Lalita Sakhi’s Village (7 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Lalita Sakhi is one of Srimati Radharani’s 8 principle girlfriends. Her home in Unchagaon is close to Radharani’s residence in Varsana. Our parikrama party visited Unchagaon on the 1st day of Kartika and enjoyed many wonderful hours of Krsna katha, kirtan and association with the villagers who live in that sacred abode.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/yQh17E

Iskcon’s growth (Yesterday’s audio lecture in Iskcon of DC, Washington)
Anuttama das: The other day I was downtown and meeting with the US ambassador and International Religious freedom representative and it was about 15 people there from different religious traditions talking about what’s going on in Russia and they asked me to speak because they know the Hare Krishna devotees were the first ones to get arrested under this new law and people that are in the know are very much concerned, very frightened about these new laws in Russia t...

Receiving God’s blessings on the street.
Hare Krishna devotees have their day filled with bliss when they join the procession at the annual Chariot Festival (Ratha Yathra). The main purpose behind this initiative is to take the murts of three deities, Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subadhra, to the devotees who are unable to visit the temple regularly. By the time this article is read by Nation readers, the chariot, carrying images of deities, would have been pulled along the streets of Colombo and made participants experience a spiritual bliss.

Bhaktivedanta Mission School (Album with photos)
Kavicandra Swami: This school is attached to SRI SRI Radha Rasa Bihari Mandir, Juhu, Mumbai.. The pictures are from their ISKCON 50th anniversary festival.. All the displays were made by the students and they stand by to enthusiastically describe things in detail..
This is a great credit to the teachers. The covered every detail of Srila Prabhupada’s life and his accomplishments. They are themselves proof of the potency of the society that Srila Prabhupada has established. Many of the students...

Today’s Rathayatra in Mathura by Iskcon devotees (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One is understood to be an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead if he considers himself a servant of the holy name and in this spirit distributes the holy name to the world. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.16 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/p61k4k

Kartik 2016 celebrations at Bhaktivedanta Manor (Album with HR photos and slide show with musical background)
Srila Prabhupada: To the sincere devotee, this ocean of maya is easily crossed by the cool breeze of Krishna’s Grace. This is our business, to submit to Krishna’s desire to have us back with Him in the eternal sky of Krishna Loka. Letter to Syamasundara, November 24, 1968.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/e8RaHf

ISKCON Hungary Organizes Interfaith FFL on UN World Food Day.
With its organic farm Krishna-valley, ISKCON Hungary has been one of the most well-known champions of sustainability in Europe. To respond to the appeal of the UN FAO about the balanced distribution of food, on Sunday, October 16th, ISKCON Hungary organized a major free food distribution event to the needy in Budapest.
On October 16th the United Nations and the world celebrate World Food Day. In their communications the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) emphasizes: &ldqu...

Lalita Sakhi’s Village (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday on the 1st day of Kartika, our parikrama group visited Unchagaon, the home of Lalita Sakhi. We discussed her glories, had kirtan and walked around the Vrindavan countryside. We also took darshan of the samadhi of Narayana Bhatta Goswami, a great devotee of the Lord accredited with finding many of the holy places of Krsna’s pastimes in Vrindavan.
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Srila Prabhupada’s kind and affectionate dealings.
Yashomatinandana das: Sometimes Prabhupada was very tolerant of his devotees.
After he read some letters from New York about Bali Mardan and his wife, Prabhupada said,
“The whole problem is sex life. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham. Tuccham means insignificant. One may think that sex is the greatest platform of happiness, but actually that happiness is insignificant. In fact, sex life is a source of distress. We have so many problems because of sex life.”
Althoug...

A monk who bought a Ferrari! (3 min video)
By Gaur Gopal Das. A personal coach, monk, lifestyle & motivational strategist, sharing deeper spiritual insights with the world.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/HMeinu

Hare Krishna Times (4 min video)
Wellcome to the Hare Krishna TV! And news for today is…
The team from the Iskcondesiretree website is producing videos with the latest news from the Iskcon world.
To watch today’s news: https://goo.gl/adzVTo

First day of the GBC meetings in Mumbai. Wonderful gathering of amazing sadhus. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Memories of Tribhuvanatha Prabhu (6 min video)
Today marks 15 years since His Grace Tribhuvanatha Prabhu left his body.
A ......

Parikrama in Javat and Ter Kadamba 15.10.2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When loud chanting of the Hare Krishna mant......

Good morning Vrindavan! (Album with photos)
How did lovely Vrindavan look this morning, the first day of Kartika?
Srila Pr......

The well known Shetty family gets blessings (Album with photos)
On the evening of Saturday, October 15th, HH Jayapataka Swami w......

The Midterm Meetings of the ISKCON GBC Society are taking place at ISKCON Juhu, Mumbai, India.
They will last from October 15-......

Today’s initiations ceremony in Villa Vrindavana, Italy (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: By following the principles of devotional service strictly, chanting twenty-four hours a day the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes positive progress in spiritual life and ultimately becomes completely fit to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.21.42 Purport)
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Lively preaching program in a school (2 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Instead of actively taking part in politics, saintly perso......

Kartika time! (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The auspicious month of Kartika here in Vrindavan is just around the corne......

Planting marks Hare Krishna milestone (2 min video)
Fifty years of the Hare Krishna movement is being celebrated in Dunedin, Ne......

D.C.’s Historic Chant 4 Change!
Political pundits last weekend were calling the second presidential debate “the darkest and nastiest in modern history,” full of scandals, personal attacks and insults. And the ongoing drama may be what’s taking over the news lately.
But not everyone, even in Washington, is being dragged down by it. On Saturday October 8th, thousands of people from different faiths and backgrounds gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for a “Chant 4 Change,” trying to bring some light into ...

There’s still hope in society!
Vijaya das: While distributing books at Cal State Northridge University, I met a couple of students at my table who were asking about the books on display. They were both enthusiastic to take a Gita. After explaining the tenets of the Gita, I asked for a donation.
One of them enthusiastically gave a donation, but the other said, “I don’t have anything to give.”
The person who did give a donation said, “No problem. I’ll get it for you.”
He then gave another donation. I a...

Three Life Lessons from Our Founder.
50 years ago, at this time of the year, a 69 year old sadhu (saintly person) was on a cargo ship traveling from Kolkata to New York. He was alone on this journey and his journals at that time are a moving read. Within a year he would officially establish the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in a store front in the Lower East side of New York. Today ISKCON is flourishing throughout the world all because of the journey of this one man – our Founder-Acharya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupa...