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Srila Prabhupada Marathon 2018 by HH Smita Krishna Swami (2 min video)
Inspirational thoughts and realizations about distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books during the month of December.
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Marathon Message by Janananda Goswami.
It’s never too late. Srila Prabhupada arrived in US at 70 years of age and preached alone in the snow of New York, distributing his Srimad Bhagavatams. We sure can’t imitate Srila Prabhupada, but at l…

Srila Prabhupada Marathon 2018 by HH Sacinandana Swami (4 min video)
Inspirational thoughts and realizations about distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books during the month of December.
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Darsana of Varadaraja and Maha Laksmi in Kanchipuram (2 min video)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Some very rough footage of darsana …Read More…

When Hitler met a Vaishnava.
From the book “Blazing Sadhus” by HG Acyutananda Prabhu ACBSP.
“We sat on the veranda, and Bon Maharaj told us how he met Adolf Hitler. “I saw Hitler down a long hall. He was pacing furiously. The war wa…

Chaitanya Charan Das: Suppose a plane flies from Los Angeles to New York. During 90% of its flight time, it is off-course. Why? Because of its own momentum and the atmospheric conditions.
How, then, does the plane get to its destination? By the pilo…

Holy Name retreat, Govardhana (Album of photos)
Day 4: Going Deeper- Friday, November 30
Seminar by HH Sachinandana Swami
Topic: “Learning The Living Name-” Learning to Chant with Absorption”
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Sri Harinam in Auckland New Zealand (Album of photos)
Giving out the mercy Friday night Harinam.
And the best gift ever f…Read More…

Beautiful Vrindavana (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: As I was leaving Vrindavan I stopped by Varsana and did a quick tour around the sacred home of Srimati Radharani with a small number of devotees. The local villagers fed us hot chapatis, we visi…

Kirtan Ras Festival from the Gulf is LIVE – and is amazing (video)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Bhagavad-Gita it is advised that o…Read More…

Harinama in Moscow, Russia (13 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is always superb…Read More…

Cadets dance during Harinam in Russia (6 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: This Krishna consciousness movement insists that everyon…Read More…

Vrindavan Pastimes of Lord Shri Krishna (video)
A lecture by HH Bhakti Charu Swami, 17 November 2018 at ISKCON New Jersey.Read More…

Kartik Parikrama Braj Badrinath (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: Nanda Lala didn’t want the Brijbasis to go to any tirtha outside of Braja, so He created Badrinath within Braja for Nanda Baba. Very beautiful serene place with forests, hills, …

A visit to Sri Rangam, the biggest functional temple in the world. (6 min video)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: It has 7 walls, each …Read More…

The importance of spiritual association (sat-sanga) (video)
Our consciousness and behavior are certainly affected by the company we keep. This is especially true for those who want to enhance their spiritual consciousness. In this episode, Mahatma das…

Bhakti Yoga—A Method of Nonmechanistic Science.
Sadaputa Dasa: How can we study nonmaterial aspects of reality when we’re living in a world of matter? Modern mechanistic science rests on the premise that reality is ultimately reducible to…

“What’s that?” I asked. “I-S-K-C-O-N,” he spelled the letters out.
“ISKCON—International Society for Krishna Consciousness.” Then he laughed. He was obviously having fun.
It was also in early August…

We’re spirits inside material bodies. If we do something about our own spiritual life—like find out who we really are and what we’re meant to do—life can only improve. We generally prefer consciousness to unconsciousness, except during surgery. Puttin…

Clear instructions by His Divine Grace.
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind letter dated November 13, 1972, and I have noted the contents with great care. I am so glad to receive your report after such long time, and …

Life Of A Devotee – His Grace Sri Sanatan Goswami Das (18 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age, it is more important to cr…Read More…

I have a little story about the time I distributed a Bhagavad-gita As It Is to the then-future Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau and his fiancee Sophie-Gregoire. They married in 2005 so it must have been a year or two before that when I met them…

Vidura Dasa ACBSP: In Nairobi, many moons ago, Kenya was hosting the annual meeting of the African Union where the heads of state of all countries in Africa gather. We happened to have recently received a container of Bhagavatams and Gitas cleared th…

Why “Bhagavad-gita As It Is?
The Bhagavad-gita has been translated many times since Krishna spoke it on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra thousands of years ago. Srila Prabhupada chose “Bhagavad-gita As It Is” as the title for his own transla…

World famous cricketer receives Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita (1 min video)
Jhulan Nishit Goswami is an all-around cricketer and former captain of India national women’s cricket team.
After receiving a copy of Bhagwat Gita in London la…

Srila Prabhupada’s Books – all we need! Lecture by HG Vaisesika Dasa Prabhu, 11.25.18 in ISKCON Silicon Valley (video)
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Vaishnava marriage in Mayapur (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today Ananda Mohan das and Varsana-rani dasi had their Vedic wedding in Sri Vrindavan Dhama. Two hundred devotees, including a number of distinguished guests, participated and gave thei…

“THE SUNDAY HARE KRISHNA LOVE FEAST”
Srila Prabhupada: Make very nice palatable prasadam. We shall spend for that. Why miserly? There is no need of miserly. You are going to earn money by agricultural produce, so how the money will be util…

The crying monkey.
Sacinandana Swami: Bhakti takes two forms in this world. On the one hand the form of activities you perform with body, voice and mind, and on the other hand the form of feelings. These devotional feelings are the inclination to serv…

Devotees Chant Hare Krishna Before UF/FSU Game and Fans of Both Dance and Play Instruments (6 min video)
Ten devotees took a 6-hour break from the Alachua Festival of the Holy Name to drive 2 hours to Tallahassee to chant Hare Krishna for 2½ hour…

Iskcon-London 2019 Wall Calendar.
SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
2019 marks ISKCON-London’s 50th Anniversary. For this milestone year, we have a special calendar with 12 original, meditational pieces of artwork including:
Deity installation an…

Experience Krishna’s magic – Jhulan Lila Devi Dasi (2 min video)
Srila Prabhupada’s Winter Book Marathon 2018 – Every December the entire ISKCON world focuses all attention on the distribution of transcendental literature, something we all…

Harinama in Argentina, Rosedal de Palermo (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sometimes it is very risky to give great philoso…Read More…

Making a truce with the body and the mind (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.H.Sachinandana Swami at ISKCON VrindavanRead More…

Iskcon Manchester, UK: Sankirtan yesterday at Piccadilly Gardens (Album of photos)
Many people walked by, some of them took bo…Read More…

Black Friday? No, Spiritual Saturday! (photos)
We had lots of public participation on our Black Friday weekend London
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Once when the Kurukshetra war was declared, Duryodhana sent messengers to every part of the globe to seek the assistance of various kings. But Krishna was so powerful that He warranted a personal request. Also Duryodhana knew that Krishna was the mai…

What is consciousness? (9 min video)
By Drutakarma das (Michael Cremo)
Srila Prabhupada: A fish, when it is put into the land, it is unhappy, or death. Similarly, if you, the creature of the land, if you are put into the water, you are unhappy, and d…

Festival of the Holy Name in New Raman Reti, Alachua (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: No one can be more pure than devotees…Read More…

A visit to Gambhira in Puri (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Today we visited the Gambhira, where Lord Caitanya lived…Read More…