2018 – ISKCON Centre for Culture and Education

The Mercy Cloud Showers on Wellington

by Shawnik Raghav in News, Special Events. Posted September 11, 2018

Vyasa-puja is one of the most auspicious days, awaited by disciples, looking forward to experiencing Krsna’s special mercy through the embodiment of Guru tattva – their own Spiritual Master. It is an opportunity to relish intimate association with ones Guru and perform both vapu and vani seva. This year (2018), the service to celebrate the 74th vyasa-puja of HH Vedavyasapriya Swami Maharaj was endowed to the small budding Vaisnava community of Wellington, New Zealand.

Janmastami outreach in Wellington

by Shawnik Raghav in News. Posted September 6, 2018

Service goes up and mercy flows down. This was more than evident on September the 1st, 2018, when Lord Krishna showered his mercy on a small group of devotees in New Zealand.

Preaching programs in Wellington, New Zealand

by Shawnik Raghav in News. Posted August 14, 2018

“Material enjoyment resides in the novelty of things,” he said. “We may be excited about a new phone or a new car, but how long does it last? A week? A day?” “—this is the nature of material enjoyment. It is fleeting. But this is not the case with spiritual bliss. Lord Krishna is always ...

Vaishnava Community Blossoms on HH Vedavyasapriya Swami’s Arrival

by Shawnik Raghav in News. Posted August 14, 2018

Brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva, guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (CC Madhya 19.151). True to this revelation by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the lives of Wellington Vaiṣṇava community blossomed with good fortune when HH Vedavyasapriya Swami Maharaj recently graced Wellington. A disciple of Srila Prabhupada and one of the initiating gurus of ISKCON, Maharaj visited Wellington from 27th ...

Retreat connects Hearts and Souls

by Shawnik Raghav in News. Posted August 14, 2018

The six loving exchanges between devotees articulated in the nectarean words of Srila Rupa Gosvami do not discriminate by gender or relationships. Neither do the etiquettes of Vaishnava association further elucidated by Srila Prabhupada in the Nectar of Instruction. Advancement in Krishna Consciousness depends upon the attitude of the follower; that indeed begins with our ...

Celebrating H.H. Subhag Swami’s Visit After Many Years

by Shawnik Raghav in News. Posted August 14, 2018

A lot has changed since H.H. Subhag Swami’s last visited the Wellington ISKCON temple many years ago. But the one thing that remains unchanged is the teachings of Srila Prabhupada and his disciples, H.H. Subhag Swami Maharaj being one of them. Initiated by Srila Prabhupada himself in 1971, H.H. Subhag Swami has since served Chaitanya ...

Bhakti blooms in Wellington

by Shawnik Raghav in News. Posted August 14, 2018

On a warm Sunday morning, in a city bereft of people who are away to enjoy a long weekend, a stream of devotees in Vaishnava attire trickle out of a small building in a quiet Wellington suburb, carefully hugging their books. Their faces are lit with serene contentment as one more part of their existence ...

Food Science

by Shawnik Raghav in Recipes. Posted August 9, 2018

We are what we eat. Everything that goes into our body becomes a part of us. Therefore it is no surprise that everything from our bodily functions, our state of mind and energy levels depend on it. Although the gut-brain connection and the importance of gut microbiome are being discovered by research only now, this ...