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The Ahimsa Dairy Foundation is a non-profit organisation that produces and delivers entirely slaughter-free and organic milk to the London and Home Counties. Cows are retired when they are too old to give milk and male calves are spared from being killed as most are in a conventional dairy. We treat all of our animals with dignity until the end of their lives. Read more ›

Antardwip das: View the cool camerawork and editing and the great Bhajans and Kirtans of Polish Woodstock – also the complete three days of the recent HH Jayapataka Swami European Retreat.
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Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited the asrama of Subhari Muni, which is hidden deep in the Vrindavan forest, next to the Yamuna river. Devotees relished bhajans with Bada Haridas and an instructive talk on Subhari Muni’s pastimes. All glories to Sri Vrindavan dhama! Read more ›

Kiev congregation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness – the largest community of followers of Hare Krishna in Ukraine. Due to the active and coordinated activities of the community in Kiev was built and is currently expanding the greatest temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in the post-Soviet countries are constantly being published regularly print – newspaper “House of Prabhupada” , operates the largest branch of the charity ‘Food for Life “in Ukraine , and everyone can go to study Vedic Sciences in Kiev Theological Academy of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Read more ›

The Lotus Trust was established in 2005 as an International charity working in the UK and overseas to alleviate poverty and distress. It is an educational, relief and development agency seeking to transform lives and improve the environment both in the UK and overseas. Read more ›

Coinciding with Indian Prime Minister Manhoman Singh’s three-day Russia visit, over a hundred followers from different Hindu organisations here staged a protest against the demolition of a site where devotees of ISKCON used to offer prayers in Moscow. Read more ›

The Men’s Ashram offers men the opportunity of full time immersion in Krishna Consciousness. It provides training and education so they can excel in their sadhana, service and relationships. It helps them develop a spiritual foundation that will sustain them throughout their lives. Read more ›

The development of a ‘museum of sacred art’ in Radhadesh was inspired by the many original art pieces already on display in the Château de Petite Somme. These paintings, although expressing themes described in ancient Vaishnava texts, were painted in the style of classical realism. The idea of the museum was to create a dedicated space where visitors could experience and learn the cultural roots of Vaishnava art and its connection to the broader world of Hindu philosophy. Read more ›

The Hare Krsna movement is among the oldest, biggest, best organised and probably the most active, noticeable, and recognisable ‘new’ religious movement in Slovenia Read more ›

At present, the GBC body is comprised of thirty-two members who are individually responsible for overseeing the management and spiritual standards of ISKCON centers in assigned geographic regions. GBC members also supervise specific projects, initiatives, and ministries Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Our Kartika parikrama continues as we tread the sacred path from one holy place to another in the association of loving devotees Read more ›

The official website of the center of International Society for Krishna Consciouness in Santiago, Chile where the main deities are Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sri Sri Giri Govardhana Read more ›

Shringara Vat is the Banyan Tree where Krishna took Radharani alone from the Rasa Dance and decorated her (shringara). On the very Rasa Purnima day, he invited all the devotees for darshan, kirtan, artika, and most delicious prasadam Read more ›

In India, Srila Prabhupada’s main program for revitalizing the Vedic teachings was the construction of major temples. In 1972, he laid the foundation stone of the temple in Juhu, Mumbai. Opened in 1978, ISKCON Juhu has become a must visit pilgrim center with nearly 25000 pilgrims streaming in daily. Read more ›

Offering of candles and prayers to the Lord every day in Union Square for the whole month of kartik Read more ›

Kartik (Damodar) is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartik month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krishna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya. Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartik Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartik or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Krishna, glorifies Lord Krishna’s pastime of being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda. Read more ›

Vishvamitra Das (Vladimir Kritsky) joined the Krishna Consciousness movement in 1979. In the beginning of the 80’s he was arrested for his faith and has spent six years in prison.

He was sentenced twice. The second time, he was punished for preaching in jail. Read more ›

Nestled away in the Appalachians, just south of Wheeling, West Virginia (the birthplace of my maternal grandfather, Charles Rowan) is a community of 350 ISKCON devotees called New Vrindaban. (Old Vrindaban is in Uttar Pradesh, India, the boyhood home of Krishna.) Read more ›

By Karunika dasi

Imagine three hundred devotees dancing and chanting loudly in unison under a star-lit sky; beautiful deities of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, on Their decorated cart, leading the way; along the pavement of the winding village roads, people standing in front of their homes, holding plates of fruit and incense to offer to The Lord…

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Indradyumna Swami: On the first day of Kartika here in Vrindavan our parikrama party walked to the courtyard where the sacred samadhis of Srinivasa Acarya, Ramachandra Kaviraja and Hemalata Goswami are located. We had many hours of kirtan and katha and felt our souls greatly purified. Read more ›

Kirtan is now the in-thing in many parts of the world including Europe. In many places other groups are way ahead of us as far as filling this growing need of the general public. While we cannot claim to be the sole inheritors of kirtan, we are certainly one of the first and main proponents of it in the west Read more ›

Today the animal rights lobbyists are very outspoken about animal welfare and often they advocate a vegan diet due to the cruelty inflicted on Mother cow in the dairy industry. Many devotees are being influenced by the vegan argument. We will have two presentations on this topic from different points of view Read more ›

Photo report from 12th ISKCON European Leaders Meeting Radhadesh, Belgium, October 5-6 Read more ›

Kirtan is fully participatory, call-and-response devotional chant. A live kirtan is at once ecstatic, contemplative and — most of all — playfully improvised. Enjoy singing along with this music! Read more ›

“Much of the existing artwork by ISKCON’s publishing arm the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust is in a renaissance-influenced style, including that of Jnanajana Das,” says Villa Vrindavana temple president Parabhakti Das. “As Villa Vrindavana is located in Tuscany, the birthplace of the Renaissance, MOSA’s art will continue in this theme. For this reason, the regional government wants to support our museum, which we expect will attract many tourists.” Read more ›

In Naples, Peter attended the Art School and later the Academy of Fine Arts of this remembers with particular affection the teacher, staunch supporter of intellectual painting. Arrived in Tuscany, was introduced to oriental culture experiences doing yoga with the Hare Krishnas and handling illustration of the ancient texts of this religion at the Academy of San Casciano Read more ›

Vaisesika Dasa: Wherever one resides, one should daily offer a lamp to the Lord and sing the Damodara astakam. One should also increase one’s other devotional activities, especially hearing and chanting the names and pastimes of the Lord. All these practices will be quickly effective during Kartika Read more ›

The execution of devotional service during Urja-vrata in the month of Karttika is especially recommended to be performed at Mathura . . . The Lord does not award devotional service to ordinary persons who are not serious about it. But even such unserious persons who execute devotional service according to the regulative principles during the month of Karttika, and within the jurisdiction of Mathura in India, are very easily awarded the Lord’s personal service Read more ›

Sri Murari Gupta was a very intimate associate whose pastimes with Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were steeped in the loving bond of their eternal relationship. As an incarnation of Hanuman, Murari Gupta is as dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Hanuman is to Lord Rama. Read more ›

Parasuram das: The plan was to distribute the prasad in a big warehouse place, I didn’ t think anyone would show up for lunch so we sent a team to the local University. But as if by magic 6,000 people showed up and we cooked 3 massive pots of subji and poperdoms Read more ›

Hare Krishna Food for Life is the world’s largest vegan and vegetarian non-profit food relief organization with projects in over 60 countries. Volunteers serve more than 1,500,000 free meals daily in a variety of ways, including: food vans serving to the homeless within major cities around the world; lunch time meals for poor school children throughout India; and also in response to large natural disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Read more ›

“Having retired from all my duties and being freed from all expectations, when will I enter the abode of Sri Vrindavan alone and pass my days discussing topics of Sri Krsna, the Lord of Vrindavan, and topics of Sri Radha, the goddess of Vrindavan?”

[ Srila Prabhodhananda Sarasvati, Sri Vrindavan Mahimamrta, Sataka One, text 97 ] * All photos by Ananta Vrindavan das Read more ›

In order to come up with systems and processes that will actually impact and improve the day to day lives of devotees and ISKCON at large, the GBC has created committees to address each of these concerns. These committees are not formed solely of GBC members but also members of what has come to be called the Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Read more ›

More than anything, I want that my students should distribute literature profusely all over the world and this should be our foremost concern how to do it properly. Read more ›

“Of the many objects of favored delight and of all the lovable damsels of Vrajabhumi, Srimati Radharani is certainly the most treasured object of Krishna’s love. And, in every respect, Her divine kunda is described by great sages as similarly dear to Him. Undoubtedly Radha-kunda is rarely attained even by the great devotees; therefore it is even more difficult for ordinary devotees to attain. If one simply bathes once within those holy waters, one’s pure love of Krishna is fully aroused.” (Srila Rupa Goswami’s “The Nectar of Instruction,” by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, verses 9-11) Read more ›

The auspicious Month of Damodara , is here once again heralding the spiritually enlivening ‘Festival of Lights” .Throughout this month, devotees commemorate the pastime of naughty Lord Krsna :),the period when the enchantingly beautiful child Krishna starts playing His sweet pastime of stealing butter Read more ›

International Society for Cow Protection (ISCOWP): It is always so wonderful to rescue cows/oxen/calves from the horrible meat/dairy industry. Our current herd of 18 animals needed to be increased so we decided to go to the Sale Barn Auction and rescue another cow. We had our planes and Lord Krsna had His plans as we came home with two little bull calves and one little heifer(girl) calf. We wish we could have bought them all. So many innocent souls in cows bodies suffering so much and being treated so badly Read more ›

To provide aid, ISKCON Food Relief Foundation — which delivers healthy vegetarian meals to 1.2 million underprivileged school children around India every day — joined forces with ISKCON Juhu and Chowpatty in Mumbai. Read more ›

Sacinandana Swami has been a monk in the bhakti tradition for 42 years. He is known for his significant contribution to the practice of contemplation and meditation for modern practitioners of bhakti. Sacinandana Swami has published seven books and released two CDs, and offers an array of retreats, seminars, and workshops Read more ›

Dussehra celebrates Lord Rama’s victory over the demon king Ravana and the triumph of good over evil. The epic Ramayana tells the mythical story of the Lord Rama who wins the lovely Sita for his wife, only to have her carried off by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Read more ›