Kirtan Sound Engineers Raise Awareness About Harmful Sound Levels!
Sacinandana Swami once joked: “The scriptures predict that as Kali Yuga progresses, devotees will play musical instruments so loud that people will not be able to hear the maha-mantra anymore.” That might make you crack a smile, but the background isn’t so funny. ISKCON devotees, and in particular kirtan leaders, suffer from a high level of hearing loss. Some parents are afraid to bring their babies into the temple room. Arjuna Das, an electrician who lives with his ...

Balaram Purnima Abhishekam 2018 in Vrindavan! (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma (Supersoul) in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who relishes His messages, which are themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1.2.17).
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Balarama Purnima celebration at Temple of Vladivostok, Russia, “New Jagannath Puri” (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: even a little devotional service can save one from the greatest danger. Devotional service, which begins with chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is so powerful that even if one falls down, he can be saved from all calamities if he somehow or other chants the holy name of the Lord. This is the extraordinary power of the Lord’s holy name. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.1.63...

Harinama in Riga, Latvia (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Bhagavad-Gita it is advised that one not forget the chanti......

Friday night Harinama in Argentina (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Bhagavad-Gita it is advised that one not forget ......

Every Town and Village Harinama. New Midweek Harinama in Alachua.
In 2017, in order to increase service to Srila Prabhupada an......

CONGRATULATIONS to Nandapriya Sikdar, who took diksha initiation recently from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami via Skype! (Before his operation) His Holiness Jayapataka Swami is such a magnanimous devotee, he can initiate a whole village at once, or just one girl on the other side of the world in Alachua. Maharaja asked her if she’d like to keep her name, which she has been called since birth (when Nandapriya was born, her father asked His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, his guru maharaja, to name the baby, so he named her then also!). Nandapriya sweetly re...

Devotees at the Bud Billiken Parade 2018 (Album of photos)
The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is an annual parade held since 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; it is the largest African-American parade in the nation.
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna says that his devotee is never vanquished. Therefore all the disciples practicing Krishna consciousness should obediently follow the regulative principles and remain fixed in chanting the holy name of the Lord. Then there need be no fear. Otherwise, one’s position is very dangerous, especially in ...

Harinama in Haifa, Israel (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is always supe......

Sharing Our Spiritual Culture (26 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Our yearly Festival of India in Poland allows people to experi......

Congratulations to Haripriya Griesser, the new Teacher’s Assistant in the Madhurya Bhavan upper elementary class at BANA. Haripriya is a graduate of Govardhana Academy in Canada and recently obtained her Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education from Saint Leo University. She also possesses a Bhakti Sastri and Bhaktivaibhava degree and is very talented in the arts. She is the daughter of Vishaka devi dasi and Yadubara das and is a valuable addition to the Bhaktivedanta Academy teaching team.

Harinama at Surfers Paradise, Australia - 19 August 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Srila Madhavendra Puri said, “O regulative principles of karma-kanda, please excuse me. I cannot follow all these regulative principles, because I am fully engaged in devotional service.” He expressed the desire to sit somewhere beneath a tree and continue chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Consequently he did not execute all the regulative principles. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.9.4 Purport)
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All India Padayatra NEWS (Album of photos)
By Acarya Dasa and Prajeesh Prabhu.
On 23rd August 2018, All India Padayatra reached Tandalwadi village after travelling about 10Km. We are staying at one small temple and a nearby house. In the evening we did harinam sankirtana in the village. Local people attended sandhya arati in front of the temple.
For the pleasure of Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara, Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev we would like to announce the book distribution score of All India Padayatra on 23rd August, 2018.
Mahabig Books - 19

New members for the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Haridasa Thakura was born in a Mohamm......

Ratha Yatra at the hometown of Beatles (Album of photos)
Hare Krishna Chariot Festival, Liverpool.
Lots of happy people!<......

Summer Retreat in Almvik, Sweden (Album of photos)
Iskcon Pandava Sena from London had their yearly summer retreat in Almvik t......

Padayatra: Day three of the six-day walk, which will make its way to Canterbury (southeast England), will feature a temple on wheel......

Harinama Sankirtana in Union Square Park Tuesday, August 21st (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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Jhulan Yatra in Iskcon Kiev, Ukraine (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A devotee always thinks of the Lord continuously. While chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, the words Krishna and Hare immediately remind him of all the Lord’s activities. Since his entire life is engaged n the service of the Lord, a devotee cannot forget the Lord at any time. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.1.6 Purport)
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Sixty book distributors in a mission to Brighton, UK (Album of photos)
On Saturday we made an exciting trip to the seaside town of Brighton! Fifty five of us boarded a coach, which left Bhaktivedanta Manor at 10.30am. Five more devotees came in their car.
What was really exciting and special about this trip was that we were all planning to set upon Brighton, armed with Srila Prabhupada’s books; the time bombs!
Eager to get there, we spent time singing bhajans, chanting and hearing realisations from our two special VIPs - HG Sutapa das and...

In praise of our dearest God-brother!
Bhakti Charu Swami: At a time like this we can’t help but recognize the extremely exalted spiritual position of our very dear godbrother, His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja.
When the whole world was in total anxiety about the outcome of the very critical operation to transplant his liver and kidney, he seemed to be totally unperturbed and confident. He was waiting in Chennai for months for those organs to be available from a suitable living source. Therefore when they became available he seemed to be excite...

Iskcon Trivandrum, Kerala Floods: Third stage (Album of photos)
MEDICAL CAMP
Iskcon jointly with BHAKTIVEDANTA HOSPITAL M......

Gunagrahi das Maharaja Health Update.
** Important health report of ss Gunagrahi Maharaja *** Hare Krishna devotees please accept my obeisances, all the glories to Srila Prabhupada I hope you are very well. As everyone knows Maharaja was doing during these last 8 months, a very austere Ayurvedic treatment which consisted mainly in the taking of liquid mercury and 10 liters of water per day and in which, every 15 days, we would check with the doctor the Maharaja’s health and to renew his medicine....

Huge success for the Summer Polish Tour as it reaches its end. (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: A few shots of our last f......