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Help Mayapur School recover from Flood Damage
Sri Mayapur International School is a not-for-profit Krishna conscious school in the holy dham of Mayapur, West Bengal founded to create a spiritually nourishing school environment.
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Hare Krishna Festivals UK: The Hare Krishnas, who are often seen at Glastonbury, on Oxford Street or all over the world, are joining in at Bestival for the first time with their enchanting mantra music that brings joy to the heart.
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Yamuna: One day I made Bengali meals and arranged them on the thalis in a Bengali fashion. Srila Prabhupada sat behind his desk, and Pishima sat on the floor directly opposite Srila Prabhupada. As soon as I brought the thalis in and set them down, Srila Prabhupada started making little comical, teasing remarks about his sister. He said, “You know, she says that it is water. I say it is fat.” I thought, “My goodness. He is talking about her weight. What’s going on?” Since Prabhupada’s voice was light-hearted, Pishima started chuckling. He said, “All this,” he was flapping his arms back and forth, “is fat but she calls it water.” He started talking about the days in their childhood when they flew kites, and he said, “I always used to beat her at kites.” He spoke very brother-sisterly about his little sister, and she was laughing, although she didn’t understand a word. In the course of all this jesting, I was bringing in chapatis. When Srila Prabhupada finished his meal, he piled every katori (the little round bowls that all of the moist preparations are in when serving a thali) one on top of the other from the largest to the smallest, nearly twelve inches high. When I walked into the room, Prabhupada knocked down the whole stack with his finger and said, “Yamuna dasi mayi ki jaya!” I said, “Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!” Pishima said, “Gaura Nitai ki jaya!” Then I said, “Oh, Srila Prabhupada. You ate everything.” Srila Prabhupada said, “Excellent!” This was my first meeting with Pishima, and Prabhupada’s mood was light, sweet, jovial, and humorous. Although she didn’t understand a word of what was going on, Pishima truly loved it. She was very fond of Srila Prabhupada. From the day I met her until the very last day I saw her with Srila Prabhupada in 1976 in Vrindavan, I saw that she worshipped her brother, and that he was obviously very fond of her.
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Hare Krishna! Help Take ISKCONOnline.com to the next level
Gopal Bhatta das and Pancharatna dasa: We’re happy to announce that since our web site ISKCONOnline.com was launched over 8,000 people have visited our site, more than 200 devotees completed our online participation form and over 450 subscribed to our newsletter. Thus we have had a good start towards our primary purpose of “creating an association of interested devotees who will improve the quality, relevance and relatability of ISKCON’s presence on the internet.” Now, we want to take this effort to the next level by engaging a qualified devotee as the ISKCONOnline.com Site Director.
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Bhaktivedanta Research Centre: This is a postcard written by Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur to Mahendra Nath Datta. BRC Bengali librarian Bharati Roy has translated it as follows:
“Niskincanasya”.. read this sloka all the time, try to understand its meaning, that is the main thing of Bhajana. You may know that Karma Marga and Prakrtarasanusilana both are against the life of a devotee. We are living a sorrowful life as we cannot do Harinama. You are a veteran Vaisnava, so you may protect us by your Bhajana.
Vaisnavadasanudasa
Dina akincana Sri Bimalaprasad Siddhanta Sarasvati.

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Hare Krishna! An Unforgettable Experience
Hare Krishna, dear devotees! My name is Radha, I’m 19 years old and I am a student in my final year at Sri Mayapur International School. I want to share with you my incredible experience of book distribution in London this summer. I hope that it will please the senior devotees and reassure them that book distribution is still alive and well. And I hope it will encourage all the devotees of my age to give it a try. Here is how it started: for a long time I had wanted to feel myself like a real, active preaching brahmacarini from Srila Prabhupada’s time.
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The Spiritual Journey (6 min video)
The real loving nature of God is that He gives us all an opportunity to understand Him and return to Him.
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Hare Krishna! Temples around the world requested to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Prabhupada’s Jaladuta poems
The Global Office of ISKCON’s 50th anniversary has requested temples around the world to try and observe the fiftieth anniversary of two poems that Srila Prabhupada wrote on board the Jaladuta in September 1965. Srila Prabhupada wrote the first poem, ‘Prayer to the Lotus feet of Krishna’ on 13th September 1965 on board the Jaladuta, and the second one, ‘Markine Bhagavata Dharma’ while the Jaladuta was docked at Boston Harbour on September 18th 1965.
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Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja 2015 at ISKCON-Delhi (Album with photos)
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Inauguration of New Seminar Hall (Album with photos)
Inauguration of New Seminar Hall by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj at ISKCON New Delhi.
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Hare Krishna! The Absolute Nature of the Vedic Literature
The Seed Verses of Bhagavad Gita (Bg 10.8-11) The word seed suggests that it has the potential to grow into something bigger then itself. The verses that are accepted as the “Seed” verses of the Gita do exactly that. They are also sometime referred to as the Catur-Sloka because there are just four (Catur) seed verses (Slokas). The 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita are generally accepted as the summary study of the entire body of Vedic knowledge. Yet within the Gita these “Seed verses” are acknowledged for how nicely they summarize the essence of the Gita’s message into four concise sutras. Now consider these four powerful Sanskrit verses provided below. If you can enter into their profound meaning, you will have effectively attained the highest stage of realization that the entire cannon of Vedic literature points towards.
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Transcendental soldiers in the service of His Divine Grace! Read more ›

Hare Krishna! Who Are All These People? And What Kind of Monotheism Is This Anyway?
Rukmini Devi Dasi: Do you sometimes come to the temple and wonder about who are all these figures on the altar? Is this some kind of idol worship? Are we not supposed to ask? And we hear that Bhakti is a monotheistic tradition: How is that, when there are eight different figures on the altar? If you were raised in a tradition different from Bhakti, (and most of us were…) this kind of worship is likely to feel a bit foreign or even uncomfortable to you. Rukmini Walker will try to unpack how the Bhakti tradition itself explains this important core practice, as given by our line of teachers.
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Jammu and Kashmir High Court bans sale of Beef in the state
On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir High Court imposed ban on sale of beef in the state. A Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal … Read more ›

Harinama in Union Square Park, New York (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A Vaishnava should not try to minimize anyone else’s position. It is better to remain humble and meek and chat the Hare Krishna mantra. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.17.10 purport)
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Hare Krishna! Appreciating Sankirtan Prabhu’s frontline literary outreach
Chaitanya Charan das: The feature that struck me most about his writing was what could be called its inter-disciplinary scope. He brought bhakti wisdom into a mature dialogue with the yoga tradition in his book Bhakti-Yoga Pilgrimage and with contemporary psychology in his other writings. Drawing pertinent points eclectically to address various current concerns, he then insightfully illumined the underlying issues with the light of aptly distilled devotional insights. Overall, he was one of the pioneers in our movement in striving to penetrate the huge and largely untapped self-help genre of writing. With a heavy heart at the departure of a fellow author and friend, I seek his blessings for continuing in my own small way the literary legacy of our tradition.
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Hare Krishna! From Kibbutz To Krishna
One evening in 1978 Dorit and her husband saw a television program featuring Murari Chaitanya Das, a Hare Krishna devotee who had just become the ping pong champion of Israel. He was openly speaking about his experience of Krsna consciousness and Dorit was impressed. On the beach the next morning her husband saw a Hare Krishna devotee and stopped him, thinking him to be Murari Chaitanya. The devotee, Locanananda, told him that their spiritual leader was presently visiting Israel and invited him to come to a public program where the guru would speak. So they went, and Dorit listened attentively. The guru’s words inspired her to start practicing Krsna consciousness. Her husband went along with it.
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Today 6,000 devotees arrived at the Black Sea for the Russian Yatra festival. It seemed like an ocean of Vaisnavas were present at the opening ceremony this evening! Read more ›

Sri Krishna Janmastami Abhishek in Mayaur (Album with photos)
A wonderful abhishek was performed for Sri Sri Radha-Madhava the evening of Sept. 5, 2015
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Hare Krishna! Car maker’s great-grandson, a Krishna disciple, to speak at Houston Hindu celebration
If not for bad timing, Alfred Ford might not have been booted from the family home. But the young great-grandson of auto magnate Henry Ford chose to announce his conversion to the Hare Krishna movement just as Detroit newspapers trumpeted the Hindu spiritual awakening of Elizabeth Reuther, daughter of United Auto Workers Union president Walter Reuther. Fords and Reuthers mixed as well as motor oil and water, and even a bit of guilt by association was too much for the Ford clan. “They kicked me out of the house,” Ford said of his angry parents. Within a few years, the familial crisis subsided, and today Ford, sometimes known as Ambarisa Das, has become an international ambassador for the Hindu-based teachings for the late Abhay Charan De, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
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Hare Krishna! Madhudesha commemorates Jaladuta anniversary
Madhudesh Yatra, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s visit to the country with a programme in a port city in the country on 3rd September 2015. After Srila Prabhupada departed Kolkata in August 1965 on board the Jaladuta, the ship docked in Colombo, Cochin and a port city in Madhudesha on 3rd September, before arriving in Boston. The special program was celebrated in a factory on the banks of an international canal. Several hundred people attended the celebration which featured kirtan, aratik, a lecture on Srila Prabhupada’s life, and how he stopped in Madhudesha on his way to Boston.
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Janmashtami 2015 Festival (Album with 82 photos)
Janmashtami celebration at New Govardhana, San Diego. September 5, 2015
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ISKCON Delhi has acquired the Chipiwada temple where Srila Prabhupada stayed and distributed Back to Godhead magazine back in the 1950s, and plans to turn it into a museum for the ISKCON founder. Jaya Prabhupada! Read more ›

Hare Krishna! Iskcon Devotees
Honestly the devotion and dedication by the Devotees of ISKCON is too exemplary and beyond any words to describe. Please accept my infinite humble pranams to one and all GURU MAHARAJS, and the Devotees who are serving and … Read more ›

Anuttama das: My granddaughter, Revati age 11 leads Kirtan with Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, CC White, & away on stage at the Omega festival in upstate New York (2 min video)
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Auckland, New Zealand: Vyasa puja of Srila Prabhupada (Album with photos)
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Hare Krishna! Radha Kunda Seva – August 2015 Photos and Updates
By the Radha Kunda Seva team
The new kitchen facility we rented has been working well for serving their daily meals. And we’ve continued to use the Lalita Kunda temple facility for the once per month feast for the widows. Our ladies are well-fed and happy. Our 68 ladies are now nearly 80% sponsored! 53 of them! Thank you! Progress is being made on opening our Padma Charitable Trust Bank Account and the acrylic latex painting work at Sakhi Kunda is nearly complete. Meanwhile, cleaning and garden maintenance are continuing through rain and heat, clouds and shine. Please browse our latest photos and join our efforts
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Elearning Course For Learning Sanskrit Vocabulary
This is a new eLearning course that we have launched for learning Sanskrit Vocabulary
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IDVM celebrated Janmashtami in Mukramabad village (Album with photos)
Janmashtami festival celebrated by IDVM (ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry) at a village of Maharastra on 5th September.
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Hare Krishna! The spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency – Radharani
Srila Prabhupada: Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. As we understand from Vedic literature, Krsna has many varieties of potencies. Parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate [Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport]. Just like the same example, as a big man has got many assistants and secretaries so that he hasn’t got to do anything personally, simply by his will everything is done, similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has got varieties of energies, and everything is being done so nicely. Just like this material energy. This material world, where we are now living… This is called material energy. Bahir-anga-sakti. The Sanskrit name is bahir-anga, external energy of Krsna. So how nicely it is being done, everything in the material energy. That is also explained in the Bhagavad-gita, mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram: [Bg. 9.10] “Under My superintendence the material energy is working.” The material energy is not blind. It is… On the background there is Krsna. Mayadhyaksena prakrtih [Bg. 9.10]. Prakrti means this material energy. Similarly… This is external energy. Similarly, there is another energy, which is internal energy. By the internal energy the spiritual world is being manifested. Paras tasmat tu bhavah anyah [Bg. 8.20]. Another energy, para, superior, transcendental, the spiritual world. As this material world is being manipulated under the external energy, similarly, the spiritual world is also conducted by the internal potency. That internal potency is Radharani.
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Lovely reciprocation of people to a London Harinama (3 min video)
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ISKCON 50TH ANNIVERSARY Jaladuta Yatra Trailer (4 min video)
Beautiful!
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London Harinam Mela (Album with photos)
The Krishna consciousness movement is chiefly engaged in chanting the maha-mantra all over the world. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra to give everyone a chance to hear Krishna’s holy name, for simply by hearing Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, one becomes purified (ceto-darpana-marjanam)
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Hare Krishna! Sri Radha—the Feminine Divine
Satyaraja Dasa: The divine counterpart of Sri Krishna is known as Sri Radha. Together, according to the ancient Vaishnava tradition, this dual-gendered divinity is God-male and female dimensions of the Absolute Truth. Sri Radha is the complete energy, and Sri Krishna is the complete energetic source. They are nondifferent from each other, just as musk and its scent are forever merged, or as fire and heat are inseparable. Radha and Krishna are one, yet They have assumed two separate forms to enjoy loving pastimes. Numerous theological texts explain how this is so, but most thorough are the writings of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami, great masters in the Vaishnava tradition whose books have been translated and commented upon by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. To understand Sri Radha, then, English readers would do well to turn to Srila Prabhupada’s books.
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Hare Krishna! Srimati Radharani’s Beautiful Mood
An early offering for Radhastami. Srimati Radharani, the tenderhearted, feminine counterpart of Godhead, is that one person in all of existence who knows best how to express love for Krsna. She is the supreme container of love for Him, and, as such, She is known as the asraya category. Moreover, it is She who, like a mother, nurtures us in our devotional service. Krsna, the object of Her love, comes once in a day of Brahma to display and enjoy His pastime mellows. Afterward, however, Krsna was left with three unfulfilled desires, and to fulfill those inner longings is the paramount reason for His return as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srimati Radhika is the unique, munificent cause of those unfulfilled desires of Krsna. In this way Vrishabhanu-nandini is establishing the greatest welfare for Him……..and for all His uncountable jivas.
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Hare Krishna! Devotional Services
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Shri Krishna Who is the Personality of Godhead in His eternal Form is glorified because He has endeared Himself by His acts of benevolence in disseminating the different kinds of Rasa or Zests. R… Read more ›

NBS#20 – The Glories of Srimati Radharani
For the upcoming festival of Sri Radhastami, we wish to humbly present the Glories of Srimati Radharani.
**Radhastami Special Edition** NBS#20 Features: 1) The Crest Jewel Among Krishna’s Lovers Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur 2) Who Is Srimati Radharani? Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami 3) Devotional Service In Conjugal Love His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 4) Sri Radhikastaka Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Radhika Srila Raghunatha Das Goswami
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Dependence leads to Independence
Absolute Dependence on the Lord bestows us Independence from Maya, and gives us a feeling of fearlessness and permanent happiness. To attain this stage, it is of foremost importance that we render devotional service un… Read more ›

Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebration at ISKCON ARUPPUKOTTAI (Album with photos)
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