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[During a lecture Srila Prabhupada interrupts his discourse on the Srimad-Bhagavatam verse when he notices some of his disciples leaving the
lecture, apparently to attend to other services]
Srila Prabhupada: Why they are going? They are busy in som…

Sankirtana Yajna – the sacrifice for this age (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam (SB 9.16.29-31) in Mayapur by HG Anuttama Das, Mar 15,…Read More…

Auckland, New Zealand devotees pay tribute to victims (Album of photos)
A moving, sincere tribute full of humility and genuine…Read More…

His Grace Bhima Prabhu left his body.
A very sweet Aussie devotee from a family of devotees left his body today. Read More…

Maha Milan day in Mayapur (Album of photos)
Thousands of devotees from 4 different parikrama groups meet together for a final …Read More…

Transcendental competition (Album of photos)
All the devotees in each parikrama party very eagerly planned and decorated their Gaura Nitai deities with all heart and devotion. Each group wanted their deities to look the best. Each group planned diffe…

Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2019 Day 7 (Album of photos)
The last two days of Parikrama are just wonderful.. it seems when the kirtan gets really fired up! As I told yesterday we were going to the King’s land situated in Simantadvipa where t…

TOVP models of the Disciplic Succession also in Ujain (Album of photos)
HH Bhakti Charu Swami’s visit to the TOVP. Besides looking at all the work that has been done, Maharaj also came to see our models of the Disciplic Succession in order to ha…

GBC college 2019 event in Mayapur (15 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: If one renders even a small amount of sincere devotional service, Krishna becomes obliged to elevate such person; and what to speak of one whose entire life and soul has been dedicate…

Some “rock and roll” mahamantra in Mayapur (video)
The NAM ROCK BAND performs at Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi in Mayapur with a concert in the park.
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HG Mahatma Prabhu: “Our business is to raise ourselves to the highest status of life as preachers of Krsna’s message, and one should behave himself rigidly, then he should instruct others. Two things: Be himself exemplary, then teach othe…

Srila Prabhupada’s expertise to preach and engage everyone according to time, place and circumstances (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Rukmini Devi Dasi in Iskcon Mayapur, Mar 14, 2019.
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Panca Dravida Swami wanted to know how a person can attain perfection simply from one lava, one-eleventh of a second’s association with a pure devotee.
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HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami: It is important to know what, when and how to speak!Read More…

Visiting and preaching in Bali (Album of photos)
Bali is a province of Indonesia and it’s most tourist destination. It is located east of Java and west of Lombok. Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian, Chinese, and particularly Vedi…

A Change of Heart (6 min. video)
HH Devamrta Swami talks about what happens when people meet the cows in Gita Nagari. “People want to be re-enchanted by nature.” He recorded this video for the North American Farm Delegates Meeting.
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Apply these 5 open secret techniques to improve your Naam Kirtan — Sacinandana SwamiRead More…

Answer by HG Chaitanya Charan dasRead More…

Meet Australia’s oldest initiated Prabhupada disciple Bhutanath dasa.
Gauragopala Dasa ACBSP: Australia’s oldest initiated Prabhupada disciple 77 year old Bhutanath dasa ACBSP.
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Constructive criticism from caring guides
Excerpt from The Spiritual Scientist
‘See Criticism With a Critical Eye’
By Caitanya Charan Das
The bhakti tradition compares the cutting words of sages to a surgeon’s scalpel. Just as th…

The Queen’s Secret (Album of 255 photos)
What a show!! This is by far the most amazing drama I have ever seen!! The Queen’s Secret depicts the life of Queen Kunti, from when she was a maiden princess, to begetting Karna and the five Pandas…

A visit to the TOVP (Album of photos)
Sadbhuja Das: Hare Krishna dear devotees,
Please check these images of His Holiness Radhanath Swami’s visit to the TOVP.
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one…

Dallas’ Mayor Rawlings invites all to Dallas Ratha Yatra (2 min. video)
Watch this wonderful invite to the Festival of Joy, by our very own mayor, Mike Rawlings!
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A new rendition of a song glorifying Sridham Mayapur (8 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, …Read More…

Youth-niting Art Academy opener based on The Queen’s Secret drama performed in Mayapur, 2019 (3 min. video)
This Opener is based on The Queens Secret drama performance 2019. It is moving story of Queen Kunti and her son Karna who never knew his …

Mayapur Planetarium (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: ISKCON leaders were invited to attend a presentation by the committee for t…Read More…

Two students meet again.
Both did B.Tech in Metallurgical engineering the same year (1992). One from IIT Kharagpur and other from IIT Bombay. One works for a company that helps people to search for content on the internet/web, the other gives company (…

The following is a chapter from Modern Culture–a Dangerous Experiment by DAYANANDA DAS ADHIKARY.
This section discusses human greed as the root cause of environmental disasters. Many consider the problem to be systemic,[1] and they advocate ch…

HG Chaitanya Dasi’s memorial in Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Mahadevi Dasi: Yesterday in Srila Prabhupada’s House here in Vrndavana, Caitanya Dasi’s Godsisters n brothers sat in a family circle to glorify n remember Prabhupada’s…

Navadvip Mandala Parikrama 2019 – Day 4 (17 min. video)
To experience ecstasy in the holy places is not as simple as buying a …Read More…

Lord Krishna is everyone’s wellwisher. He is equal to all and extremely dear to everyone (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by H.H. Bhakti Gauravani Goswami in Vrindavan, Mar 9, 2019.
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Inauguration of the 2nd Mayapur Goshala Bullock Cart on 11 March (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada once wrote to Nityananda Prabhu, head of New Talavan Farm Community: “We can introduce many millions of such carts all over the world.” Thi…

Radha’s Abode (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: On my first day back in Vrindavan I went to Varsana, the home of Srimati Radharani, in the early morning hours with a small group of devotees. As we traversed the trail up the mountain to the ma…

Life Of A Devotee – Hayagriva Das (video)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna maha-mantra gives liberation and at the same time…Read More…

One Day Vaishnavi Padyatra – Women’s Day – ISKCON Amravati (3 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: 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-Bhagav…

Srutakirti prabhu, who served as a personal servant of Srila Prabhupada for several years, narrates several episodes from his experience, highlighting the personal protection and care Srila Prabhupada provided for his disciples.
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Tulsi Gabbard on CNN yesterday about being a Gaudiya Vaishnava, a devotee in Krishna Consciousness.
(It’s a two-minute fraction of the whole interview)
The link will bring you to the exact point of the relative discussion.
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New York Temple gets some help (Album of photos)
The second day of the Sanga of GBC, Guru and Sanyasis was equally amazing from the previous day. Vaisesika Prabhu gave the Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture and emphasized on reading Srila Prabhupada’s bo…

Becoming immune to Kali-yuga by realizing the Lord’s presence.
Srila Prabhupada: There is nothing in the world with which the Lord is disconnected. The only thing we must learn is to excavate the source of connection and thus be linked with Him …

A real prayer comes deep from within!
The following prayers, which Srila Prabhupada described as “the sum and substance of devotional life [v. 24]”, are spoken by the demon Vrtrasura – to Indra’s great astonishment – in t…