On 17th May 2018, Vaisesika Dasa gave a talk on “Keys to Inner Fulfillment” @ Intel HQ in Santa Clara, California. This talk was part of a series on Mindfulness & Conscious Living. More than 250 employees attended his talk (including both in-studio audience & global audience). Everyone deeply appreciated how he connected engineering minds employing their terms of reference, and shared practical ways to better handle work, stress and relationships, leading to a more productive & fulfilling life.
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Hare Krishna! the movie in Liverpool.
Krishna Kripa das: Jude brought two ladies who were friends of hers to see Hare Krishna!, and they were very impressed with the film. I said some people think Srila Prabhupada had some kind of charisma that attracted many followers, but the truth is Srila Prabhupada had something genuine to offer them spiritually and those who accepted it came to realize it and wanted to serve him and share his gift. The two friends both agreed that that was really clear in the film.

Meet Jemma, a real gem!
Krsna Kripa das: In Sheffield, I chanted for an hour and a half by myself and another hour and a half with Sutapa Prabhu’s party. While I was chanting alone a young lady with a happy expression on her face looked in my direction, and I offered her an invitation to our festival. She said she already had the invitation, and she also had gotten a book on yoga which was one of her interests. I explained that Bhagavad-gita was the ultimate yoga book which explained the whole philosophy behind yoga, and which described four diff...

Harinama Sankirtana in Auckland, New Zealand (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If you think of Krsna twenty-four hours, then you’ll become fully Krsna conscious, and your life is successful. Don’t allow anything. This requires little practice, abhyasa-yoga-yuktena cetasa nanya-gamina [Bg. 8.8]. I should not allow my mind to go, to think of any other subject than Krsna. Now we have got so many books. So whenever you find time… You must find time. There is so much time. So read all these books or chant. But when you are hungry, you...

Preaching program in Turkey By Sivarama Swami (Album with photos)
Pradyumna: “If the ear is not engaged in the service of the Lord by hearing about Him in the Bhagavad-gita or in the Srimad Bhagavatam, certainly the holes of the ear will be filled up with some rubbish.”
Prabhupada: Yes. This is the secret. We have got the ears, and we have got the sound also. Just like we are reading this book. So if we don’t fill up our ears with this transcendental sound, then it will be filled up with some rubbish things. It cannot remain emp...

HH BB Govinda Swami’s Seminar on Brhad Bhagavatamrta, Australia, May 11, 2018 (video)
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Food For Life - Nepal (Album of photos)
Thank you Rojina Pradhan and family for the generous contribution of NRs. 1,08,000/- ......

Holy Name Retreat in New Vrindaban (Album of photos)
We attended the Holy Name Retreat by HH Sacinandana Swami in New Vrindaban this year with hundreds of other blissful devotees. We had several seminars and workshops and people from many parts of the country joined in this blissful experience and celebrated mother’s day by cutting a gigantic cake made by Lakshman Poddar. Please come with us to the beautiful New Vrindaban where the merciful Deity Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra resides.
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King’s Day Maha Harinam with HH Kadamba Kanana Swami and many other devotees from all over Europe (video)
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Spirituality & Wellness event in Mumbai (Album with photos)
Gaur Gopal Das shared dias with Indian Film Actress Manisha Koirala, at Global Exhibition on Services, India (GES) on 17th May 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
GES is one of the biggest global events of the Services Sector organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Services Export Promotion Council(SEPC)-India and Maharashtra Government.
The session entitled ‘Celebrity Session,’ discussed Spir...

Ecstatic Harinam Sankirtan in Union Square park Thursday, May 17th (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: What we are requesting you? “You think of Krsna. Chant Hare Krsna.” That’s all. Where is the difficulty? We don’t say, “You think of that, this of that, to this demigod, that demigod.” No. We don’t say. What is the use of other demigod? We show all respect to everyone, even to the ant, but that does not mean that any demigod, any damn, any rascal, should be worshiped as God? No. That is not possible. We can s...

“Don’t forget we are servants”
BB Govinda Swami: We have always heard the statement that God works in mysterious ways. We’ve always heard the statement that we have our plans and Krishna has His plans. So I can only say that we should continue to endeavor sincerely and we should wait for Krishna to reveal His hand.
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Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gitas in Arabic profusely distributed!
In the photo: Visiting Saudi Arabian family clearly joyful to be getting the Arabic Gita from a Hare Krishna devotee in New York City. These new Gitas just arrived in New York only a few weeks ago, and he has already distributed the first full carton of 28 copies himself. He just wrote of the personal happiness he is feeling from this type of sankirtan and said he always has one of these Arabic Gitas in his hand while simultaneously begging to meet someone to take it…

North America’s 21st annual Vaishnava-Christian Dialogue.
Twenty-five people attended the dialogue, with a theme this year of “Monasticism from the Vaishnava and Christian Perspectives.” Christian participants included the Abbot and several monks from a local Catholic monastery, a Protestant minister, a husband and wife team of Christian scholars, and several professors from the Washington D.C. area. A coroner and a sculptor rounded out the varied group. Among the Vaishnavas were ISKCON Communications Director Anuttama Das and his ...

“Who is Pure Devotee?” by HG Mahatma Prabhu - May 16, 2018 (5 min video)
You speak of pure devotee, that he is saktyavesa avatara, that we should obey him only—these things are the wrong idea. If anyone thinks like that, that a pure devotee should be obeyed and no one else, that means he is a nonsense. We advise everyone to address one another as Prabhu. Prabhu means master, so how the master should be disobeyed? Others, they are also pure devotees. All of my disciples are pure devotees. Anyone sincerely serving the spiritual master ...

Tips for Moms (and Dads)
What are some of the qualities of a devotee of Krishna? The Caitanya Caritamrita gives a list of 26. As parents, it a great list to work with:

1 kind to everyone, 2 does not quarrel with anyone, 3 fixed in the Absolute Truth, 4 equal to everyone, 5 faultless, 6 charitable, 7 mild, 8 clean, 9 simple, without material possession, 10 benevolent, 11 peaceful, 12 completely attached to Krsna, 13 has no material hankering, 14 meek, 15 steady, 16 self-controlled, 17 does not eat more than required, 18 sane, 19 respectful, 20...

Art Of Tolerance - By HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami (28 min video)
In the Bhagavad-Gita, Shri Krishna Says - “Oh Arjuna! The temporary appearance and disappearance of happiness and distress, it happens just like the changing of the season. It arises due to contact of the senses with the sense objects. It is constantly changing, tolerate it and move on. Some problems need to be tackled immediately, some problems need to be ignored, some problems need to be tolerated and we cannot do anything about it. Therefore all of us have to realize that the...

Harinama in Düsseldorf, a city in western Germany (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Take advantage of these books, this knowledge, this prasadam, and this chanting. Be happy, and go to Krsna. It is such a nice thing.
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A few pics from “Soul Expressions” event last week in the Manor, UK. (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In a memo, Prabhupada said to one devotee: “Your material formulas will not help you. Krsna consciousness means to become mad after Krsna and to follow the order of the spiritual master. Quoted in BTG #29-05, 1995
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Kirtan-fest in Riga, Latvia’s capital, filled the city and our hearts sweet taste of holy name (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If a living entity is developed in Krsna consciousness and is merciful to others, and if his spiritual knowledge of self-realization is perfect, he will immediately attain liberation from the bondage of material existence. PURPORT In this verse the words daya jivesu, meaning “mercy to other living entities,” indicate that a living entity must be merciful to other living entities if he wishes to make pro...

The goshala of New Govardhana farm just got some help (Album with photos)
New Govardhana’s goshala fundraising dinner. A night full of entertainment and extreme generosity to help protect Krishna’s cows and build them a new home.
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Simhachalam Brahmachari Ashram, Germany (Album of photos)
Ripping out the remainder, replacing the rotten beams and insulatin......

MotelGita reaches out to Community Colleges in Florida.
MotelGita recently put Bhagavad Gitas across 3 campuses of Columbia County Public Library & 4 campuses of Eastern Florida State College Library.
Students who are tomorrow’s leaders, scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and engineers will be now really inspired by these books!

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.G. Mukunda Datta Prabhu in Iskcon Vrindavana on 15.05.2018 (video)
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