Whatever Happened to the Revolution?
By Padmapani das For many of us who came of age in the Sixties and Seventies, the counterculture and its promise of an alternative society based on love and peace was an important part of our lives....
View ArticleDevotees carry out founder’s wish for temple made 44 years ago
By derrick vineshWHEN His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada visited Malaysia in 1971, he had a vision for a Krishna temple to be built in Penang. The founder of the International Society...
View ArticleServing Prabhupada Together
By Giriraj Swami and Shyamasundar Prabhu One of the programs that I remember best was a midday program at the home of Ramchand Chabria. He invited a lot of big people, including Sadajivatlal. Now,...
View ArticleUS Congressman and Mayor Among 10,000 Attendees for Detroit ISKCON Rathyatra
By Nitya Krishna DasPerhaps one of the greatest surprises of the day was when US Congressman David Trott joined the Opening Ceremonies as Honory Chief Guest. He joined already impressive group of...
View ArticlePlease do not leave!
By Yamuna Devi So my sister bluntly expressed to Srila Prabhupada that she wanted to leave. She told him that “When you are here, everything is fine; but when you leave, everything becomes harder to...
View ArticleLooking for the Supreme God
By Manali D. Bijlani I was born and brought up in a Hindu family in Delhi, and we used to go to various temples and offer prayers before the gods. Two questions, however, always tickled my mind: Why do...
View ArticleThe Complete Social Service
By Chaitanya Charana DasaSuppose you are the friend of a millionaire. One day you see your friend's estranged son wandering on the streets, drunk, disheveled, diseased, distressed, and starving. When...
View ArticleThe latest issue of Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu e-magazine
Madhavananda das: The latest issue of Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu e-magazine was just releasedRead More...
View ArticleLatest Nityam Bhagavata-sevaya Magazine is available
Brajsunder das: We offer this edition at the lotus feet of our ever well wisher, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.Read More...
View ArticleLord Nityananda Delivers the Thieves
By Mohini Radha Devi Dasi When I was eight or nine years old, my parents took me to the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. After meandering through myriad halls and galleries, we came across an...
View ArticleRatha Yatra 2015 celebrations in Mayapur
By Mayapur.comThe nine day long annual Ratha Yatra celebrations in Mayapur ended on 26th July. Although the festival began on 18th, the festival preparations started much earlier. Special wooden carts...
View ArticleRathayatra in Leicester
Nimai Devi Dasi: The Leicester Rathayatra Festival of Chariots takes place this Sunday 2nd August 2015, for the second largest festival in the UK.Read More...
View ArticleLiberation Through Chanting
By His Divine Grace A.C.B. Swami PrabhupadaIn our country Carvaka Muni has advised, bhasmi-bhutasya dehasya kutah punar-agamano bhavet: "Why are you thinking of your next birth? Another birth is not...
View ArticleA special home preaching program in Camarillo, California
By Nandini Radha devi dasi One main area that was discussed was the need to better ourselves in three “S” areas- sanga (association), sadhana (devotional practice) and sadachara (character). The...
View ArticleThe one who startled India with kirtan
By Yamuna DeviOne morning, soon after our arrival at Kailash Seksaria’s home, Srila Prabhupada called on a male devotee to chant the new melody of Gurvastakam. After two lines of the prayer, he asked...
View ArticleISKCON Community Pays Tribute to Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
By Jagannath DasDr APJ Abdul Kalam appreciated the services rendered by ISKCON such as Bhagavad Gita Book distribution, Promoting people to become Vegetarian and ISKCON's Food for Life Mid-day meal...
View ArticleWSN June 2015 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
By Vijaya DasaJune was a very good month for book distribution worldwide. Summer months are generally good for us book distributors. The sunny weather puts people in a relatively nicer and happier...
View Article“God”?
By Ravindra Svarupa dasaWhat the punctuation in the title indicates: Quotation marks: Draping the word God in quotation marks indicates that we are first concerned with the signifier, not the...
View Article4th Ratha Yatra in Bhatkot, Uttarakhand
By Bhakta NikhilWe thank all those devotees who came to attend the program from various parts of the world, including Italy, Spain, Indonesia and Bangladesh. Special thanks to HG Govinda das and his...
View Article“Plain Living and High Thinking”: An English Lesson with Srila Prabhupada
By Ravindra Svarupa dasa Any student of Srila Prabhupada will at once recognize the phrase “plain living and high thinking.” It occurred frequently and memorably in his discourse. It functioned as kind...
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