By Lilasuka das

Whereas the ISKCON Spiritual Leadership Seminar, “Being a Guru in ISKCON”,
given under the auspices of the GBC Guru Services Committee, gives valuable
information and instruction on how to serve as a diksa or siksa guru within
ISKCON…

By Gunacuda dasi

Srila Prabhupada wanted His Gurukula schools to make first class students. Krishna consciousness begins with the teachers and the campus environment being first class

By Vrndadevi Dasi

In spiritual culture women are considered to be mothers. They are the care givers and nurturers within society. They balance the forces and harmonize the relationships. Mother’s mood is ‘I am last - everybody else comes first.’

By Dravida Dasa

Please omit all diacritics on words that can be found in the VedaBase. It’s easier for us to put them in. If you quote a verse from outside the VedaBase or compose original Sanskrit, please include diacritics

Submitted by Visakha Priya dasi

When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krishna, the women of the family become polluted, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrishni, comes unwanted progeny

By cdm office

The second International Bhakti-vriksha convention was held in Sri Dham Mayapur. It was a very inspiring program for all the congregation leaders and preachers and aspiring ones as well

By Rajendrananda Dasa

Video interview on Navadvipa parikrama. HG Rajendrananda Dasa speaks about the life changing Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama

By Indradyumna Swami

“We have a lot of clashing in our country on political, racial and even religious grounds, but we are all spiritually interconnected,” said His Holiness Bhakti Swami Chaitanya, governing body commissioner for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in South Africa.

By Jambavan Dasa

Last year myself and my good friend Yugala-kisora Prabhu decided to do something most people would consider completely insane—namely, walk across the city of Detroit

By Indradyumna Swami

A full year of preparations paid off in our best Ratha Yatra festival in 25 years. The first of four days of celebrations kicked off with a super chariot parade with amazing kirtans, brass bands, majorettes, Scottish bagpipes, clowns, stiltwalkers and Zulu warrior dancers

By Malini devi dasi

The most munificent Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Gaurakṛṣṇa, distributed to everyone — even the lowest of men — His own confidential treasury in the form of the nectar of love of Himself and the holy name

By Shyam Nityanand Das

There are fanatics in every church and even among atheists. Do not judge them, do not hook your mind in interactions with them, and do not be attached to winning your arguments with them

By Radha Mohan Das

ITN has done us a great favour regarding the coverage of yesterday’s yajna event at Bhaktivedanta Manor. Check out this link to yesterday’s prime-time broadcast. The great thing is that the viewing figures would have been high, given it was a Sunday evening with rotten weather outside

By Michael Kelly

At the 2004 funeral of Phil Sokolof, son Steve — or Siddha Vidya Prabhu — got up to speak. The congregation at Temple Israel, where Steve had been bar mitzvahed in the Jewish faith at 13, sat in tense anticipation of what he might say…

By Radha dasi

At first I was excited and enthusiastic, but then became a bit overwhelmed by the task. Bhakti-lata suggested beginning by taking some small steps, one at a time. I followed her advice and with her blessings began the endeavor

By Ananda Tirtha das

During HH Bhakti-tirtha Maharaja’s Vyasa-puja in Mayapur the following lecture was played during the Srimad-Bhagavatam class

By Manjulali Manjari Sevini Devi Dasi

Every society that thinks about sustainability will agree to the fact that continuity has a lot more to cover than just Eco-culture, recycling, administration etc.

By Atul Kansal

Event: VIPLAVA Festival (A Revolution in Consciousness)
Date: 16-17th Feb, 2013 Venue: ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi temple Auditorium. Participants: 500 Theme: Lord Chaitanya - The Golden Incarnation for Kaliyuga

By the Mayapur Institute

Foundation = Faith + Knowledge + Vision. Progress = Read + Study + Understand. Perfection = Remember + Apply + Preach. Beyond Perfection, and Before that..

By Lilasuka das

To expand ISKCON’s preaching mission Srila Prabhupada created sannyasis. Thus the Ministry for Sannyasa Service has established a website to provide information about potential sannyasis to the ISKCON community and to get feedback in order to help in the candidate’s training

By Bhima Dasa

The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust India announces the release of several new titles this month.

By Sandya Avatara Das

Jember is located in East Java and most of the population is muslim. A day before the festival, devotees from other part of Indonesia came to Jember. 30 devotees from Bali, 6 devotees from banyuwangi, 3 devotees from probolinggo, 10 devotees from bromo, 4 devotees from malang, 15 devotees from Surabaya, and 5 devotees from Rembang

By Kesava Krsna Dasa

How many of us wonder why, in spite of vigorous book distribution and innovative outreach we still appear irrelevant in society? What does it mean to be relevant? Have we generally consigned ourselves to just being isolated spiritual people with near impossible Vedic world objectives? Perhaps the Durban festival holds some clues

By Mark Green

Todd Tanner gives us an inside look at the Festival of Color, and he talks to Caru Das, the man who started the Utah festival, about the meaning behind it

By ISKCON Kanpur

Holi (festivals of colors) is an opportunity to give spiritual stimulation once again to the Citizen of Kanpur, joyfully celebrated on 31st March 2013. In this Holi festival, 2500kg different colors of flower petals were arrange

By Shoeb Khan

Before they begin to attend classes on material science and conduct tests in laboratories to solve complex engineering puzzles, they prefer to start their day by meditating or chanting Hare Rama Hare Krishna

By Hari Narayana das

Devotees from all around Indonesia- Bali, Bogor, Sulawesi, Lampung, Borneo - came by train, car and flight. More than 300 devotees came to attend the festival.

By Parasuram das

We all dressed in Leprechaun style, we would do anything to make Jagannath smile, Then chanted the Holy Names with all we had. It pleased St Patrick and Srila Prabhupada

By Sankarsana das

As is apparent in other devotees recollections of Siddhavidya prabhu I am also very grateful that Lord Krishna steered my life into the friendship and association of such a unique empowered blessed soul

By Bhakti-lata Dasi

In May 2012, a Chaplain from El-Paso, Texas, Steven Cottingham, emailed me in the hope of getting some books for the inmates he served

By Danavir Goswami

Someone said ‘well! If I want to love Krishna why does it depend on Krishna? I should be able to love Him whether He gives His blessings or not. That’s up to me.’ But actually love of Krishna does depend upon Him, it’s His causeless mercy

By Anuttama Das

Prabhupada often refers to this process as ‘the science of Krishna consciousness’. He would argue many times like this, it’s a science, its not a theory, its not just some belief but you test it

By Saci Gaurasundara Das

Lalita kunda, at Radha Kunda, has been in a lamentable condition for quite some time now. Devotees from ISKCON Vrindavan, organized a bus full of enthusiastic devotees to go help clean the Kund, which is being headed by Radha kund resident, Laxmi Narayan Baba

By Hari-sauri dasa

You will be glad to know that on April 7th 2013 the BRC and the managing committee (Bhakti Vinod Gosthi) of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s birth place at Dodasa Mandir, Birnagar signed an agreement to allow the BRC to catalogue, scan and preserve all the original works of Bhaktivinoda Thakura. All originals will remain at Dodasa Mandir and copies will be kept at the BRC

By Syamarupa dasa

It is with sadness that I inform you all that our dear Mother Isa devi dasi has departed from this world. By the desire of Niranjana Swami and the devotees, we have begun the process of planning a wonderful festival honoring Srimati Isa devi dasi

By Nartaka Gopala dasi

I feel so blessed that we were able to have Siddha Vidya Prabhu’s association at ISKCON Miami for thirty years. Steady devotees are such a benediction and they are precious like jewels

By Madhavendu das

After the Jubilous Gaurpurnima festival, the ISKCON temple at Vrindavan celebrated on yet another festival famously called as the ‘Boat Festival’. This festival which is a part of the post Gaurpurnima festival took place on the fourth of April this year (4/4/2013) and is the main attraction of the Vrindavan festivals

By Bhaja Hari dasa

Tonight at the PEAK VIEWING time of 8.00pm, Parasurama prabhu appeared on the ITV programme ‘Food Glorious Food’. The ‘little fella’ is a genius when it comes to discovering novel ways to spread Krsna Consciousness

By Praghosa Dasa

Many services we are fortunate to engage in are more or less what you might consider universal to most vaisnavas. Attending the morning program, chanting our rounds, honouring prasadam, going out on sankirtana, cooking for the Deities and the devotees, reading, writing, cleaning, growing flowers and vegetables, sewing, looking after the cows, teaching, administration etc., etc, etc.

By Krsnamitra Nitai das

For the pleasure of their Lordships, Srila Prabhupada and the devotees we would like to present you with the report for the Monthly Sankirtan Festival of Honouring Gaura Purnima - “Whomever you meet, tell him about Krsna’s instructions”. That took off in Feb 23, 2013 and concluded today

By Gadi das

Srila Prabhupada has stated many times and many places of the acceptable humble attitude we must have… we have nothing to offer except our humble service, how small we and our service are, and how unlimited is Sri Krishna

By Mayapur Sasi dasa

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this page
contains the following results for the month of February 2013

By Govinda Swami

HH Sivarama Swami has been in the hospital since last Thursday. He went for what we thought would be a quick procedure but there have been a lot of complications. Thus, he is feeling quite weak, still in the hospital, and unsure when he will be released.

By Pradyumna das

In September 2010, our temple was destroyed in a gas explosion. We were touched by the warmth, prayers and best wishes sent to us by devotees from all over the world

By Indradyumna Swami

SP: “So far your ideas about influencing the leaders of society, yes, that must be done. If such leaders of society can be influenced to preach on our behalf, help us to spread Krsna consciousness in some practical way, that is the best service”

By Sahadeva dasa

Human taste buds have grown tired of all the flesh and blood we gorge upon daily. To the tickling taste buds, what could be more savory than a cute little baby, killed in the womb itself

By Mayapur Sasi dasa

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this file contains
the following North American results for the month of February

By Partha Krishna das

With great happiness we would like to share this with you. We had a very sweet program in the Samadhi Auditorium in Sridham Mayapur, where the devotees who have been serving the congregation in ISKCON were recognized for their selfless services offered