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Nayima and a part of a higher plan!
Shastrakrit Das: Last week Rhonda brought her friend Nayima to our evening program and during the talk, she kept staring at the Srimad Bhagavatam set that we have displayed on the mantle. I noticed that and at the e…

Ananda Vrindavaneswari: When I was young we spent time at our aunt’s farm in the south of Ireland. She had 5 milking cows, all had names, and when she sat and milked them in the morning and evening, great conversations would be had. With the co…

Srila Prabhupada: People are running around–“Oh, I am the manager. I am the factory owner. I am this. I am that. We know his politics, we have to defeat our competitors.” All these things are created just like a man creates a situat…

Ukraine Bhakti Sangam Festival (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Many thousands of devotees showed up for this year’s annual Bhakti Sangam Festival in Ukraine. The theme for this year’s event was “boiling the milk.” In other…

Please pray for Lalita Swamini dd and bhaktin Ekaterina, who were killed last night in a car accident in Ukraine, while they were coming back from Bhakti Sangama festival. Bhaktin Ekaterina was 5 months pregnant, so this soul needs your prayers too! La…

Prayers required for HG Bahulasva Prabhu ACBSP (the one on the right of the photo with the white dhoti and kurta).
He had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and he didn’t have long in this body.
He served our Srila Prabhupada in most respon…

A visit to the hospital where several devotees were brought after a car accident in Russia (2min. video)
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Preaching program in Bologna, Italy (Album of photos)
(from Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta) Mr. Agarwal doubted whether Westerners would be able to stay with Krsna consciousness for very long. “Now in the radiance of your company,” he said, &#8…

24 Srimad Bhagavatam sets distributed by the Hare Krishna Pracara Kendram, Miyapur (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Our books are not for philosophical speculation but for practical solution of problems.
Ref. VedaBase => TKG: June 28
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ISKCON New Goloka, Hillsborough, NC distributed 24 Bhagavatam sets on Bhadra Purnima (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If you have got some knowledge, you distribute the knowledge for Krsna’s satisfaction. How you can do that? Whatever knowled…

Devotees of the Turkish Yatra (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Everywhere is Vrndavana. Wherever there is Krsna’s temple, Krsna’s sankirtana, that is Vrndavana. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that “My mind is always Vrndavana.” Be…

ISKCON Naperville distributed 57 sets of Srimad Bhagavatam on the auspicious occasion of Bhadra Purnima (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Srimad-Bhagavatam is the philosophy of devotional service and the scientific presentation of man’s relat…

ISKCON UK’s 50th anniversary at Bhaktivedanta Manor (Album of photos)
A wonderful celebration of ISKCON UK’s 50th anniversary at Bhaktivedanta Manor this morning, with a class by UK GBC HG Praghosa Dasa, video presentation, cake cutting an…

ISKCON UK 50 – Monks celebrate at Abbey Road! (1 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: Happiness is meant for the devotees, not for the karmis, the jnanis or the yogis. It is the property of the devotees. Just like these devotees are chanting very happily. Th…

Team Iskcon Silicon Valley distributed a total of 284 Bhagavatam sets on Bhadra Purnima! (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The bhaktivedantas are impartial in distributing the transcendental knowledge of devotional service. To them no one is enemy o…

DC Temple distributed 151 Bhagavatam sets on Bhadra Purnima (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: This is the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, that you go and preach and make propaganda about krsna-upadesa. This is Krsna consciousness movement. We are…

The discovery of a pristine area of Vrindavana! (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: The Vrindavan of our dreams!!
One day me and Arjun were roaming around in Vraj and we found a place that made us feel that we went back hundreds of years in time. If …

Four SB installations by Charlotte Sankirtan Team during Bhadra Purnima (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Here we have got attraction, material, so we have to withdraw this attraction. How it will be possible? If we become more attracted to Krsna, t…

Alachua Temple distributed 55 Bhagavatam sets on the occasion of Bhadra Purnima! (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If the su…Read More…

First yoga/kirtan program ever held in Lebanon!
At the first yoga/kirtan program ever held in Lebanon, the Arabic-speaking attendees all seemed to be reaching out for Srila Prabhupada’s Arabic books with an intense hunger. One woman could be seen…

Srila Prabhupada’s Pushpa Samadhi in Mayapur Kalash Abhishek (2 min. video)
The new, shining Kalash is finished, installed and looks beautiful!
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Prasadam preparation for the Russian Sadhu Sanga Festival (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: About 5500 devotees assem…Read More…

Bhadra Purnima 2019 (Album of photos)
ISKCON of Connecticut: Multiple Bhagavatam sets were welcomed by devotees from all over …Read More…

A tortoise joins the Harinama party! (Album of photos)
We chanted totally for 120 hours on the streets of the 20 cities of Rus…Read More…

A fantastic Bhadra Purnima day distribution (Album of photos)
Shastrakrit Das: Many Bhagavatam sets went out, but those who refused the full set, we left them with First Canto & 10th canto ( Krishna book) of The Bhagavatam.
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The Russian Yatra Mega-Festival (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Over 5,000 devotees attended this year’s Sadhu Sanga Festival in Russia. The sheer volume of devotees and the prestigious presence of senior devotees made it a most memorable e…

H.G. Bhurijan Prabhu’s lecture in Vrindavan about the Appearance Of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (195) it is said that Srila Jiva Gosvami was formerly Vilasa-manjari gopi. From his very childhood Jiva Gosvami was greatly fond of Srimad-Bhagavatam. He later came to Navadvipa to study Sanskrit, and, following in the f…

Crawley Ratha Yatra.
This is the 12th year where their Lordships have graced the town of Crawley with their presence for the annual Ratha Yatra Festival organised by the local devotees. The devotees lovingly get together every year without fail headed…

KIRTAN FEST 2019 at ISKCON of Houston.The 3rd Annual Kirtan Fest at ISKCON of Houston was attended by over 350 devotees who traveled from across the USA and beyond. Each year the festival brings more kirtaniyas and more devotees are taking advantage. T…

HH Gopal Krishna Goswami met with Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of NCT of Delhi, Shri Anil Baijal Ji to extend a cordial invitation t…Read More…

Yoga retreat at Almviks gård, Sweden (5 min. video)
An international group of yogis gathers at Almvik for a two-week-long retreat focusing on Ayurveda and bhakti-yoga.
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2nd Jagannath Ratha Yatra in Negara City 2019 – IndonesiaNegara is a city situated in Western Bali around two and a half hours from Denpasar. It is the capital of Jembrana and has a population of around 300,000. The 124th anniversary celebration of the…

Ecstatic Radhastami celebration in Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Please relish the photographs of the ecstatic Radhastami celebr…Read More…

Photos from Radhastami 2019 at ISKCON-London.
Please find below photos from Radhastami 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha Krishna…Read More…

Some images from Sri Sri Radha-Govinda’s boat festival in Dallas today. Find them here: http://bit.ly/2ZLZxJE
Giriraj Swami: Srila Prabhupada was on a morning walk with many different types of people, including many devotees. Svarup Damodar Prab…

Sri Krsna Janmastami at Nava Gokula farm (5 min. video)
For a second time we have celebrated Janmastami on our new gradually developing farm in Moravia (Czech). The goal of this farm project is to create varnashrama self-sufficient community in which …

The mission statement of HH Sridhara Swami (1995) is very inspirational:“My mission is to serve my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, with all my heart and soul… .Read More…

Be a “fun addict” not a fanatic!
Bhaktimarga Swami: I was very arrogant when returned home for the first time after becoming a devotee. I burnt incense though my mother did not like it. I thought I was better than my brothers and sisters. …

A “Tilaka station” in the Montreal ashram!
Krishna Kripa Das: One nice feature in the Montreal ashram is this very convenient tilaka station, with water, a mirror, a light, and tilaka.Read More…