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Following Dharma (video)
Morning Class SB 4.21.36 – HH Bhanu Swami – ISKCON Melbourne.
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CAN YOU SEE GOD? (5 min. video)
Kishor das remembers his experience with Srila Prabhupada. An outspoken lady asked Srila Prabhupada: “Swamiji, can you see God?”
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Festival of Joy – Dallas Rath Yatra 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that since His spiritual master ordered Him only to chant the holy name of Krishna, He always chanted the Hare Krishna maha-mantra according to t…

New Govardhana Weekly Newsletter for March 31, 2019.
Newsletter Sections: Special Announcements – Upcoming Festivals – Spec…Read More…

Gurukula Boys at Ganga Sagar Mela 2019 (8 min. video)
Every January, pilgrims come from around India to bathe at Ganga Sagar, the confluence of the Ganges and the ocean, on the day the sun enters Capricorn. The students and teachers from Bhaktivedanta…

Tallahassee Ratha-yatra 2019 (Album of photos)
Hare Krishna devotees from Tallahassee, Alachua, and Gainesville join together …Read More…

Beautiful Vrindavan Boat Festival (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 Supreme can take to the process of chanting Hare …

Weekend Warriors Food4Life Sankirtan today at Piccadilly Gardens. 150plates of Prasadam, many happy people. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! …Read More…

The most incredible, sublime, totally transcendental Yamuna Boat Fest for Radhe Syama (Album of photos)Read More…

A Most Sacred Tree (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today we went on parikrama to Akrura-sthan, where Akrura stopped his c…Read More…

Harinama in Prague (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Devotional service begins with the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra …Read More…

Harinam Sankirtan – Kuta Beach Bali 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, at the t…Read More…

Sound is the most powerful energy we will contact in our lives. It is powerful because it affects our consciousness. Whether we remain immersed material sound or spiritual sound will determine the development of our consciousness.Read More…

Channel 8 WFAA Dallas Ratha Yatra invite montage (8 min. video)
40 of our Kalachandji devotees, out there in full force, chant…Read More…

Don’t take any other shelter than Me!
Why did Krishna hold up Govardhana Hill for seven days?
Why not five or four days? By holding Giriräja for seven days He gave a specific message to all devotees.
He wanted to say, “Don’t t…

St.Augustine 2019 – Festival of Chariots (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Chanting the holy name is the chief means of atta…Read More…

“I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE STILL OUT HERE!”
Danakeli Dasi: Today, at the University of South Carolina, a woman approached me partly out of breath & said this.Read More…

Harinam Sankirtan at Monkey Forest, Ubud (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Persons who chant the holy names of your Lordship…Read More…

His Holiness Bhakti Sharan Shanta Mahäräja departed from this world yesterday in Lithuania.
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Here are a few words of appreciation for him.

I first met Maharaja in 1993 in Vilnius. He was a very serious devotee, and wa…

Dharma in action! (4 min. video)
Devotees and volunteers are bailing hay as a group in Krishna Valley, Hungary, with the aweso…Read More…(This post has been viewed 439 times so far)

The Golden Avatara Continues to Glow in Wellington
The primary purpose of Krishna’s descent as Shri Chaitanya was to relish the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the prime reciprocator of transcendenta…

Wandering in mystical Vrindavana (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: When a disciple asked Srila Prabhupada what he should do while in Vrindavan, Srila Prabhupada replied, “Just wander!” Today I took a small group of devotees to several h…

Telangana Padayatra On The Road Despite Hurdles.Since December padayatra has been back on the road in Telangana, a state in the centre-south stretch of the Indian peninsula. The padayatris are currently in Nizamabad district where the Nizamabad ISKCON …

Interview with HG Govinda Datta Prabhu at ISKCON Hawaii (14 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: If a devotee once utters the holy na…Read More…

Kamal Ahmed Exhibit Opening (Album of photos)
Museum of Sacred Art: The inauguration of MOSA’s new exhibit ‘The Devotional Art of Kamal Ahmed M.’ was well received with a packed gallery of enthusiastic visitors. Thanks to all for com…

Cafe Chat: Vegan cafe opens at Wellington campus.
A new vegan cafe has opened at Victoria University’s Kelburn campus. Krishna Food, is serving up fresh, wholesome meals that are available to students and the general public of Wellington.
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Bhagavad Gita And Impact on Western Mind
No work of spiritual literature has ever been revered as much as the sacred Bhagavad Gita; which not only continues to inspire Indians even today, but also remains admirable even to this day in the western coun…

Pada Yatra by Iskcon Trinidad and Tobago 2019 (Album of photos)
Every year we have to good fortune of hosting a visit by His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami. Maharaj is famously known as the “Walking Monk” and has walked across Canada several t…

Srila Prabhupada: That is the test. How you are advancing in chanting will be tested how far you are free from material anxieties.Read More…

How to be positive in all circumstances – the third perspective. It is not enough to maintain physical hygiene – we need to take care that our mind and our heart remain pure. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura once said, “Negativ…

Bhaktivedanta Players: some photos from last week’s Gaura Purnima play in the main tent of the Manor: “The Golden Avatar”
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What is the greatest gift that can be given? (video)
Talk given my HH Devamrita Swami on what is the greatest gift that can be given? Including a discussion about Lord Chaitanya’s external potency.
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Sri Gaura Purnima Cultural program in Iskcon Delhi, 21-03-2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: You have manifested the ho…Read More…

Celebration of Gaura Purnima in Kiev, Ukraine (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When loud chanting of the Hare Krishna mant…Read More…

Body, body, body, body! (video)
Today’s most common mantra. Everything for the body!
Srimad Bhagavatam class by H.H. Dhirasanta Das Goswami in ISKCON Vrindavan
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Book Distribution week ending March 22, 2019 (Album of photos)
Mohanasini Devi Dasi: From the Nectar of Book Distribution, “In summary, book distribution is an urgent need. Srila Prabhupada stressed it, and the perilous situation of the world de…

Hare Krishna Goshala in Salem, Tamil Nadu (4 min. video)
30 cows and 6 bulls are taken care of by devotees. These are pure Gir…Read More…

Male and female psychology (video)
Bhaktimarga Swami: I was asked to give the class from the Bhagavatam, Canto 8. I saw the opportunity to speak of the little bit I know of the male and female psychology. It was surrounding the story of Aditi and th…

Roots of Kirtan Festival 2019 (Album of photos)
Bhakti Center New York: This year’s Roots of Kirtan festival was dynamic, creative and overflowing with devotion. The highlight of the festivities was an original drama, written and directed by Gau…

The Unique Proposal of Bhakti-yoga.
Krsna says, “This process is the supreme intelligence of the intelligent and the cleverness of the most clever, for by following it one can in this very life make use of the temporary and unreal to achieve Me,…