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How “Gita Game” Inspires New People to Read Bhagavad-gita

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on February 16, 2026 at 4:56pm

By Kasisvar Das

A new outreach initiative, the Gita Game, is being introduced as a creative tool for community building and book distribution. Developed by a team of ISKCON devotees from the Bhagavad-gītā Institute in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the board game emerged from years of educational work rooted in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. The Institute operates as a branch of the Institute for Applied Spiritual Technology, founded by His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami.

Since 2017, the internat

Francophone Division of Mayapur Institute Launches

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on November 13, 2019 at 5:20pm

By Madhava Smullen

A Francophone division of the Mayapur Institute has launched and will begin teaching courses online and onsite in the French language in mid January 2020.

The landmark effort is the first time a Bhakti Sastri degree has been offered in French on such a worldwide scale. With twenty-nine countries where French is the official language, it’s an important step.

While previous efforts were not approved by ISKCON leaders, the new project was sanctioned by the GBC and leaders o

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