The Winter Semester at Mayapur Institute concluded with a closing ceremony on February 21, where more than 150 students from over 40 countries were awarded certificates for Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti Vaibhav degrees. Eminent ISKCON leaders HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Bhakti Vighna Vinashak Narasimha Swami, HH Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami, HH Yadunandana Swami, and HH […]
Life in this material world is just like an ocean of ignorance. We are in the midst of this terrible ocean, which has been tossing us in the repeated cycle of birth and death from time immemorial. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu addresses this ocean as “bhavāmbudhau”, ocean of birth and death, in His siksastakam prayers. Ignorance […]
In today’s world, the biggest problem is that most of our congregational youth are bewildered and more of them are tending to drift away, being attracted by the lifestyles of their peers, or are being drawn away by other influences. Partly they feel a little isolated, partly, it is just the process of growing up. […]
On Sunday November 4th 2018, the Holy day of Rama Ekadashi, the Mayapur Institute (MI), held its opening ceremony for the men’s Bhakti Sastri, ladies Bhakti Sastri, Bhakti Vaibhava 1, Bhakti Vaibhava 2 and Bhakti Vedanta 4, Winter season courses (2018-19). HG Padmanayana Prabhu, Director of the Mayapur Institute, opened the inauguration. He welcomed the […]
It is an arduous journey for a seed to grow into a plant and ultimately into a fruit yielding tree. Left alone in the wild, a seed may not grow as it falls on a rocky ground instead of soil. There may be too little water or too much, not enough sun light, temperatures may […]
Mayapur Institute is happy to announce the launch of Cāturmāsya Bhāgavatāsraya Course in Bengali. Now systematically study Srimad Bhagavatam in Sridham Mayapur during the Caturmasya time. This is a FREE course on Srimad Bhagavatam (excluding accommodation and prasadam). Students have to arrange their own accommodation and prasadam. You can also avail the accomodation facility available at […]
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Greetings from Sridham Mayapur and blessings from Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Panchatattva and Sri Sri Prahlada Nrsimhadeva. Today, I am writing to you to share some exciting news. The Mayapur Institute campus project is now taking shape and the vision of our respected acaryas […]
Srila Prabhupada incorporated his worldwide mission with deep concern for the suffering humanity. He outlined seven purposes which capsulized the essence of his mission. In these seven purposes Srila Prabhupada has immensely stressed on education. Srila Prabhupada wanted to provide opportunity for all people to gain a systematic understanding of the profound vedic scriptures. Srila […]
On December 31, 2016, students and faculty from the Māyāpur Institute ended the year on a very festive and auspicious note. The day was filled with parikrama to holy places, sadhu sanga with senior devotees, hearing about the Lord’s pastimes, kīrtan and harinām, and of course, delicious prasādam! Leaving from the ISKCON Māyāpur campus right […]
Once Caitanya Das and his wife Lakṣmīpriyā desired to have a son and went to Śrī Jagannāth Purī to meet Lord Caitanya and to take blessings from Him. As they met the Lord, they offered their obeisances to Mahāprabhu, but before they could speak, the Lord Himself said, understanding their desire, “Jagannāth Deva will surely […]
