When spiritual life seems impractical - because of body, family, society and job (video)
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Kartika In Sridham Mayapur (14 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Today we began our Kartika parikrama in Mayapur by visiting Nrsimha Palli and HariHara ksetra, two special holy places in the Dhama. There we discussed the glories of both Lord Nrsimha and Lord Siva. The spiritual atmosphere of these places was overwhelming and more so due to the ecstatic Kirtan’s we had! So much mercy is available in the places of the Lord’s pastimes.
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Bhaktivedanta Academy Receives Grant for Science Education.
Bhaktivedanta Academy, a combined Montessori – International Baccalaureate school at ISKCON of Alachua, Florida, has been awarded a $3,000 grant for science education.
Deepa Mukhtyar (Deva Sarita Dasi), the science teacher for Krishna Sharanam, the school’s Middle Years program, applied for the grant from the Toshiba America Foundation, and received approval on October 23rd.
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ISKCON Members Participate in Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Nearly 10,000 delegates from 80 countries attended the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions from November 1stto 7thin Toronto, Canada. They represented nearly 200 religious, spiritual and indigenous traditions, comprising the single largest interfaith gathering in the world.

The spider effort.
Sacinandana Swami: Today I sat at the banks of Radha Kund and had a wonderful realization I must tell you about. I had already arrived before sunrise and watched the different morning scenes. Tulasi leaves drifted by from the offering to Giriraj at the Sangam. Devotees from Delhi whom I recognized sang beautiful glorifications. Later a group of villagers from the Gujar community arrived, all dressed in the most colorful outfits you can imagine. However, what caught my special attention was a group of devotees circulating Radha Kund i...

Damodara Masa in Iskcon Nepal (Album of photos)
Only 7 days remaining to end Dāmodara Masa.
Don’t miss this opportunity.
Anyone can offer a Ghee lamp to Lord Damodara in this auspicious month.
Offering from a child to the old age with happiness, joy, prayers feelings..
We like to thank everyone who helped in sponsoring ghee lamps and Prasad everyday till today.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/xtb34r

Official Opening of Avanti House Secondary school by the Secretary of State for Education (3 min video)
Avanti House Secondary School’s Official opening with the Rt. Hon Damian Hinds. Avanti House Secondary School is the first Hindu State-funded secondary school in the country. Avanti was honored to have the Secretary of State open the school along with MP Bob Blackman and the Mayor of Harrow Kareema Marikar.
To watch it please click here: https://goo.gl/c35JEj

Govardhan Puja in Simhachalam 2018, Germany (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Kirtana means both lecturing and chanting wit......

Happy Gopastami celebration in Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The general mass of people, although sudras and ......

The Ego-death.
Sacinandana Swami: Part of my kartik-vrata is to read Krishna’s instructions to Uddhava before He left this world from the 11th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. The Lord makes an important point there – that the knot in the heart, the ahankara, the false ego, is destroyed by bhakti. He says: “When one engages constantly in worshiping Me through loving devotional service, his heart becomes firmly situated in Me. Thus all material desires within the heart are destroyed and the knot in the heart is pierced, the ego knot.&r...

“Greeter” Service at Temple.
Greeting Guests at the Sunday Feast.
In an effort to make our temple more ‘user-friendly’ for guests that come on Sunday, we would like to have an assigned Greeter set up along the walkway leading up to the Temple. Many people come for their first time and just don’t know where to go or even what our program is for the day. Think how nice it would be for you if you were to go somewhere for the first time and were met by a friendly face who could tell you the lay of the land.
While this ...

Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “My heart is always burning in the fire of material existence, and I have made no provisions for getting out of it. The only remedy is hari-nama-sankirtana, the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, which is imported from the spiritual world, Goloka-Vrndavana. How unfortunate I am that I have no attraction for this. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.1.22 Purport)
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Reading Srila Prabhupada’s books by HH Kesava Bharati Goswami and HG Vaisesika Dasa (video)
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Hare Krishna devotees at Diwali with Governor of Utah, US, Gary Richard Herbert at Governor’s mansion. It was a very pleasing & auspicious event.
More photos: https://goo.gl/onpB4Z

Australia’s first Hare Krishna schoolies: No sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling or meat.
Principal Vinod Bihari das said he was proud of the students for choosing a different path to many other Australian school-leavers who favor Gold Coast getaways characterized by heavy drinking and late night doner kebabs.
“These Year 12s are making their own decisions rather than thinking ‘Just because everyone does it, that’s what we should do’, and that’s a true sense of independent thinking — you critically analyze what&r...

KARTIK YATRA 2018 - DAY 8 (video)
PURI YATRA CLASS BY HH RADHANATH SWAMI - 14th Nov 2018.
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A Visit To Katwa (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Our parikrama party was extremely fortunate to visit the very place ......

This Monk has a message for meat-eaters (3 min video)
Avoid the bad reactions and consequences of eating meat like negative karma, wars, health problems, ecological disaster, inflicting pain to innocent animals. It’s unnecessary for our survival and we can easily do without it.
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Diwali in Dublin (videos)
On Friday the 9th of November last there was a gala Diwali event held in the historic Dublin Castle.......

Shri Rama Vijayotsava/ Dussehra 2018 Bloomington IL (Album of photos)
The third annual 2018 Shri Rama Vijayotsava/Dussehra wa......

Srila Prabhupada’s 41st Disappearance Day (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: More than 120 disciples gathered in Vrindavan to glorify Srila Prabhupada for his Disappearance Day Festival. Fabulous arrangements were made and they churned the great ocean of the nectar of Srila Prabhupada’s glories. Again in the evening, they gathered at Srila Prabhupada’s bed where he left this world. Every year I think they will never be able to make better decorations to his bed, but again, just see how gorgeous they did. Finally there was aratika at...

Two Most Amazing Tirtha’s (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we began our Kartika parikrama in Mayapur by visiting Nrsimha Palli and HariHara ksetra, two special holy places in the Dhama. There we discussed the glories of both Lord Nrsimha and Lord Siva. The spiritual atmosphere of these places was overwhelming and more so due to the ecstatic Kirtan’s we had!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/ieHdmQ

Big gathering of vaishnavas in Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Spiritual Master and Krishna are two parallel lines. The train, on two tracks, moves forward. The Spiritual Master and Krishna are like these two tracks, they must be served simultaneously. Krishna helps one to find bona fide Spiritual Master, and bona fide Spiritual Master helps one to understand Krishna. If one does not get bona fide Spiritual Master, then how he can ever understand Krishna? You cannot serve Krishna without Spiritual Mas...

Ecstatic Ratha-yatra in Vrindavan (Album of photos)
Mahadevi Dasi: Totally ecstatic Vrndavana RATHYATRA with our ISKCON JAGANNATHA BALABHADRA SUBHADRA and CHAKRAJI!
The Sacred Sounds of the Holy Names of KRSNA were vibrating throughout the universe it seemed!
Devotees pulling Lord Jagannatha’s Cart while singing, dancing, laughing, smiling n showing various signs of the JOY that RATHYATRA gives so freely.
Brijabasis lined up along Bhaktivedanta Marg to join in the chanting, clapping their hands n showing their appreciation for the...