Appreciative Love - Rukmini Devi Dasi | Gratitude | Christmas Special (22 min video)
Rukmini Devi Dasi joined the ISKCON society in San Francisco in 1968. She then traveled to Montreal to meet Srila Prabhupada with the six devotees who were on their way to open the temple in London. She was initiated in Montreal and later served in Boston as an artist and then pujari there and in New York City.

Did you know?
545,599,371 pieces of literature authored by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada have been distributed worldwide by his sincere followers since 1965 to the end of November.
6,080,380 literatures this year.
601,385 literatures the month of November.
These are official stats issued by the BBT (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the publishing agency of Srila Prabhupada’s books)
Sankirtan Yajna ki Jaya!
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!

Srila Prabhupada Memories by HG Visakha Mataji at Hare Krishna Melbourne on 21 December 2018 (video)
Srila Prabhupada: An old ......

Snana Yatra celebration at Hare Krishna Melbourne (Album of photos)
Aniruddha Dāsa: Snana Yatra was celebrated with enthusiasm, dedication and exuberance this year. Great decorations by Jaya Radha and her team. It was also Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Ṭhākura’s Disappearance Day. You’ll see him on the Vyāsāsana and Prabhupāda sitting on our smaller Vyāsaāsana. Just in case you were wondering.
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Kirtan night at Mayapur (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Those who are advanced and highly qualified and are interested in the essence of life know the good qualities of Kali-yuga. Such people worship the age of Kali because in this age, simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can advance in spiritual knowledge and thus attain life’s goal. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11.5.36)
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Special Mercy In Shanghai (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: This afternoon on my last day in Shanghai we did a program in a popular yoga studio. Over two hundred mostly young people listened intently to the class and as always, chanted and danced ecstatically with us. I saw 6 people crying during the kirtan. In fact, I often see Chinese people cry during bhajans and kirtans. I can only conclude that Lord Caitanya and the holy names are showing special mercy to the people of the Khasa race as described in Srimad Bhagavatam:
”Kiratas, Hun...

Devotees from the New Raman Reti ISKCON community participated in the Alachua Christmas Parade.
Devotees have been part of the......

A fabulous Rathyatra around the beautiful New Varshana, Auckland NewZealand (Album of photos)
Pure Nectar!!
Srila Prabhup......

Aspiration to Serve and Love Krishna (video)
HH Radhanath Swami speaks on SB 11.15.17 analyzing various practitioners of Yoga ......

Preaching program in Izhevsk, the capital city of western Russia’s Udmurt Republic (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Every year over the Xmas time we visit the city of Izhevsk in Russia. There is a wonderful group of devotees there, and among other things, they are extremely expert in dance and drama. While we were there, every evening we had a full program, with kirtan, a class, and usually two dramas, with nice dances.
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Churning the Nectar In Shanghai (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Shanghai is the 2nd largest city in the world and the mo......

Visiting Iskcon Melbourne, Australia (2018) (Album of photos)
Arjun Bhattacharyya: Melbourne is located at the head of Port Phillip Bay, and it is Australia’s second largest city and the capital of the south-eastern state of Victoria. Serving as Australia’s undisputed cultural capital, Melbourne is bursting with Victorian-era architecture, museums, galleries, theaters, street arts, large parks and gardens. Srila Prabhupada visited Melbourne many times. In 1973, he installed Melbourne’s presiding Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ballabha. And i...

Jaladuta 1- travel between Kolkata and Sri Dham Mayapur on the sacred Ganges river (11 min video)
Speedy catamaran transportation between Sri Dham Mayapur and Kolkata, West Bengal. See the experience of the travelers, and maybe book yourself a voyage of a lifetime next time you visit Sri Dham Mayapur...

Meet Devotee Baker Nitaipriya Dasi and her fantastic creations!
Nitaipriya rises to the challenges that stereotypical cake ingredients present to those following Vaishnava principles. She uses yoghurt and baking soda, lemon juice with soda, flax seeds, or banana instead of egg, depending on the flavor and style of cake. She can even make royal icing without eggs, using chickpea water to surprisingly delicious results. To make flowers and figurines she uses candy clay instead of chocolate, as well as gum paste and fondant. One of Nitaipriya’s mos...

Emerson, Merton, and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta.
Madhavananda Das: I find it very interesting how similar the thinking is in the following excerpts of these three famous philosophers.
The Vaishnava Guru Vs Bankrupt Rationalism by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada.
Tradition Vs Convention by Thomas Merton from “No Man is an Island”
Consistency is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds by Ralph Waldo Emerson from “Self-reliance”.
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Srila Prabhupada MARATHON 2018 in Slovenia (4th week) Devotees on the battlefield (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Once cannot capture the blowing wind. And it is even more difficult to capture the turbulent mind. One must engage one’s mind fully in Krishna. Only then will there remain no other engagements to agitate the mind. (Bhagavad-gita 6.34, purport).
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Ratha-Yatra in New Orleans (Album of videos)
Drumila Dasa: Our last Rathayatra was rained out last month, so today we tried again. It was supposed to rain, 100% chance the weather station said. But by the grace of the prayers of all the Devotee’s, and the Lord himself, for the better duration of the parade, we had no rain. Only at the near the very end did it rain, and that is after we had gone by the most populated sections of the French Quarter. I was busy handing out tons of fruit in the form of oranges tangerines and apples(Prasadam of course...

Harinama in Kuta beach, Bali (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: We are not afraid of maya because Krishna is there. Krishna says, “My devotee will never be vanquished by maya.” Maya cannot do anything if we become strong. And what is that strength? Chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare loudly. (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, 3.6.10, Los Angeles 1968).
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Photos from London Boxing Day Harinama Sankirtan.
Please find below photos from the London Boxing Day Harinama Sankirtan, which was also Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s Disappearance Day.
Srila Prabhupada: All glories to the chanting of Hare Krishna mantra or Krishna sankirtana movement. All glories. All victory. How it is victory, all victory? If you chant this Hare Krishna mantra, then the dirty things which have accumulated in your heart due to material contamination will be cleared off. (Purport to Siksastakam).
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Reading prayers from Srimad Bhagavatam (video)
Seminar with HG Dravida Das at Iskcon Chicago, 23 December 2018.
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Home program near Hartford (video)
Niranjana Swami: Srila Prabhupada explains in many places that the human form of life is a juncture at which one can elevate or degrade himself.

Yogesvara Prabhu’s thoughts and realizations in a morning class at the Bhakti Center in New York (compiled by Krishna Kripa Prabhu): The Bhakti Center is transcendental once you walk in the door, but the further you go up the more transcendental it is.

Harinam Sankirtan Time in the Pancha Tattva Temple in Sri Dhama Mayapur (1 min video)
Huge crowd in Mayapur during the Christm......

A Bullet Train To Transcendence (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today we took a bullet train from Beijing to Qufu, the village where Confucius was born 2,500 years ago. In Qufu there is a community of people who revere Confucius and his teachings. I visited them 2 years ago and they invited me back this year for a special gathering. This evening I spoke to 500 people on the similarity of the teachings of Confucius and Chanyaka Pandit of India. I concluded by saying that both teachings are meant to bring us to the mode of goodness, but beyond good...