This year 11th October saw the transcendental festival take to the streets, somehow permission was granted, but instead of an indoor festival, we had a lovely picnic next to the ancient Tor
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- 16 Oct 2020
By Devaprastha dasaWhat is fear? Where does it come from? How can we learn to live a life without it? Srila Prabhupada taught that the essential cause of fear and anxiety is a lack of understanding of the nature of reality − our attachments and perceived loss which occur in the mind are actually illusory. A person who learns this begins to be free from unnecessary mental anguish. So fearless was Srila Prabhupada that, at age 69, he begged a passage on a steamship to the United States of...
- 16 Oct 2020
By Radhanath SwamiIn a world shrunken by digital connections are we still nourishing the right connections in our lives and in society? How can we get better connected spiritually ,with ourselves and with each other? Spiritual leader Radhanath Swami addresses these questions in this insightful talk. Radhanath Swami is a world renowned author, philanthropist and community builder. He has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and spiritual teacher for more than 40 years. He is the inspiration behind a free mid...
- 16 Oct 2020
Special Feature: Cheating Death - Soul Poetry The Story of Krishna’s Flute - Sonic Healers - Meditations on Patience - Vaishnava Calendar - The Vaishnava Chef: Chocolate Mud Cake - For the Kids: Forever Flower
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- 14 Oct 2020
During these Covid days, the local council expressed their appreciation for the devotees Prasad distribution at this festival in Worcester, England
...- 14 Oct 2020
By Prahladanda Swami"In Alabama the police asked why I was wearing a dress. I didn't know it, but devotees had already been arrested there for "wearing a dress." That's what it was like in the South in 1971" He hitchhiked from Miami to Houston wearing his Hare Krishna clothes through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
...- 14 Oct 2020
Astasahki and Narayana harvested 450 kg of pumpkins today. It will last until March for the temple kitchen. Srila Prabhupada stressed very much that our farm communities should produce our own food. Lokantha das has grown few hundred kilos of carrots, some hundred kilos of beatroots and 1000 kgs of potatoes for the temple. There is still kale, black kale, swiss chard, brussel sprouts on the field and the last zucchinis for this year.
...- 13 Oct 2020
Everyone has their spiritual awakening / the hardest lessons are the ones best learned / the light of knowledge / the planting of the seed of bhakti / why become a monk? / the proof is in the higher taste / take risks! / how faith increases / my home is the world, the people of the world are my family / I’ve been taught to see the soul / raising saints / so much hard endeavor in the material world / every word of Bhagavatam is an inspiration / chanting is the main process / I am the servant of a glorious master
...- 13 Oct 2020
By GBC SPTThe Global Devotee Care Directorate brings a special Live conversation with ISKCON community's leading doctors to speak about the Health Care for Devotees. Panelists include Dr Sanjiv Agarwal, Dr Piyush Gupta, Dr Prasannna Tadi, Dr Ajay Sanke and Dr Chetna Kang. They are interviewed by Gauranga Das.
...- 13 Oct 2020
By The GBC Executive CommitteeHH Candramauli Maharaja has been feeling unwell for some time and recently tested positive for Covid. Maharaja is in stable condition and experiencing flu-like symptoms at present. Please offer prayers for Maharaja's prompt recovery to good health so that he can continue to inspire us all with his humility, kindness, inspiring classes, and ecstatic dancing.
...- 13 Oct 2020
By the Grihastha Vision TeamThe Grihastha Vision Team panelists answer questions about marriage and family life! With their Graces: Krsnanandini devi dasi & Tariq Saleem Ziyad Uttama devi dasi & Partha das Archana Siddhi devi dasi & Karnamrita das Vrajalila devi dasi & Ekavira das Cintamani devi dasi & Jagannatha Pandit das Gopika devi dasi & Aksh das
...- 13 Oct 2020
BBT Africa: The 7th Annual Bhaktivedanta Swami Lecture 2020. Reclaiming our spiritual values for a just and caring society. Guest Speaker Prof Thuli Madonsela. Keynote Speaker Dr Ramchunder Singh
...- 12 Oct 2020
- 10 Oct 2020
New ministers In Caribbean country Trinidad and Tobago, take oath on Bhagavad Gita as it is of ISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
...- 10 Oct 2020
HG Ramchandra Das, who was 35 years old, left his body due to complications caused by the Covid-19 virus, at Varanasi in the hospital, around 10 AM IST, earlier today. He was last serving at ISKCON Bhuj, Kutch district, Gujarat
...- 10 Oct 2020
By Radha Raman SwamiDue to the corona virus spread, this year, 2020 ISKCON’s Annual Vraj Mandal Parikrama will not be commenced. We approached and consulted many senior members and leaders of ISKCON, and most of them have instructed us not to have Vraj Mandal Parikrama this year. Out of respect for the leading Vaisnava of our society, International Society for Krsna Consciousness and our lovingly concern for your health plus due to fear of corona virus, with a heavy heart, I beg to inform you all that we will not be able to serve your feet this year in Vrindavan. However, we will be eagerly looking for...
- 9 Oct 2020
By Samapriya devi dasiI went out six days a week to distribute Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books at the Los Angeles airport — code name LAX. We often called it Hell-A-X because there were so many demons anxiously waiting to disrupt our saṅkīrtana activities. We were on the front lines of Lord Caitanya’s mighty army, and māyā held nothing back from us. Though it was an austere service, with many arrests by watchful guards and policemen and constant harassment by envious workers, all the book distributors were dedicated to pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda. Anyone who received one o...
- 8 Oct 2020
By Mahatma Das(The following is an excerpt from an unfinished book about my life in Krsna consciousness. It details the history of how big book distribution began in Iskcon, a history which has not been chronicled in any Iskcon publications. The scene takes place in Vancouver, Canada, November of 1971.) At this time in Iskcon (1971) big book distribution had not yet begun. We only distributed Back to Godhead magazines (BTG’s) on the street. We usually got donation of 25cents per magazine. If we were lucky, we might occasionally get a really big donation...
- 7 Oct 2020
By Karuna Dharini Devi DasiSo far scientists have mastered a few crops, but will they revolutionize the food industry with an engineered fish? In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to sanction the first transgenic living organism. GE opponents quickly dubbed it “the Frankenfish.” It was invented by Aqua Bounty at their farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. With headquarters in Maynard, Massachusetts, Aqua Bounty has been conducting fishy e...
- 7 Oct 2020