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Austin, Texas – November 22nd, 2015, was a special occasion for me. I was invited to see a drama put on by the devotee children in Austin Sunday school program, many of whom I knew very well. The drama was a culmination of a semester’s learning, and looked to be wonderful.

This was also the first time I met Guruvani Mataji, the lead teacher. Before the drama began, during the bustle of children putting on elaborate costumes, Prabhus setting up cameras and mics, and Matajis applying makeup, I

During last summer ISKCON Laguna Beach held its first ever Gita Champions League event. It was organized as part of ISKCON’s 50 year anniversary. The program was announced in April with local core ISKCON 50 team. It was advertised using social media, stores and door to door to reach out to a wider audience.

A total 30 kids signed up and prepared for 2 months. Additional guidance and preparations were taught at the Sunday school in Laguna Beach. According to Krishna “This knowledge is king of

Mukunda dasa: We distributed: 
150 “Beyond Birth and Death” 
60 "Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers” 
8 Bhagavad-gitas 
5 Krishna books 
3 Srimad Bhagavatams 
Panca-Tattva’s Shastra Dana program has now existed for seven years. 
From August 2009 to September 2016 we have distributed approximately 17,000 books. 
Srila Prabhupada wrote to Cyavana das on the 26th of December 1971: ”Distribution of books and magazines is our most important activity. Without books, our preaching has no solid basis”

Iskcon 50: Message from the EO (Executive officer – appointed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh) of the TTD = Tirumala Tirupati Devastaanams - the managing authority for the Tirupati “Balaji” (Srila Prabhupada told us – I visited Tirumala with him during April 1974 - for a brief 3 day visit - that “Balaji” means “Baal Krishna”, that is Lord Krishna’s childhood [baal] form.) temple - India’s most visited and wealthiest Hindu temple, congratulating ISKCON on ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
Tirupati

Let Nirantara prabhu narrate you the following events in a professionally recorded audio-production.
01 Arjuna Arrests Ashvatthama
02 Arjuna Deals with Ashvatthama
03 Krishna Delivers Uttara
04 Yudhishthira Laments
05 Yudhishthira Returns to the Scene of the Massacre
06 Bheeshma-deva Speaks
07 Bheeshma Answers Yudhishthira
08 Bheeshma-devas Prayers
09 the Reign of Maha-raja Yudhishthira
10 Krishna Departs Hastinapura
11 the Ladys of Hastinapura Glorify Krishna
12 Krishna Enters Dvaraka
13 Dvar

While he lectured, like so many of my God-brothers, I felt that Srila Prabhupada was speaking just for me and was looking at me. I felt personally addressed by Srila Prabhupada.
It reminded me of how, when Krishna ate lunch surrounded by His cowherd boyfriends, He communicated to each one of the thousands of them.
Prabhupada’s eyes were wandering over his audience, and sometimes he closed his eyes in deep concentration, but somehow he connected to every one of us.
Then, because I felt so perso

On Saturday 16th July 2016, ISKCON Laguna Beach held its first ever Gita Champions League event. It was organized as part of ISKCON’s 50 year anniversary. The program was announced in April with local core ISKCON 50 team. It was advertised using social media, stores and door to door to reach out to a wider audience.

A total 30 signed signed up and prepared for two months. Additional guidance and preparations were taught at the Sunday school in Laguna Beach. According to Krishna “This knowledge

Now in its fiftieth year, ISKCON continues to delve deeper and deeper into the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition members devote themselves to, finding new reservoirs of inspiration and wisdom.

The latest effort is a new two-volume edition of Sri Manah Siksha (Splendid Instructions to the Mind) by Raghunath dasa Goswami. Produced by Padma, Inc. and compiled by longtime ISKCON educator Urmila Dasi, it includes commentaries by Vaishnava acharya Bhaktivinode Thakur. It is the first time these commentari

Giriraj Swami’s Vyasa-puja was a festive opportunity for participants to chant, dance, feast, and glorify Lord Krishna and His devotees.

“My experience with His Holiness Giriraj Swami is that he is a clear representative, or, as Srila Prabhupada said, ‘a transparent via medium.’ So, through Giriraj Swami we see our founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. This quality of Giriraj Swami is very important to me because ISKCON is a growing society that must prevail f

Photo Credits: Claudio Morelli

During Europe’s main official event celebrating ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary and Srila Prabhupada’s achievements, diplomats, academics and religious and human rights advocates showed their support for an increasingly respected Hare Krishna Movement.

The European event follows similarly prestigious 50th annivers