Newcastle Retreat, UK (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: We had a very nice retreat near Newcastle in England. It was o......

TOVP Fountains Underway!
Sadbhuja Das: Recently, we were visited by one of the best custom-made fountain manufacturing compani......

Pershore Plum Festival & Rathayatra - 27th Aug 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.” If one practices chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, he is naturally expected to chant Hare Krishna when he meets with some accident. Even without such practice, however, if one somehow or other chants the holy name of the Lord (Hare Krishna) when he meets with an accident and dies, he will be saved from hellish life after death. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, ...

Sri Balarama Jayanti 2018 Radhadesh (Album of photos)
The form of Lord Balarama Powerful Lord Balarama is sixteen years old, full of the luster of youth and has a fair complexion the color of crystal. He wears blue garments and a garland of forest flowers. His handsome hair is tied in a graceful topknot. Splendid earrings adorn His ears and His neck is splendidly decorated with garlands of flowers and strings of jewels. Splendid armlets and bracelets ornament Douji’s graceful and very strong arms and His feet are decorated with splendid jeweled a...

Photos from Balarama Purnima 2018 at ISKCON-London.
Please find below photos from Balarama Purmina 2018 at the ISKCON-London R......

New Mayapur, France, Mellows + Lord BALARAM´s appearance day 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna is everywhere. Simply you have to catch Him. And He’s also ready for being caught. Yes, if somebody wants to catch Him. Suppose you are a devotee. If you want to catch Him, He comes forward ten times than your desire. He’s so kind. Therefore, we have to simply receive Him. London, August 21, 1973.
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A mridanga made of …glass! (1 min video)
A glass mridanga drum made by a glass blower in Newcastle, UK. Clay, plexiglass now glass!
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Balaram Purnima 2018 in New Raman Reti, Alachua (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: It is the special mercy of the Supreme Lord that as soon as He knows that one is glorifying His name, fame and attributes, He personally helps cleanse the dirt from one’s heart. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.12 Purport)
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Motel Gita (Album of photos)
Mr. Harish Agarwal and Nandini Kishori dd recently attended Nashville AAHOA Regional convention. The response was stellar. Mr. Pete Patel stopped by. He is really touched by MotelGita project and donated nicely! We feel that we’ve found a Motelgita advocate in Nashville, TN area. Mr. Chip Rogers, AAHOA CEO, stopped by at the booth and appreciated the non-profit work we do. A college student stopped by, he said his parents (motel owners) had shown him Motelgita TV interview.

Kirtan Sound Engineers Raise Awareness About Harmful Sound Levels!
Sacinandana Swami once joked: “The scriptures predict that as Kali Yuga progresses, devotees will play musical instruments so loud that people will not be able to hear the maha-mantra anymore.” That might make you crack a smile, but the background isn’t so funny. ISKCON devotees, and in particular kirtan leaders, suffer from a high level of hearing loss. Some parents are afraid to bring their babies into the temple room. Arjuna Das, an electrician who lives with his ...

Balaram Purnima Abhishekam 2018 in Vrindavan! (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma (Supersoul) in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who relishes His messages, which are themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1.2.17).
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Balarama Purnima celebration at Temple of Vladivostok, Russia, “New Jagannath Puri” (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: even a little devotional service can save one from the greatest danger. Devotional service, which begins with chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is so powerful that even if one falls down, he can be saved from all calamities if he somehow or other chants the holy name of the Lord. This is the extraordinary power of the Lord’s holy name. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.1.63...

Harinama in Riga, Latvia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Bhagavad-Gita it is advised that one not forget the chanti......

Friday night Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Bhagavad-Gita it is advised that one not forget ......

Every Town and Village Harinama. New Midweek Harinama in Alachua.
In 2017, in order to increase service to Srila Prabhupada an......

CONGRATULATIONS to Nandapriya Sikdar, who took diksha initiation recently from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami via Skype! (Before his operation) His Holiness Jayapataka Swami is such a magnanimous devotee, he can initiate a whole village at once, or just one girl on the other side of the world in Alachua. Maharaja asked her if she’d like to keep her name, which she has been called since birth (when Nandapriya was born, her father asked His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, his guru maharaja, to name the baby, so he named her then also!). Nandapriya sweetly re...

Devotees at the Bud Billiken Parade 2018 (Album of photos)
The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is an annual parade held since 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; it is the largest African-American parade in the nation.
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna says that his devotee is never vanquished. Therefore all the disciples practicing Krishna consciousness should obediently follow the regulative principles and remain fixed in chanting the holy name of the Lord. Then there need be no fear. Otherwise, one’s position is very dangerous, especially in ...

Harinama in Haifa, Israel (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is always supe......

Sharing Our Spiritual Culture (26 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Our yearly Festival of India in Poland allows people to experi......

Congratulations to Haripriya Griesser, the new Teacher’s Assistant in the Madhurya Bhavan upper elementary class at BANA. Haripriya is a graduate of Govardhana Academy in Canada and recently obtained her Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education from Saint Leo University. She also possesses a Bhakti Sastri and Bhaktivaibhava degree and is very talented in the arts. She is the daughter of Vishaka devi dasi and Yadubara das and is a valuable addition to the Bhaktivedanta Academy teaching team.

Harinama at Surfers Paradise, Australia - 19 August 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Srila Madhavendra Puri said, “O regulative principles of karma-kanda, please excuse me. I cannot follow all these regulative principles, because I am fully engaged in devotional service.” He expressed the desire to sit somewhere beneath a tree and continue chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Consequently he did not execute all the regulative principles. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.9.4 Purport)
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All India Padayatra NEWS (Album of photos)
By Acarya Dasa and Prajeesh Prabhu.
On 23rd August 2018, All India Padayatra reached Tandalwadi village after travelling about 10Km. We are staying at one small temple and a nearby house. In the evening we did harinam sankirtana in the village. Local people attended sandhya arati in front of the temple.
For the pleasure of Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara, Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev we would like to announce the book distribution score of All India Padayatra on 23rd August, 2018.
Mahabig Books - 19