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By the GBC Executive Committee You are all aware by now of the passing of HH Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja. Most if not all of you would be well aware that he was an outstanding disciple of Srila Prabhupada and a great leader in Prabhupada’s ISKCON. Und…

By Bhakti Caitanya Swami At 8.30am this morning, Florida time, I received a phone call from one of your more senior Godbrothers who is currently there. He was in a deeply emotional state, and I immediately understood what he had called me about, before…

By Anuttama dasaI write with a very heavy heart. I can only imagine the sense of grief and pain you must all be feeling today, experiencing the separation of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami. Your Guru Maharaja was truly an exceptional Vaishnava, spiri…

By Kalakantha das When you first met Srila Prabhupada he recognized you as a special soul, so much so that within a short time he accepted you as a sannyasi disciple. For the next 45 years you faithfully kept your difficult vows, travelling constantly…

By Praghosa dasa So, so much wishing I was paying my obeisances to you in person, then giving you a big hug and then discussing the glories of Srila Prabhupada with you. There was no way anyone in your sweet company could fail to be immediately immerse…

By the GBC Executive CommitteeIt is with overwhelming heartache that we announce to you the departure of our beloved godbrother and a dearmost servant of Srila Prabhupada, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami. From his earliest days as a young devotee, Mah…

By the GBC Executive Committee For those inquiring about the present situation, Maharaja is in the Intensive Care Unit in a hospital in Florida, USA. Although no devotees can be with Maharaja due to the pandemic, Maharaja is surrounded with auspicious …

Sri Sanatana Goswami appeared in 1488, five years before Sri Rupa Goswami, in a Sarasvata brahmana family in Bengal. Sanatana and his two brothers, Rupa and Anupama, were always absorbed in bhava bhakti from early childhood. Remembering Vrndavana, they…

While everyone is staying at home and our day-to-day activities put to a halt, devotees around the world have found a way to still preach and spread the transcendental chanting online. Our love of kirtan continues and in these difficult times, we can s…

After driving himself home from dialysis he collapsed in his car. He has been hospitalized. Please keep him in your prayers! Hare Krishna!Read More…(This post has been viewed 340 times so far)

By the GBC Executive Committee We request the worldwide ISKCON community to please pause all other engagements and invest all your hearts in intense prayer and kirtan for HH Bhakti Charu Maharaja. Maharaja has given his life to the service of Srila P…

When lockdown started, I was sad, and I missed the temple so much. I don’t like online stuff, or using Zoom. I kept chanting all day because I like chanting, and it made me feel a little better about not being in college. I do play mrdunga and sing ver…

By Subhag Swami “…certainly we will come out successful because Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself and whatever He desires will certainly be done. So, as parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can become instrumental in carry…

By BCS Medical Care TeamThe situation in the last few hours has now become the most critical and dangerous that Maharaj has been in. HH Bhakti Charu Swami remains in intensive care. His ventilation requirements have increased to near what is medically…

What is faith and why does it sometimes wax and wane? What can we do to enhance it and make it steady even in the midst of a society that often doesn’t value faith?Read More…(This post has been viewed 359 times so far)

“When the lockdown started, nobody thought we could distribute books, and everybody was worried about what would happen,” says Shyama Mohini Dasi, co-sankirtan leader at ISKCON Toronto, Canada. “But Vaisesika Prabhu encouraged us to think differently, …

Special Class by HG Daivisakti MatajiRead More…(This post has been viewed 340 times so far)

Srila Prabhupada: But the caste system is made by God according to quality and work of the subject and it was never designed for the benefit of accidental birth right. Thus whatever is made by God cannot be destroyed by man. Destruction of the caste sy…

By Subroto DasEach year more than 70 lakh people from different parts of the world visit Mayapur, the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and headquarter of ISKCON. Over the years Mayapur has evolved as a significant tourist destination of not only…

By Rizwan Mohammad ISKCON Temple’s free food initiative that has been feeding people on alternate weeks in Auckland CBD in the last few years has now expanded to schools providing hundreds of children with free lunch once a month. This initiative ‘Food…

3 month lockdown. That is a looooong time at home. Have a glimpse in our lockdown days. Read More…(This post has been viewed 321 times so far)

Glories to all the blessed Arabic book distribution temples and individual distributors, with some Special Glories to the European Yatras, especially the German Yatra, for somehow finding ways to distribute practically the same (mid-year) quantities of…

Maharaj is now established on dialysis to support his kidneys temporarily till kidneys start working on their own. His heart remains stable and is working well.Read More…(This post has been viewed 761 times so far)

At this farm cows are taken care of by the attendants from their birth till death. When they stop giving milk, they are moved to Goshala and taken care of by the carers and fully protected for their whole lives.Read More…(This post has been viewed 33…

A new short film by Karuna Productions, released on July 1st, depicts the journey of Avelo Roy (Ajita Das), a shy, often bullied, introvert boy from Kolkata, who moves to Chicago at the age of 19, and convinces major corporate CEOs to invest in his sta…

By Narada dasLast weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the iconic Glastonbury Music Festival – a renowned feature of the UK cultural scene. This massive event attracts over 250,000 people, hosting live stage performances from the most famous internat…

By Giriraj SwamiSrila Prabhupada said it is a mark of a good man that he takes the good side, not the bad side, of others. He gave the example of his guru maharaja, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta had a disciple named Kun…

By Nrsimha Krsna dasI would like to give a piece of good news for your pleasure. In Turkey, we started to publish Online Back To Godhead Magazine in Turkish language. This was desire of HH Sivarama Swami for long time and pandemic time was a good perio…

Once-in-a-lifetime event marking the commencement of the grand ISKCON Temple of Parsippany. One of the first Vedic-style ISKCON temples in Northeast. Our Chief Guest Mayor Soriano and our Committee Chairman Mr. Piyush Patel headlined this wonderful eve…

Recent Events – June 2020 – Vaishnava Seva – The Global Devotee Care Directorate is happy to share the next interview of a weekly Devotee Care webinar series called “Vaishnava Seva” – an effort to emphasize a culture of devotee care in ISKCON temples a…

Join the prayers for HH Bhakti Charu Swami maharaj’s recovery and well-beingRead More…(This post has been viewed 374 times so far)

Maharaj remains in intensive care, on the ventilator and requiring support for his blood pressure and kidneys.Read More…(This post has been viewed 113 times so far)

Krishna’s quality of detachment – Although Krishna is everywhere behind the scenes maintaining this world, Krishna is neutral and never interferes with our freedom to choose and to pursue our journey through life. (Bhagavad Gita chapter 9 verse 9)Read …

The Monk’s Podcast – with Kalakantha PrabhuRead More…(This post has been viewed 355 times so far)

The Monk’s Podcast with Hrdayananda GoswamiRead More…(This post has been viewed 365 times so far)

Padma Locana Krishna is part of the executive team with Corporate Learning Group at Harvard Business School Publishing. He has been an integral member of Bhakti Rasayana Sagar Maharaja’s LEAD school faculty. We’ll have a discussion with him around pot…

By Vaisesika Das At one door, the residents did not open their door, but they were very interested to speak to the devotees; so, they spoke to them through their video door bell. After hearing what the devotees were offering, the residents said they …

By the Deity Ministry Our initial response may be to push on with our service regardless of what the civil authorities are directing, but we encourage you to work within the guidelines given by governments and other authorities. As a result, there may …

The philosophical conclusions of Vedas establish that the universe is created by the eternal all-powerful Supreme Lord. A believer takes it as given that the universe must have a creator therefore God must exist. Over centuries great personalities have…

By Nirsimhananda Das This is the point in time when the Hare Krishna devotee shines a torchlight of knowledge into the darkness. Krishna has arranged the stage and the spotlight. The vicious virus is yet another 9/11, a pause, of silence in which the…