: Laguna Beach
Temple Style: A converted two-storey former Baptist church, built in the1930s, with high vaulted ceilings. Marble floors and an ornate wooden altar have replaced the baptismal tub, while early ISKCON paintings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Radha-Krishna adorn the walls.
Location: The temple is located in Laguna Beach, Orange County, on the main freeway from Los Angeles to San Diego, and one hour’s drive from each. The beach, one block away, is visible from the temple’s lovely brick patio, and the weather’s as close to perfect as you can get. Read more...
Indian Engineers Build A Stronger Society With School Lunch Program
The lunch program that provides meals to Suchitra's school currently feeds 1.3 million children across India, making it one of the largest school lunch programs in the world. It was initially begun more than a decade ago as part of the religious outreach of a Hindu group known as ISKCON, better known in the West as the Hare Krishna movement. Read more...
Queen Visits Krishna Avanti School
During a visit to the Krishna Avanti School on March 29th, Queen Elizabeth II appreciated the school’s unique values and principles, based upon the teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Out of four London locations the Queen visited on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee—commemorating sixty years of her reign—Harrow, the North London Borough where the Krishna Avanti School is located, was the very first. Read more...
Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
Tucked among the hills of the rural northern panhandle at the end of a crumbling, unlined paved road, you would have a hard time stumbling across this hidden treasure. You have to be going there on purpose. Otherwise, you would never notice the 22-karat gold-leaf roof of Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold perched atop a hill, peeking through the trees. With teasing views of the building as you round the road’s final bend, suddenly, there it is—the elaborately designed and decorated palace you’d expect to find in the Far East, but not in the Mountain State. Read more...
Mumbai's Bhaktin Radhika Breaks All Book Distribution Records
For the past four years—2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011—Bhaktin Radhika, still in her thirties, has received the World Book Distribution Award from ISKCON sannyasis at ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur Dhama, West Bengal. All this despite the struggle of living on her own outside the brahmachari-only Chowpatty ISKCON temple. Read more...
Temple Diary
Festival Feedback
There was some controversy generated by this year's Festival of Colors, mostly by those who didn't go and by some less than objective "reporting" by the Daily Herald. Here are some quotes (taken from the "Comments" sections of the Herald, and Channel Five TV's web pages) from attendees...
Read more...Natural Outpouring of Love
The video which will most lilkely define Holi 2012, by Joseph Lebaron and Goodline Films. Great job, fellows.
Read more...The Kirtans at Holi
YouTube video filmed by Julie Harper featuring Jai Uttal, TK, and the Mayapuris at the Spanish Fork celebration of Holi.
Read more...KSL on Holi
Thousands gathered at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Lotus Temple in Spanish Fork as bands led the crowd in the Maha Mantra: "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare." Read more..
Fox 13 On Holi
“The colors come from the emergence of spring after the stark bleakness of winter. Everything bursts forth in colors and fragrance and so that’s emulated through the festival,” said Charu Das, the founder of the Lotus Temple. Read more...
80,000 Turn out for Festival of Colors
Provo Daily Herald
Close to 80,000 people from throughout the western United States turned out for the Festival of Colors at the Lotus Temple in Spanish Fork on Saturday. The Festival of Colors, also known as Holi, is two days of thousands of people gathered on the hill of the Krishna temple throwing brightly colored powder, participating in holy mantra and dancing to live music and bands like Jai Uttal and the Queen of Hearts Orchestra, The Mayapuris and The Kirtaniya Vibrations. Holi, the largest Indian festival, is held on the first weekend of spring to celebrate the beginning of the season. Read More...
Festival of Colors 101: Optimizing Your Experience
Last year thousands of BYU students attended the Holi Festival and had great experiences. However, some students end up ruining their clothes and possessions, or missing out on key points of the festival. These tips can help make the Holi experience the best possible:
Read more...BYU Universe Blog on Holi
Here in this “bubble” of Utah Valley there is always going to be controversy over things like this. One thing is for sure, this controversy hasn’t stopped people from attending and making this a huge and enjoyable event. Read more...
