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Preserve Locana Prabhu’s Lifelong Service to Srila Prabhupada Hare Krishna dear devotees, We are urgently trying to raise $5,000 to help Locana Prabhu repair his severely water-damaged studio and protect a groundbreaking new project that could revolutionize the creation of Srila Prabhupada murtis worldwide. For over 50 years, Locana Prabhu has lovingly created many of the lifelike Srila Prabhupada murtis worshiped throughout ISKCON temples around the world — including our own b
By Parijata Devi Dasi,
Devotee Care (DC) is an important and growing initiative within ISKCON aimed at nurturing the well-being of devotees and fostering a culture of care and support within the ISKCON community. Rooted in the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, Devotee Care seeks to ensure that devotees feel valued, supported, and connected.
Devotee Care broadly addresses 12 Areas of Care, which together cover the holistic needs of a devotee: 1) Spiritual Life and Care, 2) Healthcare (Physical,
Purushottama Month, also known as Adhik Masa, is an extra lunar month that appears approximately every three years to harmonize the lunar and solar calendars.
While materially minded people once considered this month inauspicious because it was not assigned for worldly ceremonies and rituals, Lord Krishna Himself transformed its destiny by bestowing upon it His own name — Purushottama, “The Supreme Personality.”
The scriptures describe how this neglected month approached Lord Vishnu in deep sorr
Morning sun speaks saying, “Come on in. Bathe in my splendour!” I listened and so, that’s what I did. So from the corner of Jordan and Roy, where the Iskcon temple exists, I began walking a loop. Through this stroll I walked the edge of a park, went through a middle class residential, a retail shopping strip, back to the residential and to return where I started from. The diversity is fun but what remains consistent throughout, apart from swinging legs and arms, is the chanting - the utterance
When hungry a child not only cries but tries to put anything and everything in his tiny little mouth. Once fed, he becomes quiet and either peacefully plays or simply sleeps. Our hungry heart also always creates tantrum like a child. A mother is aware of her child’s wants but we are unaware about our heart’s needs. Being constantly starved our heart soon makes our life miserable. And we anxiously search for the elixir to calm the angry heart. But none of our attempts completely succeeds. Our so
“Is chanting all that your religion does? Don’t you do welfare or anything like that?”
Alex, my barber, works at the Pilatos salon in Queens, New York, on the cusp of a Hispanic neighborhood. The salon has mostly Latino hairdressers and clients, and it is bright and upbeat, with salsa music often playing softly in the background. On a recent visit there, instead of salsa, I heard the chanting of om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, which means “obeisance to the Supreme Lord Krishna.” I remarked to Ale
My first contact with the Hare Krishna movement came in the summer of 1969 when I saw its members chanting on the streets of Hollywood. My initial reaction to the shaven heads, saffron-colored robes and seemingly strange activity was one of bewilderment and, to some degree, comic relief. It was not until a year later that I was able to appreciate the sound philosophy which stems from one of the world’s oldest religious traditions, as explained in their Back to Godhead magazine. I soon realized t
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Please join us Monday, May 18th at 10:00 PM EDT Live on Facebook & You tube as we continue our A Bond of Love Interview Series with Her Grace Jagattarini dasi ~ Part II …
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Welcome party Uithoorn, the Netherlands | 28.05.2025
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Here we show you a little of day 4 of our Varsana parikrama, where we go up to the main temple of Srimati Radharani, and then to the Jaipur Mandir and Dan garh, finally concluding at Maan Garh. For further information, write to dhamaparikramas@gmail.com.
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By Atma Tattva Das,
Amsterdam’s annual King’s Day celebrations again served as a major platform for sankirtan outreach, as hundreds of members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness gathered on April 27 for a large-scale harinam procession through the Dutch capital.
The 2026 event, organized by ISKCON Amsterdam with support from the Kadamba Foundation, brought together participants from across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, and other parts of Eu
Thousands of spectators lined the streets of downtown Houston on April 11 as devotees from ISKCON Houston brought kirtan, Lord Jagannath, and thousands of pieces of prasadam to the annual Houston Art Car Parade, one of the world’s largest public celebrations of mobile art. Marking three decades of participation in the internationally known event, devotees this year added a large Jagannath chariot to their decorated parade float, creating a colorful outreach effort that combined chanting, Deity d
I like a man who treats his house like its his castle. Such is Moses AKA Moksha Das from Maine. Located a 45 minute drive from Portland’s airport, he has secured a beautiful wood-framed home, built in 1888, and takes pride in his dwelling which has a look typical of the east coast. He calls it Krishna House and in its inner sanctum is the temple, a room exclusively for worship, meditation and study for the Chief Himself, Lord Sri Krishna. This is where I’ll stay for more than a day before movi
As ISKCON Vrindavan’s Krishna Balaram Cultural Center (KBCC) continues to rise beside the historic Krishna-Balaram Mandir, project leaders recently shared a glimpse into the vision and progress of what they hope will become a landmark spiritual location. In the featured video, devotees describe the project as a unique offering intended to coincide with the temple’s anniversary celebrations and expand Srila Prabhupada’s mission for future generations.
The Krishna Balaram Cultural Center has been
By Yudhisthira Dasa
What’s your mailing address? Is it eternal? Chances are, if you are reading this, your current residence is not your permanent residence.
Through the external energies of God, the material world order constantly applies minute-by-minute, sophisticated brainwashing strategies that are so alluring that most of us don’t press pause to contemplate the purpose of life, let alone learn about our relationship with the Absolute. What should actually captivate our full attention? Find
I circled Sparta Lake one last time on this trip for four circumambulations, observing birds in pairs - the red-winged black bird, red cardinals, gold finches, ducks, geese. One single bird stood out alone - the heron, who is often like a hermit. There it was, single-pointed in thought, patient for a fish to appear. Well, I wasn’t patient enough to wait for a poisson to come as bait.
I was in a hurry with that last revolution of the lake. Haripad whisked me away for a drive to Pennsylvania an
A conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In June 1976 at New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna farm community in West Virginia, Srila Prabhupada fields questions sent to him from the editors of Bhavan’s Journal, one of Bombay’s leading cultural and religious periodicals.
Devotee: Here is the first question:
“It is said that the greatest strength of Hinduism is its catholicity, or breadth of outlook, but that this is also its greatest weakness in that there are very fe
ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya (denomination or tradition), a monotheistic tradition within Vedic or Hindu culture. Hindu culture is vast, and the term encompasses numerous theologies, philosophies religious traditions and spiritual cultures. Thus, dialogue with Hindu traditions has been difficult for many seeking such dialogue. There are no official representatives of Hinduism, as the term Hinduism does not imply a single spiritual tradition. This statement therefore is repr
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
An ideal government will treat all its citizens, both humans and nonhumans, equally, without envy.
dhrtarashtra uvaca
dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre
samaveta yuyutsavah
mamakah pandavas caiva kim akurvata sanjaya
[Bhagavad-gita 1.1]
In the history of Mahabharata, there was a dispute in the same family who would occupy the throne. Dhrtarashtra was the eldest son of the king, and the next was Pandu, By the law of primogeniture, the eldest son bec
By Radha Mohan Das
Every Sunday at 7:00am sharp, devotees and friends gather outside Stanmore Station to begin a 5.5-mile walk to Bhaktivedanta Manor. Taking around 1 hour and 30 minutes for most participants, the walk is quickly growing in popularity.
The driving force behind this inspiring initiative is Yashu Shah, who shared:
“I’ve been walking every morning for an hour for the past 15 years, mainly for health reasons. Then, at the start of spring in March, just four of us began walking this
