For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this page contains the following results for the month of December : World Totals, Monthly Congregation and Weekend Warriors...

There were three poor men who always desired great riches. One day a special delivery man handed to each poor man an envelope and informed each man, that within the envelope is a great fortune.

My friend told them that you are planning to hold a festival in Byron Bay, the bus driver continued, and that you're on the way to advertise it. The SES said you should turn around immediately and go back to your community. The advice is to pack up your stuff and get out of the area fast.

Once, near the peaceful village of Vrndavana, the transcendental place where Krsna manifested His pastimes on earth, there lived a scholarly brahmana and servant of Krsna. Opposite his home, there lived a prostitute.

Students of Mayapur Academy are excited about their new experience of learning the art of deity worship. The first batch of students in the newly opened Mayapur Academy has recently completed classes on deity dressing, cooking and learning samskaras.

Two years ago I was diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer. Being born with only one kidney the doctors announced there was nothing they could do. My devotee wife and I had just been married two months prior.

I was surprised by how effective the class was considering the distance between the participants. Even though I bought the cheapest headset the sound quality was great, it helped keep the class on a more personal level.

A SEA change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn’t oil. It’s meat.

Sri Jagannath’s thoughts and activities are always engaged in trying to deliver the fallen souls of the universe. But no one knows how he actually does this.

I was working in the Soviet army. I spend quite some years also in the Afghanistan war. It was so nasty experience that I wanted to orient myself to more peaceful atmosphere. So I joined the Moscow Institute that trains KGB staff.

Jahnavi (Jennifer Haggard) of Alachua, daughter of Pavitra dd (ACBSP) and former director of Children of Krishna, has been in Shands Hospital in Gainesville since January 14th.

We all should have received some basic training on how to respectfully treat sastra. Knowing that none of Srila Prabhupada's books should touch the ground or other inconsiderate place will make us consign the books to a decent position; but next to the TV! This is a bad idea.

Bhaktivedanta Manor, the temple where the RSPCA killed Gangotri the sacred cow and sparked outrage amongst devotees and British Hindus in general, will open Europe's largest centre for cow protection and organic lifestyles.

The Russian's journey of devotion to start late next month will take him on a route some 6,500 km from his home in Voskresensk near Moscow to his destination in north India's Uttar Pradesh state in eight months.

The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead, otherwise known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, is considered to be the post-graduate study of the spiritual sciences. Sometimes referred to as the fifth Veda, the Bhagavatam is said to contain the essence of all other Vedic literature. It continues our spiritual education from the conclusions of the Bhagavad-gita.

Continuous Harinam and profuse Prasada distribution at ISKCON Mayapur’s Pandal drew large amount of pilgrims in Ganga Sagar Mela 2008. Ganga Sagar Mela is a three days fair, where over 6 lakhs pilgrims assembled to take a holy dip at the place of confluence of river Ganges on the Makara Sankranthi day.

Everyone agreed that the kirtana was magical, more ecstatic than ever before, and knew it was due to the presence of the Lord Himself in His Deity form.

Pushpa Abhiseka or shower of flower petals on Sri Radha-Madhava was a two hour transcendental feast to the eyes, heart and soul. Continuous pouring of flower petals on the Lord along with the melodious Harinam by Naru gopal Prabhu took transported everyone to a transcendental realm of happiness.

Srila Prabhupada has said in many places that we can recognize someone as a bona fide spiritual master if he repeats the message of Krsna; he gives relevant instructions which if followed can elevate the disciple to the level of Krsna consciousness, to the stage of vasudeva.

This year the appearance day of Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami is Sunday, January 27th (on the Krsna-Balarama Temple Calendar). To honor that blessed event we are offering his audiobook "Sri Krsna-premamrta" for only $1.

In the lives of all devotees events take place that are very extraordinary and wonderful. Because such occurrences cannot easily be explained logically then one might label them as being miracles.

Since the vast majority of our readers are coming to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna Consciousness for the first time through Internet searches, and without access to devotee association or a nearby Hare Krishna temple, many people have inquired about how they can set up an altar in their homes and start practicing Krishna Consciousness at their own pace.

In June 2006 all congregation devotees in Czech Republic got an opportunity to take part in distributing BBT books. We were inspired by already running Sastra Dana program for distribution of sponsored literature in Los Angeles and San Diego.

A few days ago I posted a message to all of our members and subscribers about an opportunity to win a $1000 challenge grant* from the Case Foundation through donating online at our new Facebook Cause site. Since then quite a few of you have responded and I thank you for your generosity.

Take advantage of the fact that Gaura Purnima is late this year come and early to Vrindavan for parikramas of the Holy Dhama and join the annual Vrinda Kunda Festival.

Over the last 7 months, I have been in contact with many devotees. Many of who have children deployed to Iraq. Realizing the amount of devotees here, I am trying to arrange a Bhagavad-Gita study group via Skype once a week.

ISKCON's flagship center in Sridhama Mayapur will soon be home to the "A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Reading Room", bringing together in one facility all of Srila Prabhupada's books. This may be the only library in the world where all of Srila Prabhupada's books will be available in all languages.

We have an eight-petalled lotus symbol for this years theme, as it neatly fits as an emblem for the eight projects comprising the campaign. OK, so lotuses have many more petals than eight - but by the end of the year so will we.

Mature, liberal-minded Vaishnavas are needed to help open (or contribute funds toward opening) a center in gorgeous, progressive and highly-intellectual Brattleboro, Vermont.

My dear Prabhu's I am writing to inform you of the hospitalization of my dear godbrother Jayo Das, an older disciple of Srila Prabhupada, who had been residing in an duplex owned by disciples of HH Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami, Hari Mohan Das and his wife Radharani Devi Dasi in Denver,Colorado.

This year, as always, we request you to submit your homages to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa Puja book by April 15. Offerings must be in English. Please restrict the length to a maximum of 3,000 words or 15k of ASCII text.

With support from the Case Foundation, there is a challenge award being offered to those organizations raising the most unique donors. Every day, $1,000 will be awarded to the cause with the most unique donors in a 24 hour period and larger amounts for the highest 50 day causes.

Hare Krsna. All glories to Srila Sanatana Gosvami, whose samadhi mandir shelters all who visit him near Madan Mohan mandir.