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On the 30th of July, 2015 at a prestigious new concert hall built recently in the very heart of downtown Vilnius, Radhanath Swami shared stories from his autobiography “The Journey Home”. The luxurious hall provided a perfect venue for an evening of spiritual wisdom, where Radhanth Swami shared experiences from his journey from suburbs of Chicago to mystical India.

Radhanath Swami was joined on stage by popular Lithuanian musician and songwriter Amberlife (Edgaras Lubys) who performed live. Amb

By Satyaraja Dasa

The kindness of strangers played a pivotal role in ISKCON’s pre-history.

Last year I had the good fortune to meet Gopal and Sally Agarwal, an elderly couple who played a significant role in ISKCON’s origins. They are forever etched in the devotees’ collective memory as two of the Western world’s earliest recipients of Srila Prabhupada’s mercy. It was the Agarwals who hosted him in the fall of 1965, before ISKCON was even nominally born, giving him shelter, hospitality, friend

Lecture on Different Levels of Consciousness by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Cape Town

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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By Deva Madhava Das

They wear special cloth, prepare foods only eaten on these rare days, and congregate in mass around a few exceptional people that are taking part in a ceremony lasting over 3 hours. All the while they chant two and three word phrases together in cadence, which creates and encourages a collectively desired experience.

I remember 4 years ago, when we first began regular harinama’s at the football games. A rag/tag group of us led by me, a 2 year old bhakta at the time, were ch

Dear Maharajs/Prabhus/Matajis,

Hare Krishna,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feets. All Glories to Srila
Prabhupada.

With great delight we wish to inform you that we are holding our 13th Sri Jagannath Rathyatra festival on 28th Nov 2015 here in this holy city of Amritsar. We cordially invite you to come and join us in this pleasant festival of chariots. The rathyatra will start at 1:00pm on 28th Nov from Bijlipehalwan mandir Lawrence road and after moving through different part

By Keith Walker 26/10 16:53 CET   | updated 020:57 mn ago  
Processed meats cause cancer, says WHO  
The World Health Organization (WHO) says processed meat is “carcinogenic to humans” putting sausages in the same category as asbestos and cigarettes.  Researchers from the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, released an evaluation of more than 800 studies from several continents about meat and cancer.  The IARC report declared red meat such as beef, lamb and 

Sharad Purnima Festival

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 October 2009, Durban, South Africa, Lecture)

We cannot be on automatic pilot; we must capture Krsna by making a special sacrifice! Then, when we have captured Krsna, we see that one cannot keep Krsna also. Mother Yasoda captured Krsna and Krsna was not only bound by Mother Yasoda’s ropes but Krsna was bound by Mother Yasoda’s love.

When Krsna was eleven years old, then Akrura came and Akrura took Krsna away from Vrndavana. From that day on, the residents lived in separ

Question:
How is it possible to control the mind?
by Laxmimoni dasi

It is certainly worthwhile knowing how to control the mind. Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that the mind can be controlled by constant "practice and detachment."(—Bhagavad-gita, 6.35). He says that wherever and whenever the mind wanders, due to its flickering and unsteady nature, we must bring it back under the control of the Self (—Bhagavad-gita, 6.26).

The mind is like a child; a child is attracted to everything. It wants

Bhakti Caru Swami - Panihati Festival Class - 2008-06-15 Orlando

Bhakti Caru Swami - Panihati - 2011-07-03 California

Bhakti Vikas Swami - Panihati Festival-The Essence of festivals - 2011-06-05 Atlanta

Giriraj Swami - Panihati - 2008-06-15 Laguna

Giriraj Swami - Panihati - 2009-06-07 Santa Barbara

Giriraj Swami Panihati Dahi Cida Festival - 2010-06-20 Carpinteria

Giriraj Swami - Panihati - 2011-07-03 California

Kadamba Kanaan Swami - Panihati Festival - 2011-06-13 Bhaktivedanta Manor

Radhanath

ISKCON Connect - ISKCON Desire Tree has launched its first Android mobile app in google playstore.

Features:

• This free app enables devotees to view latest ISKCON Desire Tree contents.
• This app also helps you to easily share the content that you like to Facebook, Twitter & Linkedin. Sharing with your friends and family members will help you to spread the holy name of Lord in every town and village of world. 

Fore more details visit us in google playstore.

Schedule for 13^th August, 2015   @ Netaji Indoor Stadium

Morning Session (9 am to 1 pm )

8.00am to 8.40am         :   Recorded kirtans and Video playing while devotees are filling

8.40am to 9.00am         :   Pre Program kirtan

9.00am                            :   Welcome Address by HG Atul Krishna Das / HG Ananga Mohan Das

9.05am to 9.30am         :    Kirtans by Mayapur Chandras

9.30am to 10.00 am       :  Lecture by  HH Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj

10.00 am to 10.40 am     :    Srila Prabhupad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Maryam Asif Siddiqui, winner of Bhagavad Gita Champion League Conducted by ISKCON 

Gita Champions League(GCL) is a Bhagvad Gita contest organized by ISKCON Chowpatty since last 4 years.

This year 2015, the winner of the contest was Ms. Maryam Asif Siddiqui, aged 12 from Mira Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

The President of India, Shri Narendra Modi meeting with Ms. Maryam Asif Siddiqui, winner of the GCL Competition 2015 organized by ISKCON Chowpatty along with h

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj's Meeting with the Hon’ble President of India

On February 28th, 2015 we met the Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. We were scheduled to meet him at 6.30 pm. We reached Rashtrapati Bhavan at 6.15 p.m. His Holiness Radhanath Swami, Gauranga Prabhu and Radharaman Prabhu accompanied me for the meeting. As we arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan the Hon’ble Presidents officers gave us warm reception. Then sharp at 6.30 pm we entere

His Grace Jnanagamya Prabhu (John Partin) has left this world from Sri Dhama Mayapur this morning, February 17th 2015 at 9 am. Very devoted Prabhupada Man! Please join us in prayers for him.

Jnanagamya Prabhu had joined Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna movement in 1972. He had served in numerous ways, from leading sankirtan parties, maintaining and designing temples, producing graphics, exhibits, supervising construction, teaching to cooking chapatti. He was engaged in the production of a film ab

Lecture on Should Disciples give Diksa to devotees by HH Sivarama Swami on 11 Jan 2015 at UK

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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what is the vaisnava way of celebrating new year?

Srila prabhupada told , For us everyday is new year because krishna is everfresh & evernew & we are celebrating him , but these materialist people need to drink this poison to forget all the frustrations, misgivings of past year , we dont need to celebrate by being intoxicated as that is pleasure in mode of ignorance, we can celebrate by being intoxicated in holyname.

Morever this is not new year according to vedic tradition, as per vedic calendar