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Finally available: the highly acclaimed memoir from 
Srila Prabhupada’s personal photographer: Visakha Dasi
“Five Years, Eleven Months” 
and a lifetime of unexpected love.
“Brilliant photographs … a talented writer … her descriptions are lyrical and evocative.” 
— Kirkus Reviews

“A brilliant work of introspection, candor, narrative, and hope from which I learned much, not only about Visakha, Yadubara, Srila Prabhupada, and their interactions and service, which have been described in vivid detai

A weekly course on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam for the resident devotees of Śrīdhām Māyāpur, seperately in English and Bengali. The classes will be on Sundays, afternoon 4 to 6 pm (no classes from Nityānanda-trayodaṣī to Gaura-pūrṇimā).

• One chapter per week.
• Students are expected to read in advance one chapter’s translations and purports.
• The first 30 minutes will be a closed book assessment of that chapter. The next 90 minutes will be a class on the next chapter.
• Apart from this, there will be end-of-Canto a

During the time of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s stay on this planet the pure religion of Vaishnavism taught by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu was essentially lost and had come to be considered of the degrading standard of simply a sex religion, or at best a cult of religious fanaticism and sentimentalism. The Thakura was very sad in his heart to see this and with a desire to present the actual teachings of Sri Caitanya, he wrote and published many books in Bengali, Sanskrit and

D​ear Devotees,
Dandavat Pranams. AGTSP.

This year on 17th December falls the Tirobhava-tithi of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. On this auspicious occasion there will be morning and afternoon programs and congregation gatherings at various ISKCON temples to glorify and worship​ ​Srila​ ​Sarasvati Thakura.

In this regard, there is a great opportunity for all of us to organize, promote and distribute the masterpiece and magnum opus of HH Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja — “Sri B

Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

Today NBS Magazine completes its 2 years. We wish to thank devotees who have encouraged and supported us to shape this magazine and spread the glories of Srimad Bhagavatam. Our heart felt gratitude to our dear readers, to devotees undergoing self study course on Srimad Bhagavatam and also to devotees who are helping us by starting Bhagavata Vidyalaya (A project to open

Srila Prabhupada: “From your letter, I can understand that you are reading my books nicely and understanding our philosophy. This is wanted. By reading my books carefully, you will become enthused to distribute them more and more in greater quantities. If you continue in this way being very much determined to achieve success in this lifetime, following all the rules, chanting at least sixteen rounds, and reading my books, then all of your desires to advance in Krsna consciousness will be fulfil

By Nashvin Gangaram

Srila Prabhupada is the soul of ISKCON and ISKCON is his body. Because ISKCON is a spiritual organization, both body and soul are non-different. Srila Prabhupada continues to act effectively in this world so long as ISKCON remains the instrument of his will. He holds a unique position in ISKCON as its Founder-Acharya: “Just like if I am taken as the origin of this Krishna consciousness movement, that means I know everything directly and indirectly of all this movement. If I

Srimad-Bhagavatam is an unlimited source of spiritual knowledge and association. In his purport to SB 1.5.11, Srila Prabhupada notes that Narada Muni has personally appeared in the chapter!
This means by reading Srimad-Bhagavatam we actually associate with the Lord and His great devotees.
Those who develop an appreciation for the teachings and prayers of various great devotees in the Srimad-Bhagavatam become enlightened and enlivened, and there is so much one can choose from.

For example, in Sr

By Parasuram dasa

When the full moon, marking the beginning of the month of Kartik, rose in the sky, we knew this was the start of a new adventure on the open road. Everything is there on Padayatra, the Harinam, Prasad distribution, book distribution, Deity worship, cow protection and adventure. There is nothing like preaching in Vraj. The Brajbasis love kirtan, love to feed the devotees and have a great sense of humour. 9 devotees went out this year, coming from UK, Ireland, Russia, Czech Repu

As we move towards the end of the year we should be thinking how to do better in 2017. Endings are a natural time to reset, to take a good look at where we are and where we want to be. As chanting japa (mantra meditation) is one of the key ways we develop our relationship with Krishna the following excerpt by HH Sacinandana Swami shares some ways to be more focused and move to deeper levels of meditation in our chanting:
“At the very least, try to chant without external interruptions. Attach yo

I ran across this above image this morning on Facebook, and was inspired to do a post on chanting.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

“Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and be happy. Thank you. Hare Kṛṣṇa.” (Srila Prabhupada Lecture & Initiation Seattle, October 20, 1968)

“…chant dance, take prasadam and be happy.” (Srila Prabhupada Letter to Saksi Gopala 6 December, 1975)

“Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness mo

December 13, 2016: ONLY TWO MORE PADAYATRAS TO REACH OUR GOAL OF 50 BY THE END OF 2016! We may even do more. Stay tuned, and even better, add your own to the list. One day walks are accepted.
Padayatras on the road all year long: 2
1- Padayatra India: on the road since Sept 1984; led by Acarya Dasa since September 2009
2- Andhra Pradesh/Telangana (India): on the road since the end of 2012; led by Visnuswami Dasa
Annual padayatras: 11
1- Odisha (India) : ISKCON Bhubaneswar’s annual walk since 19

By Dusyanta das

Now we can follow the Global Economic model and hear the comprehensive reports and opinions on Capitalistic health it has now become apparent that the capitalistic model is on the cusp of failing and disappearing. It’s not that an economic model that has been conceived by man will last forever as long as we maintain its veracity. All things created by man are imperfect, transient and liable to fail. And today in 2016 the Capitalistic model has reached its zenith and now is on th

IT’S EASIER TO DISTRIBUTE FIVE CASES OF BHAGAVAD GITA’S THAN TO DISTRIBUTE ONLY FIVE BOOKS IN THE STREETS

AN AUDIO SEMINAR BY H.H. BHAKTI MADHURYA GOVINDA GOSWAMI

Who would believe that is easier to distribute five cases of Bhagavad Gitas (160) or even ten cases (320) than selling five or ten Gitas in the streets. Some prabhus work very hard all day long for ten hours and are happy if they can sell 32 Gitas. In this audio seminar, however, you will learn how to distribute cases of Gitas very ea

Citraka dasa: One more useful vegetarian and vegan ingredient, discovered recently, for rendering Krishna’s cuisine more attractive.
Aquafaba is the name for the cooking liquid of beans and other legumes like chickpeas. You may know it as the typically discarded liquid found in retail cans and boxes of beans, or as the liquid left over from cooking your own. 
To give you a brief glimpse of what you can do with aquafaba, here are just a few vegan recipes you can make: Raw: Fluffs, whips, nice cr

ISKCON 50th Anniversary.
Bhagavad Gita was distributed to all the 225 members of the parliament of Sri Lanka on the Gita Jayanti Day 10th December 2016.
The pictures show the Bhagavad Gita being handed over to the
Honorable Prime Mister - Mr.Ranil Wickramasinghe 
Honorable Speaker of the House of Parliament- Mr.Karu Jayasuriya
Honorable Deputy speaker - Mr.Thilanga Sumathipala
Honorable Minister - Mr.V.S.Radhabhava Gaur Das
Honorable Member of Parliament - Mr.Yogeshwaran
The Temple President Ma

Drumila das: 1rst time was in San Francisco. I had never been out on Sankirtan before, I was only three months in the movement. A brahmacari named Hrdayagovinda dressed me up in a Santa suit, and put me on the streets of San Francisco, where I was immediately mobbed by about 15 kids attacking me, literally for the candy canes that I started to hand out. I started running and had to ditch them inside a building. I was petrified. Somehow I mustered up the determination to keep going and I became