By: Jayashree devi dasi on Sept. 19, 2020

A devotee children’s club in Australia, with about 80 children, decided to bring the holy land of Vrindavana, Krishna’s birthplace, into Brisbane.   Read More

By: Krishnanandan das, Bhagavati Kripa Dasi & Samhita on Sept. 19, 2020

The children come up with innovative ideas to present the Lord's pastimes by making 3D models.  Read More

By: ISKCON News Team on Sept. 18, 2020

COVID-19 claims the life of the world renowned spiritual leader but his legacy lives on.   Read More

By: Sunanda Das on Sept. 18, 2020

After over six months of halted construction on account of the India lockdown, work on the TOVP has successfully resumed.  Read More

By: ISKCON News Team on Sept. 18, 2020

2020 is bringing in new things for ISKCON North America (NA) Communications Department: new management, with the appointment of Madan Gopal Das as Director and Kumari Kunti Dasi as Administrative ...  Read More

By: Madhava Smullen on Sept. 18, 2020

“All of my students… should read our books very diligently at least one or two hours daily and try to understand the subject matter from varieties of angles,” Srila ...  Read More

By: Contributor on Sept. 18, 2020

In the past two weeks, he has been recovering very nicely,  now he is back serving on the altar and started to take small speaking engagements. Read More

By: Madhava Smullen on Sept. 18, 2020

From September 17th to 23rd, the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry is holding daily virtual events on its official Facebook page, as well as on ISKCON Desire Tree’s Hare Krishna ... Read More

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By Iskcon Harinam Sankirtan Ministry

(This is a sticky, always updated post, with the latest news from the World Holy Name Festival). Srila Prabhupada’s greatest desire was to spread the chanting of the Holy Names all over the world. To fulfill this desire, the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON established World Holy Name Day to commemorate Srila Prabhupada Arrival anniversary to the west, during Srila Prabhupada's Centennial in 1996. World Holy Name Day, along with many other Centennial programs was a tremendous success.

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By Subhag Swami

Madhu means sweet. It means honey. Krishna is also called Madhu. In this material world there is one type of honey and in the spiritual world there is also a type of honey. The sweet honey in the spiritual realm is the real honey which we should hanker for. In this material world there is Kandarpa (Cupid) but in the eternal world, Madan (Cupid) is Krishna and everyone is attracted by Him. The holy name and Krishna are non different. Even great personalities such as Brahma chant the holy name in ecstasy with his four mouths. Narada Muni joyfully plays his vina melodiously ...

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By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

My heart is like a desert, hot with the rays of the sun. This is my internal mental condition. The desire for temporary, material things cannot satisfy me because by nature they are death producing. And not one or two, but thousands of such death-producing desires have taken shelter in my mind. So, my subconscious region is always burning. This is my condition. But somehow, by the grace of sadhu and my guru, the holy name of Krishna with its infinite prospect has entered through the ...

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By Mayapur Sasi dasa

For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of August 2020. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5

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By Giriraj Swami

Both the Gregorian and Vedic calendars comprise twelve months. But whereas the number of days in each month varies in the Gregorian calendar, the Vedic months are all of the same duration: about fourteen days from the new moon to the full moon and from the full moon to the new. The day of the new moon is known as amavasya, and the full-moon day is known as purnima. And just as the Gregorian calendar is periodically adjusted during years known as “leap” years, the Vedic calendar is also adjusted, every three years. But whereas the Gregorian adjustment adds one day to the month of Februar...

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By Yugala Kishor Gour das

Today it is 55 years ago that Srila Prabhupada set foot on US soil for the first time, having being brought there by a ship called Jaladuta. It was one of the many vessels of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company from Bombay, one of the oldest shipping companies in India, founded in 1919. At the time the company was lead by Srimate Moraji, named Jamuna, who joint the business at the tender age of 20 years and build it from humble beginnings to one of India's largest with a fleet of 43 vessels and a combined deadweight of 550,000 ton.

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By Giriraj Swami

When Srila Prabhupada first arrived in America, it took some time—almost a year—before people began to take his message seriously. But gradually, after he moved to New York, some young men and women did join him. And after starting the first center, on Second Avenue, Srila Prabhupada sent some disciples to San Francisco. Soon thereafter, he went, too, and it was there that he inspired and celebrated the first Ratha-yatra in the Western world. Before leaving America to return to India, Srila Prabhupada told his disciples, “Whoever wants to please me”—of course, everyone wanted to p...

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By Madhurika dasi

When our children grow into teens, many of us find that inspiring them in Krishna consciousness becomes much harder. They are no longer enthusiastic to imitate us or join in with the devotional activities we initiate. I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about what we can do to keep them close and hopefully inspired. Here are some of my thoughts.

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By Bhusaya dasa

“Wait a minute,” Ginsberg told him. “I wanted to sing you the Hare Krishna mantra. Can you stay and listen? It’ll just take one minute.” After Kennedy agreed, Ginsberg pulled out his harmonium. “He has this one-tone mouth harp, so he blows his note on that – what’s the sound? Mmmmmmmmmmgggg?” Edelman recalled. Ginsberg chanted two choruses. “I think Kennedy was kind of … I don’t know if it was delighted or amused,” Greenfield recalled. “I thin...

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By Sivarama Swami

From Srila Prabhupada’s teachings and Gaudiya history, it seems that there has always been a tension between two kinds of followers of Lord Caitanya’s mission—the preachers and the reclusive practitioners. These are known as the gosthy-anandi (GA) and bhajan-anandi (BA), respectively. The debate between the two centres around how they realise the confidential essence of Lord Caitanya’s teachings, Vraja-bhakti, and the failings that each sees in the other’s pr...

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By 2nd World Ramayana Conference

This short video is a talk given by Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) called "The Power of the Ramayana," given at the 2nd World Ramayana Conference held in Jabalpur, India, in January 26-29, 2020. He was a special invited guest for the conference, and his talk explains from the Valmiki Ramayana the different ways it helps uplift humanity from the ordinary miseries of life, up to and including liberation or freedom from material existence altogether. In the video, it shows Dr. Akhilesh Gumastha introducing Stephen for receiving a special certificate of appreciation for ...

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By 2nd World Ramayana Conference

This short video is a talk given by Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) called "The Power of the Ramayana," given at the 2nd World Ramayana Conference held in Jabalpur, India, in January 26-29, 2020. He was a special invited guest for the conference, and his talk explains from the Valmiki Ramayana the different ways it helps uplift humanity from the ordinary miseries of life, up to and including liberation or freedom from material existence altogether. In the video, it shows Dr. Akhilesh Gumastha introducing Stephen for receiving a special certificate of appreciation for ...

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Hare Krishna!

I would like to share this wonderful sample painting of Srila Prabhupada done by bhaktin Ekatirina Andreeva from Volgograd in Russia. She is an aspiring disciple of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaja, and as you can see is very talented! We look forward to her contributing in the TOVP project. This particular piece we are planning to place in the main front entrance of the TOVP as one of the two mosaics alongside the astrological clock. We will be turning this amazing sample painting into a mosaic work for that purpose.

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Message from the Chairman

Dear Devotees and Friends of the TOVP,
Hare Krishna! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am happy to inform you that we have recently re-started construction at the TOVP on a limited scale. This is immensely important so we can begin the catch up process and stay on time and on budget for the opening of the temple. There is an article and video with more information about this in the Newsletter.  Read More