Get the benefit of leaving your body in the Ganges by reading this!
[It says that one who hears the pastime, when they leave the body they will get the benefit of leaving in the Ganges.]
Lord Caitanya’s father, Jagannath Mishra, he would go to his guru’s ashram regularly. So one night he came back and suddenly got a high fever. So Sachi Mata started crying and she didn’t know what to do. At that time Lord Caitanya was still a small boy, maybe nine years old. He said everybody in this world leaves, as a human being everyone dies....

An actual pair of shoes worn by Srila Prabhupada that are kept in safe custody in Radha Govinda Mandir (NYC), benedicting HH Radhanath Swami. RGM’s temple President Hansarupa Prabhu is holding them.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Class at Iskcon Chicago by HG Dana Kheli Mataji, 10/4/2018 (video)
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Forbidden Knowledge News (video)
Million Year Old Human Civilizations/Giants on Earth/Forbidden Archeology with Michael Cremo ......

Hare Kṛṣṇa Food for Life Auckland NZ (Album of photos)
Celebrating the Xmas/end of the year with the community by serving plates of delicious plant-based food to a full house of appreciative guests at Massey Community Hub.
One of many FFL outreach programs organized by Haripriya dd with help from Sukhomala dd.
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Chanting On The Shores Of Africa (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: This weekend we chanted on the Durban beachfront here in sunny South Africa. Spontaneously so many people joined in with us. Seeing this I realized once again how universal is our process; simply chanting, dancing and feasting. Thank you Lord Caitanya! Afterwards, we returned to New Jagannath Puri, our temple north of Durban and continued with kirtan....

Progress on Prabhupada’s Bridge (Album of photos)
Sadbhuja Das: Progress is being made on Prabhupada’s Bridge that connects the TOVP with Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi. This all-important bridge symbolically as well as practically connects our Founder-Acharya to his most important and magnificent project.
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Freedom from clutches of maya behind the bars of jail - Bhakta Adam met Wayne in Shepherds Bush the other day and he shared his life story how he ended up in prison and there he found in the prison library the classic ‘Veda’ book. He felt that Srila Prabhupada helped him in need and Wayne decided to continue his journey by reading the Bhagavad Gita.

In Russia there was one criminal who understood that very soon he would be caught by the police. He decided to take shelter of a Hare Krishna temple and pretend to be a new person interested in Krishna consciousness to avoid being caught. He followed the devotional program strictly so he would not be suspected, and after several months he decided he actually wanted to become a devotee after all. He told the devotees his story, and they said he could become a devotee, but that he would have to turn himself into the police first. When the judge heard his ...

ISKCON-London Community Newsletter.
We are delighted to share the latest edition of our ISKCON-London newsletter....

Spiritual Mentorship System - Interview with Vamsivata Dasa. Here is an interview with Vamsivata dasa who is in Murli Manohara dasa’s mentee group. Recently, he took second initiation from HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami. He has also taken on the responsibility as Assistant Head Pujari at ISKCON-London.
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Bhaktivedanta Manor community Newsletter - October to December 2019.
Radha Mohan Das: Please note that the latest edition of the Bhaktivedanta Manor Newsletter is now available at the link below.
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College for Vedic Studies, UK. Another successful year for Bhakti Shastri Course.
October marked another successful year for the Bhakti Shastri course run by the College for Vedic Studies. Eight students graduated with a Bhakti Shastri degree, and a further nine received certificates of participation. Over the 14 years since its introduction at the Manor, 248 students have obtained the Bhakti Shastri degree. Srila Prabhupada’s desire was that devotees study his books, and the Bhakti Shastri course provides ...

Devotee nominated as a UN advisor.
Gopal Lila das has been nominated co-chair of the UN Multi-faith Advisory Council on Religion and Development. He is Director of the Bhumi Project, an environmental effort of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He is an advisor to the Climate Action Task Force at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. In Gopal Lila’s new position as co-chair of the UN Multi-faith Advisory Council on Religion and Development, he will represent the Bhumi Project and the Hindu commun...

University students enjoy retreat.
250 students from 30 UK universities came together for a retreat at the Bhaktivedanta Manor hosted by Krishna Consciousness Society (KCSOC). From Brunel to Bristol, Cambridge to Coventry, students arrived to participate in yoga classes, practical Ayurveda sessions, and bull cart rides at the New Gokul farm - there really was something for everyone! They also heard mindblowing talks from Narasimha Nama das and Sutapa das, as well as getting the chance to quiz the scholar Ter Kada...

Bhaktivedanta Manor: DEVI National Launch.
DEVI is the acronym for Devotional Empowerment Voluntary Initiative.
It was initially launched during Janmashtami 2014 at Bhaktivedanta Manor with the aim of empowering, connecting, protecting and inspiring women and girls in its community. In his purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.12 Srila Prabhupada states that: “Everyone should be allowed to render service to the Lord to the best of his ability, and everyone should appreciate the service of others…Si...

Our African Brothers And Sisters (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: ISKCON Soweto in South Africa is a thriving community of devotees. Myself and BB Govinda Maharaja visited them for a special event acknowledging those devotees who work tirelessly in the African Townships to spread Krsna consciousness. Their shining faces reveal the happiness and joy they experience in practicing and spreading our movement in such trying circumstances. Please send them your blessings!...