Our annual Kartika parikrama in Sri Vrindavan Dham has just begun! Join us this month with our video series, ‘Kartika 2017 Parikrama with Indradyumna Swami.’ (10 min video)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/8AjSgn

How Can There Be Peace?
A conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Disciple: Srila Prabhupada, in a recent study by U.S. agricultural officials, they found that it’s uneconomical to eat meat. It takes so much energy and man hours to raise and transport and slaughter the cows that it’s very wasteful.
Srila Prabhupada: Wasteful, yes. Therefore I say they have no brain. They are all rascals. Rascal leaders. A little labor in agriculture will be sufficient to produce the family’s food stock for the wh...

Russel Brand is “Chasing Rhinos” with Shyamasundara Prabhu’s most fascinating book about the beginning of the Hare Krishna movement in the west.

Sankirtan story from Vijaya dasa: From: Vijaya (das) HDG (USA)
Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2017 5:54 AM
I approached an older black man at a street fair. In a respectful manner, he began to question why I believed what was in the books. Considering how good of an event this was, I was surprised that I was giving him so much time. But I would soon find out why.
His daughter (about ten yrs. old) came and sat down next to her father, looked at the books, and said “Hey, that’s Krishna!” Her father and I were both shocked.
I ...

Lalita’s Village (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited Uncagaon, the village of Lalita devi, one on Srimati Radharani’s sakhis. We discussed her pastimes and sang her glories in the pristine, pure atmosphere of Sri Vrindavan dhama. Once again, Ananta Vrindavan das expertly captured the mood with his camera.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/Bn7VjC

“Fellowship With Devotees” (video)
Program at ISKCON Boston Temple. Kirtan and Lecture by Her Grace Urmila Devi Dasi.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/GP3iOA

A historic, ecstatic event! (Album with photos)
Mahadevi Dasi: We shared a historic, ecstatic event on Srila Narottama das Thakura’s Disappearance Day during the 1st week of Kartik in Vrndavana.
Srila Prabhupada’s dear daughter Sitala Dasi offering her book: THE GLORIES OF NAROTTAMA DAS THAKURA
to her eternal Spiritual Master Srila Prabhupada, her GOURANGA Lord WHO was shining on the altar
and hundreds of simply wonderful assembled devotees.
HH Indradumna Swami was presiding as this is the season for his annual Kartik Vraja...

A serene and thought-provoking journey in Mumbai (Album with photos)
On 5th October 2017, Gaur Gopal das was invited as a keyno......

Narottama das Thakura’s Disappearance Day (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: Yesterday, we celebrated Narottama das Thakura’s Disappearance Day at Sri Sri Radha Braja Mohan Mandir! They were originally installed in Kheturi Gram Festival, but now reside in Vrindavan. There were sweet Narottama bhajans, Narottama katha, aratika, and finally grand feast for 400 Vaisnavas! Join us through the pics of my friend, Shreyas Waichal!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/jA2cw7

Devotee-run publishing house Samhita Press presents their first children’s books.
Samhita Press is a new, devotee-run publishing house with focus on literature that promotes universal ethics and values, ‘simple living, high thinking’ lifestyle, peace and compassion, respect for the nature, and love for humanity. Promoting cultural and spiritual titles, Samhita Press released their first children’s books earlier this week, The Story of Gajendra, Elephant-King and rhymed story The Walking Monk, both by Anna Milagrits, known among ...

Inaugurating Caitanya Subodhini Madhya Lila Part-1.
Out this Kartik, Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha is back with yet another publication in the Subodhini series - CAITANYA SUBODHINI MADHYA LILA - I (Chapters 1–13).
Readers will move further from the Adi-lila, having studied the tattvas of the Lord as well as a glimpse of the childhood pastimes of Lord Caitanya, to His latter pastimes. In this edition, Caitanya Subodhini will take the readers through the overview of the post-sannyasa pastimes of Lord Caitanya - from His travels towards Jagannatha Pu...

An Invitation to the 40th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance, Iskcon Vrindavan October 22nd through October 24th 2017

Sivarama Swami: What they don’t tell you about death! (3 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: It’s not the person who has died, but the body. According to Vedic knowledge, the body is always dead. For example, a microphone is made of metal. When electric energy passes through the microphone, it responds by converting sound into electrical impulses, which are amplified and broadcast over loudspeakers. But when there is no electricity in the system, nothing happens. Whether the microphone is working or not, it remains nothing more than an assembly of...

Srimad Bhagavatam 08.07.46 by H.G Pancharatna Das on 18th September 2017 in Mumbai, Iskcon Juhu Temple (video)
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“One Day Krishna May Kiss You”
Saradiya Dasi: Once I asked Prabhupada, “Are there senses in the spiritual world?” Prabhupada looked at the audience and said, “Look at this little girl. She wants to go back to Godhead.”
And in the course of the answer, Prabhupada said, “One day, Krishna may kiss you.” At that, everyone in the audience laughed
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The Most Sacred Walk (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we happily walked around sacred Govardhan Hill. Offering respects to the hill, the sadhus living there, the cows, the trees, the d…ust and the sacred water tanks, we purified our hearts on the path back home, back to the spiritual world.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/GRXLoR

Parijata IC: Wishing a happy 10th Liver Transplant Anniversary to Shyamasundara and Gopinath Prabhus (Sam Speerstra & Amol Kulkarni). So grateful that both are in good health, happy, & blissfully engaged in service of Srila Prabhupada & Krishna. Praying both of you have many more such years of extraordinary service & good health.
Giriraj Swami: Gopinath Prabhu (Amol Kulkarni), you deserve a share of the credit for all the wonderful service Shyamasundar Prabhu (Sam Speerstra) had done since the transplant.
Yasoda-dulal Das: It took a ...

“YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY!”
This is what a freshman at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis said after he accepted Bhagavad-gītā & a few smaller pieces of literature from us last week. He was so nice that after expressing his interest in reading this philosophy, he spent a few minutes thanking us for coming to his campus. He said he understood it must be a great sacrifice for us to travel & preach, & he offered his respects repeatedly.
A girl who received BG from us a year ago at IUPUI happily rec...

The Very First Temple (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Madan Mohan temple was the first temple established in Vrindavan ......

In a galaxy far far away Luke Skywalker (Mark Hammel) gets Prabhupada’s books! (Album with photos)
Brajananda Das: This past weekend was the annual NYC comic con which I have attended the last 3 years. I met a lot of wonderful people there. In my album’s first picture is a nice fellow from Peru, he was very grateful to get the books. The second is from Dharmaraja, he gave a book to Mark Hammel who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars. The third is Kermit the frog (not the original one, hah). The others are a bunch of other great p...

A Special festival of Gratitude in Memory of Srinathji Prabhu At Iskcon Chowpatty by HH Radhanath Swami On 08 Oct 2017 (video)
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Plug-Stoppers on the Path of Perfection
Dhirasanta Das Goswami: The practitioners of bhakti or devotional service to Krsna, especially those that are initiated, vow to follow four regulative principles. These are no intoxication, no illicit sex, no meat eating and no gambling. However, watching TV and movies always includes seeing others engaged in intoxication, graphic sex life, violence, and gambling. Therefore in a sense watching it means we are breaking our regulative principles of freedom.
What reason do we have that we should go out of our way...

GBC meetings in Ujain, India (Album with photos)
Bhakti Caitanya Swami: The GBC meetings have just started in Ujjain. Here are ......

Go Puja, Iskcon Melbourne (Album with photos)
Rasanandini Dasi: Yesterday we celebrated Go Puja and opened our Ahimsa Dairy....