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Does a virus or some teeny bacteria have a soul?
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Does a virus or some teeny bacteria have a soul?
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Prabhupada: So similarly, soul is everywhere.
Brian Singer: And in the animal also? In the dog?
Prabhupada: Oh, yes.
Brian Singer: Yeah? And how far down in the animal world? L…

More than 10,000 devotees have landed in Sri Mayapur dhama from…
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More than 10,000 devotees have landed in Sri Mayapur dhama from all over the world for Maha Abhishek and Gaura Purnima. It’s very inspiring to see Srila Prabhupada’s disciples dancing together in kirtana, it’s ecstatic. Don’t mi…

Dhruva Maharaja
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Dhruva Maharaja, by HH Niranjana Swami.
SB 4.9.11: Dhruva Maharaja continued: O unlimited Lord, kindly bless me so that I may associate with great devotees who engage in Your transcendental loving service constantly, as the waves of a river constantly…

Cutting the Knots of Material Attachment
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Cutting the Knots of Material Attachment.
Srila Prabhupada: One time, Indra, the king of heaven, was cursed to become a hog, and he became a hog. He had a wife and many kiddies and was living in a filthy place, eating stool. Brahma came to him because…

Meditation and Chanting Go Together
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Meditation and Chanting Go Together.
In the Gaudiya way of bhakti, you offer everything to Krsna, the good, the bad – your life. You share everything with someone you are close to, the barriers are low, close friends are intimate. In bhakti this…

‘Kevala ananda kanda’ The path to happiness
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‘Kevala ananda kanda’ The path to happiness.
Ananda Vrindavaneswari Devi Dasi: Unless we are on a total media fast, we have likely heard of the notion of tidying our home with the KonMari method of asking the question of our belongings – &…

“That other is Krishna”
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“That other is Krishna”
Srila Prabhupada: From the very beginning, the body was given by father and mother. In the childhood, as the father and mother say, “Sit down here, eat this, don’t go there,” everything is controll…

One Vision Cafe – Grand Opening (Watford) (Album of photos)
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One Vision Cafe – Grand Opening (Watford) (Album of photos)
We were at the Grand Opening of the new One Vision Cafe in Watford today. A new multi-faith community project that will serve FREE food (Prasadam) to anyone on Mondays, and ‘pay as you …

Contradictory views in scriptures about Lord’s nature & the way to understand it! (video)
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Contradictory views in scriptures about Lord’s nature & the way to understand it! (video)
Lecture by HH Bhanu Swami at Iskcon Chennai.
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Srila Prabhupada: In Kali-yuga, you cannot strictly follow, neither I can strictly follow.
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Srila Prabhupada: In Kali-yuga, you cannot strictly follow, neither I can strictly follow. If I criticize you, if you criticize me, then we go far away from our real life of Krsna consciousness.
Morning Walk – March 10, 1976, Mayapur:
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George Harrison Remembers Srila Prabhupada
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George Harrison Remembers Srila Prabhupada.
“I liked Prabhupada’s humbleness. I always liked his humility and his simplicity The servant of the servant of the servant is really what it is, you know. None of us are God—just His servan…

Sell in bunches like bananas! (Album of photos)
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Sell in bunches like bananas! (Album of photos)
Today we set up a new record(for the next few weeks) for Harinama Ashram, distributing 11 sets of 7 maha books per day! Sapta rsi, Srila Prabhupada ‘s Lilamrita and CC sets were taken by random peo…

International Gita Mahotsava, Mauritius (Album of photos)
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International Gita Mahotsava, Mauritius (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: These four principles: Always think of Krishna, become Krishna’s devotee, worship Krishna and offer your respect, obeisances to Krishna. That’s all. This is Krish…

More Krishna conscious books for Iskcon in Pakistan
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More Krishna conscious books for Iskcon in Pakistan (Album of photos)
ISKCON Pakistan is pleased to inform that BBT Pakistan has printed One New small Book “Civilization and Transcendence”. And reprinted Two small books of Srila Prabhupada…

Vrindavan Temples Parikrama (20 Feb, 2019)
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Vrindavan Temples Parikrama (20 Feb, 2019) (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: On 20th Feb, our parikrama visited temples in Vrindavan. We walked to the ISKCON Gaushala and continued on to Kaliya Ghat, New Madan Mohan, Sanatan Goswami’s Samadhi,…

A visit to all the places in Calcutta related to Srila Prabhupada and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
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A visit to all the places in Calcutta related to Srila Prabhupada and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (Album of photos)
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A new bookstall with Srila Prabhupada’s books in Salem’s main railway station
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A new bookstall with Srila Prabhupada’s books in Salem’s main railway station (Album of photos)
Iskcon Salem has inaugurated a new bookstall in Salem main railway station. Maybe first in India. Devotees struggled three years to get the per…

Adding Unicode Support to the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase. Now, text…
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Adding Unicode Support to the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase.
Now, text you copy and paste text from the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase® can come out right — diacritics and all — for anyone you share it with. A simple, free plugin for the desktop Veda…

Radha Kunda Parikrama (23 Feb, 2019) (Album of photos)
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Radha Kunda Parikrama (23 Feb, 2019) (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: By the mercy of Srimati Radharani, we entered Her Holy Dhama of Radha Kunda, the most sacred place of the universe. Not only did we offer our prayers and obeisances at Sri Radha …

Preaching program in Istanbul, Turkey (Album of photos) 70…
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Preaching program in Istanbul, Turkey (Album of photos)
70 guests attended the Nityananda Trayodasi festival.
Srila Prabhupada: In the Adi Purana Krishna tells Arjuna: “Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered t…

50 Years of Hare Krishna’s in the UK: Feature article in the latest edition of Back to Godhead (BTG) magazine
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50 Years of Hare Krishna’s in the UK: Feature article in the latest edition of Back to Godhead (BTG) magazine
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Pastimes of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (video)
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It is an offense to the Holy Name to think of the spiritual master who spreads the glories of the Lord as an ordinary human being. Read More…(This post has been viewed 846 times so far)

ALL-INDIA PADAYATRA ARRIVES IN BHANDARA DISTRICT
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ALL-INDIA PADAYATRA ARRIVES IN BHANDARA DISTRICT
February 14, 2019We had a great time in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. Wherever we went, we received grand welcomes with flowers and garlands. In fact, because we had never seen so many garlan…

ISKCON Nepal: A Life Transformational and Motivational Seminar -…
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ISKCON Nepal: A Life Transformational and Motivational Seminar – Birgunj Live 2 (A journey towards self-discovering & developing) program was organized by Rel-Event Management Pvt. Ltd. on 16th February 2019 at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Birgunj.
Mr. Ru…