By Lindsay Peyton Drive-thru movies are making a comeback — and even concerts are getting on board to adhere to social-distancing guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic. So as members of ISKCON — International Society for Krishna Consciousness — p…
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As Janmashtami goes virtual, Houston Hare Krishna devotees celebrate in new ways
Ahead of Janmashtami, Vrindavan’s ISKCON Temple Sealed as Priests Among 22 Test Covid-19 Positive
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Ahead of Janmashtami, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan was sealed on Tuesday after 22 people, including priests tested positive for coronavirus.Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 t…
Upgrade Your Life by Reading Srila Prabhupada’s Books
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Do you want to *learn practical ways to manage your time, avoid distractions and nourish your life* through Srila Prabhupada’s divine books?Read More…(This post has been viewed 322 times so far)
Media Release: ISKCON Celebrates Birth of Lord Krishna Amidst a Global Pandemic
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By ISKCON Communications The North American press release for Janmastami. Janmastami celebrations at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temples in North America and around the world will look different this year due to the CO…
Prime Minister of New Zealand receives Bhagavad-Gita
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By Sankarsana Rama Das It was a great honor to meet New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Arden today. I gave her the gift of the most valuable transcendental knowledge Bhagavad Gita. She mentioned that she has heard Mahatma Gandhi talked about Bhagavad …
Lord Balaram’s Appearance Day, London 3rd August 2020
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Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with Balarama, played like a human being, and so masked He performed many superhuman acts.Read More…(This post has been viewed 310 times so far)
2020 Janmastami Resources – to celebrate at home and with family and friends
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team The glorious advent of Lord Krishna or Janmastami is celebrated with charming grandeur and magnificent pomp worldwide by millions of exuberant Vaishnavas. Due to the outbreak of a global pandemic, the entire d…
Statement by GBC Executive Chairman on the occasion of Sri Krsna Janmastami
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By the GBC Executive SecretariatStatement by GBC Executive Chairman, Ramai Swami, on the occasion of Sri Krsna Janmastami (3 min. video) Read More…(This post has been viewed 330 times so far)
2020 Vyasa Puja book for Srila Prabhupada
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By Dravida dasaDue to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, this year the BBT published Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja book in pdf format only. You can download the book by clicking the llink included Read More…(This post has been viewed 328 times so far)
The Harrowing Hardships of Humanity
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Question: Why is there so much suffering in India, so much deprivation? HH Bhakti Charu Swami: Good point. Now tell me are they following Krishna? Are those people who are suffering, accepting Krishna? Read More…
The Birth of Lord Krsna
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Vasudeva and Devaki were within Kamsa prison when Lord Krsna, in His Visnu form, appeared before them as their son. He appeared from the heart of Devaki in the dense darkness of night, like the full moon rising on the eastern horizon. The newborn child…
Kick the mind with a shoe one hundred times!
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Prabhupada: My Guru Maharaja used to say that just rise early in the morning and then kick the mind with a shoe one hundred times.Read More…
Higher Taste (11 min. video)
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Krishna Prasadam, sanctified karma-free vegetarian food offered to Krishna is a healthy, tasty and nutritious option to satisfy the taste buds of people and also purify the heart. By switching over to a diet of Krishna prasadam, many in the world have …
Living a Life Beyond Illusion
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By Srimati Dasi Nightmare or sweet dreams — we continue to live the illusion. So many wake-up calls, but still we stubbornly hold on to a world of I, me and mine. Dressed in the garb of a devotee, and so attentive to the external detail of the rituals…
Obtaining the ultimate goal of life (video)
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Srimad Bhagavatam class online by HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami, August 7, 2020Read More…(This post has been viewed 325 times so far)
How to spiritualize our profession (video)
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Yogesvara Prabhu, (Joshua Greene), was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1969. After 13 years in temples of Europe and America, he returned to New York. He is Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Hofstra University and teaches weekly classes at Jiv…
Photos from Balarama Purnima 2020 at ISKCON-London
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Here are some nice photos from Balarama Purmina 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha Krishna Temple.Read More…(This post has been viewed 281 times so far)
Guidelines for a safe re-opening of temples
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team Dear ISKCON Leader, please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. In June 2020, the GBC SPT – Strategic Planning Support unit published a Temple Re-opening Guide and a decision-making T…
Bhaktivedanta Research Center
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By Gauranga Das We are happy to share that over the last two years, in addition to the preservation work in the library, the team at BRC has made significant strides in conducting pioneering research in the field of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in collaboration…
Kamsa threatens Devaki
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As the newly married Vasudeva and Devaki prepared to start for home, conchshells, bugles, drums, and kettledrums all vibrated in concert for their auspicious departure. But as Kamsa, controlling the reins of the horses, drove the chariot along the way,…
Cook up a 5-Course Feast in under 60 minutes (video)
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Traverse Beyond the kitchen and the plate, as you cook a delectable meal for the Birthday Boy, Lord Sri Krishna with Radhavallabha Das in 60 minutes.Read More…(This post has been viewed 320 times so far)
Lord Balaram Slays Demons-Significance behind the stories (video)
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Join us to learn and hear the lessons Lord Balaram’s Appearance and Pastimes can teach us in our own lives. We are delighted to host HH Bhakti Rasayana Sagar Swami to celebrate Balaram Jayanti.Read More…(This post has been viewed 320 times so far)
Avoid Sibling Rivalry – Children @Home Show (video)
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Sunday August 2, at 12EST 11CST 9PST on the Children at Home Show by Gopi Gita Schomaker, we invite her sister, Her Grace Gaura Mani Devi, Grammy-nominated kirtaniya and personal mentor to thousands of devotees worldwide. In preparation for Lord Balara…
When Prabhupada’s US Visa was rejected (14 min. video)
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What happened when the chief immigration officer refused to grant a visa to Srila Prabhupada on the basis of him being sick and unable to personally come to the office to submit the request?Read More…
Prayers for The Advent of Lord Krsna
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Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahma for relief. Mother earth assumed the form of a cow. Very much distressed, with tears in he…
News from Gokula dham
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A recent downpour of rain at the farm has seen the dams fill up and at last our wetlands have returned. The wetlands are the home of many bird species including pelicans, black swans, ducks, ibis and grebe. Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 ti…
Krishna, Cows and Humanity (video)
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By ISKCON GBC Ministry of Agriculture and Cow Protection The cows are as important as the citizens. Just as the human citizens should be given all kinds of protection. So the cows also should be given full protection. Srila Prabhupada did not make dis…
Memory Boxes (10 min. video)
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Welcome to another Sacred India Wisdom Tree message from Jagattarini. This week’s message is entitled: Memory BoxesRead More…
Download your copy of the 2020 Tributes today
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By Pradyumna das For ten years, we have printed Srila Prabhupada Tributes and sent a free copy to each devotee who wrote for it. But this year, the pandemic that struck made us uncertain about whether our printers could provide the book on schedule, o…
Townhall on COVID-19: Dr Milliard Hawkins (Madhvacarya Das) (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team Do we understand the Pandemic that the whole world is in grip of?
Please join us to hear Dr. Milliard Hawkins (aka Madhavacarya Das), who is a lead anesthesiologist, with over two decades of practice in his f…
A Star is Born
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By Anuradha dasi When WTRF came to do an interview for a piece about New Vrindaban on channel 7’s “Discover West Virginia” program, I had no idea this would be Kirtan the baby peacock’s debut into stardom. After all, it was meant to be a general docu…
The passing of Sanak Dasa ACBSP
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Sanaka prabhu passed peacefully from his body at 2am, with Srila Prabhupada chanting Japa at his side and Srimati Tulasi devi close to him. Over the past few weeks he has had a lot of mercy from so many caring Vaishnavas. Devotees had kirtan for him fo…
All Glories to Ramadasa Abhirama dasa Prabhu
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By Danavir GoswamiHe was an offenseless, gentle soul, full of devotion for Lord Krishna. A complete artist: painter, singer, musician, etc. Although highly qualified in many fields, he was humble like a straw. His kirtans and paintings are a treasure f…
How one temple dealt responsibly with a COVID-19 outbreak (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team Let us all join together to learn how ISKCON Dallas temple President, HG Nityananda Das and his community members responsibly handled COVID-19 outbreak. He was interviewed by HG Vraja Vihari Das. Read More…(…
Activities and stories about Lord Balarama for children aged 2-18
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By Urmila Devi Dasi Activities and stories about Lord Balarama! Lots of fun things to do for children aged 2-18. Here are many stories about Balarama, along with activities about the stories. The story activities were created by the Hare Krishna Schoo…
Devotee Care Newsletter – August 2020
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A king’s duty is to his people. He should take care of them with no thoughts of pleasing himself. He should subordinate his own wishes and desires to those of the peopleRead More…(This post has been viewed 324 times so far)
On hearing the news that Sriman Ramdas Abhiramdas Prabhu has been transferred to the spiritual plane to be with Srila Prabhupada
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HG Ramesvara Das: Srila Prabhupada’s desire to show Shri Krshna to the entire world pours out of every part of this amazing empowered eternal spiritual couple. We can never repay our debt to you both for what you have revealed to the world – by Srila P…
Ballad of a Sankirtana Devotee
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By Samapriya dasi In the beginning days of establishing his movement, Srila Prabhupada was assisted by a handful of dedicated disciples. Though unfamiliar with Vedic culture they were qualified through love and submission to their spiritual master. Th…
When a Ghost Attacks God…
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By Gauranga Darshan DasOnce Utkaca went to the hermitage of a sage named Lomaśa, who had studied a hundred lessons in morality from Lord Brahma. For no reason, Utkaca started breaking trees there, being puffed up of his strong body. Seeing him creating…
Sri Gauridasa Pandita — Disappearance
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Gauridas Pandit was a great devotee of Lord Chaitanya that lived in Ambika Kalna near Navadvipa in West Bengal. Gauridas Pandit was Subal in Krishna-lila. From Puri, Gauridas had settled in Ambika KalnRead More…(This post has been viewed 324 times so…