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14-DAY BOOK DISTRIBUTION MARATHON AT MT. RUSHMORE (Album of…
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14-DAY BOOK DISTRIBUTION MARATHON AT MT. RUSHMORE (Album of photos)
Danakeli Dasi: With the completion of our first two-week permit for a book table at Mt. Rushmore, we’re happy to report that the results are already better than we were expectin…

“On Earth As It Is In Heaven” (Album of photos)
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“On Earth As It Is In Heaven” (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” [ Matthew 6 ] By spreading love of God, s…

Bridging the Gap – Connecting the Older and Younger Generations
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Bridging the Gap – Connecting the Older and Younger Generations.
Bridging the Gap is a program in which our youth can have a chance to spend some quality time with the pioneering first generation of the New Raman Reti community. The idea is to create …

A visit to Iskcon Las Vegas (Album of photos)
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A visit to Iskcon Las Vegas (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: These four principles: Always think of Krishna, become Krishna’s devotee, worship Krishna and offer your respect, obeisances to Krishna. That’s all. This is Krishna consciousn…

Best ever photos from Rathayatra in Puri 2019
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Best ever photos from Rathayatra in Puri 2019.
The biggest Rathyatra festival of the world is the Rathyatra in Sri Jagannath Puri. Lord Jagannath, Baladev, Subhadra and Sudarshan come out of the main temple and adorn Their respective chariots. The cha…

Krishna explains in Bhagavad-gita that one who distributes His message is most dear to Him – Vijaya Prabhu
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Krishna explains in Bhagavad-gita that one who distributes His message of Bhagavad-gita is most dear to Him.
Vijaya Prabhu: One Muslim boy was reluctant to take a book from me because it was from outside his tradition. I saw him another day, and he sa…

A wonderful celebration of Ratha Yatra festival at ISKCON Salem, Tamilnadu, India (Album of photos)
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A wonderful celebration of Ratha Yatra festival at ISKCON Salem, Tamilnadu, India (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone. Anyone who accepts God as the S…

Harinama in Vilnius, Lithuania, 25.06.2019 (5 min….
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Harinama in Vilnius, Lithuania, 25.06.2019 (5 min. video)
People do not understand that they are actually sleeping in this material world, being devoid of knowledge of spiritual life. Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore says:
“I have brought me…

BBC article, 4 July 2019: Rath Yatra – The legend behind…
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BBC article, 4 July 2019: Rath Yatra – The legend behind world’s largest chariot festival.
One of India’s biggest religious festivals, the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra, got underway on Thursday.
Believed to be the oldest Rath Yatra or chariot…

Drama by Kishori Yatra at Boston Ratha Yatra – 6/30/2019 (video)
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Drama by Kishori Yatra at Boston Ratha Yatra – 6/30/2019 (video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma (Supersoul) in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire f…

Harinama Sankirtana in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (Album of photos)
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Harinama Sankirtana in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), a spa town in the west Bohemia region of the Czech Republic (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “For one who wants liberation from the fruitive reactions of material activities, the chanting of the…

Her Grace Sachi Mata devi dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, left her body at noon yesterday in Mayapur
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Her Grace Sachi Mata devi dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, left her body at noon yesterday in Mayapur, on July 4th, 2019, the …Read More…

Francis the “Prasadam bhakta”. Shastrakrit Das: This…
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Francis the “Prasadam bhakta”.
Shastrakrit Das: This is Francis, really intelligent and very humble, young man. He reads the bible every day and he also comes to our Gita discussions regularly. He is a Prasadam Bhakta. This eve he came litt…

Sivananda Sena’s and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami’s Disappearance…
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Sivananda Sena’s and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami’s Disappearance Day.
HH Giriraj Swami: On the auspicious day of Jagannatha Ratha-yatra in Puri, two of Lord Chaitanya’s most confidential associates, Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Sri…

Rajapur Ratha-yatra
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Rajapur Ratha-yātrā
What are the characteristics of Śrī Jagannātha, Śrī Baladev, and Śrī Subhadra? Jagannāthaa, the emblem of God, has no other form than eyes and hands, which show that God sees, knows…

Searching for Internal Spiritual Connection (Album of…
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Searching for Internal Spiritual Connection (Album of photos)
Krishna Premarupa Dasa: It’s five o’clock in the morning and the church bell rings. The monks, headed by their abbot, enter the church from a side entrance and then, after showi…

“Krishna Forgives Us Life After Life” (4 min….
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“Krishna Forgives Us Life After Life” (4 min. video)
Mahatma Das: Krishna is constantly with us life after life, ready to forgive us for all our past sins and accept us. Isn’t it then strange that in spite of receiving his unlimited …

Harinama in Kaduna, Nigeria (Album of photos)
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Harinama in Kaduna, Nigeria (Album of photos)
Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria.
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Krishna stresses the importance of remembering Him. One‘s memory of Krishna is revived by chanting the ma…

Iskcon New Govardhana, Australia. The farm, the cows, the gardens – 02 July 2019 (Album of photos)
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Iskcon New Govardhana, Australia. The farm, the cows, the gardens – 02 July 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Both for…Read More…

Govinda’s Ashrama Kirtan (Album of photos)
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Govinda’s Ashrama Kirtan (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: On another recent visit to Sydney, I led a couple of kirtan nights at Govinda’s Ashrama. As usual, there was a great crowd and everyone was enthusiastic in the chanting.
At the end e…

What about some Indian Spicy Tomato Rice (7 min. video)
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What about some Indian Spicy Tomato Rice (7 min. video)
Internationally renowned vegetarian chef Kurma das prepares South Indian Spicy Tomato Rice in this entertaining and informative how-to sequence from his hit television series Cooking With Kurma -…

Hilarious Rathayatra invitation in Spiritually Diverse Ojai…
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Hilarious Rathayatra invitation in Spiritually Diverse Ojai (California)!
Diverse Ojai Valley: Ojai is a town with a very diverse spiritual venue. You can find whatever one wants here: atheism, experimentism (science), agnosticism, and a smorgasbor…

Up And Running (Album of photos)
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Up And Running (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our 30th annual summer festival tour along the Baltic Sea in Poland is up and running. We held yesterday’s program in a heatwave that has affected all of Europe. Despite the high temperatures […