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Preaching program at the beautiful Iskcon Temple in Raffray, Mauritius (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Last night we…Read More…

Prasadam distribution in HelenvalePort Elizabeth, South Africa (Album of photos)
Dear Devotees. Please accept my humble obeisa…Read More…

Srila Prabhupada’s mission is reaching out to everyone!
I stopped stunning 85-year-old Noreen today. She loved what I was doing and said she has an altar at home and a beautiful relationship with God. As I told her about the Veda she eagerly took…

Truly uplifting!
Meet Jim (left) and John (right). Yesterday, in Coventry, UK, as I was speaking to someone, John came over and started to look at the Veda on top of my trolley. As I finished speaking to the person, I approached John and he asked me wh…

Gaur Gopal Das: It was a great pleasure and honor meeting and discussing with Arianna Huffington (@AriannaHuffington).
Grateful for your book ‘The Sleep Revolution.’
My sincere best wishes and support for the great work that you are doing.R…

Closing Ceremony: Govardhana Retreat 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Oh Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from My eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling…

The significance of Odana Sasthi, December 3 (audio mp3)
At the beginning of winter, there is a ceremony known as the Odana Sa…Read More…

ISKCON Nepal Annual Yatra (Album of photos)
This Year ISKCON Nepal Annual Yatra trip was to South India with HG Patri Prabhu.Read More…

Kolkata to Sri Dhama Mayapur and back by smooth ferry boat.
Srila Prabhupada goes out on the Maidan Cruise of the fiberglass twin-engine catamaran marine craft called the Jala – Duta 1 (3 min video)
The Company Name on the side of the marine craft is…

Jagannath Rath Yatra in Baudda, Nepal (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he recei…

Book distribution and Harinama in Paris (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna is the root of everything. IF He is please…Read More…

ISKCON Philadelphia: New Temple: 12-8-18 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: People should be given the chance to hear the ch…Read More…

Fixing the mind on Krishna (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Radhanath Swami on| 9th Dec 2018 at ISKCON Chowpatty, MumbaiRead More…

Inspirational life journey as an ISKCON Devotee of Ananda Krishna Devi Dasi (12 min video)
Ultimate inspiring journey any pers…Read More…

PADAYATRA IN WEST AFRICA!
Theme:
Peace Procession (La Procession pour la Paix)
Location: Lomé, capital of Togo
Dates: Saturday, December 22nd and Sunday, December 23rd
Distance: 125 km
Procession:
A motorcycle will be used as a chariot, followed …

Spiritual Amnesia
Imagine a millionaire’s son traveling in a car on a hill.
Suddenly his car skids and falls hundreds of feet down. Somehow he jumps out of the car before it explodes. Fortunately, he falls on a sand dune in the valley. He surv…

Rathyatra festival 2018 in Auckland NewZealand (Album of photos)
Giving out the mercy! Wednesday night.
Srila Prabhupada:…Read More…

Srila Prabhupada’s Legacy (video)
Seminar by HG Visakha Mataji at ISKCON SYDNEY Radha Gopinatha, 11 Dec 2018.
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Becomes devotee and distributes books with the book distributor who made him devotee.
Sutapa Das: Get and Give!
Introduc…Read More…

New Mobile Book Shop of Srila Prabhupada books on the streets of Mumbai…Read More…

The best way to travel from Kolkata to Mayapur and back?
Ajamila Dasa Acbsp: In Mayapur, a very comfortable Ganga boat ride ha…Read More…

Take Two!
Sutapa Das: Met these “transcendental twins” in Norwich. They were with devotees in 80’s and one of them lived at Radhadesh. Over time they had lost touch. One of them asked for some beads – I said take two. Another asked fo…

Rathayatra in St Pierre on Reunion Island (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Photos from our Rathayatra in St Pierre on…Read More…

Harinam in Dublin (Album of photos)
Kurma Dasa: Yesterday’s Harinama Sankirtana all around Dublin Fair City with 40 sweet devotees.. What a blast!
Hundreds of pieces of prasadam distributed and many books.
The perfect finale to a spectacular Kir…

A lame man can cross mountains!
Photos from Saturday night Harinama in London.
This gentleman has at least twice now joined in our Saturday Night Harinama Sankirtan. Although about to turn 80 and having walking problems, he will hold his stick in the …

Denpasar Rathayatra (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: There are between 25 to 30 Rathayatra parades held every year in Indonesia…Read More…

Srimati Jahnavi Dasi ACBSP, the author of “Letters to My Oldest Friend by Janavi Held”, which won a prestigious literary prize, departed this world yesterday afternoon. She surely lives on in her beautiful, devotional poems and artwork!
R…

On Tour in Nepal (15 min video)
Titiksava Karunika Das: Somewhere in Nepal…..December 1, 2018, Dharan, Ratha Yatra.
Good time by chanting Hare Krishna!
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*MARATHON MEDICINE*
By Janananda Gosvami. Well, feeling a bit slow and down in old age. Digestion problems, sleep probs, things ain’t what they used to be in ISKCON either and I got no taste for chanting and hearing. Where’s the movement g…

SOWETO FOREVER !! (2 videos)
Devotees from Iskcon Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa in the fire of chanting and dancing….Read More…

Kirtan In South Africa! (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: “I am so glad to hear that you would like if we could open one branch of our International Society for Krishna Consciousness there in Cape Town, South Africa. That would be very nice. …

Pure devotional service (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.H.Bhakti Charu Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan, Dec 6, 2018.
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What can we really offer to Lord Krishna? (video)
Lecture by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at Kendra Namahatta, South Africa.
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Preaching program in London (Album of photos)
On 29th November 2018, Sivarama Swami spoke with 120 students at London’s City, University of London. After an engaging interview about his life and practices, he took several questions from the audie…

The complete Mahabharata narrated by Nirantara Das.
Listen or download the narration of the complete Mahabharata by the spiritual trainer, Bhakti yoga instructor, and Musician Sriman Nirantara das, ACBSP.Read More…(This post has been viewed 573 time…

Kartik Parikrama- Javat to Ter Kadamba and Vrindakund (Album of photos)
This was everyone’s favorite parikrama this Karttika, going to Javat and walking to Ter Kadamba on one of Braja’s last dusty paths! Then lunch at Vrinda Kunda!
Find …

The Bhagavata Purana: Selected Readings.
Krishna Ksetra Swami: Prof. Ravi M. Gupta poses holding the book we co-authored: The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Selected Readings. This is at the recent American Academy of Religion annual conference in D…

New marathon nectar (Album of photos)
Satyanarayana Das: And… from the West Coast (USA)… new marathon nectar from Prema Sankirtan Prabhu with (1) Hussein and Sara (“Princess” in Arabic) visiting from Iraq, all smiles while taki…

“The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra: Our Ultimate Benefactor” (Back to Godhead, Vol. 53, No. 2)
Satyaraja Das: “‘Hare’ can refer to both Hari, or Krishna, the Supreme Lord, and Radha, known as Mother Hara. When perceived in the…

14 Krishna Conscious Affirmations with Evidence.
How could your life change if you choose to think this way?
1. My human life is sacred and I am responsible to honor it in that way.
“The human body, which can award all benefit in life, is auto…