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Krishna will always accept you, no matter what!
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Gopi Gita Devi Dasi: There are times in all of our lives, as progressing spiritualists, where no matter how hard we work/surrender/strive for the highest level of purity …

Sri Harinama Sankirtan in Sydney, Australia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: O my Lord! Persons who chant the holy names of…Read More…

Disappearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (video)
Lecture by HH Bhakti Charu Swami at ISKCON Mayapur.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Bhima Prabhu at Iskcon Juhu
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Sharing love of God on Christmas (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Christmas In Beijing. Practically speaking there is no Christmas in China. The communist government does not encourage it. I saw one single Santa Claus while roaming around Beijing t…

More photos from the amazing Ratha Yatra Festival in Ludhiana 2018, probably the biggest in the world (after Puri)
“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other…

Done It!
Sutapa Das: By the combined efforts of so many vaisnavas over 50,000 doors have been knocked this month in UK! The last 3 days have been magical – so much energy, enthusiasm and inspiration… we wish it could go on and on… these are…

Kavicandra Swami: Yesterday was a wake-up call day. I was asked to “bless” two cremations. Both were for elderly matajis who were serving up until the end, in spite of infirm bodies. The devotees, of course, were there and chanting. When …

60+ preps each day for Pankajanghri Prabhu in Mayapur! (Album of photos)
The women finished their cooking assessments over las…Read More…

The hugely successful Ludhiana Ratha Yatra 2018 (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 Krishna ma…

There is no scientific proof that you exist, but scientific proof exists because you exist (Based on Gita 16.09)
Chaitanya Charan Das: Suppose someone said in English, “I don’t know a single word of English.” Their statement would be…

Hankering after the lotus feet of the Lord.
(1.11.25-26) The inhabitants of Dvārakā were regularly accustomed to look upon Lord Kṛṣṇa, yet they were never satiated. His lotus feet are the refuge of pure devotees who never t…

Harinama in Tiwi Islands, Australia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When the transcendental vibration of Hare Krishna is …Read More…

Harinama in Double Six Beach, Legian, Bali, Indonesia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One has to continue chanting the Har…Read More…

Bhaktimarga Swami: Our team of three stayed at the ISKCON Centre, Montreal, overnight. I kept myself clear of any space where incense lingered as it agitates or aggravates my sinuses at present. I have some throat issues. I mentioned to the head p…

Detached Caring (video)
Lecture by HH Romapada Swami at Iskcon Chicago, 24 Dec. 2018
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*A DAY WITH ALL-INDIA PADAYATRA* (Album of photos)
By Manoj Barai
*WANTING TO EXPERIENCE LIFE ON PADAYATRA*
I had always talked to Acarya dasa, the All-India Padayatra leader, and had got information from him, but I had never personally experienced…

How to develop the desire to serve Lord Sri Krishna (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Chandramauli Swami at ISKCON Mayapur…Read More…

Book distribution in Budapest, Hungary by HH Sivarama Swami (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: We must all become ideal in ou…Read More…

How to remain determined in Krishna consciousness.
BB Govinda Swami: If there’s ever a question to do something conservative or to do something liberal, it’s always better to do something on the conservative side of Krishna consciousness. …

Prema-bhakti, as actually demonstrated by mother Yasoda.
Srila Prabhupada: In the beginning, the Vedic purpose is pursued in three ways (trayi) — by karma-kaṇḍa, jsana-kaṇḍa and upasana-kaṇḍa. When one reaches…

Does love limit freedom?
Love is the limiter of freedom – and its fulfiller too (Based on Gita 18.66)
Chaitanya Charan Das: We long to be free. And we long for love. Yet love and freedom don’t seem to go together.
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A historic day for book distribution in UK! (Album of photos)
Sutapa Das: Yesterday was historic – nearly 150 devotees doing door-to-door!!! As a result, we are now at 31,000 doors! 19,000 doors in two days… let’s make this happen for the …

Philadelphia RATHA YATRA 2018 (9 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: If the surface of the globe is overflooded with the chanting of …Read More…

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.G. Radhika Raman Prabhu at ISKCON VrindavanRead More…

Kurma das: Dipak had volunteered for the service of cooking lunch for Prabhupada during his visit to Melbourne. Yet Dipak, usually a proficient cook, was today not his usual confident self. He was nervously dropping butter on the floor, sliding chap…

Bhakti-Sastri in Russian (Album of photos)
Winter semester at the VIHE has been declared by the arrival of enthusiastic Russi…Read More…

ISKCON Ludhiana’s Ratha Yatra Festival has started (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommended five items of devotional service, namely to serve the devotees of the Lord, to chant Hare Krishna, to hear Srimad-Bhagava…

Hare Krishna devotee special invitee in a religious ceremony with very distinguished guests.
HH Radhanath Swami was the special invitee to the wedding of Mukesh Ambani’s daughter. He was the first person who was invited onto the stage even before…

Hare Krishna devotees featured on California Camp Fire Charity Album.
Two of the Hare Krishna Movement’s most well-known singers, Jayadev Das and his daughter Gaurangi Devi Dasi, are featured on a new charity record for the California Camp Fire, …

Chanting Hare Krishna prayerfully (video)
Christmas Retreat in Chicago conducted by Dravida Prabhu ACBSP, 21 December 2018.Read More…

Facilitate Krishna’s plan in this world (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Vaisesika Dasa at the Toronto Iskcon Temple, Dec 16, 2018.
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An August Assembly (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday, Pundrik Goswami of the Radha Raman Temple in Vrindavan asked me to accompany him to a lecture he was giving in Agra, not far from the famous Taj Mahal. The program, by invitation only,…

An affective feeling towards a person or group member based solely on that person’s group membership.
An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge.
An unfavorable opinion or feeling…

How to become purified and fixed in devotional service (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam by HH Romapada Swami in Iskcon Chicago, 12/21…Read More…

ISKCON Philadelphia Deities Move Into Beautiful New Temple Room.
Around six hundred congregation members and newcomers visited ISKCON Philadelphia on December 8thto celebrate as the presiding Deities moved into Their beautiful, spacious new temple ro…

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death (video)
HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami speaks on Srimad Bhagavatam 04.07.35 at ISKCON PerthRead More…

Who’s the Mother of Magic Realism?
Mukunda Goswami: In the Ramayana, the vanara Hanuman takes flight like a bird, and enters supra-mundane realms.
Sometimes it’s fun to take a retrospective—a look back at what was happening in the w…

I SEE YOU IN THE SKY!
Sacinadana Swami: “I would believe only in a God that knew how to dance.” – Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A few days ago, I went for a long walk with a very dear friend. We were so absorbed in our talks that we f…

Is God cruel?
Sacinandana Swami: Recently I received a letter in which someone wrote: “I am struggling with the concept that Krishna fully loves the living entities. When I look at the way He deals with someone who does not surrender to His desi…