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Jagannath Ratha Yatra 2015 at Bhaktapur, Nepal

By Bhakta Naresh

A Historical Jagannath Ratha yatra done for the first time in the history of Nepal. Ratha Yatra was done from Sallaghari to Suryavinayak Since The massive earthquake has collapsed town making Rathayatra route difficult. So this time Ratha Yatra Was observed outside the main area. Then Their Lordships were carried on palanquins along with Srila Prabhupada to the historical temple of Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Shubhadra maiya. But

A Lecture by HG Harivilas Prabhu

Venue: Vedic Cultural Center, Sammamish

Date: Friday, Jan 9, 2015

We are going to describe today an anonymous survey. It’s anonymous. You have a question, no explanation. You may or may not answer it, it’s up to you. No one is forced to answer. It is a simple question – do you trust men? You are going to answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. You don’t have to write anything, don’t put your name. If you don’t want to answer it, you don’t have to answer it. It is ‘Yes’ or ‘No’

Hare Krishna
Dandavat pranam
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

For the third consecutive year, just after kartik ends, Kirtan Academy will open its doors in Sri Mayapur Dham.

The course will run from November 20th to February

Our teachers are HH Sacinandana Swami, HH Brhat Bhagavat Swami, HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami, HG Mahatma Prabhu, HG Rajendra Nandan Prabhu, HG Naru Gopal Prabhu and others.

The structure of the course is as follows:

1. Nama Tattva, as given to us by S

By Vrajendra Nandan Das

Dear devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are pleased to announce the launching of the book, “Values of Life” today in New Delhi by Smt. Hema Malini, Member of parliament in Lok Sabha and famous film actress. This book is published by ISKCON Delhi.

We express our gratitude to Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT), for allowing the use of translations and lectures by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Values of Life

By Mina Sharma
ISKCON UK National Head of Media and Communications
ISKCON 50 UK Media Coordinator

Celebrations for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary kicked off to a musical start in Birmingham, where devotees held a special eight-hour kirtan event at the Shri Pashupatinath Mandir of the UK.

Taking place just days after the formal inauguration of ISKCON’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Kolkata, the eight hour kirtan event brought together top kirtaneers from all over country, which really embodied the

By Desh Deepak Das

Chandigarh, August 13.

Thousands of residents marched together in the city of Chandigarh, capital of Punjab and Haryana, while loudly performing kirtan and chanting the Hare Krishna mantra to usher in the year long celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

The Founder of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, boarded a ship called Jaladuta on 13th August 1965 to begin a prophetic jou

By Indradyumna Swami

Today is our 40th harinam of the summer. With two weeks still to go, we have distributed 280,000 invitations to our 35 festivals. Not including the great Woodstock Festival, more than 150,000 people have attended our events. Throughout the summer several thousand books have been sold and prasadam has been distributed like a river flowing to the sea. Srila Prabhupada, we are your servants awaiting your next instructions!

By Gaura Krishna das

Hare Krishna dear Maharajas, prabhus and matajis
Please accept our most humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

On the 24th of July 1965 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada embarked on his epic journey to New york by boarding the Calcutta mail via Nagpur in Mumbai. Srila Prabhupad wrote in his diary, ”To start for Calcutta by the Calcutta Mail via Nagpur. Starting from Bori-Banrer at 19 hours in the evening. Vide Ticket Dt 24/7/65. Luggage boo

Q: Well, we will start with your name

Sankarsan Prabhu: Hare Krsna, my name is Sankarsan Das. I am a disciple of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and I joined ISKCON in 1970, and I took initiation in 1972 at Sridham Mayapur. From that time, I am serving in this movement. I used to serve in Calcutta temple as the public relations director.

Q: What does that mean?

S: The public relations director means that I had to go to all the newspapers. I used to cultivate all the newspapermen, all the

The Scriptures call us “nitya badha” or eternally bound.

In a state of perceived embodiment we as individuals possess under 15% control on these bodies or metaphysical terminals of the metaphysical network. With little clue as to who are the Individuals who possess the balance 85% control on all bodies and from where and what is the control mechanism or technology, we exist in this colossal drift perceiving ourselves to be independent.

Bodily there is little doubt of dependence but at least 15% in

Brahmananda: In 1971 Prabhupada was having big public programs in India, and one evening an Arya Samajist challenged Prabhupada. He said, “Oh, Swamiji, you have come to India with your western chelas, but we know all these things. This is our culture. Better you go to the other places and do your work there. All right, you have been to the West, but what about the Muslim countries? What about Pakistan?

You should go to Pakistan and preach there. Make them devotees.” This was in a public panda

Seerojnie: The devotees of Queens invite all to come and celebrate our 7th annual Rath Yatra parade. It begins at 12 noon from the corner of Liberty Avenue and 123rd Street, and will continue all the way to our Mandir at 111-14 101 Avenue at 3:00 pm, followed by the festival’s stage show until 7:00 pm. There will be hours of melodious kirtan as well as a delicious vegetarian feast! Plus a full afternoon packed with dances, bhajans, devotional talks and fun for the entire family.

Saturday – Augu

By Jahnavi Harrison
Submitted by Radha Mohan Das

After 30 glorious years of performance, including almost 20 international tours, UK’s Bhaktivedanta Players marked their outstanding contribution to devotional art with a gala performance of The Mahabharata. This was a brand new production conceived and directed by Jaya Krishna das, and acted by a cast of more than 20.

With the soundtrack arranged by actor and musician, Kishor Murti das, and new props and costumes, the stage was set for a rivetin