Highlights from Day Three of the GBC AGM 2026, featuring a comprehensive update on developments in Sridhama Mayapur, including presentations by the Mayapur Executive Board. The day also included a review of ongoing discussions concerning ISKCON affiliates, and a special interaction with Shri Ashwin and Smt Shilpa, producers of the MahaAvatar Nrsimha movie. GBC AGM...
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- 6 Feb 2026
Highlights from Day Two of the GBC AGM 2026, featuring the Chairmanās Annual Address by Govardhan Prabhu, reflections on key developments and challenges of 2025, and expressions of gratitude to ISKCON leaders and devotees worldwide. The day also included presentations by the Succession Committee and the Nominations Committee, announcing and approving new Assistant GBCs. GBC...
- 5 Feb 2026
The ISKCON Constitution Drafting Committee has assembled a document to answer frequently asked questions. We hope this document helps you address any questions you have....
- 4 Feb 2026
Highlights from Day One of the GBC Annual General Meeting 2026, held on 4 February in Mayapur. The day included opening addresses, a Book Distribution presentation reflecting key achievements of 2025, elections to the GBC Executive Committee, the official launch of the ISKCON Constitution, and key administrative and governance-related matters. GBC AGM 2026 | Day...
- 4 Feb 2026
Ahead of the GBC AGM 2026, the Organizational Development (Org Dev) Committee met to review its work. In this short conversation from Mayapur, the Org Dev Co-Chairs share reflections on the role and focus of Organizational Development within ISKCON. GBC AGM 2026 | Pre-AGM Reflections from the Organizational Development Committee...
- 4 Feb 2026
Bhaktimarga Swami Early 70s, the Hare Krishna Movement North America enjoyed a great recruitment We were a growing, glowing family A blessed bunch existing happily Prabhupadaās āboys and girlsā flourished Under his mercy we were nourished The temple room was a divided place Both genders occupied equal space Both dhotis and saris were there at...
- 4 Feb 2026
āThe behavior of a perfect personā, drawing especially from the story of a saintly python who embodies deep Krishna consciousness. The core teaching emphasizes that material distinctions of good vs. bad and right vs. wrong are products of the world of duality and ultimately distract us from the real goal of life: remembering and loving...
- 4 Feb 2026
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- 4 Feb 2026
25 Years of Service – by Nityananda Chandra Granger. Chandra: How long have you been distributing free hot meals at Tompkins Square Park? Adi: Bhaktivedanta Swami, a.k.a. ÅrÄ«la PrabhupÄda, started this program of distributing vegetarian food 55 years ago, in 1965. We have continued this endeavor steadily as Interfaith Community Services for the past 25...
- 4 Feb 2026
Almost 5,000,000 literatures were distributed this month! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! This month Mayapur, New Delhi, and Mumbai-Juhu were the top three large temples. Pune Camp, Mumbai-Mira Road, and Salem were the top three medium temples. Chandigarh, Budhanilkantha and Bangalore-Jag Mandir were the top small temples and Genova, Kishinev...
- 3 Feb 2026
A global online gathering of ISKCON leaders and devotees presenting results of the 2025ā2026 āLive to Giveā book distribution campaign, centered on spreading Bhagavad Gita As It Is worldwide in the spirit of Srila Prabhupadaās mission. After opening chants and greetings, regional representatives shared reports: Africa: 10 countries participated, distributing 15,189 Bhagavad Gitas, showing strong...
- 2 Feb 2026
Translation Fire is appreciated by its light and by its ability to cook, to digest, to destroy cold, to evaporate, and to give rise to hunger, thirst, eating and drinking. Purport The first symptoms of fire are distribution of light and heat, and the existence of fire is also perceived in the stomach. Without fire...
- 2 Feb 2026
Srila Prabhupada-lilamrita tells the story of a remarkable individual and a remarkable achievement. The individual is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: philosopher, scholar, spiritual leader, saint. This book is a detailed sketch of the activities of Srila Prabhupada, which reveals the genuine and universal compassion that he carried within his heart as...
- 2 Feb 2026
Yogesvara das: In February 1970, shortly after joining the London Hare Krishna devotees in their temple off Oxford Street, we were visited by a warlock, a male witch. London had an active community of occultists in those days (the Swedenborg Society, for example, named after an 18th century Swedish spirit-channeler, had its offices just next...
- 1 Feb 2026
Translation According to the paramparÄ system, I wish to take the dust from the lotus feet of ÅrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, NityÄnanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, and all the associates of ÅrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu like SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara, RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«, SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« and RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ«. I wish to take the dust of their lotus feet upon my...
- 31 Jan 2026
Glorification of Lord Nityananda || HG Kripanidhi Prabhu & HH Bhakti Anugraha Janardana Swami Maharaj | 31-01-2026 Glorification of Lord Nityananda || HG Kripanidhi Prabhu & HH Bhakti Anugraha Janardana Swami MaharajĀ | 31-01-2026 Glorification of Lord Nityananda || HG Kripanidhi Prabhu...
- 31 Jan 2026
ÅrÄ« EkacakrÄ-dhÄma at Your Fingertips A New Digital Initiative Explores the Holy Places of Lord NityÄnanda ÅrÄ«la PrabhupÄda instructed, āIf you are actually serious about going back to home, back to Godhead, then please seek after the mercy of NityÄnanda.ā Inspired by this instruction, the Mayapur Master Plan Office is delighted to introduce the Virtual...
- 31 Jan 2026
The story of Varaha Dvadasi begins in a time when the universe was facing a great crisis. The demon Hiranyaksha had gained enormous power through severe austerities. With his strength and pride, he attacked the demigods and defeated them one by one. His heart was filled with greed, and his actions were driven by ego...
- 30 Jan 2026
The lecture glorifies the transcendental eyes of Srimati Radharani as an expression of the highest ecstatic love for Krishna. It begins with a prayer to the spiritual master, emphasizing that the merciful glance of the guru purifies the heart and helps one cross the ocean of material existence. This theme of the transforming power of...
- 30 Jan 2026
Personal spiritual journey that began in a nominally Methodist upbringing, passed through a brief period in Mormonism, and eventually led to the practice of Krishna consciousness after meeting early Hare Krishna devotees in Ohio in the late 1960s. Inspired by vegetarianism, yoga, and spiritual philosophy, the speaker wrote to Srila Prabhupada and received a defining...
- 30 Jan 2026
Praghosa Prabhu reflects on the universal role of the guru in Krishna consciousness, emphasizing that the soul is not defined by bodily distinctions such as gender. Citing multiple statements from Srila Prabhupada, he argues that spiritual qualificationānot genderāis the true criterion for becoming a guru. Srila Prabhupada explicitly encouraged all his disciples, men and women...
- 28 Jan 2026
By Govardhini dd Investment opportunity Govinda’s Kitchen Hare Krishna, dear devotees! We are reaching out to our global family with an update and an invitation to support a professional, mission-driven Prasadam project in the heart of Scandinavia: Copenhagen, Denmark. Our Journey & Progress In July 2025, we acquired a prime location in one of Copenhagenās...
- 28 Jan 2026
Yogesvara Dasa: Standing before that silent ring of metal and copper, I think I sensed for the first time that the most decisive forces in life were unseen. This machine claimed to reveal what could not be observed directly. The idea lodged itself in me that the cool parts of reality lived beneath the surface....
- 28 Jan 2026
The confidential truth is that in order to quickly bestow auspiciousness upon the living entities of Kali-yuga, in the beginning, the Supreme Lord sent His devotees such as Sathhakopa (Nammalvar), Ramanuja, Vishnusvami, Madhvacarya and Nimbaditya to this world, and desiring to bestow the supreme secret of attaining conjugal love of Godhead, He personally assumed the form of a devotee named Sri Krishna Caitanya and descended with His own Golokadhama in the supreme place of pilgrimage, Gauda-bhumi
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- 28 Jan 2026