News from December 2009

I didn’t know Vegetarian Restaurants in Dublin were this good!

And here is another opinion from a Govinda’s customer taken directly from a feedback form we handed out: “The food tastes divine! Full of flavour, I haven’t tasted vegetarian food as nice as this before. The desserts are as grand as the rest of the food served. I can’t stop coming back, a fan for […]

Specialists in Presentations to Schools and Colleges

Teaching about Hinduism can be a daunting task. Balancing accessibility with accurate representation can be especially demanding, considering the tradition’s diversity. But, as with all challenges, there is here an underlying opportunity. The tradition’s wealth of sights, sounds, smells and tastes provide fantastic material for exciting learning. More here

Hare Krishna festival lifts Londoners’ spirits

Over 25,000 people participated in the 37th London “Ratha-yatra Carnival of Chariots” last Sunday 17th July 2005. The annual Hare Krishna festival was a colourful display of London’s multicultural and multi-faith community. Three 40-foot high colourful chariots carrying the deities of Lord Jagannatha, Lady Subhadra and Lord Balarama were hand-pulled by a 5,000 strong procession, […]

How to practice Japa Meditation

The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method of reviving our Krsna consciousness. As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krsna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our […]

Lifestyle Management

The world has changed significantly in the previous two decades. Lifestyle choices which were once the reserve of an elite few in society are now accepted as the norm. Indeed, for any society to advance new practices and ideals need to be both studied and subsequently embraced. The practice of yoga was first disclosed in […]

Vedic Perspectives

The evening news is populated with stories of war, famine and injustice from every part of the world; be they ‘civilised’ or ‘third world’. The resolution of one conflict gives rise to another. We have now become so used to this we accept the struggles of those in need of food, shelter and basic health […]

Spirituality & Success

The current unstable nature of the world is making it increasingly difficult for one to confidently move forward in life. As formal qualifications increasingly hold little value over the paper they are printed on, employers are looking for something unique. Character rather than qualification is what is needed to guarantee future success. Formal education teaches […]

The Sambandha Initiative â€“ Building a Follow-up System

Sambandha is a Sanskrit term which means relationship. It refers to the relationships we develop which aid in reviving our Krishna consciousness. The Sambandha Initiative will use the Internet and expanding social media to cultivate relationships with new contacts through a coordinated online system. Every day there are new people coming into contact with Krishna […]

Twenty Beads of Causeless Mercy

When I arrived at my residence in Vrindavan-dhama, the strain of eleven months of traveling and preaching caught up with me, and I was unable to go outside for two weeks. I spent the time resting, chanting extra rounds, and reading. One evening I decided that the next morning I would finally go out to […]

Tamal Krishna Goswami Bench memorial

Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami, affectionately known as Srila Gurudev by many, left this mortal realm in March 2002, leaving behind many dedicated disciples and a society that was never to be the same. He also left behind an almost completed PhD thesis which he had been working on since 1998 in the serene surroundings of […]

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News from December 2009

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