Up And Running (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our 30th annual summer festival tour along the Baltic Sea in Poland is up and running. We held yesterday’s program in a heatwave that has affected all of Europe. Despite the high temperatures [ 101 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius ] a good crowd attended. ‘Rain or Shine’ the show always goes on! [ All photos by Kartamashi dasa ]
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Wonderful Budapest Ratha-yatra festival (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadan......

Harinama at Burleigh Heads - 30 June 2019 (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “If one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, then very quickly he is cleansed of all offences. Thus as soon as he chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, he feels the ecstasy of love for God.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.31)
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Blissful Harinama in Turin, Italy (1 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he receives love of Godhead. The holy name of Krishna is so powerful that by chanting even one name, one very easily achieves these transcendental riches.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.28)
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Summer marathon of book distribution in Birmingham, UK, with 60 devotees (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: Day 2 of the Summer Marathon. Our Monthly Sankirtan Festival in Birmingham was pretty far out to say the least with approximately 60 devotees participating. We initially had a one and a half hour seminar presented by His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu at Birmingham temple. We then all split into groups and went out Door to Door as well as Street distribution in Birmingham City Centre.

Rathayatra in Siauliai (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: On Thursday morning we had Rathayatra in Siauliai, one of the......

Chariots festival Ratha Yatra in Wroclaw, Poland, 22 June 2019 (6 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.3.51 Purport)
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10 day marathon of book distribution in UK (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: The first day of the 10 day marathon was a roaring success. We were all blessed to go out door to door in Stanmore with His Grace Vaisesika das. He is so empowered and inspired us as he invariably does. The people were so receptive and we had so much fun. Seeing how fulfilled and content people are when they receive the books is truly one of life’s most special gifts. Thank you Vaisesika das for giving us so much of your time, wisdom & blessings which allowed us to ...

Harinama in Israel (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Adi Purana Krishna tells Arjuna: “Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that for such a devotee I become easily purchased.” (Nectar of Devotion, 12)
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The gopis pulled Madhumangal’s sikha! (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: We are extremely grateful to the devotees of Sri Jagannath Mandir, Seshadripuram for their loving hospitality. They arranged nice preaching programs and took care of us like a family. In the temple preside Sri Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra, along with Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra, Sri Lakshmi Nrisimha and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.
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Shaunaka Rishi das - Education, Vision, Love & More (video)
Shaunaka Rishi das is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), a position he has held since the Centre’s foundation in 1997. He is also a Hindu cleric, a lecturer, a broadcaster, and Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University. His interests include education, comparative theology, communication, and leadership. He is a member of The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, convened in 2013 by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge. In 2013 the Indian government...

EXCERPT from CHASING RINOS VOLUME TWO: INDIA/AROUND THE WORLD
by Sam Speerstra (Syamsundar das)

Inauguration of ISKCON Dindies- Worlds largest walking festival (Album of photos)
Pandharpur Wari or Wari (Vari) is an annual pilgrimage (yatra) to Pandharpur - the abode of Lord Vithoba(Krishna) in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in honour of the deity. Palakhis (palanquin processions) carrying the paduka (foot prints) of various saints - most notably Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram - from the Varkari (Warkari, “one who performs the Wari”) sect (which venerates Vithoba), are taken from their respective shrines to Pandharpur....

Kirtan Tokyo (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—these sixteen names composed of thirty-two syllables are the only means to counteract the evil effects of Kali-yuga. In all the Vedas it is seen that to cross the ocean of nescience there is no alternative to the chanting of the holy name.” (Kali-santarana Upanisad)
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Distributing Krishna conscious books in Seoul, South Korea (Album of photos)
The wonderful book distributor Nitya Kishore dasi has once again returned to Seoul and has again single-handedly distributed literally 1,000’s of Korean books so far and in a remarkably short time. She has personally discovered the very best ways to approach these Seoul-city dwellers so that their keen interest in spiritual knowledge is quickly awakened: upon which it becomes the most natural thing for them to eagerly and joyfully take and donate for the books! Here are...

Glorious Panama City Rathayatra 2019 (Album of photos)
By the mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhup......

The story of the Polish Gita! TAKA JAKA JEST!
On May 27, Nandini Devi Dasi, manager of Viva Kultura, the organization that runs Indradyumna Maharaja’s summer tours and festival programs, ordered 3000 hardbound, full size, Polish Bhagavad-Gitas. The problem: the books had to arrive in Poland on June 20th. This gave the BBT less than a month to produce, print, bind and ship this title. We just could not say no because it is such a wonderful opportunity to distribute the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is to so many festival goers. The translation was more or ...

Big harinama in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: To say nothing of the spiritual adv......

Harinama in Budhanilkantha, Nepal (video)
Srila Prabhupada: By chanting the holy name of Krishna one is cleansed of the dirt t......

Not bad for quiet Tuesday evening!
Shastrakrit Das: I was just sitting behind my book table and chanting and i hear this car approaching with the windows open blasting loud Sanskrit prayers. Out of the car comes these two really friendly priests and they come straight to my book table. They asked me for the Vedas. So I thought I will just go along and asked them if they want the Vedas in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi or English. They said “in Hindi please” so I opened my van trunk and brought the set of Hindi Bhagavatam and showed them and they ...

Preaching program in Poland (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Worship of the Lord, whose name is like the sun, for just as a......