Websites from the ISKCON Universe
Ethics and Cow Protection (9 min video)
Arnold A. Smith II, M.A.;D.D. from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University brought two groups of students from his ethics class to visit the International Society of Cow Protection (ISCOWP) and learn about cow protection. View this video to hear some of the discussion on cow protection that took place and view some pictures of their visits.
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Early Spring Joy for Rescued Cow and Calves (8 min video)
Kalindi was rescued from the dairy in March 2015 and the calves were rescued from the auction barn in August 2014. This is their first season on pasture.
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Hare Krishna! Bhaktivedanta Eco Farm at Vrindavan Dham flourishes
HG Rupa Goswami prabhu who earlier took care of Iskcons All India Padayatra successfully for around a decade decided to take the service of developing Iskcon Vrindavans Eco Farm near Rad… Read more ›
Hare Krishna! Bhaktivedanta Eco Farm at Vrindavan Dham flourishes
HG Rupa Goswami prabhu who earlier took care of Iskcons All India Padayatra successfully for around a decade decided to take the service of developing Iskcon Vrindavans Eco Farm near Rad… Read more ›
Kirtan in the Urals (5 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Our Festival Of The Holy Names in Yekatrinburg. Like everywhere we travel in Russia, the 700 devotees in Yekaterinburg were enthusiatic to chant Hare Krsna!
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Festival of Chariots Dallas 2015: Ratha Yatra (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One who is interested in chanting the holy name of Krishna or who by practice likes to chant Krishna’s names should be accepted as a Vaisnava and offered respects as such, at least within one’s mind. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 15, 111)
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Bhaktivedanta Swami Goshala Vrindavan: We heartly pray to the Lord, to provide eternal shelter under His lotus feet to Amit Seyal & Family from Gurgaon, for adopting a cow for a year. (Album with 12 photos)
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If you ever had trouble distributing books in sankirtan, try this 🙂 (5 min video)
And if you ever wondered who are those souls behind the ‘Fortunate People’ page and what is the way they get trained to stand long hours on the street distributing books – this 5 min video might shed some light… Beautiful, rhythmic and fun!
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Hare Krishna! Huge 24th Annual Prabhupada Festival in Los Angeles
This two-day festival includes special talks and remembrances from senior Srila Prabhupada disciples, enlivening kirtans, six sumptuous feasts, a beautiful boat festival, Maha-Harinam, o… Read more ›
Hare Krishna! Seminar on Reaching the Hearts and the Minds of the Western Public
I can’t express how relevant and inspiring this seminar was for anyone who wants to see ISKCON progress in leaps and bounds in the coming years. With ISKCON’s 50th anniversary celebrations coming up, it is imperative we all know where we are as an organization, what steps we need to take collectively and individually to progress to the next level, and educate ourselves on our shortcomings. This seminar did that for many and I hope the greater devotee community has the opportunity to access the videos and do the same.
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Kingsday 2015: Videos and photos
Social media has been flooded with video clips and photos of the Kingsday Harinama. On this page there are links to a few.
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Nrsimha Caturdasi 2015, Festival for the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva at New Govardhana, San Diego (Album with 101 photos)
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Radheeeee-Shyam! (Album with 150 HR photos)
The Deities of Krishna Valley in Hungary, beauty personified, just got a new transcendental altar!
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Beautiful Nrisimha-Abhishek ceremony in Mayapur (Album with 229 HR photos)
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Hare Krishna! 1st North American ISKCON Medical Professional Retreat
This retreat is a forum for all physician devotees and those within the medical field to gather and experience enlivening fellowship. We will be deeply honored by your presence. The r… Read more ›
Hare Krishna! 1st North American ISKCON Medical Professional Retreat
This retreat is a forum for all physician devotees and those within the medical field to gather and experience enlivening fellowship. We will be deeply honored by your presence. The r… Read more ›
Sabbatical Course Bhaktivedanta Manor
Deepen your spiritual roots this year…Immerse yourself in a transcendental adventure – Sabbatical Course 2015/16 This two part, 6 month course is for those who are familiar in the practice of Krishna Consciousness and want to explore it further by diving in to deepen their spiritual roots. The first half of the course starts in the heart of spiritual practices, India. You’ll be living among 150 monks in the world-famous flagship center of training & education – ISKCON Chowpatty, Mumbai! An opportunity to delve in the innumerable number of seminars, practical workshops & training courses available – all taught by some of the best teachers across the globe. But not only that, the adventure continues when you can take part in pilgrimages to various Holy spots including Vrindavan, Mayapur & Jagannath Puri – so you can really get a glimpse of the spiritual world! On your return from India, starts the second half of the course, based at Bhaktivedanta Manor. This part of the course is mainly focused on completion of the Bhakti Shastri degree, where participants get to spend quality time studying Nectar of Instruction, Nectar of Devotion, Sri Isopanisad & Bhagavad Gita As It Is. You will also gain a healthy exposure to a variety of outreach programs at the Manor to develop practical skills such as public speaking, team leadership, managing projects.
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Ambarisha Prabhu – TOVP Presentation – 5-2-15 at ISKCON Los Angeles (15 min video)
Wonderful memories!
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Someone who is not afraid of Lord Nrisimhadeva 🙂 Read more ›
Day 7 ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE NEPAL 2nd May 2015 Bhaktapur (Album with photos)
The devotees in Nepal continue to help the afflicted population.
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If you can’t go to Vrindavana, now Vrindavana comes to you! How? Watch this 4 min video to learn!
Invitation for Vraja-Kathamrita Seminar by His Grace Deena Bandhu Prabhu.
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The Most Awaited Book of the Year: “Vraj Mandal Darshan ” is going to be released soon. A few words by Lokanath Swami (5 min video)
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Harinama in Yekaterinburg, Russia (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: My Dear Master! Yekaterinburg was founded in 1723 and named after Peter the Great’s wife, Catherine I. It is now Russia’s 4th largest city. It is also home to a thriving community of Krsna conscious devotees who regularly do harinama throughout the beautiful city. As a result of such chanting and dancing, devotees are popular amongst the citizens, who often greet them with the words, “Hare Krsna!” It is all happening by the grace of SrilaPrabhupada. My dear master! May your glories be sung throughout the 3 worlds!
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Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna Documentary Retells Life Of Founder
“Acharya: The Life and Legacy of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada” is now in the final stages of production. The slated premiere date is Sept. 17 in honor of the 50-year anniversary of Prabhupada’s arrival in the United States. Das, the spiritual name John Griesser prefers, has been working on the film for two years. He and a staff of 40 producers, filmmakers and editors began production one year ago. “I think coming up with a really good script (has been the biggest challenge),” Das said. “That’s the foundation of any film. It has to be something that is going to grab people’s attention and make them want to know more about Prabhupada.”
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Hare Krishna! My dear fellow prabhu/mataji, is it you the pure devotee? An ancient story retold for the devotees
By Citraka dasa. “Prabhus,” the temple president said, “I have incredible news. I have just been told, without any room for doubt or question, the following. A pure devotee is amongst you!” Vaishnava das, a faithful servant of Srila Prabhupada, for many years serving as temple president in a temple community of devotees, had just returned from a visit to a nearby hut which an older sannyasi had chosen as his base for his writing in preparing for his next preaching tour duties. He had approached him with heavy heart to get some advice for the difficult times his temple was going through. A famous Iskcon temple had fallen on hard times.
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Hare Krishna! Finding Ultimate Meaning
Just as Narada had guided Dhruva, Srila Prabhupada encouraged people to serve God, thus delivering the remedy for their unsatisfied hearts. Whether they were full of material desires, just curious, or seeking genuine spiritual cultivation, the practice of bhakti-yoga – the means to rekindle one’s love for Krishna – gave them lasting happiness and satisfaction. Serious practitioners were able to give up their bad habits and addictions. Having received a valuable jewel, they lost their attraction to broken glass.
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Indradyumna Swami awarded with medal for bravery!
Indradyumna Swami: This is a photo of Vladimir, a highly decorated Russian soldier, who by chance walked into our hall program in Yekaterinburg. He fought for years with Russian special forces in both Afghanistan and Chechnya. After listening to my lecture he approached me and said, “Thank you for coming to our country. Yours is a message of peace by recognizing we are all part of God’s family. War will not bring peace. It will only bring more war. I wish you the best in your mission.” Then he took off one of his medals and pinned it on my kurta. “This is my nations highest award for bravery. I pass it on to you for the courage you display in spreading God’s message in foreign lands.” I felt humbled by his words, as well as his gift. I will wear the medal and try to become the person he saw in me.
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Harinama in Moscow,Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one hears a person say even once the word “Krishna” that person should be accepted as the best man out of the common group. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 15, 106)
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ISKCON-Delhi: Drama on Narsimha Chaturdashi : 03-05-2015 (Album with photos)
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Harinama in Prague, Czech Rebuplic (Album with photos)
The Harinam and Wednesday’s program April 29, 2015.
For many years Harinams – the color joyous procession of devotees singing the holy name of Krishna accompanied by harmonium, mridangas and karatalas – are inseparable from Prague. This singing represents the yuga-dharma for this age. We go regularly on Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 PM from Obecni dům on Republic Square. If you would like to join, you are cordially invited. “Sankirtana brings grace of Krishna’s holy names to the spiritually inert mass of people and indeed to all living beings who do not otherwise have the opportunity or inclination to Krishna consciousness. This public chanting purifies the contaminated atmosphere of the Kali Yuga. Everyone who will participate, will be dear to Lord Chaitanya.” (Bhakti Vikas Swami – Beginners Guide to Krishna consciousness).
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Hare Krishna! Major Upgrade in Vanipedia
For eight years, English has been the only language in which Vanipedia presented Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. No longer, for on May 2 (Lord Nrsimhadeva’s appearance day) we launched pages in 76 new languages. A total of 7,000 pages have already been added, and by August another 8,000 pages will appear. Each page features an audio clip, a video clip with subtitles, and links to the original Vaniquotes and Vanisource pages in English.
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Jaya Radha Madhava.
i was blessed to be with Srila Prabhupad when He went to Hanuman Prasad Poddar’s ashram in Gorakhpur… that was the place where Jaya Radha Madhava was first introduced… one morning Srila Prabhupad asked me to bring him Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur’s songbook… He looked through it and said “Oh this is a nice prayer” and sang it before Srimad Bhagavatam class… the rest is history… He sang it before every class afterwards… i sent the words to Jayatirtha Prabhu in LA, but not knowing how to write music, was unable to convey the correct tune… some of the old recordings have a made up tune that Srila Prabhupad corrected when He got back to the west… He was very adamant about chanting the tunes He had taught us and not making anything up… just like the philosophy – Nanda Kumar dasa ACBSP
The Fruits And Flowers Of Srila Prabhupada’s Preaching (4 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: A video of our program in Yekaterinburg two days ago with devotees from the Urals region of Russia. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who lotus feet graced this nation 41 years ago. The fruits and flowers of his preaching continue to blossom throughout this land.
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Huge Harinama during the Kingsday Festival 2015 in Holland. (Well written descrption and album with 291 photos)
As the harinam was approaching the bridge, Maharaj’s kirtan was going full pelt; the drumming, the mrdanga, the harmonium and the electric guitar, everything was to the max! But as soon we went under the bridge… oh my Lord Krsna, it was all over – social conventions obliterated, inhibitions laid to waste and caution was well and truly thrown to the wind. The acoustics underneath this bridge were on a whole new level and the place was absolutely heaving with people and every single one of them completely lost it, completely immersed in the intensity of the kirtan that Maharaj was delivering with some divinely ordained raw, spiritual power. Devotees or locals, it didn’t matter, everyone was in it together, dancing in unison, faces with looks of complete ecstasy. One moment everyone was going to and fro like a shoal of fish in the water, the next moment, everyone had grouped into human chains and arches and going in and out of each other; and the next moment everyone was going round and round in a whirlpool of sheer joy.
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IDVM mid-term meeting (Album with photos)
Members of IDVM had a 3 days mid-term meeting at ISKCON preaching center, Chirala. Andhra Pradesh.
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Food for Life. Nepal relief. (2 min video)
Join “Food for life”. Help the children of Nepal, affected by the devastating earthquake.
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7th Annual Daytona Beach Festival of Chariots and Ratha Yatra Parade
A multi-cultural parade and festival will be celebrated with entertainment for the whole family. There will be live music, singing, classical dance, books, bazaar, and lots of free delicious vegetarian food. The Ratha Yatra Parade is the oldest known parade in the world. WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, May 23, 2015. There is an inauguration ceremony at noon, (we have invited the Mayor of Daytona Beach), on the beach at Holiday Inn, 930 N Atlantic Ave., The parade begins at 1 PM going North on the beach several blocks, then turns back South to the beach between Harvey Ave. and Main Street, just South of the Pier, where the free feast and cultural festival continue till 5:30 PM.
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Radha Shyama’s altar all lit up!!! (3 min video)
Here is a short video of the first darshan of Radha Shyamasundara’s new Altar in New Vraja Dham, Hungary.
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ISKCON SALEM: wonderful festival of Lord Narasimha dev Appearance (Album with 95 photos)
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Lord Narasimhadeva Chaturdasi – 03 May 2015 at ISKCON New Govardhana – Sri Sri Radha Govardhanadhari (Album with photos)
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