News from May 2010

CNN cites Srila Prabhupada in prominent article

The founder of the Hare Krishna movement was 69 years old before he started the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In his native India, Prabhupada had been a chemist and a Sanskrit scholar in Calcutta, but in 1965 he came to New York City with just fifty bucks, a pair of cymbals, and a desire […]

Shri Nrsimha!

Wednesday 26th 2010, is the annual festival marking the day when God appeared in order to protect His beloved devotee. In the Bhagavad-gita God makes it very clear that this is not a one-time affair, that He is actually doing this time after time, in age after age. He comes to protect the devotees â€“ […]

Dublin Govindaâ€™s Apply for Continued Use of Raw Milk

Dublinâ€™s three branches of Govindaâ€™s vegetarian restaurants are negotiating with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as well as the Food Standards Authority of Ireland to be allowed continued use of raw milk directly from a farm, after receiving prohibition orders on April 21st. The orders were served at Govindaâ€™s Aungier Street, Merrion Row and […]

The May 2010 Bhaktivedanta Manor Newsletter is now online

Initiation â€“ A personal commitment – By Jagannath Sharan das. During the auspicious month of Purushottama, on the eleventh day of the waxing phase of the moon, known as Padmini Ekadasi, fifty candidates received initiation from His Holiness Radhanath Swami, a spiritual teacher and travelling monk, author of the autobiographical “The Journey Home.” The following […]

To love God or to fear God? That is the question

As I was driving down an interstate road late one breezy spring night, I read a billboard signed by God. But I felt no tranquility, no joy. My lips grew so heavy I could not smile. I was gripped by a strange, suffocating unease. â€œDONâ€™T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE,â€ it angrily warned. The warmth […]

ISKCON Dublin: A Temple For Devotees, by Devotees

This year sees a brand new ISKCON center open in Dublin, Ireland, with a packed house expected on its April 5th Open Day. But for Irish devotees, the path to the present victory wasnâ€™t an easy one. In the early years, although ISKCON owned two temples in Northern Ireland â€“ the famous Govindadwipa island in […]