Bhakti cures this devastating illness of the conscience, but we must seriously engage ourselves without ego-centred plans to reach the highest purpose, Love for God and for all living beings.

Lovingly fashioned and serenely molded to perfection, with very personal attention to minute details, Srila Prabhupada’s Iskcon extends an open invitation to everyone...

In this lifetime, I only got to see Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada one time. For an instant. Sometimes I feel as my entire life thereafter evolved or unfolded from that moment, like a tiny seed germinating before sprouting forth from the spiritually fertile Dust of His Lotus Feet.

Genuinely Krishna Conscious true leadership is the only real solution for the actual benefit of all the people. Same as it ever was. Institute alone (of any type) cannot be an automatic substitute for the real inner pursuit of the Absolute by the truly spiritually astute.

We are so very grateful to Bhurijana prabhu for sharing that wonderful purport by Srila Prabhupada. So many of us are getting on in years and we are witnessing our God-brothers and sisters leaving their mortal frames.

I recently had the great pleasure to visit the 100 acre farm owned by ISKCON near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. I will first give a description of the farm, then second of the various services I performed there, and third I will speak about how I feel this affected my consciousness.

This web site, Dandavats.com, has become a library of articles and stories of interest for the devotees and well wishers assembled in cyber-space. Like most libraries the content you see when you come in is only a small part of that which is available

This is the time to tune in, drop everything else to watch in awe as the exuberant young bodies run, jump, lift and dive and as the news of medal tally pours in. The Olympics stir emotions like no other sporting event as some athletes are heartbroken while others are overjoyed.

Vaishnavas can also worship all these demigods (Brahma, Shiva, Durga, Ganesh and Surya), but only on the principles of Brahma-samhita, which is recommended by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

There are some souls who are similarly mistaken to consider that simply by uttering a semblance of Sri Nam Prabhu He, is automatically at their disposal, beck and call. Never mind that they consider the Holy Name as a tool for personal commerce. There are many true branches of Mahaprabhu'a Tree. But there are also false ones.

Due to its large population, India has been identified as the potentially third largest market for alcoholic beverages in the world which has attracted the attention of multi-national liquor companies. Sale of alcohol has been growing steadily at 6% and is estimated to grow at the rate of 8% per year.

There is so much faith out there in Srila Prabhupada that simply by the potency of this collective love of Krishna's dearmost pure devotee, we're bearing witness to some very powerful changes in peoples' lives, families and communities in the most far-flung of places.

In April 1972, the Melbourne City Council in Australia began a Campaign to try and move the Hare Krishna devotees away from the City streets. This struggle with the Council would continue on for another three years.

One day I began to feel that perhaps our temple room was overcrowded with our plant jungle, which caused me consider possibly placing some of them throughout the suite of bedrooms in the back part of our house thereby also increasing the oxygen.

We began in New Vrindavan with an interview with HH Sacinandana Swami and a promise of some stories by HH Radhanatha Swami. That was a great, auspicious start and we hope to get other stories from leaders and well known devotees, but also the ordinary (if there is one) or perhaps we should say regular devotees as well.