2017: Perform 91.25 HOURS of Intelligent Worship! Positive Intellectual Stimulation
Modern research proves that persons who engage in hobbies that involve the brain, like reading or puzzles, are less likely to fall into the grips of mental and physical disease. What to speak of the benefits we receive by reading Bhagavad Gita everyday?
‘If one reads Bhagavad-Gita very sincerely and with all seriousness,then by the grace of the Lord the reactions of his past misdeeds will not act upon him.’ (Lord Shiva to Parvatidevi, Gita-Mahatmya 2)...

New Year Message By Bhakti Charu Swami.
Dear devotees,
Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
A very happy New Year to all of you!
This celebration marks the end of the present year and entrance to the following one – our entrance to a new cycle of time. Time is like a river, continuously flowing and we all are floating in its current. In this way time takes us through childhood, boyhood, youth and old-age. When we get the human form of life, we are meant to utilize our time in developing our relationship w...

Winner Of Inaugural Gita Champions League (Sa) Scoops Air Tickets To India.
By : Krsangi Radhe dasi
As a special offerin......

Hare Krishnacore – An introduction to the most improbable punk subculture ever.
The Hare Krishnas are something of a cultural artifact. Tied to the peace and love flower children of the 1960s, the Krishnas seemed a cultural and spiritual outgrowth of hippies who, having experimented (or continuing to experiment) with drugs, sought some sort of enlightenment unavailable or unattainable via Western religion. In a pre-9/11 world, the Krishnas could be seen as the saffron-robed devotees selling flowers, stickers, and literature at airports (as parodi...

Elementary Students Produce Inspirational ISKCON 50 Puppet Show.
Elementary and some secondary school students at the Govardhan Academy in Saranagati, B.C., Canada have produced an inspirational and heartfelt puppet show film of how Srila Prabhupada founded ISKCON for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
The forty-minute film premiered at Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s disappearance day at the Saranagati temple on December 17th, and was very well received. It is now available to view for free on Youtube, and the children’s stunning dedic...

New Perth, Australia, temple VP (Album with photos)
Ramai Swami: Brajanandana das and family are originally from Malaysia but have been living in Perth for many years. He is now the Vice President of our temple and organizes temple and community programs. I had the good fortune of being invited to their house for a wonderful “Malaysian” style lunch and was accompanied by co-Presidents Sita Rama Laksman and Yadu-srestha.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/B8C6gb...

Ahmedabad’s 5th One-day Padayatra (Album with photos)
December 30, 2016
In honour of ISKCONS 50th anniversary, the devotees of Ahmedabad pledged to do one five-day padayatra and five one-day padayatras this year. The first five-day padayatra was held in January with Lokanath Swami attending. During the course of the year, they also completed the 4 one-day padayatras they had pledged. On December 18th, they successfully held the fifth one-day padayatra thus completing their vow. They are now planning to do these padayatras every year for th...

Wonderful Far East language book distribution throughout the UK (Album with photos)
From retired Chinese army officers to brilliant Cambridge University students, from tour operators to politicians to jolly kung-fu teachers, here’s just a few of the many fortunate souls across the UK who’ve recently received Srila Prabhupada’s books in Chinese (Japanese & Korean too)…
(In the photo: Joyful students visiting from Taiwan take the “Perfection of Yoga” and extra “Beyond Birth and Death” copies for fr...

Food for Life Hungary Lights Up the Holidays for Thousands of Under-privileged Families.
During the December holiday season, ......

ISKCON Malaysia: URGENT NEED FOR PRAYER
Hare Krishna.
HH Bhakti Vrajendra Nandana Maharaj is in very very critical health condition now. Kindly pray for Maharaj to Lord Narasimha Dev. After consulting all ISKCON Doctors and Maharaja’s instruction to disciples, we are taking Maharaja back to Sri Jagannath Mandir now from Seremban. Medications will be stopped and only oxygen given. Devotees are advised to come to temple and start kirtan please

Updated BBT style guide (December 2016)
Here is the most recent version of the BBT Style Guide.
BBT Style Guide, December 2016 (docx, 433 KB)
BBT Style Guide, December 2016 (pdf, 910 KB)
The Style Guide offers the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust’s latest standards on such matters as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and word choice.
This is a routine update.
You can always find the latest version of the Style Guide on the permanent page of BBT editorial resources.
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ISKCON Nepal organized Seminar at Galaxy Public School, Gyaneswar, Kathmandu for around 600 Students of Grade 7, 8, 9 and 10 (Album ......

Christmas Festival 2016 in San Diego, USA (Album with 98 photos)
New Govardhana Annual Prasadam Festival and 6 Hour Kirtan-On ......

The Residents of Varsana (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited Varsana, the eternal residence of Srimati......

TOVP Updates - By Sadbhuja Das.
View of the Demigods.
This is a panoramic view of the demigods on top of the first floor ......

Iskcon Melbourne, Australia - Mega Kitchen Equipment Update (Album with photos)
Aniruddha Dasa: I was able to inspect kitchen progress on Friday with Greg, our project manager. I managed to get some shots. I’ve had such a busy weekend I couldn’t get them online till now. A lot of the equipment is in place. Not connected but you’ll get the idea.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/Cv87Kn

Amazing video by the Russian devotees appealing for a Krishna Temple in Moscow (3 min video)
According to the Vedas, God owns everything, not only in this universe but also in countless other universes, and in the spiritual world. But in Moscow, Krishna … has not home, has not a Temple. How so? In fact, here Krsna has already a beautiful, amazing Temple. Only time, and our efforts are separating us from it. By combining our efforts, thanks to the strong faith and friendship, we will be able to see it first hand and say, “Now, God has a hou...

GITA LIFE PROGRAM!! (Album with photos)
H.H.Bhakti Vinoda Swami conducting the Gita Life program in Sri Lanka.
Srila Prabhupada: The devotees of the Lord, while delivering speeches and describing the transcendental attributes of the Lord, do not think that they can do anything independently. They think that they can speak only what they are induced to speak by the Supreme Lord, the master of the senses… No one is free to act freely and independently, and as such, one should always seek the permission of the Lord to act or eat or speak, and b...

Always New And Fresh (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today I took a few visiting devotees on the ultimate parikrama to Radha Kunda, Syama Kunda and Giri-Govardhan. It’s amazing how such parikramas, although performed hundreds or even thousands of times, are always new and fresh.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/SaUlJ1

Iskcon Latur Organizes A 3-Day Padayatra (Album with photos)
Sundarkrsna Dasa: Latur to Goroba Ter.
The devotees of Latur, Maharasthra, organized a three-day padayatra to celebrate ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. The padayatra took place from Latur to Ter started on October 24th and ended on October 26th. Latur is a city in the Marathwada region of Maharasthra and is popular with tourists for its historical monuments. Ter is a village located in the Osmanabad district about 50 kilometers away from Latur. The village was once home to Sant Gora Kum...

Parikrama to Nandagram 21-12-16 (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: I was very happy this day to bring my very first Temple President, Harer Nama Prabhu (ACBSP) on Parikrama to Nandagram and Vrinda Kunda. When I joined in Boulder, Colorado, Harer Nama Prabhu (in the photo) was the TP and now he’s in Vrindavan suffering from Parkinson’s. Please say a few prayers for him and now relish his visit to Ter Kadamba, Sanatan Goswami’s Bhajan Kutir, Pavana Sarovara, Nanda Bhavan, and Vrinda Kunda! Pics thanks to Vittalrukmini Das!
Find th...

Devotees Got Talent?!
Since ISKCON´s first Ratha Yatra Festival in the summer of 1967 in San Francisco, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra devi, this festival has spread to many cities throughout the world.
We can’t give an exact number of how many cities celebrate this ancient, yet ever-fresh festival nowadays; however, it seems to be rapidly increasing year by year!
At the same time, it happens that several of the festival organizers around the world face a certain challeng...

All India Padayatra: Book Marathon Fever – Rameshwaram
December 24, 2016 (Album with photos)
Acarya Dasa: After attending the Vraja Mandala parikrama during the month of kartika we were joined by two new padayatris, Bhakta Daniel, originally from America and Dayapar Dasa, originally from Europe. We are all very happy to have them with us and welcomed them with all our hearts in the service of Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar and Srila Prabhupada. We are currently in Rameshwaram and will stay there for the next few days.
Doubly auspicious month<...