The varnasrama ministry will concentrate on establishing its national office as well as State offices across India where various information about the ministry will be made available.

No Meat Eating does not mean just Vegetarianism, Ahimsa or nonviolence is not only non-killing, it also means that one’s attitude must be of maitri (amity) and peace.

The inauguration ceremony for the bench took place on Wednesday 25th November 2009, and was attended by a number of his close friends and colleges from the university as well as devotees. At a somewhat emotional event, many from the local community said a few words of remembrance and appreciation for ‘Goswamiji’.

For complete results and to send in your scores go to www.SankirtanNewsletter.com (password: wsnhome) Deadline for scores is the 15th of the next month.

Ask any Spanish Fork resident and they will be able to point you in the direction of one of the most unique buildings in town and possibly in the whole state. Perched on a hill just south of downtown Spanish Fork stands the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple. Completed in 2001, the Krishna Indian Temple certainly stands out among the surrounding rural fields

The Magic Formula: “Seven, Bury Place.” The address is a simple but magic formula. Yet it is as important in ISKCON history as 26 2nd Ave. And the transcendental accounts of the “early days” in London are no less significant than those in New York.

On Sunday 22 November 2009, the fortieth anniversary of installation of Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara, BBC Radio 4 who have an estimated audience of over one million listeners in the United Kingdom and the British Isles aired the news of "40 years of the Hare Krishna movement in the UK"

We request all the Vaisnavas to pray for the spiritual well being of this dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Since cancer patients have been known to recover from even stage four cancer we cannot rule out the possibility of physical recovery.

Odana-Sasti is a joyous celebration in Rajapur. Most devotees arrived at Rajapur’s Jagannatha temple around 11:00am. After taking Darshan of Their Lordships Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra, devotees started a sweet kirtan

The ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection (CPO) is happy to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director, Champakalata devi dasi (Vasanthie Pillai), who recently began serving in this capacity.

One of the highlights was when Syamasundar, Malati, Guru das and Yamuna prabhus sang the Hare Krishna to the tune that is featured in the original Radha Krishna Temple Album. Many devotees were in tears and everyone stood with arms raised.

On November 15th, 2009, the streets of Hyderabad were painted with saffron color when thousands of devotees of Mother Cow took to the streets demanding a total ban on cow slaughter and a declaration that the cow be named as India’s national animal

Life is fragile, and the delicate bubble of our existence can burst at any moment. Our only shelter is Shrila Prabhupada, and our only assets are whatever we have accomplished in service to the spiritual master. Nothing else really matters.

So since we are all going to die sooner or later and there is precious little we can do to avoid this predicted global destruction let us just continue with our preaching duties gladly in the face of public speculative opinion and remember that Krishna will have the final say in whether this planet is destroyed or not as this nature is working under His direction (BG 9.10)

HH Subhag Swami Maharaj has suffered a brain hemorrhage at Bali (Indonesia), he's now about to be operated for the same, please pray for Maharaj

Often we take things for granted until we lose them. I use my right hand to chant on meditation beads, and one morning I found that I had severe arthritic pain in my hand and could no longer use it for chanting.

He gave me a salagrama sila that had been worshiped in his family since the time Mahaprabhu stayed with them. And he made it clear that it was in appreciation of ISKCON and the great work you did in spreading Krsna consciousness all over the world.

You'll see the revisions Jayadvaita Swami made to the purports, in the actual book where he made them. You'll also see the revisions made to the word-for-word meanings. (The translations were done separately.)

On Oct 31, 2009 in Sridham Mayapur at Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi Auditorium a new documentary film series by Vasudeva dasa titled “NO SUFFERING ON SAFARI, The Bangladesh Experience” was premiered. This film follows a 2008 ISKCON preaching tour and pilgrimage to various towns and Vaishnava holy places in Bangladesh.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their deities, the dynamic London devotees are hosting special guests Yamuna, Shyamasundar, Gurudas and Malati prabhus for a week beginning on Sunday 15th November, until Sunday the 22nd November.

This is a project that Srila Prabhupada approved of and contributed ideas to. It is a privately owned and funded cultural series called Faces of God showing the Indian people practicing Vaishnavism.

Even if we happen to be Brahma which we probably aren't, very soon is an event we can't afford to miss. It only happens once in Brahma's day. Are we just going to let it pass by like any other day?

By serving Madan Mohan one conquers material desires; by serving Govindaji one purifies the senses; and by serving Gopinatha, master of the gopis, one achieves pure love of God, the perfection of life

All of us--husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, children, students, and teachers--have duties, and sometime we begrudge the performance of our duties because we think their execution will impede our personal happiness.

In late October, the college students and Radhadesh devotees had a magnificent opportunity to hear about Srila Prabhupada from two senior devotees, Dhananjaya Prabhu and Vishakha Mataji.