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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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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)
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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…

Purushottama Dasa was the son of Sadashiva Kaviraja, a great Devotee of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.Read More…

Reincarnation (video)
Scientific, Logical and Relational perspectives – by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu.
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Final Day Parikrama of Vrinda Kunda Festival (2019) (Album of photos)
Our last parikrama of our 16th Annual Vrinda Kunda Festival was to Javat, Ter Kadamba, and Vrinda Kunda. Javat is the most important place for the Gaudiya devotees as the parakiya b…

Book distribution weeks ending March 3, 2019 (Album of photos)
Mohanasini Devi Dasi: Another Mardi Gras success story! Fortunately for me, there are lots of wonderful people waiting for these incredible books! I am always surprised at their responses&…

The GBC meetings are in full swing (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: You are all the limbs of my body. Unless you cooperate,…Read More…

Auckland New Zealand, Kirtan Mela 2019 (Album of photos and videos)
A wonderful evening of Kirtana with Sri Prahlada.
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Kirtan Mela Mayapur 2019 Day 4 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Others, who are not devotees, may think, “How can people devote so much time simply to talks of God?” The chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is simply the repetition of th…

The New York Times Style Magazine’s first digital cover story features Hare Krishna devotees chanting on the streets of London, and model Maisie Dunlop. The photograph is part of a series showcasing classic British fashion, paying homage to Savil…

Bhaktivedanta Gurukula International School.
Gurukula, ready to move in to the New Campus It is a historical event for Bhaktiv…Read More…

DO I LOVE MAYAPUR DHAM? (Album of photos)
Srutakirti Das: My wife and I arrived in Mayapur on Feb 22nd. We left this morning, March 8th. I have to admit Mayapur is growing on me. I’ve resisted it for decades, hardly going there. Vrindavan is whe…