I was distributing books on Queen street, Auckland’s main CBD shopping street for a short time before driving to Hamilton another city outside of Auckland. There is many places that a book distributor or street collector could stand and I choose a strip which would be handy for my husband to pull up and pick...
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- 7 Apr 2022
Translation O gentle reciters, offer such prayers in due course of time, when the qualities of which you have spoken actually manifest themselves in me. The gentle who offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not attribute such qualities to a human being, who does not actually have them. Purport Gentle devotees of...
- 7 Apr 2022
We were in Fairfield (Sydney), which is densely populated by Arabs. An unforecasted storm hit us. The harinama party had to make a decision to continue or cancel. Given that it was a long way from home, we decided to continue, and we moved through the streets under roof footpaths. Looking at the dancing and...
- 7 Apr 2022
All morning busy with meetings in the temple and the usual occupational activities. Started book distribution around 5 in the evening and it was a tough evening trying to distribute books in Paris. Now we are on the train heading back to the temple. Quite often we go up and down the train trying to...
- 7 Apr 2022
The history of Iskcon Pakistan in Karachi with the Sindhi Community...
- 7 Apr 2022
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Last night Bhakta Mark and myself distributed 2000 Prasadam Cookies at Russell Brand’s live show at Newcastle City Hall! Russell Brand is a good friend of the devotees and kindly allows us to distribute prasadam to every person who comes to his live shows! Sandipan Krishna prabhu and his team from ‘Om Nom – Enlightened...
- 7 Apr 2022
Due to His causeless mercy upon all living entities within the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His plenary extensions, appeared in the family of Maharaja Iksvaku as the Lord of His internal potency, Sita. Under the order of His father, Maharaja Dasaratha, He entered the forest and lived there for considerable years...
- 6 Apr 2022
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It was time for taking Prasadam so the three devotees who I was with in New Plymouth (small town NZ) had met me outside the mall this fine Saturday. We were gathering our book boxes to head to the car when a Maori man (pictured in the photo :-)) approached us asking in a soft...
- 6 Apr 2022
Lisa Chastain I Found Krishna in Las Vegas A lifelong search for God ends in the most unexpected of places. Last year I found myself at the doorstep of Govinda’s Center of Vedic India and Radha-Govinda Mandir, Las Vegas. A dear friend of mine had invited me to hear him speak. I wasn’t entirely sure...
- 6 Apr 2022
The Lord is more anxious to take us back into His kingdom than we can desire. Most of us do not desire at all to go back to Godhead. Only a very few men want to go back to Godhead. But anyone who desires to go back to Godhead, Sri Krsna helps in all respects....
- 5 Apr 2022
Parasuram das Tomorrow we have a team traveling by van to our Prasad Distribution projects in Prague and Wroclaw, headed by Arjuna Prabhu, delivering essential supplies from London. Then they travel to Vilnius to buy a van for Ukraine Prasad Distribution on the Eastern side , Donbass area, where the local Prasad Distribution is going...
- 5 Apr 2022
As well as helping on the Hungarian border, the team made day-long journeys to the Polish and Romanian borders of Ukraine to deliver many tonnes of food provisions to Food for Life devotees operating in Kyiv and Kharhiv. A humanitarian adviser told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that “There’s a Hare Krishna temple in Kharhiv...
- 5 Apr 2022
SB 9.10.53 TRANSLATION When Lord Ramacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the King of this world, all bodily and mental suffering, disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear and fatigue were completely absent. There was even no death for those who did not want it. PURPORT All these facilities existed because of Lord Ramacandra’s...
- 4 Apr 2022
April 2. 2022 – Mayapur – Brhad Bhagavatamrita 3.5.32 – English (video) Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3uPIlPX...
- 4 Apr 2022
Wadad village ladies embrace one-day Vaishnavi walk April 3, 2022 By Jayabhadra devi dasi, IGF preacher On February 26, 2022, we had a one-day Vaishnavi padayatra at Wadad village 15km from Amravati. As a district Medical Officer, I am well acquainted with our health workers, so while our ISKCON Girls’ Forum team did advance...
- 4 Apr 2022
DEVOTEES AND REFUGEES NEED YOUR HELP – PLEASE DONATE! Members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) throughout the world are shocked and saddened by the ongoing terrifying situation in Ukraine. Please support the ongoing relief seva going on in Ukraine and Europe to help devotees who have fled their homes and are relocating...
- 3 Apr 2022
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With advance of Krishna Consciousness one is able to realize that Krishna is always with His devotees — not only with His devotees, also with the non-devotees, but the devotees can recognize His Presence and the non-devotees cannot. The more you make advancement in Krishna Consciousness you will see Krishna everywhere. Not only on the...
- 3 Apr 2022
Welcome to the first edition of our Vrindavan Garden in Mayapur Newsletter [Issue 1 March 2022] General Progress Report After four years of developing the concept and design of the Vrindavan Garden, our next goal is to begin shaping & developing the landscape, initiating detailed design/production of various features [Dioramas, Forms, Temples, etc.] within the...
- 3 Apr 2022
ISKCON Canberra participated at this year’s Aus-India Fair by FINACT at Thoroughbred Park! Mouthwatering delicacies (Kachories, Batata Vada, Gulab Jamun) were served at the stall along with the transcendental literatures (Bhagavad-Gita & others) and devotional paraphernalia! 🍨ǹ...
- 3 Apr 2022
My initial thought when I looked at Kevin Chung was: “He is rushing away after a haircut on a busy street and will never take a book.” I stopped him anyway. “Wwwait a minute!” he said. “Are these writi...
- 2 Apr 2022
We went to apartments door to door distributing Sri Caitanya Caritamrita sets in the Bay area. We saw one middle aged lady at one apartment, we greeted her by saying “Hare Krishna” and she replied with “Hare...
- 2 Apr 2022