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Srila Prabhupada on a japa walk with Yamuna Devi Dasi, Malati Devi Dasi, and others.

The history of ISKCON has shown that Kali, the personification of the current Age of Quarrel, is adept at introducing controversies that act like storm clouds obscuring the effulgent sun of Mahaprabhu’s saṅkīrtana movement. The propensity for debate, argument, and verbal conquest can be likened to turbulent winds; harsh speech to torrential rain; and fleeting victories in establishing one’s position to flashes o

Today is Shiva-ratri. Vaishnavas generally do not celebrate Shiva-ratri, and to begin, I will explain why, with reference to the Bhagavad-gita. We read from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Chapter 7: “Knowledge of the Absolute”:

TEXT 23

antavat tu phalam tesam
  tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
  mad-bhakta yanti mam api

TRANSLATION

Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods,

Our drama thespian group is working very hard to assemble, once again, The Age of Kali, with gorgeous costumes.  Compliments to Girisha from South Africa who put the attire together so that the actors could feel the part with some enhancement.  We have made incredible headway in one way, only because the actors truly believe in the piece and the message it brings. 

When I see the rehearsals, I am taken by the fact that the main character, Kali, who is notoriously nasty, parallels many of the cur

August 21, 1976, Hyderabad

Prabhupada: You were selling Back to Godhead on the street?

Gargamuni: Yes, in the pushcart.

Prabhupada: That time how many copies you were printing?

Gargamuni: We were printing 500 to 1,000. We started at 500 then to 1,000.

Prabhupada: Then when Brahmananda proposed that “We can get it printed from Japan, but they want order for 20,000 minimum.” So I said yes. Five hundred, 1,000 we were selling, and he proposed 20,000. “Yes. You order.” [laughs] Now, two million

An irresistible offer from the Supreme Lord

What is the current situation of the world? Miseries and suffering everyday. Terrorist attacks, global warming, deadly diseases, earthquakes, floods. The list goes on.

But there is hope.

God has decided to give an offer to uplift ourselves from this miserable condition of life. How? By giving personal loans of His special mercy. God is our father, our best friend, and our ever well-wisher. He is supreme, so He can give unlimitedly—so much that you can’

A conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In June 1976 at New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna farm community in West Virginia, Srila Prabhupada fields questions sent to him from the editors of Bhavan’s Journal, one of Bombay’s leading cultural and religious periodicals.

Devotee: Here is the first question:

“It is said that the greatest strength of Hinduism is its catholicity, or breadth of outlook, but that this is also its greatest weakness in that there are very few re

The GRULAC delegation with Mahaprabhu Das, Yudhistir Govinda Das, and Mohan Rupa Das (center).

A delegation of ambassadors from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean (GRULAC) countries visited the ISKCON temple in New Delhi at the invitation of Yudhistir Govinda Das, Trustee and Country Director of Communications for ISKCON India and Mahaprabhu Das, ISKCON Europe’s Director of Communications.

The delegation included the Ambassador of Argentina and his wife, the Ambassador of Colombia with hi

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 so much land lying do

With the mild temps in the 70s in the evening, Gem Show attendees flock to Govinda’s patio to relish the prasad and spiritual vibrations.

In February, thousands of vendors and visitors from around the world descend on Tucson, Arizona, for the largest and most prestigious gem and mineral show in the world. For ISKCON devotees, the event is a rare opportunity to share our priceless philosophy, the gem of Govinda’s restaurant, and precious prasadam at the event itself.

Govinda’s of Tucson has been

With the mild temps in the 70s in the evening, Gem Show attendees flock to Govinda’s patio to relish the prasad and spiritual vibrations.

In February, thousands of vendors and visitors from around the world descend on Tucson, Arizona, for the largest and most prestigious gem and mineral show in the world. For ISKCON devotees, the event is a rare opportunity to share our priceless philosophy, the gem of Govinda’s restaurant, and precious prasadam at the event itself.

Govinda’s of Tucson has been

Indradyumna Swami presenting the memoir to Prime Minister Modi

Indradyumna Swami’s memoir, Adventures of a Travelling Monk: A Memoir was released on April 24, 2024. It drew further attention on February 10, 2025, when it was presented to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

During a gathering in New Delhi, Prime Minister Modi greeted Indradyumna Swami by saying, “Hare Krishna!” and enthusiastically accepted a copy of the book. According to an entry in his diary, Indradyumna Swami briefly descri

From Back to Godhead

With proper guidance, anyone can turn ordinary food into a spiritual substance.

The phenomenon of something changing from material to spiritual is an extraordinary one, but it is something we as devotees are involved in daily—often several times a day. It happens when prasadam (unoffered food) becoming prasadam, or food sanctified by the Lord.

When I was a new devotee in Montreal, we arranged a program that was to be given on campus at McGill University. The leaflet adverti

By Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp)

            Many geneticists view that modern man developed and came out of Africa where they migrated across lands to settle in ancient India. From there they spread out in all directions, even into Europe. This is called the “Out of Africa” theory. This certainly helps contradict the Aryan Invasion Theory, which proposes that the Vedic Aryans were not indigenous to the region of India, but came from the Caucasus Mountains, bringing their culture in

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

Salika Das (far right) at the World Interfaith Harmony Week in February 2025.

This February of 2025, Plateau State, Nigeria, hosted two significant interfaith events aimed at fostering peace and unity among diverse religious communities. The celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week on February 5 set the stage, followed by an engagement organized by the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COF) on February 13. Religious leaders from various faiths, including the International Society for

The TOVP has released the short documentary, “The Making of the Srila Prabhupada Legacy,” following the successful and spiritually envigorating grand opening of phase one of the Museum in Sri Mayapur Dham. Braja Vilas Das, Co-Chairman and Director of Development of the TOVP, guides viewers through some of the Museum’s highlights. Phase two will add an additional 6,000 square feet of display space.

Pure and Secure
Museum curator Daivisakti Devi Dasi emphasized, “There are two words we want to rea

Saturday is the day when devotees choose a town, congregate at the centrum, city centre, or city square to share that blessed blast of the Name with the public.  On the way, I saw forests that I wasn’t sure existed in this below-the-sea level country.  Most of the Netherlands was swamp and sea before man grabbed a hold of it.  One thing I notice in the rural areas is the countless number of birds, herons, ducks, geese, swans, doves, pigeons, magpies, and more.

Not too many cows that I’ve seen ex

The Mayapur Institute (MI), the leading educational center dedicated to sharing the timeless wisdom of Vedic scriptures, celebrated its Silver Anniversary recently with a grand pandal program in Sri Mayapur Dham. Guests from all over the world participated in the spiritually uplifting two-day event entitled “Celebrating 25 Years of Spiritual Legacy,” which was held on February 15-16th.  The joyful gathering was not only to honor its legacy and celebrate the devotees, instructors, and students wh