In “The Cry for Myth”, Rollo May makes a powerful case for the need of myth in every society, and that societies and cultures can be seen as byproducts of their collective myths.

The Krishna Avanti School opened its doors to the press for the first time on Friday 29th January. The School is the first Voluntary Aided Hindu faith school in Britain and is also the most eco-friendly. The School, in the London borough of Harrow also marks the country's first vegetarian state school.

Hundreds of thousands of devotees, holy men and pilgrims will gather for the Vrindavana Kumbha Mela, taking a ceremonial dip in the sacred Yamuna River at Keshi Ghat on Saturday January 30th

Based on the request of many devotees, in July of 2010, Bhaktivedanta College will offer a summer camp for young devotees aged 14 to 21. Experienced guides will help the youth become accustomed to life in the spiritual community of Radhadesh and teach them music, art, spiritual aspects of life, and lots of recreational activities.

From January 14-18 the North American GBCs, Temple Presidents and Leaders met together in Dallas, Texas for the North American Leadership meeting. The following is a short summary and highlights of the meeting: The meeting started on Friday afternoon with a lively kirtan led by Bhaktimarga Swami. Vaisesikha Prabhu inspired everyone by his keynote presentation on the importance and joy of book distribution. Kuladri Prabhu followed with the NA Support Office report, including important legal issues.

Come and join us for fun and festivities on Gaura Purnima! Main stage entertainment at Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir will include drama’s directed by HH Bhaktimarg Swami, dance, bhajan bands, clowns, mimes and so much more.

Many years ago the Shivites attacked the Vaisnavas at the Haridwar Kumbha Mela, so since that time, the Vaisnavas have their own Kumbha Mela in the most Holy Dhama of Sri Vrindavan.

At about 3.25 pm this afternoon 25th January 2010, our beloved spiritual master, H. H Mahavishnu Gosvami Gurudev entered into his final pastimes in this mortal world and left us all in great grief of separation at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mira Road, Mumbai, India.

One day the Lord suddenly expressed a certain feeling to Lord Nityananda and Haridasa Thakura, “Listen Nityananda and Haridasa, travel everywhere and tell people about My teachings. Go to every house and beg everyone of this, Chant Krishna's name, worship Krishna, and cultivate the science of Krishna consciousness.

There are various kinds of yoga; such as karma-yoga, based on purifying our activities; Jnana-yoga, based on acquiring spiritual knowledge and insight; Raja-yoga, the mystical yoga system; and Bhakti-yoga, attaining union with God through love and devotion.

Knowledge can pave the way for a coherent understanding of even the most unintelligible object or theory. Depending on the motive behind its usage, knowledge can be both the liberator and the exploiter, it can help society advance or inhibit its progress.

At about 3PM IST HH Mahavisnu Goswami (91 years) peacefully left his body at the Bhaktivedanta Swami Hospital, Mumbai.

With the hustle-bustle of Hong Kong behind me, I boarded a plane and settled in for the long haul to Sydney. Twenty-eight devotees from my summer festival program in eastern Europe had arrived in Australia the previous week. We would be touring the country for three months

We are coming into this new decade, 2010. Let us try to re-habituate ourselves to have simple hearts and resolve the complications of the world with the simple solutions and never leave that

We are entering the New Year, 2010, and the next decade, and on such occasions we take stock of what and how we did in the last year and what we want to do in the next.

It is with overwhelming pleasure we announce that the FIRST ROUND OF BATTLE FOR YAMUNA IS WON! The Allahabad High Court has granted a stay order not only on construction of the bridge, but any construction near the banks of the river and against dumping refuse in or on the river.

Inspired by HH Lokanath Maharaja the Bangladeshi devotees had arranged for a three-months' Padayatra to tour the entire country in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu taking Sannyasa.

In his books and lectures Shrila Prabhupada often emphasizes that there are no hard and fast rules for the chanting of the holy name of the Lord.

In case you have not heard the news, ISKCON of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California (ISV) distributed over 23,500 books for its December 2009 Monthly Sankirtan Festival, doubling last year’s ISV record, and putting ISV in third place for the month in North America.

By now, most of you have heard the recent story out of Vrindavan about the construction of the unsightly flyover bridge across the holy Yamuna River at Kesi Ghat.

In the midst of that region of outer space [antarikña] is the most opulent sun, the king of all the planets that emanate heat... By the influence of his own illumination, the Sun heats the universe, maintains order, and spreads light so all can see.

On Saturday, January 16, 2010, ISKCON Coimbatore organized its 18th annual Sri Jagannath Rathayatra festival, which passes through the streets of the old part of Coimbatore city.

On the auspicious occasion of "Makara Sankranti" (also celebrated as "New Year's day" throughout Tamil Nadu), January 14, 2010, the "bhumi puja" ("worship of the earth underneath the to be constructed temple) and installation of Ananta Shesha (a Deity of an expansion of Lord Vishnu) was performed at ISKCON Salem

A small beautiful newly constructed sandstone kutir on the bank of the Candrabhaga river in Pandharpur, India, was the venue for the installation of the all auspicious lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Viswarupa Prabhu

Please see the attached flyer for the ''Global Kirtan for the Yamuna River." Already we have about 35 locations signed up around the world!

This year, as always, we request you to submit your homages to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa Puja book by April 15

We have been immensely grateful that the community volunteers time and labor in a myriad of ways to support the outreach...

After a long life of Krsna Consciousness and extensive preaching, His Holiness Mahavishnu swami is prepared to leave his body in the very near future.

Soon many devotees will be gathering in Mathura Mandala to discover and worship the sacred dham’s multitudinous glories by the grace of the legacy of the World Acharya

Has anyone heard the story of a devout atheist who became convinced that he was God after meeting a Hindu? While certain free-thinkers and sceptics are susceptible to changes of belief, many of them are intelligent and caring people, in the material sense