Celebrating Independence Day 71th of Indonesia (Album with photos)
The devotees did Hari Nam, book and prasadam distribution along Sindhu beach and Sanur beach.
Srila Prabhupada ki jay….!!!
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Beauty of Nitai
Sri Caitanya Mangala Madhya Khanda
Chapter 4 “The Beauty of Nitai”
Lord Gauranga met Nityananda Raya in the home of Nandanacarya. Nityananda’s beautiful golden-colored body had a slightly reddish hue. Glistening ornaments adorned His enchanting form. Bright yellow cloth carressed His hips. A yelloe turban the color of a golden campaka flower, decorated His head. As He walked, His anklebells chimed sweetly “Jhuni, Jhuni, Jhuni”.
His eyes were wide and long like a deer. He removed the shyness o...

Ratha yatra parade at the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco, California. August 14th 2016 (3 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: The h......

Krishna Balarama Ratha Yatra pictures in Queens, New York (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The holy name of the Lord and ......

Why Was Balaram Affectionate to Duryodhan?
Madhavananda Das: A slightly fresh edit of an article I wrote a few years ago.
If we contemplate on the pastimes of Krishna’s beloved elder brother, a relevant question arises:
Why did Balaram give so much favor to the demoniac Duryodhan?
Duryodhan was not a devotee of Krishna. From his childhood he hated Krishna’s pure devotees the Pandavas and tried in various ways to kill them. When Yudhisthir asked Krishna to go to Hastinapur to deliver a peace message on behalf of the Pandavas, Dury...

Rath Yatra in Sokolniki Park, Moscow (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Chaitanya, although Krishna Himself, appealed t......

Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day A Talk by Giriraj Swami.
“To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.” (Bg 4.8) He manifests Himself to protect the devotees, annihilate the demons, and reestablish the principles of religion. In every sphere of activity in the material world there is deterioration; everything in the material world declines. A new house, for example, is very nice, but it gradually deteriorates, and eventually, ...

Chandigarh Mayor plants a tree for the 50th anniversary of ISKCON’s first public Harinama
By Romapada Das, International Coordinator, ISKCON 50
On 14th August 2016, ISKCON Chandigarh celebrated the 50th anniversary of ISKCON’s first public Harinama procession led by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada from 26 Second Avenue in New York to Washington Square Park. The highlight of the celebration was a palanquin procession with Srila Prabhupada that concluded at Nehru Park, where the Mayor of Chandigarh, Arun Sood, plated ...

First permanent book stall at Brahmapur Railway station (Album with photos)
I am glad to inform you that,on 16th Aug 2016, as ......

Harinam Nectar in Vienna, Austria (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One who hears the transcendental sound vibration of the......

ISKCON-Delhi - Srila Rupa Goswami Disappearance (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Padma Purana, Krishna says, mad-bhakta yatra gayanti tatra tisthami narada: “O Narada, I am present wherever My devotees are chanting.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 17.132 Purport)
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Sadbhuja Das: Comprehensive View of the TOVP (Album with photos)
On this bright and sunny day in Sri Mayapur Dham we took roof......

Reunion Island: One Day Padayatra In The City Of St Paul.
August 16, 2016
By Dayalu Radha Dasi
On Saturday July 23rd, only one week after a 3 day padayatra in the island of La Reunion, another group of devotees headed by Rama Gopal Dasa and his wife Radhika Dasi organised another padayatra in honour of ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. This one took place in the city of Saint Paul on the West Coast of the island. A few days before I advertised the event by speaking on bhakti yoga on two local radio stations; I also encouraged people to join ou...

Mayapur Jhulan Yatra celebration (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Regarding Jhulanayatra Ceremony, during these five days the Deities’ clothing should be changed everyday, and there should be nice Prasadam distribution and Sankirtana as far as possible.

The science of speech. From The Mahabharata, Santi Parva.
King Janaka (the one mentioned in Bhagavad-gita by Lord Krishna): Whe......

Hare Krishna Festivals at Glastonbury Festival 2015 with Mahavishnu Swami, 2016 video .
No Glastonbury is complete without a visit to the Hare Krishna tent, located next to the Spirit of 71 stage
They’re extremely accommodating. And their chant is easy to pick up:
Hare kṛiṣhṇa hare kṛiṣhṇa
kṛiṣhṇa kṛiṣhṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma
rāma rāma hare hare
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The great Sankirtan Movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a great gift to the world and a very rare event!
Gauragopala dasa: Many could take it for granted without realizing how rare Lord Caitanya’s appearance actually is as He comes once in every day and night of Brahmā. That is once every 2000th Kali-yuga in the cycle of Maha Yugas, there are 4 Yugas to a Maha Yuga, Lord Caitanya appears “once” in a Kali-yuga with His Sankirtan Movement out of every two thousand.
There are 4,320,000 human years in a Maha Yuga multiply t...

The 40th Annual Los Angeles Ratha-yatra on Venice Beach, August 7th, 2016 (Album with HR photos)
Srila Prabhupada: All glories......

Jhulan Yatra 2016 at the Manor (Album with photos)
David: Please find below photos from the first day of Jhulan Yatra 2016 at ......

The latest issue of Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu #381 e-magazine was just released. This is a special issue dedicated to Sri Krishna Janmashtami. Includes new translations from various Acharyas.
It includes:
* NO BAR FOR GOING HOME – His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada speaks of how a Vaishnava from any caste or gender can get liberation.
* THE SOLE COMPASS FOR BHAKTI – Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada glories Srila Rupa Goswami.
* MY DIVINE BIRTH AND ACTIVITIES – A...

Southall Rathayatra - 14th August 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Chanting the holy name is the chief means of atta......

Harinama Tel Aviv 12.08.2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna, one can b......

Srila Prabhupada: “This is a simple method. All you have to do is bow down before Krishna with faith and say, ‘My Lord Krishna, I was forgetful of You for so long, for so many lives. Now I have come to my consciousness; please accept me.’ That’s all. If one simply learns this technique and sincerely surrenders himself to the Lord, his path is immediately open.”
(Science of Self-Realization, Chapter 7)

Gita Nagari Retreat to Explore Varnashrama Dharma.
Sivarama Swami, who is behind the New Vraja Dhama farm in Hungary which has been vastly successful in both spiritual and simple living efforts, will give a talk entitled “Varnashrama: Why devotees need to adopt it, and the first steps to doing so.”
He’ll discuss Prabhupada’s statements on the feasibility of Varnashrama today, the qualities devotees must develop in order to be eligible for the Varnashrama system, and the challenges in changing to a lifestyle that’s very...