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Mayapur TV Livestream Posted by New Vrindaban on Saturday, April 9, 2022 (This post has been viewed 35 times so far)Read More…(This post has been viewed 35 times so far)

Mayapur TV Livestream Posted by New Vrindaban on Saturday, April 9, 2022 (This post has been viewed 35 times so far)Read More…(This post has been viewed 35 times so far)

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Two, Chapter Seven: “Scheduled Incarnations.” TEXT 23 asmat-prasada-sumukhah kalaya kalesa iksvaku-vamsa avatirya guror nidese tisthan vanam sa-dayitanuja avivesa yasmin virudhya dasa-kandhara artim arcchat TRANSLATION Due to H…

We are recording this video message to express our gratitude to those people who helped us financially we do not know how many people participated in this project but we want to sincerely thank you for being there for us thank you for the fact that you…

By Lilasuka dasi On many occasions, Srila Prabhupada indicated that these children were special. By Srila Prabhupada’s request, they had been brought from higher dimensions to spread Lord Chaitanya’s mission. One of the most important things we can do …

Translation The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O son of Pāṇḍu, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear; who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of…

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Lord Ramacandra exhibited the quality how He renounced the whole kingdom simply on the order of His father, His obedience to father. He could have argued with His father, “My dear father, you, simply for keeping your promise and actuated by the dictati…

Krishna Kripa Das: Military ladies in India wanted photo with brahmacaris. (This post has been viewed 22 times so far)Read More…(This post has been viewed 22 times so far)

Drumila Dasa: It was late at night, and I was heading home and saw one couple, so I stopped them. And as I was talking with them, I saw Roberto and his wife approaching. I just decided to try to engage them simultaneously, with the first couple that I …

Premanjana Das: In the auspicious festival of Ram Navami (the divine appearance of Lord Ramon this earth) I am wondering, as a child, teenager or youth, I don’t remember ever celebrating this festival. The fondness of any particular festival would be b…

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So Ramacandra’s life, God’s activities, pastimes, if we hear, that means we are associating with Ramacandra. There is no difference between His form, His name, His pastimes, and Himself. He’s absolute. Therefore either you chant the holy name of Rama o…

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I was distributing books on Queen street, Auckland’s main CBD shopping street for a short time before driving to Hamilton another city outside of Auckland. There is many places that a book distributor or street collector could stand and I choose a stri…

Translation O gentle reciters, offer such prayers in due course of time, when the qualities of which you have spoken actually manifest themselves in me. The gentle who offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not attribute such qualities …

We were in Fairfield (Sydney), which is densely populated by Arabs. An unforecasted storm hit us. The harinama party had to make a decision to continue or cancel. Given that it was a long way from home, we decided to continue, and we moved through the …

All morning busy with meetings in the temple and the usual occupational activities. Started book distribution around 5 in the evening and it was a tough evening trying to distribute books in Paris. Now we are on the train heading back to the temple. Qu…

The history of Iskcon Pakistan in Karachi with the Sindhi Community (This post has been viewed 18 times so far)Read More…(This post has been viewed 18 times so far)

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Last night Bhakta Mark and myself distributed 2000 Prasadam Cookies at Russell Brand’s live show at Newcastle City Hall! Russell Brand is a good friend of the devotees and kindly allows us to distribute prasadam to every person who comes to his l…

Due to His causeless mercy upon all living entities within the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His plenary extensions, appeared in the family of Maharaja Iksvaku as the Lord of His internal potency, Sita. Under the order of His…

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It was time for taking Prasadam so the three devotees who I was with in New Plymouth (small town NZ) had met me outside the mall this fine Saturday. We were gathering our book boxes to head to the car when a Maori man (pictured below :-)) approached us…

Lisa Chastain I Found Krishna in Las Vegas A lifelong search for God ends in the most unexpected of places. Last year I found myself at the doorstep of Govinda’s Center of Vedic India and Radha-Govinda Mandir, Las Vegas. A dear friend of mine had invit…

The Lord is more anxious to take us back into His kingdom than we can desire. Most of us do not desire at all to go back to Godhead. Only a very few men want to go back to Godhead. But anyone who desires to go back to Godhead, Sri Krsna helps in all re…

Parasuram das Tomorrow we have a team traveling by van to our Prasad Distribution projects in Prague and Wroclaw, headed by Arjuna Prabhu, delivering essential supplies from London. Then they travel to Vilnius to buy a van for Ukraine Prasad Distributi…

As well as helping on the Hungarian border, the team made day-long journeys to the Polish and Romanian borders of Ukraine to deliver many tonnes of food provisions to Food for Life devotees operating in Kyiv and Kharhiv. A humanitarian adviser told BBC…

O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have accepted the brahmanas as Your worshipable deity. Your knowledge and memory are never disturbed by anxiety. You are the chief of all famous persons within this world, and Your lotus feet are …

SB 9.10.53 TRANSLATION When Lord Ramacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the King of this world, all bodily and mental suffering, disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear and fatigue were completely absent. There was even …

April 2. 2022 – Mayapur – Brhad Bhagavatamrita 3.5.32 – English (video) Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3uPIlPX (This post has been viewed 9 times so far)Read More…(This post has been viewed 9 times so far)

Wadad village ladies embrace one-day Vaishnavi walk April 3, 2022   By Jayabhadra devi dasi, IGF preacher On February 26, 2022, we had a one-day Vaishnavi padayatra at Wadad village 15km from Amravati. As a district Medical Officer, I am well acqu…

DEVOTEES AND REFUGEES NEED YOUR HELP – PLEASE DONATE! Members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) throughout the world are shocked and saddened by the ongoing terrifying situation in Ukraine. Please support the ongoing relie…

Weekly Report from Poland Gaurangi dasi Our tireless team in Warsaw, Rasikendra, Mathuranath, Karuna, Padma, Ksenya and Akincana continue with their amazing support. They had so many devotees coming in the last few days, 4 big groups from Mariupol, one…

With advance of Krishna Consciousness one is able to realize that Krishna is always with His devotees — not only with His devotees, also with the non-devotees, but the devotees can recognize His Presence and the non-devotees cannot. The more you make a…

Welcome to the first edition of our Vrindavan Garden in Mayapur Newsletter [Issue 1 March 2022] General Progress Report After four years of developing the concept and design of the Vrindavan Garden, our next goal is to begin shaping & developin…

ISKCON Canberra participated at this year’s Aus-India Fair by FINACT at Thoroughbred Park! Mouthwatering delicacies (Kachories, Batata Vada, Gulab Jamun) were served at the stall along with the transcendental literatures (Bhagavad-Gita & others) an…

My initial thought when I looked at Kevin Chung was: “He is rushing away after a haircut on a busy street and will never take a book.” I stopped him anyway. “Wwwait a minute!” he said. “Are these writings in Sanskrit?” He started reading the Sansk…

We went to apartments door to door distributing Sri Caitanya Caritamrita sets in the Bay area. We saw one middle aged lady at one apartment, we greeted her by saying “Hare Krishna” and she replied with “Hare Krishna.” She studied in Vara…