February marks the auspicious 13th Anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple opening! To celebrate we are organizing special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The culmination will be our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Parikramas will be going out from 19 Feb - 4 Feb with the main festival day on Saturday 27 Feb. Even after that there will still be some parikramas. Gaura Purnima will be late next year, so be...

For those who are proficient in their understanding of Krishna Consciousness, the 6 month sabbatical course is an ideal opportunity to explore it further. The second half of the course is based at Bhaktivedanta Manor focusing around completion of the Bhakti Shastri degree. Quality time is spent in studying the Nectar of Devotion, Nectar of Instruction, Sri Isopanisad and Bhagavad-gita. You will also gain an exposure to the variety of outreach activities at the Manor, and learn practical skills lik...

The Bhaktivedanta Archives is pleased to offer two new releases: the VedaBase™ 2015.1 update and the original unedited audio of Śrīla Prabhupada for the year 1972. While we at the Bhaktivedanta Archives make every endeavor to release an accurate rendering of Srila Prabhupada’s legacy, we also know that when dealing with numerous poorly recorded, unlabeled and miss-labeled audio recordings there are in fact major challenges. Based on the above we apologize for any inaccuracies that may have...

As you may have heard, we are creating a display at the ISKCON Leadership Sanga in Mayapur, taking place on February 24 - March 2, 2016. The display will feature highlights of the centres around the world from the last 50 years. It will consist of photos and text showcasing different yatras' temples, programs, and devotees. In particular, devotees have submitted such things as: - When their temple was built - When deities were installed - When Srila Prabhupada visited - Significant succ...

The Sadaputa Digital Channel Facebook Page is an extension of the Youtube Channel to help further promote his work to the Vaishnava community and serious spiritual seekers. It features a weekly lecture post, videos and many of Sadaputa’s written articles, Monograms and other writings. The lectures of Sadaputa Dasa are currently being transcribed by a team of eight devotees with the aim of publishing these in several volumes along with matching CDs. A website is also underway which will give furth...

The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin on February 22, 2016. Following the ISKCON GBC Society's Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by TWO GBC members, to be submitted by December 31, 2015. This will allow adequate time for the GBC Deputies to prepare the proposals for presentation at the meeting. Please follow the new format for GBC Proposals, attached as a fillable PDF. Plain text submissions are also acceptable. GBC ...

We are shocked and deeply pained today to hear about the sudden departure of one of the bright moons of our society. H.H. Gaura Krishna Das Goswami, a beloved disciple of HH Radha Govinda Maharaja suddenly passed away in the sacred land of Vrindavan. I don't know any other details except that he had a sudden heart-attack and that it was somewhere in Vraja. Our phone has been ringing this morning with devotees contacting us and pouring out their hearts in grief. Gaura Krishna Maharaja was a very ...

The GBC is pleased to invite you to the ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) 2016 in Sridham Mayapur, India, on February 24 – March 2. If you already attended a previous ILS you already know what an amazing event it was, with over five hundred ISKCON leaders in 2102 and more than a thousand in 2014; Consider some of the past successes of the ISKCON Leadership Sanga: We spent 8 days participating in over 85 seminars and workshops presenting valuable ideas on how to spread Krsna Conscio...

The special status of cows and the benefits of caring for them are found throughout the scriptures. All the demigods reside in the body of the cow and the cow is considered divine due to the presence of these divinities in her body. Further, cows are very dear to Lord Krsna. He’s known as Govinda (one who gives pleasure to the cows) and Gopala (protector of the cows). He lives in Gokul (the place of cows) as part of a family of cowherds. He says, “I can be worshipped within the Cows by offeri...

The ToVP International team will be touring the UK from the 18th to the 30th of November 2015. Lord Nityananda foresaw the manifestation of a glorious temple in Mayapur, and now He is touring the world in order to invite others to make that manifestation a reality. You will be able to receive the moonlike benedictions of Lord Nityananda in the form of his Padukas (shoes) along with Lord Nrsimhadeva's protection in the form of his Satari (helmet). Jananivasa Prabhu, Ambarisa Prabhu and o...

Fifty years of steady dedication, fifty years of non-stop commitment, fifty years of building memories and accomplishment. A 50th anniversary is known as a golden anniversary and throughout this year and the next, ISKCON devotees all over the world are celebrating a golden milestone of achievement of our glorious spiritual master and Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The celebrations began in Calcutta, India where Srila Prabhupada left behind the land o...

Srila Prabhupada's Home at the Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama Temple in Vrindavan is the first residence built exclusively for him by his disciples. He stayed in his home whenever he came to Vrindavan from 1972 to 1977. He also chose to enter the divine lila of Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama at his home on November 14, 1977. Since then, his rooms have been converted into an inspiring museum where visitors can appreciate Prabhupada's presence through his personal belongings, sitting places, library, dail...

“This is a very helpful book which deals with a very important, and to a certain extent controversial subject matter. Kripamoya Das is a very careful and introspective observer and discusses the subject very openly, but in a balanced and mature way, strengthening in the reader the conviction of the need for personal spiritual guidance. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any spiritual seeker, to anyone who offers spiritual guidance as a service to others, and especially to those spiritual se...

On the occasion of Janmastami 2015, the team at Goloka Education offered our long awaited online Sanskrit Vocabulary Course. This course is based on our previously published Samskrita Citrakosha – a picture dictionary which is designed to teach 324 high frequency words in the Sanskrit language. The following day, on Srila Prabhupada’s Appearance day, we offered a high quality Sanskrit alphabet practice book – Aksharabhyasah. This book is the first in a series to teach the writing of Devana...

Srila Prabhupada built a house where the whole world could live in – It all started in Boston. In his honor, for the first time the Indian Flag would be raised at Boston City Hall Plaza by Culture Chief Julie Burros in presence of several leading dignitaries and Embassy officials. The nearly 1000 participants are expected to take part in this historic event. The main broadcast for Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the USA. will be from ISKCON Boston. With: H.H. Niranjana Swami , H.H. Jayadvaita Swami...

An important GBC initiative, to glorify Srila Prabhupada and Holy Names - World Holy Name Week (WHNW) is around the corner. This year it's very special as it marks the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the west and bringing the Holy Names to the shores of the western world. That World Holy Name Day is made an annual program for all ISKCON centers. The observance of the World Holy Name Day is to be held in connection with the anniversary observances of Srila Prabhupada’s arriva...

With great pleasure, we cordially invite you to the Bhumi Puja and Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new ISKCON (Krishna) temple in Parsippany, New Jersey. This will be the first ISKCON temple in the Northeast that will be built in a traditional, Vedic architectural style and will feature beautiful elements such as shikhars (domes) and jharokhas (decorative windows) among others. This is a once in a lifetime event welcoming Lord Krishna’s temple to the community and will feature traditiona...

All of the followers of Srila Prabhupada for generations to come adhere to the guidance, association and serve the mission of His Divine Grace, while deepening one's individual connection and relationship with and recognizing him as the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON and our primary Siksa Guru for all time. This booklet through its various elements will guide the devotees worldwide as to how to make proper arrangements for this ceremony in order to establish Srila Prabhupada’s supreme posi...

Perhaps most significantly for members of ISKCON and the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1533) himself demonstrated his opposition to caste: among his inner circle of confidential, trusted associates and followers are counted Haridasa Thakura, Rupa Goswami, and Sanatana Goswami—all considered untouchables, by birth or circumstance, according to the prevailing caste system of their day. Following the example set by his predecessors, Srila Prabhupada was...

The vision of the ILS is to allow leaders to share their service with their peers and with the members of the GBC – an opportunity for association, vision, inspiration, and education in the holy dhama of Mayapur. The ILS 2016 will feature at least 13 venues presenting 80–100 seminars in all areas of the GBC strategic plan with emphasis on: outreach the “marketing” and communication of Krishna consciousness devotee care online strategies leadership skills best p...

The book - "Muslim Devotees of Krsna" launched during Baroda Ratha Yatra festival on 18th July, 2015, was distributed at the iconic Anand Bookstores, opposite SGS Mall in Pune. 25 copies were distributed on 22nd August, Saturday, among the general public. The book contains synopsis of biographies and works of thirty Vaisnavas from Islamic background. This book has been reviewed by Srila Chandramauli Swami, Srila Hanumatpresaka Swami, HG Urmila devi dasi, and other eminent devotee and Isl...

Let’s vow to make this week special this year. There are heaps of activities we all can perform in order to spread the holy name across every town and village, just what Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had predicted. From nagar sankirtans, to japa workshops, to retreats, the WHNW provides us with different avenues wherein each of us can utilize our potential and skills to creatively contribute to this event. If nothing, we can all, at least, pledge to chant extra rounds ourselves, thereby internally pur...