Fortunate People (4 min video)
Public sharing their feelings about the Hare Krishna mantra and the devotees!
Key quotes from this video: “To share this beautiful vibration with the streets that Hare Krishnas do everyday is beautiful service to the humanity.”
‘Walking passed them I can’t stop smiling. They are pure joy!”
‘It has attracted deep-thinking people of higher minds.
There must, must be something in its message!”
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/pQ1c02...

New large brass horns for Mayapur’s elephant procession! (20 min video)
The Jayapataka Swami Archives based here in Sri Dhama Mayapur, received a wooden crate shipped in right before Christmas. We gathered around to open it and to our surprise there were 2 large brass horns. Shyama Rasika dasa said that Maharaj had ordered these 2 brass horns to be used during Sri Sri Radha Madhava’s elephant procession. So yesterday I took a video of the elephant parade. They can be nicely seen at the 18 minute mark on the video. ...

Air India goes vegetarian from January 1, no tea or coffee either!
Come January 1, loss-making government-run Air India will not serve non-vegetarian food to its economy class passengers on flights upto 90 minutes duration. The national carrier has also decided to strike off both tea and coffee from its lunch and dinner menu. As of now, Air India serves sandwich (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian) and cake on its flights, which are up to 90 minutes of duration, which will be discontinued from January 1, 2016, replaced with “all vegetarian&rdqu...

December 27. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: My Prabhupada. Everyone has their own Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada is an objective reality. And yet, we don’t want to be told by someone, “This is exactly how you must feel about him, and this is what he wants from you.” No, we want our own understanding of Prabhupada, because we have to surrender our own free will to him. Therefore, dear Prabhupada, let me call you, “My Prabhupada.” I don’t mean “pet Prabhupada” or &...

Bhagavat Katha in Pune by HH Lokanath Swami (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: My dear boys and girls, you are working so hard for broadcasting the glories of Lord Krishna’s lotus feet and thus my Guru Maharaja will be so pleased upon you. Certainly my Guru Maharaja will bestow His blessings thousand times more than me and that is my satisfaction. All Glories to the assembled devotees. Letter of April 15, 1973.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/EiNu9j

Visit to an ancient Siva Temple (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The other day myself and Badahari prabhu visited an anci......

Preaching program at Budapest, Hungary. Swan Ball (Ball Vedic freshmen) 2015 (Album with 203 HR photos)
Our students this year......

Tribal preaching to remote places of India (Album with 258 photos) Bhakti Purusottama Swami and his team of devotees travel to far away lands, 15 KM distance by walk, to reach tribal population and bring Lord Chaitanya’s movement to them also!
Amazing photos! Find them here: https://goo.gl/wHjYAU

Preaching program with Danavir Goswami (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: By performing congregational chanting of the Hare ......

Bondi Beach Harinama Party, Sydney Australia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Let there be all victory for the chanting of......

December 26. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Why Meditate on Prabhupada?
My reply to this is that cultivation of memories of Prabhupada and continuing our attachment to him is connected to learning the knowledge and carrying out the mission. Many of us accept this knowledge and believe in it only because he said so. For some of us, our “bottom line” of faith and realization is “Prabhupada says.” “Prabhupada says that Krishna is God. Prabhupada says that Bhagavad-gita is the best scripture, so read it.&...

Iskcon Alachua, Florida. Sunday Feast and Festival Committee’s
first meeting.
Mukhya devi dasi: The new Sunday Feast and Festival Committee had their first meeting last week. It was decided the first order of business was prasadam, and everything related to it. Here are some of the discussion items to look for in 2016:
Four feast serve-out lines to decrease your time getting through the line.
A new improved larger Annadhan Board next to a new Volunteer Service Board on the back wall of the Temple room.
Devotees will be call...

Govindas Asrama. (Album with photos)
Ramai Swami: Govindas asrama in Sydney has three kirtan and prasadam programs a week. The area is not very big but somehow 50-60 people squeeze in to participate in an ecstatic evening.
The crowd is mostly westerners with some coming from other parts of the world. At one recent program everyone heard about Gita Jayanti – Lord Krsna’s speaking Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna 5000 years ago.
Find them here: http://goo.gl/nW1AH8

ISKCON Durban Goes Green.
"The temple itself has 521 bulbs. As of 1st November ALL temple bulbs are either energy savers or LED bulbs, including the florescent tubes" ISKCON Durban temple is undergoing major restoration for the 30th anniversary next October. Not only are they restoring the temple to its original beauty, but they are making marked improvements. One in particular—that is both admirable and intimidating-;is their Go Green campaign. This campaign is the brainchild of Vibhu Caitanya Das, Durban Temple President. ...

“First Time 5-SMIS” Art Show (Album with photos)
Sri Mayapur International School’s students exhibit their paintings.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/ViqAJr

UK December Marathon: Counting up… (Album with photos)
The 100k effort ended yesterday. Today is the day of rest. With yesterday’s street scores we have reached 97,000… but fear not… there are many scores still to come in… its looking very positive. Final scores will be announced on Sunday.
Its amazing… how these books travel to every corner of the country, touching people’s hearts and changing their life… whether they realise it or not. This is the family business, the best job in the world. ...

Hope For The Best! (Album with photos)
Iskcon’s Food For Life Nepal begin to feed one more new school, Shree Jaya Bhadrakali Lower Secondary School.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/OJbIqS

Awakening the Light of Dharma: How to Uphold Dharma in the World Today.
On the 6th and 7th of November 2015 Radhanath Swami de......

REVELATIONS —A comparative religious study between —-JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM and the VEDAS.
As you all know: 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s departure to the West. This book is dedicated to His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, in July of 1966.
The following scholar has praised the book: “It is rare to find a work which seeks to integrate Hindu and Jewish thought. The book is a rich interfaith expl...

December 25. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Srila Prabhupada acknowledged that time wears away all things. Even Krishna’s places of pastimes in this world have become covered over, leaving little trace of His presence. Rupa Goswami expressed this in a cryptic message to his brother, Sanatana, in jail. Rupa Goswami’s note stated, “Where is the Ayodhya of Raghupati? Where is the Mathura of Krishna?” His meaning was that everything in this world changes, but if you keep your mind fixed on that which is eternal, yo...

Harinam Sankirtan in Sydney, Australia. (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: By chanting Hare Krishna one fixes his mind alwa......

Vedic Deities Worshipped in Japan (28 min video)
There is a very important bridge of culture joining the countries of India and Japan. In the words of HE Mr. Yasukuni Enoki, Former Ambassador of Japan, “It is very important for the Japanese to know that in the bottom of Japanese culture, Indian culture is very firmly imprinted”.
Buddhist and Hindu deities of India are worshiped by the people of Japan. The 5th century Sanskrit script is revered in Japan and its letters denoting different deities, are considered sacred by the Japanese.
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B.Manor Sankirtan Marathon: Almost there! (2 min video)
Sutapa das: Manor has reached 92,000 Books! We need 8,000 books distributed in the next 14 hours! Today midnight the 100k Effort Ends! Devotees have been distributing around the clock - someone texted me at 23.58 last night saying “prabhu, I need 1000 small books NOW!” I was happy to be woken up! Don’t worry prabhu they are coming to you!
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/kzrdE7

Martial Arts demonstration by Dina Dayal Prabhu (Album with photos)
Sri Mayapur International School students learn how to bec......