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Parasuram das: In this video you can see how one devotee’s full enthusiasm for chanting the Holy Names can convince others to join in! Read more ›

Mukunda das: Last week we visited different schools and gave lectures, had kirtans, distributed Shastra Dana books and prasadam to students and teachers. Here is a short film (2 minutes long) from one of the days. Read more ›

For the past 22 years I have lived with the people of Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Middle Asia. They are all wonderful people.

To see Europeans being shot dead in the streets brings sadness to the heart.

But upon waking this morning, with a very heavy heart, I found solace in a small book that I was given yesterday.

That book is entitled, “Crying for Krishna.” Read more ›

The inside, by general impressions, appears even bigger than the outside! Read more ›

Every opportunity to glorify the Lord in the association of other devotees is welcome! Specially in the Holy Dham! Read more ›

Prasadam (mercy) is coming in all kinds of attractive forms and varieties! No one remains disappointed 🙂 Read more ›

Chanting and hearing transcendental vibrations in the association of devotees: the sublime and authorized method to raise the consciousness to Krishna consciousness! Read more ›

ISKCON Leadership Sanga, Day Five – Bhakti Caru Swami class Read more ›

Giriraj Swami: The night Ram Prasad (ACBSP) left this world, he appeared in my dream. Entering his room and seeing him so ill on his bed, I embraced him, and he embraced me back, and we both shed tears of love. Then he suddenly jumped out of bed and said, “I want to go for a ride – with you.” We got into a big vehicle, him in the driver’s seat and me in the passenger’s seat, and he drove us in the early hours of the morning, until the sun was bright in the clear sky. Read more ›

Musical video with Krishna conscious words and modern style of presenting them Read more ›

Mayapur Dham Read more ›

Golden Moon to rise over Forest Lake for the second time! The Golden Moon in Eastern Culture represents the arrival of a new age, as the moon spreads it’s rays of light, spreading peace and prosperity through every town and village. Read more ›

During Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s visit to Dacca in 1935, a group of scholars came to hear from him, and one of them, the Sanskrit professor Sri Yukta Abhay Chandra, M.A., opened the conversation by stating that as a result of modern education, today’s students were becoming misbehaved, vulgar, and immoral, and thus it was not possible to speak to them about devotion to God, which they snorted at as if it were a laughing matter; yet without first giving religious instruction, moral standards could not be established. Read more ›

The beauty of Ganga, of Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi and the latest construction updates of the magestic Temple of Vedic Planetarium in the magic of Mayapur Dham! Read more ›

SB 1.11.19, Purport:

Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, a great ācārya of the Viṣṇu Svāmī Vaiṣṇava sect, in his householder life was overly attached to a prostitute who happened to be a devotee of the Lord. One night when the Ṭhākura came to Cintāmaṇi’s house in torrents of rain and thunder, Cintāmaṇi was astonished to see how the Ṭhākura could come on such a dreadful night after crossing a foaming river which was full of waves. She said to Ṭhākura Bilvamaṅgala that his attraction for the flesh and bone of an insignificant woman like her would be properly utilized if it could be diverted to the devotional service of the Lord to achieve attraction for the transcendental beauty of the Lord. It was a momentous hour for the Ṭhākura, and he took a turn towards spiritual realization by the words of a prostitute. Later on the Ṭhākura accepted the prostitute as his spiritual master, and in several places of his literary works he has glorified the name of Cintāmaṇi, who showed him the right path. Read more ›

Walking around the Pink City… Read more ›

In Mayapur Dhama Read more ›

Should the GBC members be changed or they are “for good? Read more ›

After a hearty breakfast, attendees congregated in the huge pandal tent where the destinations of the two parikramas, as well as the parikrama leaders, scheduled for the afternoon were announced. Devotees could choose to go to Lord Chaitanya’s birthplace and Srivas Angam with HH Lokanath Swami or a join the parikrama led by HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami to the birthplace of Bhaktivinod Thakur and Surabhi Kunja. Thankfully, devotees will have the opportunity to go on parikrama again in two days time so that no one will miss out! Devotees also learned about the hard work and efforts of HG Ravindra Svarupa prabhu who has spent years researching and putting together a small book on the position of Srila Prabhupada called “Srila Prabhupada The Founder Acharya of ISKCON – A GBC Foundational Document”. Before leaving the tent to attend the morning seminars, devotees were presented with complimentary copies to take home. Read more ›

Pictures taken at the “pandal” program, near ISKCON Juhu, Bombay Read more ›

Actually every living entity has its own raga, everyone has his own way of singing. Sometimes, we say that some people sing “off” but that is not a fact; they just have their own raga in their own musical scale. So, every living entity has its own raga, the birds have their own raga and all the animals have their own ragas but the sixteen-thousand, one-hundred and eight gopis have their ragas which are spiritual. Read more ›

Broadbeach is a suburb on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. Read more ›

His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami and his Team have Performed a beautiful Drama on Bhagavad Gita (as It is) in the Temple hall of Iskcon Delhi. Read more ›

ISKCON Leadership Sanga Day One – Seminars. Anuttama Prabhu of ISKCON Communications shares a stirring video about ISKCON’s upcoming 50th anniversary in 2016. As ISKCON approaches this milestone, it is important to recognize the challenges and opportunities associated with the growth of any international organization. Read more ›

Bhaktivedanta Manor is a Gaudiya Vaishnava, Hare Krishna temple set in the Hertfordshire countryside of England in the village of Aldenham near Watford. Read more ›

“For Succession, or where ISKCON will go in the future — a topic that’s quite popular nowadays — Bhakti Vijnana Goswami will be giving a talk on The Culture of Empowerment,” says Vrindavan Vinodini. “And in Krishna conscious culture, Bhaktimarga Swami will be offering a drama workshop called Performance Art, giving tips on acting and how to put on dramas.” Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: With a grand Ratha Yatra through the heart of Mumbai and a massive two-day festival in a large park we took our final bows in our 7-week festival tour of India. We pray that Srila Prabhupada has been pleased with our humble efforts to help spread Lord Caitanya’s movement in the land of dharma. Read more ›

Devotees observed fasting until noon on Nityananda Trayodashi. The utsava deities of Sri Sri Gaur Nitai were decorated gorgeously with flowers and tulasi garlands. The beautiful darshan of the brilliantly decorated Gaur Nitai bought joy into the hearts of the assembled devotees, causing a jubilant and enthusiastic kirtan to ensue, thus inspiring everyone to dance in bliss.

A grand ceremonial bath was performed for Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai. The Deities were given a sandal oil massage. After the massage the Deities were bathed with panchagavya which is a combination of milk, curd, sweetened water, ghee and honey. The Deities were then bathed with herbal extracts, scented water, exotic fruit juices, flowers, etc. Read more ›

Krishna Fest tour across Gujarat Read more ›

As I was running in and out of the kitchen I saw our now-departed god-brother and great cook Vibhu Caitanya Prabhu. I asked him to prepare kacoris for Srila Prabhupada’s offering. He sweetly smiled and agreed.

But in the chaos of that kitchen .. lugloo was an impossibility.

The kitchen storeroom was managed by our Japanese god-brother Sri Charana Prabhu.

As he was running to join the procession, he called out, “Ayodhyapati, “here are the keys to the storeroom .. take whatever you want.”

That’s quite a dangerous thing to say when I am cooking 🙂 Read more ›

Srila Prabhupada desired that ISKCON devotees come to Sridhama Mayapur to just chant. One former Governing Body Commissioner (GBC) recalls, “One time, during the annual Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur, Prabhupada called his GBC men to his room. With his leaders gathered before him, Prabhupada stated that all the devotees in the world should come to Mayapur and constantly have kirtana. He was very blissful as he told them of Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s statement that he had searched the fourteen worlds but found nothing of value except the chanting of the holy names. Prabhupada said that this was Mayapur’s purpose, to come and chant. “We may have problems in different parts of the world, but they will go away if we simply come together and chant. Lord Caitanya always chanted and we could do it also. We now had a big building in Mayapur, so everyone could come and live there and simply chant.” Read more ›

Appearance Day of Lord Nityananda (Sri Nityananda Trayodasi) festival was celebrated at Iskcon,Ludhiana on Feb.12,2014 with great enthusiasm. The festival starts at 11AM with abhishek of Lord Nityananda. Prabhu ji from ISKCON, Chandigarh gave lecture on the past life of Lord Nityananda. Chhapan Bhoga was offered to Their Lordship. A large number of congregations attend this grand festival. After aarti, prashadam was distributed to the people. Read more ›

The event was created by ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) to provide leaders with a forum where they could share best practices and learn from each other. Each day of the ILS will begin early at 4:30am with the full traditional ISKCON morning worship program, and then breakfast.

This will be followed by an hour-long plenary session, which all attendees will gather at. The session’s focus will be different each day, but the topic will always be one of universal interest. Read more ›

In the latest in a series of exhausting trials, ISKCON devotees have been given until February 15th by the Moscow government to move out of their temple at Dinamo.

The devotee community has already found a new space to rent, and will stay there while they go to court to pursue justice. Read more ›

Pictures of the Jagannath Rathayatra festival organized by ISKCON Juhu, Bombay. The Lord of the Universe benedicts the residents of this big city! Read more ›

Disciples of His Divine Grace Read more ›

Madhu Mangal das and Yamuna dasi’s home temple Read more ›

Pilgrimage to Jhajighram, Sri Khanda, and Mamgachi with students from the Kirtan Academy Read more ›

Some members of the Bhaktivedanta Players accepted an invitation to perform 7 plays over a Kirtan Mela Festival in Mumbai…. Read more ›

Inauguration & Installation Read more ›