By Gauranga Darshan Das How would you feel if your parents are partial towards your sibling? Would you be comfortable when your teacher is biased towards your classmate? It is natural to expect from one’s superior or guardian a similar treatment as one…
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Is God Partial?
Preaching in Miami and New York City
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Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka – By Krishna Kripa DasRead More…(This post has been viewed 4394 times so far)
Govinda’s Restaurants
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ISKCON operates many Govinda’s restaurants around the world. They are difficult to manage, but determined devotees, who are expert in cooking and management, come forward and take the burden. It is excellent preaching. People get to eat delicious veget…
His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja Inaugurates the TOVP Daily Victory Flag Tradition
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On April 16th, to begin the celebration of Jayapataka Maharaja’s auspicious 70th Vyasa Puja celebration, thousands of his disciples and well-wishers, gathering at the TOVP office, looked on as Maharaja officially inaugurated the TOVP Daily Victory Flag…
His Holiness Bhakti Marg Swami Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide Matching Fundraiser
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TOVP Directors visit US Iskcon Temples
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By TOVP staff Braja Vilasa prabhu, the International Fundraising Director of the TOVP, recently paid a visit to the TOVP office in Alachua, Florida. He also arranged to visit three temples in the U.S. with Ambarisa prabhu during that time, and to hav…
“Philosoph(ies) of Education” – a call for papers and volunteers from ISKCON educators/devotees worldwide
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“Philosoph(ies) of Education” and includes a call for papers and volunteers from ISKCON educators/devotees worldwide.Read More…
21 Maha & big books in one shot!
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Yuga Dharma NYC: Interesting stories from book distribution in New YorkRead More…(This post has been viewed 17478 times so far)
Kids Bhagavatam 1.3 Summary Video from LightofGodhead
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Verses 1-5: Suta Gosvāmī summarizes how the Lord expands as the three puruṣa avataras for the sake of creation. He mentions that the second puruṣa is the source of all the incarnations within the universe, 22 of which he will mention next.Read More……
His Holiness Bhakti Chaitanya Maharaja Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide Matching Fundraiser
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His Holiness Bhakti Chaitanya Maharaja Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide Matching FundraiserRead More…
Wonderful Worcester
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By Madhumangal das On the auspicious day of Ram Naumi 2019, we inaugurated a monthly outreach programme called “The Vedic Essence” and also a harinam in Worcester town centre. A group of devotees (some from London) performed a 5 hour harinam in Worce…
Biggest ever shipment of Srila Prabhupada’s books arrived at the Yuga Dharma ashram
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New Shipment of Srila Prabhupada’s books arrived today at the Yuga Dharma ashram. Total of 732 boxes, biggest order for North east USA since 1981.Read More…
Notre Dame burning
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By Chandrashekhara acharya dasa “Notre Dame is damaged; The Holy Name shines on. “Some thoughts on the recent burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. I cannot count how many rounds of japa I have chanted inside the shelter of Notre Dame, hearing m…
Bhakta-vasyata: Bound By Love
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Lord Krsna, the son of Mother Yasoda, is easily accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but not to mental speculators, aspirants of self-realization, or those in bodily identification.Read More…(This post has been viewed 2365 …
The glory of Rama (3 min. video)
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Subuddhi Ray das: No matter how many years pass, but the glory of Rama and the beautiful Sita does not fade. They showed the world an example of loyalty, courage and duty. We congratulate you on Rama Navami – Ramachandra’s birthday.Read More…
Touring Ramesvaram The Land Of Lord Rama
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By Sri Nandanandana dasa While visiting Madurai and the surrounding area, it is easy to catch the early morning train for Ramesvaram. It is a relaxing ride (about six hours) as we head toward the coast. The first time I went there, it was a pleasant t…
Reach for The Stars
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By Louise Guthrie This is no ordinary shopping-carrier. It hails from the Indian city of Mayapur, spiritual capital of the world, and it depicts the vision that founder of the Hare Krishna movement, Srila Prabhupada, had for a unique ‘Temple of the Ve…
The Appearance of Lord Ramachandra
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AUSPICIOUS APPEARANCE OF RAMA — Another first-time translation for this issue of a song glorifying the appearance of Lord Ramachandra, from the medieval Bengali poet Krittivas.Read More…
The Pastimes Of Ramachandra
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Gautam Saha: The avatara came as Ramachandra Scion to the dynasty of Raghukula He is ever seen with Laxmi as Sita, Laxman and Hanuman, His servitorRead More…
Sri Lanka IS the Lanka of Ramayana
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Madhavananda Dasa: “A brahmana sees through the sastras. A king sees through his spies. A cow sees through its nose. And, an ordinary man sees through his eyes.” Read More…
Lord Ramacandra
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Ramachandra
Appeared on this earth in the lineage of Raghukula, in Ayodhya
As the son of King Dasharath and Queen Kaushalya
Elder to the princes Bharat, Lakshmana and ShatrughnaRead More…
The Floating Stones
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By Gauranga Darshan Das How can stones float on water!? But they did…once upon a time! In treta-yuga, God appeared as a human being, and engaged some monkeys to throw stones in water. By the power of His name, the stones floated and thus a bridge was …
HG Pandaveya Dasa ACBSP from Brazil left His body yesterday.
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Pandaveya Dasa Prabhu, ACBSP from Brazil left His body yesterday.Read More…
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaja Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide Matching Fundraiser
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Giving to TOVP Worldwide Matching FundraiserRead More…
Mrdanga dance presentation trailer
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Performing at Klyde Warren Park there was an amazing Mrdanga classical Indian dance fusionRead More…
Sanskrit for Children by LightofGodhead
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We would like to share the resources we created during this effort with the devotees worldwide, so other kids may also experience fun learning Sanskrit Alphabet.Read More…
Beware of the Mad Elephant
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By Srimati Dasi To make everyone understand that He was accepting the sinful actions of Jagai and Madhai, Lord Caitanya’s body became blackish in complexion. The Lord inquired, “Why do you all look at Me in this manner? How do I look?” Advaita Acary…
Jagannatha Ratha Yatra at Surabaya Vaganza
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By Hari Narayana Das This year’s parade was special because the show got enlivened with 40 decorative cars and boasted of participants from 37 cross-cultural communities. ISKCON community in Surabaya was also given invitation and as soon as the opport…
Abhaya Pradanam: Distribute the Gift of Eternal Fearlessness this Rama Navami
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Rishabh Verma: This Rama Navami, devotees must remind themselves of the promise of the Lord and with faith in his nature and words, demonstrate the principle of fearlessness in their lives by wholeheartedly engaging in devotional service. By demonstrat…
Adventures of the Great King Ram (musical)
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A beautiful audio rendition of the Ramayana made professionally by Havi dasa ACBSP (Ilan Chester a celebrated Latin Grammy award Venezuelan musician, singer, songwriter and record producer)Read More…
Highly successful public programs in Bologna, Italy
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On Monday 1st of April Radhanath Swami spoke to a full house on the topic of “Language of the Heart” in Bologna, Italy.
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His Holiness B.B. Govinda Maharaja Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide Fundraiser
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His Holiness B.B. Govinda Maharaja speaks about the importance of the TOVP Read More…
Visitors from East and Southeast Asia Initiated in Mayapur
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Approximately 160 visitors from China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Taiwan recently came to Mayapur with His Holiness Giridhari Swami on pilgrimage. They came in two groups – the first group, of about 40 people, visited in late December of 2018, and…
Expanding ISKCON to San Francisco
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Satsvarupa Das Goswami: When Swamiji went to San Francisco in January 1967, leaving behind his disciples in New York, we felt bereft. He told us to carry out all the activities we had done together. We tried, but getting up early in the morning, chanti…
OCHS celebrates its 20th anniversary at the House of Lords
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By Shaunaka Rishi Das,The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, the world’s leading Centre for Hindu Studies, celebrated its 20 years at the House of Lords at the River Room, hosted by Lord Dholakia. Lord Dholakia informed the audience of the value of OCHS…
“Overcoming Death through Mercy – A tale of a Silent Book Distributor”
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By Vibhava Krsna Das This article is not to glorify the material relationship I shared with my father or how he struggled in his life for his family or for that matter even his service to Srila Prabhupada (he would have never liked that) but I wrote t…
The Missing Tapes of Mohan prabhu
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By Yugala Kishor Gour das In the MetaVision period Mohan filmed many Krishna Conscious events, seminars and festivals. He even went on an European Tour, recording different temples and their local activities. All these were recorded on a semi professio…
The View Of An Irish Hare Krishna On ‘What It’s All About’
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By Sarah Keogh Over this period of Lent we’ve spoken to priests, minister and Senators already, asking them ‘what’s it all about?’ What is the meaning of life? What impact does religion have on a person’s everyday life. Sarah Keogh was joined by Prag…
Record number of devotees at Gaura Katha in Chattogram, Bangladesh
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Chatigram (as mentioned in C.C.M.) or present Chattogram was blessed by the divine appearances of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s eternal associates Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi Thakur, Sri Basudev Dutta Thakur, Sri Mukunda Dutta Thakur, Sri Dhananjaya Pandit, …
His Holiness Lokanath Maharaja Speaks About the #Giving TOVP Worldwide Fundraiser
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