Hari Kirtana: The Yoga for the Modern Age
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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam sreyah kairava candrika vitaranam vidyavadhu jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam pratipadam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam. All glories to the sankirtana movement. Param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, when He was only a sixteen-year-old boy, introduced this sankirtana movement 500 years ago in Navadvipa, India. It was not
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Nonviolence or War
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—by Damodara das Adhikari (ISKCON—Washington, D. C. War is inevitable: an eye for an eye, dog eat dog, kill or be killed. Human history is a history of wars. Lust, anger and greed run amok in our minds, and for the sake of power and increased facilities for sense gratification, we become less than the
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ISKCON Around the World (1970 Photos)
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England In no country is Krsna foreign. The chanting of God’s holy names is natural to every land. In the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord Himself declares, “I am the father of all living entities.” Therefore, since Krsna cannot be foreign or alien anywhere, it is not surprising that the chanting of Hare Krsna is attracting sincere
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Harinama Ruci Team Makes Historic Preaching Tour To Nine Caribbean Countries
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Last month, devotees from the Harinama Ruci Team* completed a historic preaching tour across the Caribbean region, visiting nine far-off islands and countries rarely seen by the missionaries of Lord Chaitanya’s movement. The group’s members include Vicaru Das and Sandipani Muni Krsna Das from Harinam Ruci team, and they combined with Gopinath Das from Trinidad. […]

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Upcoming Online Presentation – “Detecting and Disarming the False Ego” by Sukhavaha Devi Dasi
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Sukhavaha Devi Dasi will be presenting “Detecting and Disarming the False Ego” online on May 24th, 6-7:30 pm (EDT), as part of the ongoing education offered by ISKCON’s Karuna Care Education Ministry. According to their website, “Karuna Care Education equips students with the basic tools they need to offer persons in crisis competent, well-informed emotional […]

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Country Compassion
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Dear devotees It was a Saturday. Four of us set out in the sankirtan van to Campbelltown on the south-western outskirts of Sydney. It’s kind of like a country town with tama guna farmer type people. This day it was rather quiet when we arrived. Usually only two devotees go there but this day we
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Empowering Devotees Through Artistic Expression and Community-Building Artistry
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Laghuhari Das’s most recent works in both art and altars. Laghuhari Das, a multi-disciplined artist passionate about creativity, believes that art is a universal language that can bring people together and foster a deeper understanding and appreciation for one another. Through his diverse artistic endeavors and his current focus on creating altars for devotees and […]

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Small Town Sankirtan
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Dear Devotees We went north of Sydney to Woy Woy and Gosford to tolerate the fresh air while we distributed some mercy without discrimination. Madhavendra Puri and I, the two reformed gurukulies, were dropped in Woy Woy. Like a pair of Special OPT Forces, S.A.S., we parachuted in to the fairly deserted town and positioned
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ISKCON New York City to Host a Deity Worship Bootcamp June 23rd-July 2nd
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ISKCON New York City will be hosting a Deity Worship Bootcamp from June 23-July 2nd, facilitated by Nṛsiṁha Kavaca Dāsa, ISKCON’s Global Minister of Deity Worship, and Murli Manohara Dasa, Deity Worship Ministry Representative for the UK. The intensive course, typically taught over a period of three weeks at the Mayapur Institute, will give devotees a thorough […]

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ISKCON’S first Rathayatra in Anchorage, Alaska
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The small town of Anchorage, Alaska, was filled with excitement on April 27, 2023, as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness devotees organized the first ever Rath Yatra festival in the area. The event was the culmination of preparation by the devoted volunteers who worked tirelessly to bring the ancient festival to the modern world.
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