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I want a new drug!
Vaisesika Dasa: In the 1960s and 70s, young people all over America experimented with various drugs – LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, Marijuana, and others – hoping to taste something sublime.
White Rabbit, and songwriter, J…

The beautiful Iskcon Tmpe in Irkutsk, Siberia (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: We have moved on to Irkutsk, further t…Read More…

A very nice explanation about the 3 levels of happiness and their symptoms by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami
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The Holy Name (video)
H.H. Niranjana Swami, Kirtan and Lecture about the Holy Name, Boston, ¼/2019
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Retreat at Hare Krishna Valley with HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami (video)
Akrura takes Krishna away from Vrindavan.
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Dr. Lisa Cameron, Member of the Parliament in Scotland, giving Prabhupada Prana Prabhu, ISKCON Karuna Bhavan President, the framed text of her speech in Parliament commending the efforts of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness’ Min…

A visit to the Bhakti Center, Gold Coast, Australia (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: After a wonderful time in New Govardha…Read More…

This is a story which happened in Benares about 300 years ago:
There was one Brahmin who used to take bath in Manikarnika-ghat, a very nice bathing place. One day when he was taking bath he saw a young boy sitting on the steps crying. He felt very co…

Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies: A significant meeting to usher in the New Year 2019…Shaunaka-ji and our OCHS Kathmandu office members had a productive discussion with the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Nepal. Our engagement in Ka…

Helping others get close to Krishna (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.G. Anuttama Prabhu at ISKCON VrindavanRead More…

Sankirtan festival 2018, Simhachalam (6 min video)
Every year after Srila Prabhupada’s Marathon devotees from Germany, Czech, Slovakia, Switzerland and some other countries come together for Sankirtan festival held on Nrsimhadevas farm – Sinhach…

Vraja Katha by HG Deena Bandhu prabhu at ISKCON SYDNEY Radha Gopinatha, 06 Jan 2019 (video)
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Srila Prabhupada: The Spiritual Master and Krishna are two parallel lines. The train, on two tracks, moves forward. The Spiritual Master and Krishna are like these two tracks, they must be served simultaneously. Krishna helps one to find bona fide Spir…

We feel stressed not so much because we are over-worked as because we are over-worried (Based on Gita 18.35)
Chaitanya Charan Das: Stress is rampant in today’s society. Why? One common explanation is over-work.
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The poetry of Srimad Bhagavatam (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Krishna Khsetra Swami at Iskcon Mayapur, Jan 4, 2019
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A Visit to the United Arab Emirates (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: During a 3-day visit to Dubai in the UAE, we participated in several events. First of all a hall program for the local devotees. Then a public program attended by the elite of t…

Kaliyaphani prabhu remembers Srila Prabhupada (2 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: We must all become ideal in our character and th…Read More…

Part of a lecture by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami given in Iskcon Melbourne.Read More…

Welcome to 2019!
Sivarama Swami: Let me start the new year by expressing how grateful I am to you all for tuning in over the past two years and being part of our 250,000+ community, allowing me the opportunity to give a little of what I have learned du…

The Nectar which we are always anxious to have (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Rukmini Mataji at Iskcon Vrindavana, Jan …Read More…

Wonderful “Goloka Fest” in Moscow, Russia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: “I have brought medicine to awaken very living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kris…

New Govardhana, Australia (2018) (Album of photos)
Arjun Bhattacharyya: New Govardhana is an amazing farm community project i…Read More…

Reflections of 2018 and 2019 Spiritual Goal Setting by HG Vaisesika Dasa, 01.02.19 at ISKCON Silicon Valley (video)
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His Grace Kaliyaphani Prabhu departs (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: My dear godbrother Kaliyaphani prabhu: It was with great sorrow that I learned of your departure from this world yesterday. I have many fond memories of our times spent together…

Receiving Knowledge Externally and Internally (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami at ISKCON Durban, S…Read More…

ISKCON GBC Ministry of Agriculture and Cow Protection (5 min video)
The Ministry reaches Australia and finds wonderful pastur…Read More…

New Year Eve at Harinam in Penn station Monday, December 31st (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The names of the Lord and the Lord are non-different. So Lord Krishna’s instructions to Arjuna to “remember Me” and Lord Caitanya&#8217…

How Lord Krishna blesses His devotees (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.G. Gauranga Prabhu at ISKCON Vrindavan, 1st of Janu…Read More…

A “visit from above” in Mayapur (Album of photos)
HH Bhakti Charu Swami Arrives at Mayapur: There was great excitement at Mayapur Campus as HH Bhakti Charu Swami arrived at Mayapur by a helicopter landing in the huge parking area behind the…

HG Kaliyaphani Prabhu, ACBSP left his body, 3 January 2019.
Please pray for Kaliyaphani Das, he was killed in a motorcycle accident around 9pm est.
Every minute someone leaves this world.
Age has nothing to do with it.
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Meghnauth Baboo Ram.
Hare Krsna, Jagannath Mishra Prabhu and I happened to knock on a door, and a devotee named Meghnauth Baboo Ram opened the door. He looked surprised to see us holding up the Bhagavad-gita and other books. He said that he’d j…

An Iskcon devotee with an audience of 30 million people each week!
An ISKCON devotee who grew up in the Hare Krishna Movement, Gaura Mani devi dasi, and her group Vrajavadhus Kirtan, have become a kirtan phenomenon! Reaching 30 million people a week …

Krishna Conscious Complaining (5 min video)
There is a way to complain in Krishna consciousness. If we must speak out against …Read More…

Sunday preaching program in Mayapur (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Dedicate your life for Krishna. That is the perfection…Read More…

The world points to Krishna and often misses the point of Krishna (Based on Gita 10.41)
Chaitanya Charan Das: The world features many attractive things that we clamor and labor to enjoy. Yet their beauty doesn’t last for long. Even while it last…

Photos from London New Year’s Eve 2018.
“For us, every day is New Year’s. Krishna is always new, always fresh, and we are always celebrating Him. Just see how these people in maya are celebrating, drinking poison to forget everything…

ISKCON Hong Kong Ratha-Yatra For One And All (Album of photos)
Giridhari Swami: On December 24th, ISKCON Hong Kong held its annual Ratha-Yatra festival, attended by about 200 devotees and friends.
We started holding this festival back in the 1980&#821…

Kirtan-mela at Simhachalam, Jandelsbrunn, Germany (Album of photos and videos)
Srila Prabhupada: Always remember Krishna Who …Read More…

What is the dynamic between the masculine and feminine principles? (10 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Unless we cooperate with t…Read More…

“Recharge Festival 2018” at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: By once chanting the holy name of the Lord, which consists of the two syllables ha-ri one guarantees his path to liberation. (Srimad Bhagavatam,…