Here’s a picture of the wheel from the original Rath from Jagannatha Puri. ISKCON Los Angeles was able to secure it as prasadam. It has arrived in LA, will be on display soon.

July 4. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Serving Swamiji in His Presence.
If you could actually be in the same place with Prabhupada, then your reward was to see his actual lila. On the other hand, if you served him, you had the advantage of actually attracting the pure devotee. By that attraction he would come to you. Prabhupada said that we should not try to see Krishna, but act in such a way that Krishna sees us. He gave the example of an office worker in a big company who does his job very nicely. One da...

HH Bhakti Charu Swami recently gave a profound seminar on “Krishna’s pastimes outside Vrindavan” at Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarkadhish Temple, New Dwarka, Los Angeles from 27th June to 30th June 2016. (Playlist with all the 8 videos)
Watch them here: http://goo.gl/crTuHo

The tale of how one boy decided to bathe in the morning.
Yulia Shevchenko: I wrote that really to highlight the theme of cleanliness, in an accessible form explaining it to children. I had an idea to try to compose small Vaishnava tales on the theme of cleanliness to inspire young Vaishnava bathe, brush their teeth and wash their hair.
The basic idea in this case is that our body is the Lord’s temple and we should try to keep it clean, because in our hearts is the Lord who resides, always loving us, taking care of us and helping us.
One...

ISKCON holds Iftar gathering.
To celebrate the over 400-year-old amity between the Hindu and Muslim communities in West Bengal’s Nabadwip, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Mayapur on Wednesday organised an Iftar party with elected Muslim panchayat members as its guests inside the temple premises.
The event upholds the legacy of brotherhood between the two communities, the seeds of which were sown in the 16th century by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and his relationship with the then magistrate, Chand Kazi, through his s...

The Hare Krishna devotees go to the Glastonbury Festival, UK 2016 (12 min video)
It was indeed a very wet one this year but the......

Little Drops Of Nectar (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Despite it being a very rainy afternoon the second day of our fe......

July 3. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: A Letter to Swamiji.
The best way to be with Prabhupada on 26 Second Avenue is to go back in memory, in feelings, in body and mind – go and be with him. I can go to his room as I used to, alone, and write him a letter:
Dear Swamiji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your lotus feet. It seems a long time since I’ve seen you. It’s nice to be here in your room, and to work in your storefront with the devotees. I am doing my serv...

Bhaktivedanta Manor temple president Srutidharma das attended the Somme commemoration yesterday at Thiepval, France. (Sruti, Chief R......

The Sannyasa Ministry offers the following opportunities to support Srila Prabhupada's mission in the training and selection of candidates for sannyasa.
The following services are open:
1. Secretary
2. Assistant Secretary
Please find the job description and requirements posted below. If you cannot fulfill all the duties listed, it is possible that you could be part of a team where the responsibilities are shared.
If you are interested please write and email to Bhakti Prabhava Swami, who will send you an application form.
Hoping...

Please Give me Something more!
Shastra Krit Dasa: Yesterday in Parammatta Sydney one gentle westernised Indian lady came to me while i was on book distribution and said “I want to buy a set of Srimad Bhagavatam.” I almost fell on the ground in shock. I couldn’t believe someone wants a set while I’m struggling to sell even one book.
Then I asked how she knew about the Srimad Bhagavatam. She said I gave her the book “Science of Self-Realization” last month. She read it cover to cover and she loved it. Believe it or ...

Preaching program in Israel (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanishad, where it is said: “After searching through al the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krishna.” (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.40 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/LkpKrA

6 TIPS FOR GIVING A CLASS
A friend recently wrote me who is giving Bhagavatam class for the first time asking me for some tips. It’s a very, very big subject, there are volumes of books and courses devoted to this topic.
After some consideration I wrote him the following 6 points that I feel are essential. There are many, many other things to consider, but I think these will be helpful for anyone who has to give class.
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1) PREPARE: Please, please, please prepare ahead of time, take notes if necessary. Some devotees like to...

National Geographic has created a new documentary movie about Lord Jagannath. It will be shown July the 4th.
Here is the 1 min.......

He’s a trip monk!
Ben Hohenstatt: If you saw a man with a shaved head in orange robes in the Illinois Valley Thursday that wasn’t an oddly dressed flagger.
A walking journey from New York to San Francisco took Bhaktimarga Swami “The Walking Monk”, a Hare Krishna monk originally from Canada, through Ottawa, Peru and La Salle Friday.
“I’ve been to Chicago, but I’ve never been here,” he said. “We’ve met a lot of nice people…There’s a lot of sweet people…People in the M...

July 2. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Satsvarupa Brahmacari Caitanya-caritamrta, Morning Lecture Notes 1966.
The Absolute Truth is one, but seen differently according to a person’s capacity. There are three aspects of the Absolute Truth. One is Brahman, which is like the rays of the sun. (After the lecture, we devotees discussed what he said, and there was confusion and disagreement about the word that sounds like Brahma. So we asked Swamiji in his room. He made it clear. There are three words that ...

Govardhana Trail in New Govardhana, Australia.
Kishori devi dasi: Lying across two states – Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India – there is a mystical mountain called ‘Govardhana’. Govardhana is located in the middle of a forest called Vrindavana, the birthplace of the Lord, Sri Krishna. This mountain is considered sacred and non-different from Krishna Himself.
Nowadays there are still some pockets of the Vrindavana forest remaining and although Govardhana has reduced in size externally and is now more of a hill, it still re...

Sew armor and mace. Step by step tutorial.
So the process. I describe the creation of armor for Arjuna, then the costume of Lor......

NBS # 40: The Ecstatic Dancing Of Lord Chaitanya.
With the upcoming Jagannatha Rath Yatra Festival, this special issue covers Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic dancing in the mood of Srimati Radharani during the Rath Yatra Festival.
We pray that this issue brings some pleasure to the devotees of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
NBS # 40 Features:-
1) Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is nondifferent from Srimati Radharani
His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
2) The Cart Festival
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur
3) Ecsta...

“Worship of Radha-Krishna Deities is the ultimate pinnacle of Deity worship, and it must be done with the utmost caution and attention to every detail of giving opulent service. I am not recommending more temples to install Radha-Krishna Deities until I have become more convinced that they can properly manage. At least five to ten persons must be engaged full time to worship Radha-Krishna properly, and for any small temple especially that is a detrimental factor to maintaining the highest standard in other temple activities besides, because there are ...

Will Isopanisad change his mind?
Recently, while I was distributing in Ljubljana (Slovenia), I approached a man and offered him an Isopanisad.
I asked him, “What’s your name?”
“My name is Mrtu.”
“Interesting. It sounds like a Sanskrit word. This books tells about higher consciousness and unlocks inner happiness.”
He asked, “How do you feel about the theory of evolution?”
“There is no observable evidence,” I said, “so I don’t accept it as being true. It&rsqu...

News from TKG Academy: Radhanath Swami Lovingly Listens. (5 min video)
Swamis are most notable for their speech. They share their wisdom through their speech. They sit on a raised platform, amongst hundreds of followers, and impart transcendental knowledge through the spiritual sound vibration and into the blaring microphone. This transcendental sound slices through the ignorance and fogginess of our consciousness, illuminating our hearts with all those qualities that evade us: mercy, compassion, tolerance, austerity, kindness… the list is ver...

July 1. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Satsvarupa das Brahmacari Bhagwad-geeta ’66 Diary (con’d)
There is no harm in being a householder. No difference between a householder and a sannyasi. But a sannyasi can’t talk with a woman in a lonely place. Swamiji gave a practical example. Fifty years ago, when his guru maharaja was fifty years old, a young man (a disciple, Dr. O.P. Kapoor) and his wife were talking with Swamiji’s guru maharaja. The wife, who was about 22 years old, said to ...

An Honor And A Privilege (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our festival tour on the Baltic Sea coast in Poland is up and running. Thousands of people are coming each day to attend our festivals. It’s amazing to see the overwhelming response. Then again, it was all predicted by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Five hundred years ago He stated that one day His holy names would be heard in every town and village of the world. It is an honor and a privilege to be helping to fulfill such a prophesy.
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