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Prabhupada: “Prasadam is the most important thing to bring people out of darkness.”
Sravanananda: In Vrindavan, we would go every morning in the early days when it was just huts and a little bit of cement and steel going up.
We would take a mat and Prabhupada would sit on the side of the road, call over mayavadis and then get into a heated debate with them.
They were always respectful, however, but Prabhupada was showing us the fierceness of challenging mayavadi philosophy.
I once asked, “Srila

CM Suvendu Adhikari performs Aarti at ISKCON in Mayapur, West Bengal

Channel: ANI News

West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari paid visit to ISKCON Temple in Nadia district. He performed Aarti at the ISKCON temple, and paid tribute to Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The crowd cheered him up as soon as he entered in the Temple.

Source: https://www.dandavats.com/?p=118155

By Yogeshwar Krishna Das, 

In a historic spiritual celebration, ISKCON Patna organized the first-ever Sri Sri Radha Banke Bihari Nauka Vihar Festival in Bihar on Sunday, 24th May 2026. By the divine mercy of Sri Sri Radha Banke Bihari Ji and the blessings of Srila Prabhupada, the grand festival attracted an overwhelming participation of more than one lakh devotees from different parts of Bihar and nearby regions.

Grand Palki Yatra Filled Patna with Harinaam

The festival commenced with a magnif

The Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) has announced its latest course (online and in-person) lineup for June–December 2026, continuing its longstanding commitment to supporting devotees in their lifelong journey of spiritual education and growth.

Rooted in Srila Prabhupada’s mission to establish an institute in Vrindavan dedicated to serious students of sastra and the training of qualified preachers, VIHE offers a structured progression of foundational, intermediate, and advanced c

Question: Spiritual wisdom-traditions often glorify forgiveness as a virtue, but isn’t it impractical and foolish to forgive someone who repeatedly hurts us?

Answer:

When someone hurts us, forgiving that person is our best response. But often our indignant emotions make us overlook the subtle but vital line that differentiates forgiving a person from trusting a person: forgiveness is for the past; trust is for the future. We are urged to immediately forgive, but not immediately trust, the wron

Channel: Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta APS

Marco Ferrini, GLA University, Vedic philosophy, Vastu Shastra, sacred architecture, symbolic architecture, architecture and spirituality, architecture and meaning, Vedic architecture, sustainable architecture, civil engineering, built environment, architecture and human values, Bhagavad Gita, Bhakti Yoga, Srila Prabhupada, Indo-Vedic wisdom, traditional culture, space and symbol, Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta …

This lecture explores architecture as a profoun

More than 250 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered on May 16 at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, for a large community day of service organized to support Vaibhavi Devi Dasi and honor the memory of her recently departed husband, Caru Das.

The effort brought together three local LDS Stakes and volunteers from across the community for a day dedicated to easing burdens at the temple and demonstrating solidarity during a difficult time. Monica Ri

Krsangi-Radhe Dasi, Vaishnavi Minister for ISKCON South Africa and a representative within the African Regional Governing Body (ARGB), continues to shape the development of Vaishnavi engagement across the continent through a leadership approach grounded in relationships, lived experience, and institutional responsibility.

A disciple of Indradyumna Swami, she also serves as Communications Director for ISKCON South Africa and has represented the movement internationally, including by participating

It was wonderful to visit the many temples in Bali during the month of Purusottama. It is said that this month has the special favour of the Lord and anyone who performs devotional activities gets special mercy.

Our Sri Sri Radha Madhava temple in the Gianyar area is nicely developed and grhasthas have built houses around the temple compound. We had nice kirtan and then offered lamps to Their Lordships, followed by class and prasadam.

Source: https://ramaiswami.com/radha-madhava-temple-bali/

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The Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, discusses dhyana-yoga, or meditative yoga. Texts 13-14 say: “One should hold one’s body, neck, and head erect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of the nose. Thus, with an unagitated, subdued mind, devoid of fear, completely free from sex life, one should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me the ultimate goal of life.”

Srila Prabhupada’s purport to these

Srila Prabhupada has told us that the culmination of all of our preaching in Krsna Consciousness is to induce people to wholeheartedly chant the holy names of Krsna. The chanting of the Holy names must continue. Srila Prabhupada said we can do without temples, we can do without everything. We don’t need money. If we can get it, we will use it. We don’t need property. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need vehicles. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need good PR, Public relations. If we

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Pradyumna: (leads chanting)

sanjaya uvaca
dantva tu pandavanikam
vyudham duryodhanas tada
acharyam upasangamya
raja vacanam abravit
[Gita 1.2]

Translation: “Sanjaya said: O King, after looking over the army gathered by the sons of Pandu, King Duryodhana went to his teacher and began to speak the following words:”

Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada: Dhatarantra inquired from Sanjaya, kim akurvata: “After my sons and my brother’s sons assembled to

Spiritual energy (anti-matter) is an unlimited collective of Krsna and His eternal individual expansions, including His unique separated marginal living entities (individual jiva-souls) who are all indestructible and forever youthful "persons" as spiritual bodily forms within Krsna's wonderful pastimes.

This unlimited collective of individual jiva-souls are minor expansions of Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.

Furthermore, only Krsna and His direct Visnu/Narayana ex

Some Burmese doctors were attending a medical convention in New York City and got a book from a devotee on the street. The book distributor showed them the Dasavatar painting in the Gita, pointed out Lord Buddha, and the doctors bought the book.
When they got back to their hotel and looked through the Gita, they thought “Wait a minute. This is not about Buddhism” but as they bought the book, they decided to take it back to Burma and give it to a Hindu doctor friend. The Hindu doctor friend turne

A new ISKCON preaching center has recently begun operating from a preserved 180-year-old samurai house in Tsukuba, Japan, marking a significant development for the growth of Krishna consciousness outreach in the country. The project, led by grihastha couple Sudama Das and Ujjvala Gopi Devi Dasi, along with their son Bhagavat-Marg, was formally inaugurated earlier this year during visits by Kavichandra Swami.

Located in Japan’s internationally recognized science and research hub, the new center r

By Atma Tattva Das, 

After a one-year pause in 2025, Krishna Bhakti Art returned to Manila, Philippines, this year with renewed purpose and an expanded vision of devotional outreach through art, culture, and community.

Held on May 10 at Imanji Vegan Restaurant, Krishna Bhakti Art 5 brought together devotees, artists, musicians, underground creatives, and members of the local vegan community for an evening of exhibition, poetry, music, and service. The event also marked the launch of BRAJA-O-RAMA