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Today is the appearance day of Sri Vakresvara Pandita, one of Lord Chaitanya’s most dear associates. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 10.17–20) states, “Vakresvara Pandita, the fifth branch of the [Caitanya] tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya’s. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally sang while Vakresvara Pandita danced, and thus Vakresvara Pandita fell at the lotus feet of the Lord and spoke as follows. ‘O Candramukha! Please give

At the ISKCON European Leaders Mela, we strive for diversity, inclusion, equality, and belonging for all individuals, including those with learning disabilities and autism. Praghosa Das is a reliable leader who actively supports initiatives that promote these values and make a positive impact in our ISKCON community. The ELM team strives to turn discussions into action and create a more inclusive and supportive environment for all.

Diversity, inclusion, equality, and belonging (DIEB) are impor

Parasuram das: Invitation to Stonehenge Rathayatra Thursday 20th June at Midnight…. chanting will continue till 7am Friday morning 21st June where we will have breakfast amongst the pilgrims.

The festival is free, they charge about £20 for parking, unless you drive in with the main Hare Krishna Team .

Not to be missed, a Life Changing experience is guaranteed.

What to expect :

STONEHENGE
There were pagans and potheads
and Indian chiefs
There were druids and hippies
and mounted police
There we

Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) Chairman Ambarisa Das has announced the future opening of a beautiful, inspiring, and permanent Prabhupada Museum in the TOVP.  The institution will preserve and display various artifacts related to ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and will be called the Srila Prabhupada International Heritage Museum. To learn more, click the link here.

Source: https://iskconnews.org/ambarisa-das-launches-srila-prabhupada-inter

Peggy’s Cove is one of those quaint fishing villages that attracts hundreds of thousands of people yearly from around the world. It’s rustic, quiet, iconic with great scenery of massive boulders and dramatic ocean waves crashing against the rock. The warm hospitality is a component of the major draw. Anytime I’m in Halifax I must see the cove because it warms my heart.

I was surprised to see the crowds on a Monday, mostly Americans, from a cruiser ship. That’s numbers we are talking about. I wa

By Arya Devi Dasi 

The Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies (BIHS) is offering an innovative virtual summer school on July 13-14th (Saturday-Sunday) and July 20-21st (Saturday-Sunday). Four amazing sessions of online presentations will showcase the latest research and projects in the areas of consciousness, the philosophy of science, understanding the science within shastra, life sciences, the appearance of species, cosmology, what’s beyond the universe, and more. Registration information

We are pleased to present the June 12, 2024 GBC Meeting Highlights Report. This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the online GBC meeting highlighting the key topic discussed.

The meeting commenced with an invocation of prayers led by Bir Krishna Goswami, followed by a reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam (8.3.1) by Nrsimha Kavaca Das. The passage from the chapter titled ‘Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender’ was read with its translation: “Thereafter, the King of elephants, Gajendra,

It’s a general concern of devotees which we hear in many of the classes, forums and seminars on what can be the real key to balance one’s material and spiritual lives.

There is a very interesting statement made by famous French priest and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience but we are spiritual beings having a human (material) experience.” It’s true that because of our past conditionings, desires and lifetimes of karma, we are having a

From Back to Godhead

All conscious activity, whether in the course of duty or in defiance of duty depending upon the individual temperament is regulated by what Freud called the “pleasure principle.” Few will argue the fact that whatever action a living entity does, he does to produce a certain amount of pleasure in his life. With this in mind, we would like to consider what the highest form of pleasure the ultimate state of conscious existence may be.

From the teachings of Lord Krishna in The

By Paramatma Dasa

On Sunday, June 16, 2024, Mr. Robert Faucher, the United States Ambassador to Suriname, along with his wife, visited the Sunday Feast program at our ISKCON Temple at 459 Kwattaweg, Paramaribo, Suriname.

When Ambassador Faucher began his career in the US Foreign Service in 1985, his first post was Suriname. He returned to serve as the US Ambassador in January 2023. Recently, Faucher contacted the Temple to plan a visit to the Sunday Feast, coordinating the details with Harindu

Nityananda and I took that Trans Canada Trail, the other side, leading to that best of bridges for pedestrians, “The Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge.” Before arriving at that iconic thoroughfare, we were benefitting from the oxygen delivering trees on either of the trail’s side, which included of cedars, white pines, oaks, maples, birches – they were our companions.

It is surprising how well used this paved trail actually is. Mostly they are pedestrians. I would say that if you have the chance to wa

On this full-moon day, sixteen days before Ratha- yatra, Lord Jagannatha is bathed. He becomes sick and is confined to rest for fourteen days. He is then offered special care until He comes out for Ratha-yatra.

A special bath of Jagannatha takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannatha.

On June 16th, 2024, ISKCON Finland celebrated its 40th anniversary as an officially registered religious society in the country. The Education Ministry of Finland registered Krishna-liike ISKCON Suomessa (ISKCON Finland) on May 9th, 1984. The Finnish yatra joyfully celebrated its 40+ years in Finland with their special guest, Dhirasanta Dasa Goswami. He is one of the founding fathers of ISKCON Finland, along with Smita Krishna Swami.

“We are very thankful to all the devotees who have served and

The ISKCON Ministry of Education will host its annual virtual Symposium of Education, “PAN America Mini-Symposium 2024,” on Friday, June 21st, 2024, at 6:00 pm CDT, for two hours only on Zoom, FaceBook Live, and YouTube Live platforms. 

Those interested in participating can register for this event here.

This symposium will provide ISKCON educators and leaders around Pan America with another opportunity to connect with other educators serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission and expand their frame of