By Parsada devi dasiThere was a flurry of excitement and joy as the panel of judges announced the All India Bhaktivedanta Swami Literary Quiz winners in Vrindavan yesterday.
...- 22 Sep 2009
By Indradyumna SwamiAfter the Woodstock festival we went back to our programs on the Baltic Sea coast. We were exhausted but determined to make it through the last seventeen days of our tour. There might be some austerities, but the satisfaction of sharing Krsna consciousness with thousands of people would far outweigh any discomfort.
...- 21 Sep 2009
By Dvijapriya dasiThe first ever Daytona Beach Rathayatra festival was celebrated on September 12, and in spite of ever-threatening rain, the parade turned out to be a blissful and well-attended affair. The festival was very nicely organized by Bhadra and Balavanta prabhus in conjunction with the Hindu Society of Daytona Beach, and was a huge success!
...- 21 Sep 2009
By Matsya Avatara DasaThe quality of any relationship is guaranteed only if we know how to appreciate the qualities of others and the quality of realization per se. The lack of such appreciation produces lack of relationships. To overcome this, the first indispensable step is learning how to recognize the value of others.
...- 18 Sep 2009
By Praghosa DasaArguably the highlight of the day though was the contribution of the Lord Mayor. She arrived shortly after the stage show began and took a seat reserved for her. She was curious about the drama that had just started, which was called the three modes of material nature and she followed it closely. I asked her would she like something to eat and to my surprise she said "Yes please, I've been looking forward to this all day" Usually dignitaries are a little more circumspect when offered food and generally have to be cajoled into taking prasadam, so he...
- 17 Sep 2009
By Amrita Gopal DasiThese are a sample of the comments recorded in the guestbook signed by hundreds of visitors to the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah.
...- 17 Sep 2009
The festival begins with inauguration on 14 February and continues upto 1 st March. Gaura Purnima falls on 28th February. To commemorate the 500 years of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Sannyasa anniversary, devotees will visit Katwa- the place where Mahaprabhu took Sannyas on 27th February
...- 14 Sep 2009
By Padmavati and Karunika DasisThe Mauritian yatra inundated the island with the ecstatic chanting of the holy names during the World Holy Name Week which lasted from the 2nd to the 11th of September
...- 14 Sep 2009
Every evening, in front of the temple a Japathon table was set up with beads, pledge forms, and score cards. A devotee was there at the table to encourage people to participate in the Japathon, teach them to chant, and answer their questions.
...- 14 Sep 2009
By Anangamanjari devi dasiKnown as “The Mayapuris”, this kirtan group has become popular in the yoga and new age circles, because distinguish themselves as followers of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who embedded the root of Hari Nam Kirtan within the sacred dust of Sridham Mayapur
...- 11 Sep 2009
By Madhava DasISKCON devotees from all over the world (Kuwait, Dubai, US, UK, China, Russia and India) had gathered in the Laxmi Palace in Nathdwara, Rajasthan for this yatra.
...- 11 Sep 2009
By Patita Pavana dasWith head bowed low at the lotus feet of the assembled devotees, I would like to narrate the full story of how the 1959 sannyasa diksha photo of Shrila Prabhupada appeared in ISKCON, now that the fiftieth celebration of Shrila Prabhupada’s initiation into the fourth stage has just passed
...- 11 Sep 2009
By Rajaram dasaA massive movement is set to begin for the cow protection, to develop the villages and bring prosperity and happiness to the nation and the world.
...- 11 Sep 2009
By Indradyumna Swami"Over my dead body!" screamed the woman over the telephone. As I entered the office I could hear every word she was saying to Nandini dasi: "Never! I'll never rent my school to you people! Not in a million years!" With that, she hung up.
...- 10 Sep 2009
By Parijata devi dasiAt a spiritually uplifting event, ‘The Journey Home – Autobiography of an American Swami’ by Radhanath Swami was officially launched in Mumbai on 21 August 2009
...- 9 Sep 2009
We are happy to invite the worldwide devotees to perform the most auspicious Sri Kshetra Parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 7th November.
...- 7 Sep 2009
This November 7, ISKCON devotees at the rural Prabhupada Village community in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina will be holding “George Fest,” the latest in a series of innovative festivals designed to attract the general public
...- 7 Sep 2009
World Holy Name Week is underway and reports are pouring in. Visit our website www. whnw. org to see the latest global news. We are trying to update the news daily.
...- 7 Sep 2009
By Vrndavanlila devi dasiVarnasrama Research Teams are satellite localized research units working towards spreading the message of varnasrama and thus help preparing ourselves to come out of the material conditioning and take to the life style created by Lord Krishna and recommended by various acharyas, including Srila Prabhupada
...- 5 Sep 2009
After changing the dates of my visit to Poland thrice, I booked it exactly around the date of the 70th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland - without being aware of it.
...- 5 Sep 2009
By Radhikakrpa devi dasiOn my recent preaching tour I reached Vancouver, the Canadian city famous for being a second home to Punjabi population. I was informed that I was scheduled for a talk show with a very popular anchor on Radio Red Fm the very next morning.
...- 5 Sep 2009
By Patita Pavana dasIt would be a journey of not only celebration and worship, but an inner journey of the heart. For the wise traveler knows that any trip worth undertaking should be as good as the destination.
...- 5 Sep 2009
I would like to express my gratitude to all the senior devotees of ISKCON who have come forward and responded to my appeal that we all join hands to promote world holy name week.
...- 5 Sep 2009