Shyamasundar Das Speaks on the Beatles and Krishna Consciousness at Longest Running Festival for Fans
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George Harrison with Shyamasundar Das; Harrison and Paul McCartney with Shyamasundar Das in the background. Shyamasundar Das (Sam Speerstra), one of Srila Prabhupada’s first disciples and a friend of the Beatles, recently spoke to “The Fest for Beatle Fans” convention, the oldest and largest annual Beatles gathering of its kind. This year was their 50th […]

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Maha-Vishnu Mural Unveiled at ISKCON NYC on Janmashtami
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On the eve of Sri Krishna Janmashtami, ISKCON New York City unveiled a beautiful work of art, a mural of Sri Maha-Vishnu hand painted on the north-west facing side of the temple building. Bhakti street artist Jamuna Pritti spent one week finalizing this artwork which took several weeks of preparation. She describes it as “a […]

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“Give Prabhupad” 
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Karunamayi Dasi: Friday September 3rd, a few of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples were called for a meeting in HDGs room in the lotus building These beautiful gifts were lovingly presented to the assembled direct disciples of HDG, and the details were explained. The project is called “Give Prabhupad” Melted into the brass murti is an alloy
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Remembering Her Grace Prema Nama Devi Dasi
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Please send prayers to our dear friend, Prema Nama, who passed away early on Janmastami 2024 morning. Prema Nama (Diane Cristin) came to the New Dwarka community in 1978 at the young age of 16. She soon moved into the temple (with her parent’s permission). She was almost immediately out on book distribution, mainly with […]

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COMING OF AGE #19 – A Sacred Adventure for Everyone
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In the Bhagavad Gita (4.11), Lord Krishna declares, “Everyone follows my path in all respects.” Since we are all individual souls, we should be respectful of all souls since, clearly, they are each under the watchful and loving eye of the Supreme Lord. This understanding is a key ingredient to being a personalist.  It is, […]

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