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By Radha Mohan Das

Every Sunday at 7:00am sharp, devotees and friends gather outside Stanmore Station to begin a 5.5-mile walk to Bhaktivedanta Manor. Taking around 1 hour and 30 minutes for most participants, the walk is quickly growing in popularity.

The driving force behind this inspiring initiative is Yashu Shah, who shared:

“I’ve been walking every morning for an hour for the past 15 years, mainly for health reasons. Then, at the start of spring in March, just four of us began walking this

By Parijata devi dasi

Devotee Care in ISKCON: Building a Culture of Care

Devotee Care (DC) is an important and growing initiative within ISKCON aimed at nurturing the well-being of devotees and fostering a culture of care and support within the ISKCON community. Rooted in the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, Devotee Care seeks to ensure that devotees feel valued, supported, and connected.

Devotee Care broadly addresses 12 Areas of Care, which together cover the holistic needs of a devotee:

Spir

By Atma Tattva Das, 

The ISKCON Ministry of Education is entering an exciting new phase of global development. This phase is characterized by expanded initiatives aimed at strengthening educational standards, enriching curricula, and supporting schools and learning communities across the worldwide movement.

As ISKCON continues to grow in diverse cultural and geographic contexts, the demand for structured, accessible, and spiritually grounded education has become increasingly important. Rooted in

We traveled about 4 hours north of Manila to do some programs at a Nama-hatta outreach centre with a couple of van loads of devotees from Taguig and Laguna. It was a long weekend so the traffic was horrendous.

Nevertheless, we all enjoyed the trip chanting japa and had nice prasadam along the way. Once there the centre programs were great and on Sunday morning we went to a famous holiday place nearby for “beach kirtan” and prasadam.

Source: https://ramaiswami.com/harinama-at-the-beach-philippin

We are entering the sacred month of Purusottama, which comes once every three years and is said to be three times more potent than Kartik. During this month, devotees increase their chanting and hearing, and in particular they read Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad-gita, “Purusottama-yoga,” daily.

In a previous age during the Purusottama Month, Kaundinya Muni repeatedly chanted the following mantra every day throughout the sacred Adhika Masa:

govardhana dharam vande
  gopalam gopa rupinam
gokulotsavam

Understanding the Glory of Purushottama Month

Purushottama Month, also known as Adhik Masa, is an extra lunar month that appears approximately every three years to harmonize the lunar and solar calendars. While materially minded people once considered this month inauspicious because it was not assigned for worldly ceremonies and rituals, Lord Krishna Himself transformed its destiny by bestowing upon it His own name — Purushottama, “The Supreme Personality.”

The scriptures describe how this neg

By Radha Mohan Dasa  

Dedicated volunteers from Bhaktivedanta Manor were recently honored with an invitation to the annual King’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

Hosted each year by the British monarch, the prestigious event recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions through public service, community engagement, and charitable work.

Among those invited were Ketan Patel and Ashok Parmar, accompanied by their wives, in recognition of their many years of devoted voluntary ser

ISKCON Navi Mumbai has officially released the schedule and registration details for the International Gita Scholarship Test (IGST) 2026. The global initiative, designed to promote value-based education and mental clarity among youth, will culminate in a unique opportunity for top-performing candidates: an immersive, fully sponsored spiritual retreat.

The Grand Prize: A Gateway to Vedic Excellence

Moving beyond traditional scholarship models, IGST 2026 offers winners an experiential award intend

Rasamandala dasa has offered us this article to help clarify some of the concerns and reservations that many of us may have with educational approaches to Vedanta and Hinduism. He reassures us with his positive treatment of the subject and with his obvious experience in the field of teaching Hinduism and Vaishnavism in British schools. He has systematised our objectives very well and marries this to the difficulty in interpretation experienced between members of the tradition and those non-prac

Every civilized person is familiar with the concept of seva or service. Service can be of different types and of different qualities. At home, every member of the family is serving everyone else. Traditionally, the father traditionally earns for the family and is therefore known as the “breadwinner,” while the mother takes care of the home itself by cooking, cleaning, and creating a comfortable and congenial atmosphere. The children obey their parents and perform basic chores or run minor erran

With a desire to increase communication, understanding and harmony between world faiths, King Charles III of the United Kingdom arranged for faith leaders to gather with him.

With that important goal in mind, 30 leaders from Muslim, Sikh, Baha’i, Christian, Hindu and other faiths gathered at the Lambeth Palace Library in central London, an eight-story modern building dedicated to divine scriptures.

Visakha Dasi, president of Bhaktivedanta Manor, was one of the leaders to meet the King. Upon meet

By Atma Tattva Das,

Devotees and senior leaders from across South Africa gathered at ISKCON Lenasia on May 9, 2026, to commemorate the 47th installation anniversary of Sri Sri Nitai Gaurahari, regarded as the first life-size deities installed in the country by the Hare Krishna movement. The in-person observance included abhishek ceremonies, kirtan, historical presentations, and reflections from senior Vaishnavas who participated in the development of ISKCON communities across Southern Africa fro

By Sri Radhika Devi Dasi

Strong families serve as the foundation of healthy ISKCON communities. But in today’s fast-paced and often demanding world, Grihasthas face unique challenges in maintaining harmony within while simultaneously serving the institution. Addressing the need to deepen connection while staying rooted in Bhakti values, The Atma Center for Empathic Leadership is offering a virtual course titled Relational Leadership for Couples, beginning on June 1st, 2026. This 22-week-long jou

From Back to Godhead

The following exchange took place after a talk by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada before the World Health Organization, in Geneva, on June 6, 1974.

WHO member: Your Divine Grace, do you have any suggestions for solving the worldwide problem of food shortages?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. My suggestion is that people should utilize all this vacant land for crops. I have seen so much land lying dormant. For instance, in Australia and also in America, there is

The Devil always likes to help saints ‘organize’ religion, and organized religion can be problematic. But without human structures, the saint’s messages and good public works may not endure over the next three generations.
For thousands of years, whenever saintly people have searched for a good spot to live, they’ve chosen places of tranquility, far removed from the noise and clamor of the town. In a quiet place, undisturbed by distraction or temptation, surrounded by the beauty of nature, they

Srivasa’s niece was only four years old. Her name was Narayani. She was just seating peacefully in the corner of the room. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu cried out “Narayani! Chant Krsnas name and cry in ecstatic love.” And little Narayani called out “Oh! Krsna, oh! Krsna, oh! Krsna…” and tears just irrupted from her eyes profusely, soaking her body, her limbs trembled and she felt to the ground just crying out “oh! Krsna.” But the devotees saw that they understood the power of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu