New York Rathyatra (2018) Album (126 Photos)
Arjun Bhattacharyya: This year, New York city celebrated it’s 42nd Annual Rathyatra festival which was started by Srila Prabhupada in 1976. Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra Maharani gracefully rode down 5th Avenue while thousands of devotees gathered from all parts of the world had ecstatic harinam and pulled the chariots. This year the rathyatra has seen it’s biggest crowd with many Iskcon sannyasis also joining the festivity. The Festival of India ground at Washington Square Park was als...

Harinama in Ukraine (Album with photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: A couple of days ago we were in Chernovtsi, a nice old town in......

Adventures in Avantipura" Lecture by HG Bhurijana Prabhu - 14 June 2018 in Iskcon Melbourne (video)
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TOVP: The making of Sri Sri Radha Madhava fiberglass murtis (Album with photos)
Sadbhuja Das: The making of Sri Sri Radha Madh......

Avanti Court at the Royal Albert Hall!
Following the hugely successful Redbridge Schools Choral Festival in 2016, Avanti Court Choir were so excited to be invited back to perform at the world-famous Royal Albert Hall!
18 children represented Avanti Court Primary School at the event, joining together once more with hundreds of friends from schools across Redbridge. Our children’s impeccable Avanti values shone through, not only on the day itself but during weekly school rehearsals and even in their dedicated preparation at home. Practice and c...

Matchless Gifts.
Howard Wheeler (Hayagriva dasa): When I first met my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sw......

Hour-long Version of ‘The Joy of Devotion’ Film Released.
How does a young woman in South Africa adjust her newfound passion for Indian spirituality with her Zulu tribal background? What convinced the Soviet regime to stop persecuting Krishna-devotees? How to find joy in helping Mumbai slum kids getting fed and educated? What is a Florida elementary school teacher devotee’s greatest fear in life? What was the key for Prabhupada’s success according to Harvard scholars? How did devotees in Hungary turn a barren, tic-infested sheep...

New Magazine “Spirit Soul” Makes Bhakti Yoga Accessible.
New introductory magazine “Spirit Soul” is one of several efforts to connect with this audience by speaking to them in their language and offering ways that bhakti-yoga can improve their day-to-day lives.
The magazine, full of practical how-to-guides on the essential practices of bhakti is set to be an indispensable resource for temples and preachers.
Spirit Soul was launched at this May’s Sadhu Sanga Retreat in North Carolina. Starting as a one-off publicati...

Ratha Yatra at Cooly Rocks On Festival in Australia, 09 June 2018 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: “I have brought medicine to awaken very living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and awaken. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.13.9 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/wn793d

Faith and Politics.
“The state is not the whole of human existence and does not encompass all human hope. Man and what he hopes for extend beyond the framework of the state and beyond the sphere of political action.”
To read the complete article please click here: https://goo.gl/9LcHo6

“In the Name of Humility” by HG Mahatma Prabhu - June 12, 2018 (6 min video)
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Our body is not ours to abuse by arbitrary austerity (4 min video) by Chaitanya Charan Das.
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Lecture by HG Vaisesika Prabhu. Recorded on 05-13-2018, ISKCON of Silicon Valley (video)
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BBT Only! (2 min video)
Vaisesika prabhu explains why Srila Prabhupada wanted his books to be only produced and distributed by......

Spiritual world cup retreat Karputar, Nepal (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When the transcendental vibration of Hare Kr......

Srimad Bhagavatam for kids by 10 years old Radha Padma devi dasi (Canto 1 Chapter 10 Text 15 -16 ) (video)
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45th Anniversary of Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari (Album of photos)
Festival for the 45 year anniversary of the installation of Sri ......

Book Distribution weekend of June 7-10, 2018 (Album of photos)
Mohanasini Devi Dasi: What an amazing adventure….wandering about meeting people who already LOVE Srila Prabhupada’s books! Especially sweet to reconnect them with Bhagavad Gita. Please….take a minute to check out what they have to say!
Book Totals for this weekend: 12 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers, 37 Perfection of Yoga, 14 Chant and Be Happy, 79 Higher Taste Cookbooks, 2 Science of Self Realization, 79 Bhagavad Gitas, and 5 Srimad Bhagavatams Total: 218 books

Radha Kunda Seva: May 2018 Photos and Updates (Album of photos)
Purusottama Masa, a special lunar month that appears in the calendar every three years is a time for increasing spiritual practice and for engaging in acts of charity. Our charity for this month has been to seek out other ladies in need in the Radha Kunda area with the goal of increasing our meals served to 150 daily starting in July. In the process of seeking out ladies, we have discovered some elderly gentlemen who are also in need. We are asking your help to find sponsors for our sevent...

Solemn closing of Bhakti-Sastri and Bhakti-Vaibhava courses 2017-2018 and graduation of diplomas to students of the Vaishnava Acad......

Srimad Bhagavatam class by H.G. Deena Bandhu Prabhu in ISKCON Vrindavan, 07.06.2018 (video)
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New York Ratha Yatra 2018 (5 min video)
Since 1976, this attractive, beautiful, and bliss inspiring annual Jagannath Ratha Yatra festival has been celebrated by the Hare Krishna devotees on New York’s Fifth Avenue, the heart of New York City.
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Sunday Feast Lecture By HG Radhika Raman Das on Bhagavad Gita 9.17 in ISKCON of New Jersey (video)
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, 9.17: I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
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A dancing group joins the Harinama party in Ljubljana (5 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanishad, where it is said: “After searching through al the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krishna.” (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.40 Purport)
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