The Monthly Sankirtana Festival of Encouragement, held last weekend to honor the Divine Appearance of Lord Sri Ramacandra, was concluded on Rama-navami (Tuesday, April 12th), on which day the final results were offered to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Rama and their Lordships at the ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) temple in San Jose, CA.

Sri Mayapur International School has vacancies for the following teachers starting in August 2011.All positions would be on an ongoing basis after a trial period of 3 months.

I would like to take this opportunity to glorify HH Dayananda Swami Maharaja, who was until recently known as Abhay Prabhu, having fortunately taken sannyasa on the auspicious appearance day of Sri Ramanujacarya and becoming the 100th sannyasi in ISKCON

We are pleased to inform you of 2011. On 21 March the Govinda restaurant in Budapest - the first Buda side of Danube - was opened. Govinda-Buda is the first of the restaurants we prashadam breakfast for our guests

As with the last big tsunami, Food for Life Global has gotten a "flood" of volunteer applications for the relief work in Japan. Quite simply, there are too many people to engage in this current opportunity. However, some of the applicants are very qualified professionals that could be used to do all kinds of service for FFL affiliates and ISKCON projects if they were properly guided

I am therefore calling on devotees with prior experience in the Tsunami relief and other disasters to step forward now. At this time, our focus will be on identifying some team leaders and then gathering the resources we need to set up and serve prasadam. Food for Life Global's web site FFL.ORG will continue to be the communication centre for the effort

The white-hot juggernaut that is the annual Holi Festival of Colors at the Krishna Temple shows no signs of slowing down. In 2007, 3,000 people attended, celebrating spring by throwing 5,000 packets of colored flour at each other. In 2008 attendance tripled to 10,000, and the crowd snatched up 20,000 color packs

In just a few days the Mayapur Institute's Gaura Purnima Courses and the Mayapur Festival will begin. Devotees from around the world will be entering Sridham Mayapur, as Srila Prabhupada desired, to access the mercy, spiritual strength and inspiration to continue and expand their services

We just completed a VedaBase update. Added in 2011.1. This is an update to the contents, not an upgrade to the software. You can download this free update on the Internet, from one of these links: [Download Links] (378Mb zipped). Installation instructions are provided in the download

Strategic planning has been on the minds of GBC members for some years now. What was clear then is even clearer today: there is unlimited work to be done to nurture ISKCON toward a future that serves Srila Prabhupada's vision for a vibrant, spiritually dynamic movement

In Celebration of the 8th Anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple Opening, we have made an ecstatic schedule of parikramas and festivals from Feb 15 to Mar 4th. This year Mayapur festival is late, so Vrindavan Festival will be very hot

In England we are not blessed with good weather, not blessed with a good football team, not blessed by religious culture, but we are blessed with great Harinams, and lots of Harinams. In London there are up to three Harinams daily. See you on the streets

The Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork is looking to spread its message northward. Church officials have their eye on nearly four acres of property next door to the University of Utah, where they would like to open a second campus.

Last year we launched the Open Vyasa-puja book - "Srila Prabhupada Tributes" - a book in which all of Srila Prabhupada's disciples are welcome to be included. The success of the book lay in its wonderful offerings - more than 250, from devotees all over the world. Many devotees expressed how they relished the opportunity to write and share their realisations. Based on this success, we plan to publish another Tributes book this year for Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa-puja

On Thursday, January 20, 2011, the ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry (IDVM) for India opened its first Regional Office in Sri Dham Mayapur during an official inauguration ceremony attended by a small group of devotees

After the success of a pilot Bhakti Sastri Online course by the Mayapur Institute for Higher Education (MIHE), the Institute will offer another round of this groundbreaking step in ISKCON education from January 29th 2011 to April 29th 2012

Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and International School at Vrindavana, India invites applications for High School and Post-graduate Teachers in following disciplines: English, Samskrit, Physics, Chemistry, Life Science, Mathematics and Social Studies

Out of compassion to the suffering souls, our CHAD founder HG Vaisheshika Prabhu writes "Bhagavad-gita is our wake up call. But, we must be ready to hear it. Everyone in the material world is in a precarious and hopeless situation. However, in Maya's warm embrace, I think that I am Okay. But I am not

This year, as always, we request you to submit your homages to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa-puja book by April 15. In addition, if you're a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, please check out www.sptributes.com to learn about a Vyasa-puja book open to all of his disciples. The deadline for submission to this book is also April 15

Over three magical days, Friday 20 May to Sunday 22 May 2011, Sydney Temple will be celebrating that unique bond. The Temple will be hosting a whirlwind of memorable events that shouldn't be missed

Sitting at our computers we have unlimited choices where to go; click and go to World News; click to find out the latest score at a sporting event, or even watch it live; click to shop online; click to watch a movie; click to enter the world of Social Networking to find out what friends and family are up to, click to Dandanvats.com, etc.

Study Prabhupada's books online, guided by experienced teachers, in a virtual community of sincere devotees. The first module starts on January 17, 2011