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Devoted Cowherds in New Vrindaban
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Devoted CowherdsNew Vrindaban is home to the first and longest-running cow-protection program in ISKCON and, amazingly, in the entire Western world. The credit goes to many heroic souls, but few as dedicated as Ranaka Dasa. By Krishna’s divine ar…

What is KRISHNA VILLAGE?
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What is KRISHNA VILLAGE?
Aindavi devi dasi: Have you ever wondered what actually happens in Krishna Village? Recently I found out directly from New Govardhana’s director himself, Ajita dasa. He explained Krishna Village’s relationship with…

KOFTA BALLS! GOVINDAS ON THE MOVE
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KOFTA BALLS! GOVINDAS ON THE MOVE.
Tom Adams: New Govardhana resident Krsna Gana is well-known for his enthusiasm for prasadam distribution. Ten years ago, he began catering for Govindas and since then has been traveling all over Australia successfull…

Meet HG Prabhupada dasa and his wife, HG Rajni devi…
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Meet HG Prabhupada dasa and his wife, HG Rajni devi dasi.
Prabhupada dasa and his wife, Rajni devi dasi, moved to London in the early 1960s to study: Rajni in Education and Prabhupada dasa to do Law. They first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada in…

GRAND OPENING! A second Govindas Restaurant…
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GRAND OPENING!
Padmalochan dasa: A second Govindas Restaurant, located at 72 Griffith Street, Coolangatta, opened on 16 May with fanfare. With seating for 70, including outdoor dining, the restaurant will be managed by Nitai Chandra dasa with the help…

Australian Conference: New Govardhana
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Australian Conference: New Govardhana
New Govardhana has mastered the art of hosting volunteers. Its “Krishna Village” hosts over thirty “WWOOFers” at a time, functions as a department of the farm, offers training in Yoga and o…

Harinama in Rome, Italy (Album of photos)
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Harinama in Rome, Italy (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bond…

New Zealand Annual General Meetings (Album of photos) Ramai…
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New Zealand Annual General Meetings (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: Devamrta Maharaja and I flew from the AGM in Australia to attend the AGM in New Zealand, which was held at New Varshana in Auckland.
It’s always a pleasure visiting New Varshana b…

Human Devolution: A interview with Michael Cremo
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Human Devolution: A interview with Michael Cremo.
In their 1993, 900-page tome, Forbidden Archeology and its condensed version, Hidden History of the Human Race, co-authors Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson brought forth largely unknown evidence illu…

Bhaghirati De, Srila Prabhupada’s Great Granddaughter. She lives…
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Bhaghirati De, Srila Prabhupada’s Great Granddaughter.
She lives in Mayapur on the ISKCON Campus. The photo was taken yesterday at a school function. Bhagi lives with her widowed father, a disciple of Jayapataka Swami. Her mother, late Gouri De (…

True Humility
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From A Meditation on the Importance of True Humility” in “Back to Godhead, Vol. 53, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2019):
Guru Dasa (disciple of Bhaktimarga Swami): “The Tao Te Ching advises that humility is the best policy. One quote I like is tr…

The Lord not impressed with the Precetas 10,000 years of austerities as much as He was by their friendly cooperation
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Internal discord is our greatest enemy.
One disciple of Srila Prabhupada wrote him a letter soon before he left this world saying he wished he could trade his youth for Srila Prabhupada’s old age so Srila Prabhupada could go on preaching. Srila …

Shastrakrit Das: This cute girl came up to my table and started…
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Shastrakrit Das: This cute girl came up to my table and started to bargain the price on the Inner Yoga book.
She goes “ give me a better price on that Inner Yoga book!“.
I tried to give her the Krishna book instead but she said: “I …

Touching the soul.
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Sivarama Swami: Thirty years ago I was doing the Prabhupada marathon at the Chicago airport. One afternoon, we devotees were so intoxicated by distributing books that we decided to show that one doesn’t have to speak to sell books, that book di…

First Ukrainian Farm Conference (Album of photos)
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First Ukrainian Farm Conference (Album of photos)
Ukraine is famous as the breadbasket of the world. Devotees’ project there, New Mayapur, counts on a symbiotic relationship between ISKCON and private initiatives. It includes a farm of 150 hecta…

Mind Body Spirit Festival in London (Album of photos)
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Mind Body Spirit Festival in London (Album of photos)
On Saturday 25th May, HH Sivarama Swami spoke at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in London on ‘Yoga & Meditation — as it was’. He spoke on how this ancient path was intended to …

Hash Bash Crash (Album of photos)
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Hash Bash Crash (Album of photos)
Jai Nitai Gaura Hari das: As Michigan’s long, cold winter finally subsided, April 6, 2019 marked Ann Arbor’ annual Hash Bash, and subsequently The Harmony Collective community’s kick-off to the 2019 …

Pandal Ground Braking Ceremony in Pandharpur (Album of…
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Pandal Ground Braking Ceremony in Pandharpur (Album of photos)
Pandharpur is getting ready for Ashadi Ekadasi Festival. Today was the day when the Bhoomi puja and groundbreaking ceremony was done for the pandal construction.
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Most relishable! (Album of photos)
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Most relishable! (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The 8th annual Sadhu Sanga Retreat in North Carolina has attracted over 2,000 devotees from all over America. The main focus is as always, kirtan. With some of ISKCON’s best chanters it is a …

First Russian Farm Conference: Omsk, Siberia. ISKCON’s farm in…
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First Russian Farm Conference: Omsk, Siberia.
ISKCON’s farm in Omsk, creatively entitled “The Planet of Cows,” produces large quantities of cruelty-free milk as a result of careful cow protection and community development. They draw m…

Srila Prabhupada’s Faith in the Holy Name, May 26, Sadhu Sanga…
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Srila Prabhupada’s Faith in the Holy Name, May 26, Sadhu Sanga Kirtan Retreat, Boone, North Carolina.
HH Giriraj Swami: “Hearing of the holy name gradually promotes one to the stage of hearing about His form, His attributes, His pastimes, a…

The Global Peace Initiative of Women welcomed two leaders in the…
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The Global Peace Initiative of Women welcomed two leaders in the field of spiritual ecology, Dr Vandana Shiva and Radhanath Swami to their offices in New York to discuss some of the ecological challenges facing our planet. Vandana Shiva’s NGO, Na…

HG Gaur Gopal Das’ youtube channel reaches 2 million subscribers!
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Gaur Gopal Das’ youtube channel reaches 2 million subscribers!
Gaur Gopal Das is a devotee of Krishna and a personal coach, monk, lifestyle & motivational strategist, author.
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Cooking demonstration by Srila Prabhupada’s personal cooks (video)
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Cooking demonstration by Srila Prabhupada’s personal cooks (video)
Srutakirti das: Ten days in a row Srila Prabhupada asked me for this same preparation, it was that good!
It was my first time cooking for demonstration. I didn’t set up t…

Brisbane Festival of Chariots 2019 (6 min….
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Brisbane Festival of Chariots 2019 (6 min. video)
Brisbane’s annual Festival of Chariots held in May 2019. In the intro you will hear the voice of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami speaking, recorded in the 1970’s- addressing a crowd at a Ratha Yatr…

Rathayatra in Dnipro, Ukraine (15 min. video)
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Rathayatra in Dnipro, Ukraine (15 min. video)
Indradyumna Swami: Dnipro is one of the main cities in Ukraine. We arrived just in time for the local temple’s celebration of Nrsimha Caturdasi and next day’s Ratha Yatra. A thousand devotees a…

When Kishori Dasi tried to “trick” Srila Prabhupada (10 min. video)
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When Kishori Dasi tried to “trick” Srila Prabhupada (10 min. video)
This is another hilarious story from yesterday’s reunion of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples and cooks in Los Angeles.
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