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Akhandadhi das: There have been a number of scientific studies recently that try to analyze if animals have any form of morality. This is obviously complex since it is nigh impossible to get inside the mind of a poor dumb creature and there is always…

Seeing with your ears (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.H.Devamrita Swami in ISKCON Vrindavan, 17.11.2018.
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At the Villages of Great Saints (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The other day we visited the bhajan kutir of Jayadeva Goswami in Champahati and the birthplace of Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya in Vidyanagar. We had kirtan and katha about these great de…

Cooperative Behavior (7 min video)
Mahatma das: Both King Indra and Maharaja Prithu were envious and angry with each other, bu…Read More…

Madhuvan – Talavan Parikrama in Karttika (2018) (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: The second day of Parikrama, we joined th…Read More…

The hole in the heart.
Sacinandana Swami: When something upsets us, we can remind ourselves: “Yes, this is the material world, and this is bound to happen. When a stone drops into water, it will get wet. When a soul drops into the material world…

“Krishna’s lifting of Govardhana Hill was the first time that the cowherd men and women all witnessed Krishna’s miraculous prowess. Previously, with the killing of Putana, Sakatasura, Trnavarta, Aghasura and Bakasura, the grownups did…

Enthusiastic Rathayatra in Auckland, New Zealand (3 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: One who hears the transcendental sound vibrat…Read More…

Queen of the Night.
Sacinandana Swami: A bush with the most fragrant flowers grows next to the room I stay in. It smells like a whole perfume shop. It is called the “Queen of the Night” because its flowers bloom and smell their best at nig…

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.H.Janananda Swami in ISKCON Vrindavan, 15.11.2018 (video)
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On this sacred ground of Santipur (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The other day we visited the residence of Advaita Acar…Read More…

Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Hospitals Trust Award, UK.
Praghosa dasa: The Hindu-Vaisnava chaplaincy team, headed by Haridham dasa has won the chief executive and chairman’s award for exceptional services to the Guy’s and St Tho…

When spiritual life seems impractical – because of body, family, society and job (video)
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Kartika In Sridham Mayapur (14 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Today we began our Kartika parikrama in Mayapur by visiting Nrsimha Palli and HariHara ksetra, two special holy places in the Dhama. There we discussed the glories of both Lord Nrsimha and L…

Bhaktivedanta Academy Receives Grant for Science Education.
Bhaktivedanta Academy, a combined Montessori – International Baccalaureate school at ISKCON of Alachua, Florida, has been awarded a $3,000 grant for science education.
Deepa Mukhtyar (D…

ISKCON Members Participate in Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Nearly 10,000 delegates from 80 countries attended the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions from November 1stto 7thin Toronto, Canada. They represented nearly 200 reli…

The spider effort.
Sacinandana Swami: Today I sat at the banks of Radha Kund and had a wonderful realization I must tell you about. I had already arrived before sunrise and watched the different morning scenes. Tulasi leaves drifted by from the offerin…

Damodara Masa in Iskcon Nepal (Album of photos)
Only 7 days remaining to end Dāmodara Masa.
Don’t miss this opportunity.
Anyone can offer a Ghee lamp to Lord Damodara in this auspicious month.
Offering from a child to the old age with happin…

Official Opening of Avanti House Secondary school by the Secretary of State for Education (3 min video)
Avanti House Secondary School’s Official opening with the Rt. Hon Damian Hinds. Avanti House Secondary School is the first Hindu State-funded …

Govardhan Puja in Simhachalam 2018, Germany (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Kirtana means both lecturing and chanting wit…Read More…

Happy Gopastami celebration in Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The general mass of people, although sudras and …Read More…

The Ego-death.
Sacinandana Swami: Part of my kartik-vrata is to read Krishna’s instructions to Uddhava before He left this world from the 11th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. The Lord makes an important point there – that the knot in the he…

“Greeter” Service at Temple.
Greeting Guests at the Sunday Feast.
In an effort to make our temple more ‘user-friendly’ for guests that come on Sunday, we would like to have an assigned Greeter set up along the walkway leading up…

Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “My heart is always burning in the fire of material existence, and I have made no provisions for getting out of it. The only remedy is hari-nama-sankirtana, the chanting of the Hare Krishn…

Reading Srila Prabhupada’s books by HH Kesava Bharati Goswami and HG Vaisesika Dasa (video)
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Hare Krishna devotees at Diwali with Governor of Utah, US, Gary Richard Herbert at Governor’s mansion. It was a very pleasing & auspicious event.
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Australia’s first Hare Krishna schoolies: No sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling or meat.
Principal Vinod Bihari das said he was proud of the students for choosing a different path to many other Australian school-leavers who favor Gold Coast getaways c…

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.H.Badrinarayana Swami in ISKCON Vrindavan, Read More…

KARTIK YATRA 2018 – DAY 8 (video)
PURI YATRA CLASS BY HH RADHANATH SWAMI – 14th Nov 2018.
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A Visiting To Katwa (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our parikrama party was extremely fortunate to visit the very place …Read More…

Govinda dasi: Jimmy Hendrix, we were told, is the biggest in the rock business, so there were thousands of people, mostly young, expected at his shows at the Waikiki Shell (a venue for outdoor concerts and other large gatherings in the Waikiki area o…

This Monk has a message for meat-eaters (3 min video)
Avoid the bad reactions and consequences of eating meat like negative karma, wars, health problems, ecological disaster, inflicting pain to innocent animals. It’s unnecessary for our survival …

Diwali in Dublin (videos)
On Friday the 9th of November last there was a gala Diwali event held in the historic Dublin Castle….Read More…

Shri Rama Vijayotsava/ Dussehra 2018 Bloomington IL (Album of photos)
The third annual 2018 Shri Rama Vijayotsava/Dussehra wa…Read More…

Srila Prabhupada’s 41st Disappearance Day (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: More than 120 disciples gathered in Vrindavan to glorify Srila Prabhupada for his Disappearance Day Festival. Fabulous arrangements were made and they churned the grea…

Two Most Amazing Tirtha’s (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we began our Kartika parikrama in Mayapur by visiting Nrsimha Palli and HariHara ksetra, two special holy places in the Dhama. There we discussed the glories of both Lord N…

Big gathering of vaishnavas in Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur (Album of photos)
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 t…

Ecstatic Ratha-yatra in Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Mahadevi Dasi: Totally ecstatic Vrndavana RATHYATRA with our ISKCON JAGANNATHA BALABHADRA SUBHADRA and CHAKRAJI!
The Sacred Sounds of the Holy Names of KRSNA were vibrating throughout the universe i…

Srila Prabhupada Nectar from Srutakirti Prabhu (video)
Srila Prabhupada: We must all become ideal in our character and then pe…Read More…

ISKCON Member Selected as KAICIID International Fellow.
ISKCON India’s Director of Communications, Yudhisitr Govinda Das, was earlier this month chosen by the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural …