Steven Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa), prolific author and renowned expert on Gaudiya Vaishnavism, has hit new strides with his latest literary offering – a book about kirtan, the sonic form of yogic spirituality.

In two days devotees were able to spread the Holy Name and Prasadam of Lord Jaganath Baladeva and Subhadra Devi to some Streets in San Antonio Village.

I got the unique opportunity to associate with Mother Nrsimha and see her pure devotion and selfless desire to serve Srila Prabhupada by taking an excellent care of His Rooms.

Stressing the “YES” aspect of Krishna consciousness was part of Prabhupada’s formula for success. He was following the recommendations of Rupa Gosvami when he first tried to awaken peoples’ attraction to Krishna through kirtana, prasadam, and talks about Krishna, and then introducing the “prohibitions” and other principles.

To pay special tribute to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura on the occasion of his divine disappearance anniversary, the devotees of ISV (ISKCON Silicon Valley), along with their friends and families and visiting devotees from distant places, participated in massive Sankirtana throughout the Bay Area over two successive weekends in June

The Mayor of Baroda, Sri Balkrishna Shukla, inaugurated the Rathayatra by sweeping the road infront of the Rath. More than 12 tons of "halava" prasad was distributed to the public from trucks moving behind the Rath.

Here's an article on how the 'Art Of Living' movement have brought a WHOLE VILLAGE completely into their movement in 6 months !! We could implement it in our ISKCON way to get everyone into Krishna Consciousness.

There are those who feel that all of their hard work, and endless hours spent in serving Iskcon, benefits either the immediate temple authorities, the temple presidents, the gurus or the GBC. Then with ordinary vision think, “why should I serve those who are prone to the four human defects?”

A number of concerns have been raised about the new design for the Mayapur Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. They were presented on June 10, 2008 to the first meeting of a committee formed to develop the exhibits that will be displayed in the planetarium section of the TVP

A time is nearing when there will be no wheat paddy in the field and no politician will be able to make a quick supply of bread. The food problem is already acute. The atheistic civilization is to be troubled more and more with the progress of materialism. We have such foretellings in the pages of Srimad-Bhagavatam. The more the people are turning to the atheistic, the more things of disturbing elements do appear before us. And that is the thing which matters at present. This is a wrong type of civilization.

Mahavira put me in touch with Devi-Deva Prabhu, who gave an amazing donation of $25,000 to print our first deluxe Bhagavad-gita, and it was exactly the injection of money and hope we needed—with the profits from its sales, we could print new books, and get back on our feet.

If the preachers in our Krsna consciousness movement are sincere devotees of Krsna, Krsna will always be with them because He is very kind and favorable to all His devotees.

Krishangi-lila Dasi and Kalindi Dasi, two exceptional singers from Estonia, composed melodies for some of the most sacred Sanskrit verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and they are the main performers.

For the first time, ISKCON Mayapur participated in 'Tourism Fair 2008' held at Swabhumi, Kolkata from 20th to 22nd June 2008.The big displays of scenic delights of Mayapur along with a video show attracted the visitors into the pavilion to know more about Mayapur.

Our July 2008 Care for Cows Newsletter has been posted. Please review it at your earliest convenience.

The annual Ratha Yatra (Chariot Festival) of ISKCON Chicago Hare Krishna Temple was celebrated on Sunday, June 29, 2008.