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Always remember Sri Vrndavan!! (Album 95 photos)
The sastras recommend which names we should chant, such as Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. It is not that we have to search for some name or manufacture one. Rather, we must follo… Read more ›

Varshana 2014: Srimati Radharani’s transcendental playground (Album 77 photos)
If we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Krishna by taking to Krishna consciousness and keeping always in touch with Him by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, we need not take much trouble in arranging to return to the spiritual world. By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this is very easy. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.15.53 Purport)
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Bhaktivedanta Research Centre Acquires Manuscripts From Advaita Acharya’s Line
The Bhaktivedanta Research Centre in Kolkata, India has added some new treasures to its vast library of over 15,000 works that includes all the major Puranas and Vedas and many important and rare works by Vaishnava acharyas.
Amongst the recent acquisitions are seven hand-written manuscripts donated by Sri Sanjay Goswami of Vrindavan, a 14th generation descendent from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s intimate associate Sri Advaita Acharya.
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Flying above Mayapur (Album of 15 beautiful photos)
This album shows the beautiful Temple of Vedic Planetarium at sunrise this morning from above. So much more work has been done!!
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Students visit ISKCON Delhi (Album 14 photos)
“Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma (Supersoul) in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who relishes His messages, which are themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1.2.17)
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The Art of Renouncing Everything While Giving up Nothing
Before you head for the Himalayas to renounce the world, stay to find out about what the Bhagavad Gita has to say about renunciation. Hint: It’s about the internal, not the external.
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TOVP Design Used in Jagaddhatri Puja
In Bengal it is popularly believed that Maharaja Krishna Chandra of Nadia started Jagaddhatri Puja. Around 1750 Maharaj had a dream of Durga Devi who asked him to observe a festival in her honor. From that day the K… Read more ›

Opening of the Second Largest ISKCON Temple in the World in Kanpur
Tens of thousands of devotees and members of the public attended the recent opening of the grand new Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir in Kanpur, India – the second largest ISKCON temple in the world after the society’s headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal.
Among the guests in attendance were Uttar Pradesh Governor Sri Ram Naik and Nagaland Governor Sri Padmanabh Acharya, who presided over the inaugural ceremony.
ISKCON VIPs present included Governing Body Commissioners Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Charu Swami, Radhanath Swami and Anuttama Das, as well as senior Prabhupada disciples Bhurijana Das, Deena Bandhu Das, Lokanath Swami and many more.
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Visit Iskcon Panjabi Bagh 2014! (Album 45 photos)
“For one who wants liberation from the fruitive reactions of material activities, the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, or glorification of the name, fame and pastimes of the Lord, is recommended as the most perfect process of atonement because such chanting eradicates the dirt from one’s heart completely.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.12)
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Diwali Celebration at the Massachusetts State House (5 min video)
“May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other’s welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Sri Krsna, and always remain absorbed in thought of Him.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, Text 5.18.9)
With these words the nation’s fourth oldest state capitol, the Massachusetts State House, located in Boston’s venerable Beacon Hill, heralded the advent of the month of Diwali with a public celebration.
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Determination vs. knowledge
Kadamba Kanana Swami: We are all in a material situation and I sum it up as, “Sometimes you are on top of the elephant and at other times, the elephant is on top of you!” That is material life, it is not going to always be easy but we must protect our spiritual life and try to do something to stand up for Krsna consciousness.
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American actor Andy Garcia gets Srila Prabhupada’s book.
Drumila Das ACBSP: I was walking down the street heading back to my car. I had to walk through where a film crew had set up a set. I saw the actor Jim Sturgess the actor I had got a donation from and given a book to about a month ago. We exchanged pleasantries, then as i said goodbye,I looked up and there was Andy Garcia. I said “Andy, I have a gift for you.(he was putting on clothes getting ready for a shoot) I pulled out a book called Spiritual Yoga by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and handed it to him. He was putting on a scarf or something so he directed me to hand it to his assistant, which I did. It was all very spontaneous and fast how it happened.

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Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Newsletter. It covers news from October/ November
Below: Russell Brand’s special orders
Comedian and actor Russell Brand personally requested devotees of the Food for All project to distribute their ‘blessed vegetarian food’ during the launch of his new book. At very short notice the devotees worked till the early hours in the Manor’s kitchen to cook something special.
Lila Jagganath Rathyatra Das and team attended the event in London and served over 500 meals to Russell’s invited guests and the media. That evening Russell also recommended the reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Again at Russell’s request, just a week later Food for All distributed hundreds of plates during a rally in Hoxton.
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New Books for Christmas
The UK Book ordering committee, headed by Titiksu prabhu, recently ordered 2 new titles for mass book distribution in the UK. By the end of November, 40,000 copies of ‘Science of Self Realisation’ and ‘Veda: Secrets of the East’ will be available to all devotees!
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Book distribution door to door in UK
Different groups of devotees have been visiting homes in their local area. For many sanga groups and Bhakti Vriksas this has become a monthly effort.
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A visit to Govardhan (Album 42 photos)
The Vedic scriptures say: “Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuma for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krishna.” (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.79 Purport)
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ISKCON News Spreads Across Spanish-Speaking World
Since it was launched in January 2014, readership of ISKCON News’ Spanish language sister website ISKCON Noticias (noticias.iskcon.org) has increased rapidly, now reaching around 7,000 every week, and growing.
Readers are more far-flung, too. Although most hailed from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay when the site was first launched, today there are also readers in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Spain, as well as Spanish-speakers in the USA.
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Ukulele Hare krishna mahamantra – kirtan in the park (5 min video)
One should never consider the chanting of the holy name of Godhead equal to pious activities like giving in charity to brahmanas or saintly persons, opening charitable educational insti… Read more ›

Gita Project Success in UK
The Gita Project aims to distribute and donate sponsored books to various institutions including prisons, hotels, airports, hospitals and more. Many books have already been donated to different hospitals across London, and Ho… Read more ›

Ladies Sankirtan Party in UK
The ladies ashram recently launched an exciting initiative of traveling sankirtan. For one week every month, they travel to different cities around the country, distributing books and holding street sankirtan. If you would … Read more ›

Sacred Conversation between Narada & Vyasa 🙂 (4 min video)
This is a video presentation for our mentee group homework based on Srila Vyasadev’s despondency and the visit by Narada Muni.
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Harinama Party in Lima, Peru (Album 53 photos)
The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is so attractive that anyone who chants it — including all living entities, moving and nonmoving, and even Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself — becomes imbued with love of Kṛṣṇa. This is the effect of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
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Moments of Spiritual Joy (Album 32 photos)
These past few years, I have followed the Hare Krishna movement with my camera. Doing so has changed my whole perspective and understanding of the world and of life. This spiritual tradition has geared me towa… Read more ›

Moods of Devotion (Album 33 photos)
Over the past few years, I have been so fortunate to have observed and captured deep moods of devotion within the spiritual culture of Gaudiya Vaishnavism (popularly known as the Hare Krishna tradition). This time ol… Read more ›

The Beauty of Srimati Radharani
by Vrindavan Das
(In the photo: Sri Sri Radha Gopaljiu, the beloved Deities of Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja )
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Dancing at the Darshan Room. (2 min video) Kinda like Krishna Lounge. For newcomers. Reaching out to our non-Indian community
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Program in Perm 11 Nov 2014 (Album 21 photos)
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadanya, the most munificent of charitable persons, because He gives Krishna so easily that one can attain Krishna simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantr… Read more ›

Restaurant Radha in Ekaterinburg, Russia (Album 19 photos)
By chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, we gradually develop our eternal relationship with the Supreme Person and thus attain the perfection called svarupa-siddhi. We should take advantage of this… Read more ›

A short and sweet visit to Vrindavan (Album 204 photos)
With mercy and blessings of Srila Gurudeva, Sri Sri Radhe Shyamji and all the Vaishnava well wishers, I had the extreme fortune of getting to spend a few days in the Vraja Dham spread over the la… Read more ›

ISKCON Youth Honored for Literary Contributions
Nimai is a 10th grader who attends Stanford University’s Online High School. He has been writing for KidSpirit for the past three years and enjoys the opportunities the magazine has given him to learn about others’ viewpoints. Nimai practices Vaishnavism, a monotheistic tradition within Hinduism, and much of his writing for KidSpirit deals with his relationship with his faith. He tells HuffPost that he spends at least one hour deep in meditation every day.
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How is it like to chant with 100.000 people?!?!?! (7 min video)
Titiksava Karunika Das (TK) & NamRock perform before the biggest crowd ever. Over 100,000 people joined us at the Festival Of Colors in Ibirapuera Park in Downtown Sao Paulo, Brasil. This is a just sample of the DVD to come…
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Congregational program in Leipzig, Germany (Album 28 photos)
Chanting involves the activities of the upper and lower lips as well as the tongue. All three must be engaged in chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. The words “Hare Krishna” should be very distinctly pronounced and heard. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 17.3 Purport)
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Harinama in Moscow, Russia (Album 56 photos)
A spiritual master or leader should not be proud of his position; being always humbler than an ordinary common man, he should go on preaching the cult of Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting the Hare Krishna mant… Read more ›

Ratha Yatra 2014 – 9 De Nov – Parque Zonal Huiracocha – Lima, Peru (27 min video)
For a devotee, liberation is no problem at all. The impersonalists undergo severe penances and austerities to attain mukti, but the bhakta, simply by engaging himself in … Read more ›

The Roots of Spiritual Culture – Men’s Seminar in Goloka Dhama Hare Krishna temple, 2014 (2 min video)
Men in Spiritual Culture Seminar with Devaki Mataji
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Ratha Yatra Festival in Lima,Peru (Album 52 photos)
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the great gardener, sees that people are chanting, dancing and laughing and that some of them are rolling on the floor and some are making loud humming sounds, He smiles with great pleasure.(CC Ādi 9.50)
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Miley Cyrus with the Science of Self Realization book of Srila Prabhupada. After she published a foto in her instagram account from Bhagavad gita As It Is, which apparently was reading and it has been seen 203.000 so far (http://instagram.com/p/vHMo6qQ… Read more ›

Harinam In York, UK, Saturday 1St November 2014 (Album 18 photos)
In this age of Kali, if a person does not take advantage of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, which is offered as a great concession to the fallen human beings of this age, it is to be u… Read more ›

A very vibrant Sravan Kirtan camp in Iskcon Maraimalai Nagar
(Album 16 photos)
Prahlada Maharaja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Visnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) — these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service
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TOVP Program in Damodhardesh by HG Ambarish Prabhu – Nov 2014 (Album 116 photos)
If the surface of the globe is overflooded with the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, the people of the world will be very, very happy.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.24.10 Purp… Read more ›