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Ever since his childhood, Srila Prabhupada was always very fond of Lord Jagannatha. At the young age of five, Srila Prabhupada, who at that time was known as Abhay Caran, wanted to hold his own Ratha-yatra festival in his birth home in Kolkata. Despite having some financial difficulties, Krsna arranged everything, and little Abhay held his first ever Ratha-yatra festival at home. Many years later, ISKCON’s first ever Ratha-yatra was held in Los Angeles, San Francisco on July 9, 1967, and tens

When sites for Sunday temple feasts become dining destinations

For many Americans, the common perception of the Hare Krishna faith is young men with shaved heads and saffron robes professing their faith in airports and city centers. Founded in the 1960s by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Hare Krishnas, or International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), formed to encourage the spread of bhakti yoga, a Hindu spiritual practice in which followers devote all actions and intenti

Mumbai: Actress-politician Hema Malini, who is currently in Russia as part of a parliamentary delegation, visited the Iskcon temple in Moscow.

Hema Malini on Monday night took to Twitter to share a string of images of herself from the temple where she did aarti.

"At the Iskcon Temple, Moscow, where we were given a warm welcome and served a tasty lunch," she added.

Source:http://zeenews.india.com/spirituality/hema-malini-visits-iskcon-temple-in-moscow-2022884.html

Lord Chaitanya’s verse: “My Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, I consider even a moment a great millennium. Tears flow from My eyes like torrents of rain, and I see the entire world as void.”
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/DxfY2u

Source:https://www.facebook.com/back.to.godhead.iskcon/videos/1803282089697125/

Q. I encountered a verse that seemingly contradicts a verse in the Bhagavad Gita. and I was wondering if you could help me to understand how to reconcile these two verses.

Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 2, chapter 2, text 27)
“In that planet of Satyaloka, there is neither bereavement, nor old age nor death. There is no pain of any kind, and therefore there are no anxieties, save that sometimes, due to consciousness, there is a feeling of compassion for those unaware of the process of devotional servi

SRIKSETRA PURI PARIKRAMA 2017

Org. by ISKCON Sri Mayapur

Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

We would like to welcome you to our 13th anniversary celebration of Sri kñetra parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 22nd November. On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 19 Km. This parikrama has been performed since the time Vidyapati visited Sri Ksetra. ISKCON has been organizing this parikrama for the last tw

Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

"No meat eating, Including fish and eggs"

Unknown to most devotees and vegetarians in general we are breaking regulative principles by taking gelatin from cows, buffaloes, pigs, chickens and so on, we have started a petition to support government initiatives to use vegetarian capsules. Kindly support this cause so that devotees may be aware and demand vegetarian capsules. Currently there's apathy surrounding tak

This morning I read a posting by Vijaya Dasa, ISKCON’s Minister of Book Distribution, in which he relates an interesting encounter he had heard described after one of his classes:

When in Alachua I gave a Bhagavatam class about book distribution, a Vaishnavi, Guru Prasad dasi, commented on an experience she had had distributing books.

She was distributing at the Dallas airport without much success, but she was still happily approaching people.

A lady sitting nearby was watching and finally walk

The Russian Kalash installation team has now completed three Kalashes on the Chatris and is currently working on the Main Dome/Planetarium Kalash.

Alongside the installation of the Kalashes onto the Domes and Chatris, laying of the blue tiles also continues simultaneously. In the photos you can also view the GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) ‘ribs’ being placed onto the Main Dome.

By Vijay Krsna Kumar Das

Scholars and academicians from various parts of the country and abroad converged at the Kalina campus of Mumbai University to participate in a first of its kind International conference on the topic “Relevance, Role and Resurgence of Vaishnavism studies in 21st century.” Jointly organized by the Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha Research Center of ISKCON and Shree Halari Oswal College, the conference witnessed participation of more than 200 students, scholars and administrators

If the name ISKCON conjures montages of Dev Anand’s 1971 blockbuster film Hare Rama Hare Krishna to mind, you are not alone. Many have associated the decadence of the hippie culture depicted in the film with the Vaishnava religious movement, but that is only one side of the coin. Although many of the initial followers happened to be hippies, ISKCON has evolved into something more. But it begs the question. How did the hippies cotton on to ISKCON?

“ISKCON, which turned 50 last year, was incorpor

Question: Dear Bada Haridas, I’ve been reading your blog posts and I really enjoy the question and answers format and content.

I wanted to express my appreciation for your insights, suggestions, lifestyle, kirtan, everything. You are very inspiring to me and I am grateful to have your association. I hope that you come for a visit soon and that we can do kirtan together.

My initial intention with this email was to just express my gratitude, but now I have my own question to submit.

Unfortunately

GST (Goods & Service Tax) Vs (Greater Spiritual Tax )

Nowadays GST buzz word in India from common man to corporate world & manufacture to  end customer. All are talking  about GST you may say politician , media ,economist & business man ..many people.

As Indians in general calculating which goods & service comes under which tax slab & assess their financial impact on their overall balance sheet. Without GST (Goods & Service Tax) paying for the government we cannot live happily.

In material  wor

Work on the Chakras is progressing alongside of the placement of the Kalashes on the domes.

The Nava Yogendras, embellishments around the Chakra, are being attached and Sadbhuja, Avatar Gauranga and Ajita Chaitanya prabhus can be seen in the photos doing the final inspection of the work.

Respected Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It's a great privilege for ISKCON that by Srila Prabhupada's mercy, we got an opportunity to meet Shri. Ramnath Kovind today. He is the Presidential candidate from the ruling NDA and widely tipped to be the next President of India. 

Shri. Kovind received us warmly and deeply appreciated the contributions being made by ISKCON globally. He received a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and went through t

Vaishnavas like Prahlada Maharaja are always present wherever the topics of Srimad Bhagavatam are discussed. Those who worship Srimad Bhagavatam are beyond the jurisdiction of Kali.

Those persons who worship the Vaishnava literature Srimad Bhagavatam in their house are freed from all sins and they become worshipable by even the demigods.

In the age of Kali, I become very pleased with those who regularly worship Srimad Bhagavatam in their house and dance without fear.

O My dear son, as long as S

(Notes from a class given by Hari Pārṣada Dāsa on 2nd July 2017 at the home of Narottam Prabhu and Manjari Mataji)

Basic Principle 1: Every relationship has an expiry date attached to it:

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What a week of Vaisnava sadhu-satsanga this has been! I leave the richer, having exchanged with my family members, old and new, Godbrothers, Godsisters, nephews and nieces. While I feel most unqualified to speak to you today, I am honoured and privileged to join my Godsisters in voicing my concerns as a woman in ISKCON.

As the GBC body, all of you are responsible for establishing Srila Prabhupada’s legacy, which, in these difficult and turbulent times, is at stake. One realm of that legacy – th

Turin Hare Krishna Cultural Center in Italy has celebrated the 2nd Anniversary.
It is a miraculous story like the ones of Srila Prabhupada! Prabhu das, Hayagriva das and Abhiram das came to Turin, Italy, to establish ISKCON Turin with nothing in their hands. It was a mission given to them by H.G. MadhuSevita Prabu.
They had only their camper and a desire to give the Holy Name to the city of Turin. With the power of sadhana bhakti, they started preaching and distributing books in Turin and the l