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Sacred verses of Gita could help these medical students to be fresh and humble, said P C Das of Hare Krishna Movement, based out of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. Das visits the GMC every week to take the classes that are held in boys’ hostel Read more ›

The Hare Krishna Food for Life (FFL) Program is a global body that serves millions worldwide. Its affiliate, ISKCON Midrand Hare Krishna Food for Life, continues to make inroads as a local food relief network in the community of Midrand, located north of Johannesburg, South Africa Read more ›

This week I have been thinking about the Gayatri mantra and how it is chanted at sunrise, noon and sunset. Although the Hare Krishna maha-mantra can be chanted without following any ‘hard and fast rules,’ the Gayatri does have rules attached to it, and they must be followed in order to achieve the full effect Read more ›

“I am very glad to hear how the book distribution is increasing more and more. This is our greatest weapon. The more the books are distributed, the more the ignorance of the age of Kali will be smashed. The world is feeling the weight of this Hare Krsna movement, especially in your country. We have to increase this book distribution work more and more to firmly establish this movement, which is the only hope for the suffering living entities.” Read more ›

ISKCON devotees in Central New Jersey are in the process of purchasing a beautiful Methodist Baptist Church and turning it into a Krishna temple.

The new 18,000 square foot property will help accommodate the growing ISKCON Central New Jersey (ICNJ) congregation Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Today I had a hernia operation in a hospital in Durban, South Africa. After the surgery I had a surprise visitor to my room: His excellency King Goodwill Zwelithini, king of the 30-million strong Zulu nation. He was at the hospital to visit his daughter who is recovering from an illness in the room next to mine. When he learned I was next door he immediately came see me. We reminisced about my visit to his kingdom last December and our discussions about God, South Africa and social cohesion. He invited me back to his palace in Zululand as soon as I’m better to continue our discussions. I was so honoured by his visit Read more ›

The larger Iskcon community of Latin America Read more ›

Narottama dasa Thakura has sung:

goloker premadhana, harinama-sankirtana, ratina janmila kenetay
samsara-visanale, divanisi hiya jvale, judaite na kaimu upaya

Sankirtana is imported from Goloka Vrindaban it is not material musical rock and roll. It is actually imported from Goloka. Narottama sings, Everyone is burning in the materialistic way of life. That burning can be extinguished only be employing Hare Krsna maha-mantra. It is a fact that the western countries are in blazing fire of material enjoyment. But as soon as they take to Hare Krsna surely they will find peace and happiness. There is no doubt about it. Read more ›

Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is Read more ›

Chanting the Holy Name! Read more ›

Every year, the British Prime Minister hosts a special Diwali event in his official residence of 10 Downing Street. This year the event fell on Wednesday 6th November and it carried with it an extra special charm: As part of the proceedings, children from the Krishna Avanti and Avanti Schools sang a number of traditional songs glorifying Lord Rama. Read more ›

A few weeks ago, Annie Sakab, a student who is studying photojournalism at Loyalist College in Belleville, paid a visit to our temple during one of our Sunday Feasts. The pictures she took were for a project in one of her classes. Annie has kindly shared her photos with us! Check out these wonderful photos, taken from the perspective of a talented photography student! Read more ›

There are many temples spread all over Delhi, but among all of them Iskcon Temple is one place that will conquest your mind completely. You will find here peace and feel like devoting yourself to Lord Krishna Read more ›

It was Saturday morning. He finished his morning lecture. He was in the process of moving off the Vysasana. He paused and looking out at all of us (about 80 devotees in all) and smiling said “All over the world – in all our ISKCON temples – we offer a very nice Sunday Love Feast. Here we are also doing. Yes? So tomorrow is Sunday. You are all invited – AND ( he paused for effect) I will cook!” Read more ›

Waiters of a restaurant come out and dance to the Hare Krishna Street Music Read more ›

Spreading the chanting of the Holy Name all over the world Read more ›

Anna Hazare started an indefinite hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law Read more ›

Fulfilling the mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Read more ›

Monday, November 25 Read more ›

Former Vice President Al Gore has taken up a vegan diet Read more ›

Govinda Swami: Dear Friends

The health condition of my god-brother from South Africa, Shyamlal Prabhu, has deteriorated and become terminal. May I humbly request you all to pray for him.

He began losing his memory around April 2012. His doctors assessed that he has encephalitis. But by August that year he began having seizures and was ultimately diagnosed with brain cancer. Read more ›

The inspiration behind this song comes straight from the yoga text Śrī Īśopaniṣad and the purport given by the great bhakti-yoga teacher Śrīla Prabhupāda. Although I share my realizations on this mantra below, I recommend reading the book for yourself, no matter what your spiritual or philosophical background may be. Read more ›

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Stockholm in September of 1973 Read more ›

The meaning is within the words – Govinda, Gopi, Govardhana, Goloka Vrindavan. It is clear these are the greatest. Govinda is Lord Krishna, the protector of cows, Gopis are the highest devotees, Govardhana is the best servant, and Goloka Vrindavan (“go loka – the abode of the cows ”) is the highest destination . The meaning is obvious. There is nothing without the cows. They all serve cows. Cows are the dearest to Lord Krishna, they are His deities. This is the highest form of worship of Lord Krishna and available to only a very select few devotees. Even this knowledge is very rare – most people don’t understand the exalted position of cows, they see cows as animals. People who serve Krishna ’s cows are the most fortunate and achieve all results. Read more ›

This Sunday Srimad Bhagavatam class at The Bhakti Center was given by H.H. Radhanath Swami followed by wonderful prasadam from the Bhakti Buffet Read more ›

On the auspicious occasion of Ratha Yatra on 15th December, we are holding 21 days long Morning and Evening Street Sankirtana started from 24 November in the different locality of the city to invite everybody at their door step for coming Lord Jagannath Ratha Yatra Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: The deities of Radha-vallabha in downtown Vrindavan are amongst my favorites. Krsna’s dark eyes are so enchanting! Popular amongst the Vraja-vasis, the old temple is not so well known amongst ISKCON devotees. Srimati Radharani is present as Her crown to the left of Vallabha, like at the more famous Radha Raman temple Read more ›

We took a trip to Villa Vrindavan in Tuscany, Italy for a weekend of kirtan, meditation, feasting and rocking the streets of Florence with Harinama, all in the company of beautiful souls. If you find yourself in Italy check the community out for yourself Read more ›

Food for Life Director featured in AUSTRALIAN YOGA LIFE Read more ›

Scientists are getting close to proving what yogis have held to be true for centuries — yoga and meditation can ward off stress and disease Read more ›

After a series of successful communication conferences in the Northern, Western and Eastern parts of India, ISKCON Communications conducted its annual “All India conference”, at one of the prominent temples in South India, at Sri Radha Govinda temple, Tirupathi. Read more ›

I am sure you were all missing this 🙂 Read more ›

The term is similar to a mid-life crisis, but it refers to the plight of students in school or right out of college trying to figure out what they want to do with the rest of their lives. When I ask senior students if they know about their plans after they graduate, they give me a consistently similar response: “I have no idea.” Read more ›

Nagar-Sankirtana Mayapur Dham (Mayapur Daily Harinama) Read more ›

Reporter: How do you know that the animal has a soul?
Srila Prabhupada: You can know, also. Here is the scientific proof… the animal is eating, you are eating; the animal is sleeping, you are sleeping; the animal is defending, you are defending; the animal is having sex, you are having sex; the animals have children, you have children; they have a living place, you have a living place. If the animal’s body is cut, there is blood; if your body is cut, there is blood. So, all these similarities are there. Now, why do you deny this one similarity, the presence of the soul? Read more ›

Totally sublime wedding at the Lotus Feet of GIRIHARI Read more ›

We are very thankful to Food for Life Global and their many donors and supporters for giving us this chance to be engaged in this noble service. Sometimes while distributing our prasadam, we also sing the holy names to the people here and that gladdens their hearts…Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare Read more ›

Devotee volunteers from ISKCON invited the public to offer what they called ‘lamps of love’ to Krishna. Most of the visitors came forward to participate in the festivity with a lot of enthusiasm. “I am living away from home, and Diwali is not so grand when we are away. But offering this lamp here to, it has surely made it a wonderful Diwali for me” said Ankita Agarwal, 2nd year student at MCC. Read more ›

Our Food for Life North Florida program has been delivering prasadam to the needy in our community for about a year now. Temple volunteers prepare and package the meals every Friday, and drivers distribute them to various families and individuals in greater Alachua Read more ›

After a full year of exciting individual events all over the world ISKCON’s 50th anniversary will culminate in one huge event in either India or the US. “Look, we’re the Hare Krishnas. We’ve been here for fifty years, and we’re still strong, still standing, and we’re going to be here for another fifty and beyond.” Read more ›