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Transcendental News

His Holiness Mukunda Maharaja will be giving class on Saturday, 4th February 2006 at 5.30pm at Brisbane Temple.

One of Srila Prabhupada's very first Western disciples, Maharaja succeeded in finding the premises for the first ISKCON Temple in 26 Second Avenue, New York in 1966 and went on to help put the Hare Krishna movement firmly on the map.

Maharaja then went to the West Coast where he organised the highly acclaimed Mantra Rock Dance with five other devotees.   They set up the ISKCON Temple in San Francisco and later went to London.  

The intrepid team of six recruited more devotees in London and later met with George Harrison.  George inspired the devotees to record the Maha Mantra, which topped the record charts in many countries.  The Govindam or  “Cintamani” Prayers followed it and culminated in the recording of the Radha Krishna Temple album.  Funds raised were ploughed into the opening and running of the new London Temple in Bury Place, home of Sri Sri Radha-Londonishvara.

His Holiness Mukunda Maharaja is an emeritus Member of the ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC).  He divides his time between New Zealand and India and spends most of his time writing, including a regular column with India's Hindustan Times..

Shymasundara said to me, “You know, the nice thing about all this is that we're really not doing anything.  We're just instruments in Krishna's hands.”   [Quote from Maharaja's forthcoming book]

Brisbane Temple

95 Bank Road , Graceville (07) 3379 5455 www.iskcon.org.au

How to find us

Brisbane Refidex UBD map reference 178 J14

By train Take the Ipswich line to Graceville Station (west side). Bank Road is opposite the station by the shops. Follow the road to the end, bearing left. Continue to the end of the road to the Temple.