In an astonishing display of inconceivable mercy, on Thursday 15th February, Lord Nityanda inspired the harinam devotees led by Mahavishnu Swami to enter the McDonalds restaurant in Brixton, London U.K.

During the past 20 months, H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Swami and 7 of my dearest friends including the Mother of a devotee departed auspiciously from this planet.

On Saturday, March 10th at 10:00am, Devotees from all over the West Coast (and beyond!) will come together to celebrate the Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu! We will have His Holiness Indradyumna Maharaja as our Honored Guest!

The present day world is well moving ahead with technological breakthrough. Based on the developments in the material world, we have to adapt and regulate our life for serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the summum bonum of preaching communicated by bonafide Acharyas.

If you want to improve the situation for Vrindavana’s ecology, cows, bulls, and local residents, there is a fantastic program you can support or join. It is so simple it has no official name other than “Bullock Cart Preaching.”

The sincere devotee who wants to attain a perfection (Siddhi) for himself by the process of chanting the Name of the Lord must refrain from the ten kinds of offences which are quoted below from the "Padmapuranam."

We are writing to make you aware of the unfortunate situation involving Baladeva dasa and his wife, Bhaktin Christina, that is unfolding here in the Greater Alachua community, and to appeal to all of you for your help.

At this point I was getting a little worried because either it was a bomb and the whole building would be history or it was a hoax but they might decide to do a 'controlled explosion' which would still result in significant damage. In my mind I was rehearsing the phone call to the insurance company the next day and all I was hearing back was “Unfortunately your policy does not cover you for acts of terrorism”...

I would like to inform you that Akrura prabhu from London (originally from Serbia) will present his Bhaktivedanta (Life) Coaching Seminar in Dublin/Ireland on 13th, 14th, 15th of April.

In the archive section of the website you can find the GBC Zonal Assignments for 2007

How can a person who has never seen Vrndavana's Yamuna river, which is filled with eternally blooming indivara, kamala, kahlara, kumuda, and other lotus flowers, all filled with the sweet humming sounds of bumblebees, and which displays the places where Sri Sri Radha-Muralidhara and Their friends enjoyed transcendental pastimes, remain alive?

I am in the process of setting up a group of devotees who will network together to make the blissful process of preaching through modern music much easier. We will share information, knowledge, computer software and maybe each others talents so that we can produce first class music with a devotional theme to present to the public.

The cultural program is always a favorite. Neda’s dance on Lord Shiva catching the Ganga on his head was beautiful. There are no real dance schools in Salt Lake City. Yugoslavian born Neda is quite a phenomenon because she has taught herself by watching and imitating videos

The youth Krishna Culture Festival Tour, organized in cooperation with ISKCON Youth Ministry and Festival of India, traveling throughout North America this summer, is seeking experienced bus drivers.

After eight years of patient effort, hard struggle, determination, heartfelt prayers and steady devotional service and a heroic last-minute marathon for the devotees of Iskcon,Tirupati-the grand opening took place on the appearance day of Sri Nityananda Trayodasi.

Prison is a dungeon of concrete and steel, where those who are condemned due to past misdeeds, unceremoniously find themselves. Many who enter abandon all hope, as barbed wire fences and guards with shotguns are a constant reminder of their inability to escape their fate.

All in all It was an experience of a lifetime, that's for sure, but one that I will always remember. Time seems to really fly by, and It will take a little getting use to my brother being married but I know that he has the perfect devotee girl and that they are very happy.

Please join us on Saturday March 3, 2007 for an all day celebration of Gaura Purnima - Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

I felt that the fruits of my preaching had finally ripened. I relished the result of the patience that I had practiced over the long term of coaxing him to become very serious about his spiritual life. I felt very proud that he, indeed, had taken my suggestion to heart and was even considering having the fire sacrifice.

For first time visitors excessive cartal racket makes the experience of the kirtan more like a rock concert. Trying to project over the sound of cartals can cause the entire kirtan volume to rise to excessive levels.

O Krsna, we have traveled and looked everywhere, but we found You while walking through a Madison neighborhood, chanting Your Holy Name. Krsna’s timing is perfect, bringing Srila Prabhupada to the West, at the height of its materialistic culture.

If one chants this great prayer with faith and transcendental devotion on Lord Chaitanya's appearance day (the full moon day in the month of Phalguna), then one perpetually attains the fulfillment of their each and every pure desire.

Before the assembled Kurus and pandavas, when Dushasana caught her hair and clothing, Draupadi, having no other Lord, cried out, " Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!

Here is two minutes of chanting in 1967 in the San Francisco temple and at the first ISKCON Rathayatra.

The best introduction to Srila Prabhupada and the principles of Krishna consiousness! Perfect for street distribution, gifts for contributors, etc. These are professionally replicated disks - COMPATIBLE WITH DVD PLAYERS WORLDWIDE

Various GBC members then expressed thanks to the out-going chairman. Sivarma Swami said that Bhaktivaibhava Swami did an outstanding job by giving the GBC body the opportunity to work together to formulate a vision. Maharaja was impressive that Bhaktivaibhava Swami agreed to serve on the Executive Committee one more year, to solidify the GBC's work on strategic planning.

Of course, devotees are not expecting service for themselves, but if you go to a temple where none is interested to help you, to speak to you, you may wonder what kind of impression it will leave to someone visiting first time. Very opulent surroundings, elaborate puja and loud kirtans are not much helpfull, if devotees are not interested about visitors.

I started participating in the Hare Krishna Kirtan movement in the early 1970s. The chanting profoundly changed my life and I’ve been an advocate of the benefits of kirtan ever since. As a songwriter born in the U.S. I naturally write about my unique American experience which includes kirtan.

As I have previously invited you to the 2007 Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival and advertised the courses given, I feel obliged to update you with current information. Some new courses have been added, others cancelled, and the time and/or place has changed for still others.

Some years ago the GBC appointed a group of " deputies " to assist them in their work. They have been doing very valuable service behind the scenes, without getting very much public recognition. They have done a lot of preliminary work which has enabled the GBC members to concentrate on proactive things.

My thoughts on this are partly in response to seeing (on this site) the model of the proposed temple to be built in Mayapura. I'd like to see the setting for the temple be as moving as the structure itself, or more so. Perhaps there could be a botanical garden/arboretum incorporated into the plan.

His Divine Grace desired to have Gaura Purnima festival year after year in a grand way and as a result, in 1973 or 74, over 300 devotees attended. It grew to more than 2000 devotees in 1996 during Srila Prabhupad centennial year and now it has reached to the point of more than 5000 devotees coming to Mayapur to take the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with them.

The GBC voted that a World Holy Name Day be annually celebrated at temples worldwide, to coincide with and commemorate Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the USA. Lokanath Swami, Janananda Prabhu, and Ekalavya Prabhu will be the coordinators. The GBC body spent the rest of the morning discussing and voting on a resolution concerning the situation of Dhanudhara Swami.

Devotees from around the world are hereby informed that in pursuance to an interim order passed by the Hon'ble High Court at Allahabad on 12th February, 2007, Srila Prabhupada's Bhajan Kutir is now re-opened.

On behalf of our beloved Founder-Acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the GBC Executive Committee, extends its grateful appreciation to His Holiness Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami for his outstanding service in dealing with the difficulties facing the Kazakhstan yatra during the year 2006.

Bhanu Swami chaired the Open Forum and began with a letter from Jiva Tattva Prabhu (Spain), who asked why ISKCON does not have a varnasrama social system and whether the GBC's role is spiritual or managerial.

Everywhere there were South Indian brahamanas mostly with their distinctive sikhas where they shave about two inches back from the forhead and around the ears and tie all their hair in a bun at the back.

Sesa Prabhu cried when Bhakti Swarupa Damodara Maharaja departed. He pointed out that Maharaja was so fixed on Srila Prabhupada's instructions that his departure from the world was glorious. Krsna, in this way, prepared him to go back to Godhead. Sesa Prabhu asked the senior disciples to be forgiving, as there is a lesson to be learned from all this.

Astonished, the professor looked at me and I looked at him. Both of us felt as if our hairs were standing on end. He said, “Give me all those books, I must have those books!" I sold him 12 hardbound Bhagavad-gitas.

Oh Krishna! Glory to you and your name, Our fame lies in chanting your name, Chanting and chanting is our aim, Without that every moment is a shame

The Alachua Temple is building a new Ratha Yatra cart. If you have any pictures and descriptions of Jaganath Puri's carts, and of Iskcon's carts around the world, please email them to us. Our immediate purpose is for Ratha Yatra parades through out North and Central Florida, such as Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville.

In this temple visitors purchase a ticket for a pot of jaggery, sweet water with cardamon and pepper, to be offered through a brass mask of Narasingha placed over a hole in the mountain.

In honor of the glories of Sri Prahlad Narasimha, the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mandir is collaborating with twenty (20) Hindu temples to celebrate Holi Sammelan on Saturday, March 3, 2007

The secret destination turned out to be Jagannath’s Mandir and I personally could not have been more pleased since I had not been able to visit Them last year. These Deities of Jagannath, Subhadra and Baladev are very powerful and are known for Their benevolence in granting boons. There are many authentic experiences supporting this claim, many of them recent. We performed a bhajan and kirtan lead by H H Lokanath accompanied by Madhava das (world reknown mrdanga player).

Next there was a debate about the best way to serve and honor prasadam. Hridayananda Maharaja's team defended eating on the floor and using one's fingers. Devamrta Swami's team argued that a Western style of eating (at a table, with silverware) is essential for effective preaching. The argument that a pizza is a self-realized capati got a lot of laughs.

Today's agenda: morning presentations about Kazakhstan, the Child Protection Office (CPO), and Mayapur. The new temple will fit on the ISKCON trust land. There will be triple the park-and-garden space we have now. Srila Prabhupada wanted the main dome to resemble the Capitol in Washington, D.C. or the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, and it does.

With all this my dear friend, Our Life is Meaningless. It can only be Matchless if used for our KRISHNA who is P R I C E L E S S

Shattered, as a crystal glass dropped upon a temple's marble floor? Alas, my illusion is not so; it bounces, resilient as a ball onto a padded carpet...