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Srila Prabhupada Marathon 2018 by HH Sacinandana Swami (4 min…
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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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When Hitler met a Vaishnava
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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…

Going off-course is not the problem; staying off-course is…
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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…
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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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Beautiful Vrindavana (Album of photos) Indradyumna Swami: As I…
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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…

Kartik Parikrama Braj Badrinath (Album of photos) Deena Bandhu…
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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, …

The importance of spiritual association (sat-sanga)
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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
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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…

“We will call our society ISKCON”…
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“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…

How to balance material and spiritual life? (4 min. video)
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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
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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 …

The Day Justin and Sophie Trudeau Received Lord Krishna’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is
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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…

How Mubarak of Egypt and other African leaders got Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita
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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?
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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)
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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…

Vaishnava marriage in Mayapur (Album of photos) Indradyumna…
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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”
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“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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…

The Difference Between Arjuna and Duryodhana
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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)
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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…