By: Madhava Smullen on Oct. 2, 2020

The intimate 90-minute interview gives us association with a variety of devotees, from Srila Prabhupada disciples, to sannyasis and gurus, to young devotees and gurukulis.

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By: Bhakta Thomas on Oct. 2, 2020

The Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork is world-famous for its huge festivals drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the Utah attraction, but COVID-19 changed everything.

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By: Madhava Smullen on Oct. 2, 2020

As part of its online Bhakti Wisdom offerings, designed for people who want to dive deeper into their practice, the Bhakti Center in New York City is offering Pathways to ...

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By: Baladeva Dasa on Oct. 2, 2020

Juan Pablo Roldan officer of the Argentine Federal Police, was killed during the performance of his duty. The Hare Krishna Community has received the news with shock and sadness.

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By: Navina Nirada das on Oct. 1, 2020

This online course is designed for all wishing to deepen their appreciation, skills and knowledge of sankirtan.

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By: Anuttama Dasa on Oct. 1, 2020

A letter was recently sent to the president of Bhaktivedanta Manor, Visakha dasi, from Her Majesty the Queen of England, via her Private Secretary's Office.

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By: ISKCON News Staff on Sept. 28, 2020

Nitai Chaitanya Goswami is one of ISKCON Russia’s first sannyasis and seniormost devotees.

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By: Kumari Kunti Sherreitt on Sept. 28, 2020

More than 30 Christians and Vaishnavas of different ages and backgrounds from across the USA joined an online dialogue to network and enjoy their faith in unity.

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By Nagaraja Dasa

Controlling one’s mind is the purpose of yoga, and Krishna consciousness is the yoga of bhakti, or service to Krishna with love. As with any type of yoga, practicing bhakti-yoga in an atmosphere where we’re deluged with information can be tough. The digital age seems to control us, as yesterday’s inventions become today’s necessities. When I compare my childhood to that of kids today, I wonder how they can concentrate on anything, their minds so easily disappearing into a virtual world that’s becoming more and more like the bricks a...

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By Vijaya Dasa

It looks like Covid-19 was a blessing in disguise for the Vancouver temple in August. I don't remember ever seeing such a high score. It was the No. 9 temple worldwide, with almost 7,000 book points. Another pleasant surprise is the No. 1 book distributor for the month: Vibhu Caitanya Prabhu, an old friend, from Durban. He's been a book distributor for many years, but I've never seen him score so high. It looks like another Covid-19 blessing in disguise. He did 4,380 book points, and the Durban temple was right behind the Vancouver temple, No. 10 in the world, with 6,029 book points.

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By Mahatma Dasa

The Brahma-vaivarta Purana describes a beautiful story of a brahmana in South India who wanted to offer sweet rice (khir) to his Deities but couldn’t afford the ingredients. So he decided to offer the sweet mentally. In deep meditation, he collected all the ingredients and cooked it. After the preparation was ready, he wanted to cool it down before he offered it to Krishna. After a while he touched his finger to see if the sweet rice had cooled down. It was still hot, and to his surprise his fing...

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By Badrinarayan Swami

"Both the Vaishnava theists and the materialists each present their own set of amazing stories. The choice is . . . which set of amazing stories to believe." It is the grand conceit of the materialistic worldview that “man is the measure of all things.” When we dig a little deeper, we find that this premise is based on a profoundly arrogant presumption, namely, that all reality can ultimately be subordinated to our sense perception and intellect....

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By Cintamani Dhama Devi Dasi

I know that if I really want to help my children, I have to help them become conscious of Krishna. To do that, I too have to become Krishna conscious. After all, you can't give what you don't have. Children are sensitive to hypocrisy. You can't tell them "Chant Hare Krishna, offer your food to Krishna, don't take drugs or have illicit sex" unless you practice what you preach. If we want our children to be devotees, we have to teach by our own example. To me ...

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By Kurma Dasa

Anyone who has ever visited a Hare Krishna Temple feast or a Hare Krishna restaurant will have undoubtedly tasted halva. The memory of its sweet, warm, moist, spiritually-infused 'comfort food-iness' will no doubt have lingered long after all traces of the buttery ecstasy have left the lips. You may not know just how widespread the halva story actually is, and how much world history there is to it. Halva is one of those dishes found from the Balkans to India and claimed a...

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By Yamuna Devi

Right then and there, I decided that I wanted to feel what they were feeling. It was the real thing—everything I had heard and read about chanting while growing up as a devotee, yet which evaded me as if it were a myth—here it was as clear as day right in front of me, in real live human beings. In a matter of seconds, all my cumulative desires, aspirations, ambitions, priorities and hierarchies faded into the pale, replaced unequivocally by this overbearing drive t...

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By Yamuna Devi

Right then and there, I decided that I wanted to feel what they were feeling. It was the real thing—everything I had heard and read about chanting while growing up as a devotee, yet which evaded me as if it were a myth—here it was as clear as day right in front of me, in real live human beings. In a matter of seconds, all my cumulative desires, aspirations, ambitions, priorities and hierarchies faded into the pale, replaced unequivocally by this overbearing drive t...

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By Praghosa Dasa

“A pure Vaisnava should be very careful to engage in his specific duty without criticizing others. This is the safest position. Otherwise, if one tends to criticize others, he may commit the great offence of criticizing a Vaisnava” In the pastime of Jagai and Madhai, prior to them receiving the mercy of Lord Caitanya, they were glorified as having one good quality. The fact that they kept such bad association meant that they had never come into contact with devotees hence their good...

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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team

Interview with Devakinandan Das. He is currently a practicing lawyer from Singapore and has been in ISKCON since 1983. His service is General Counsel for GBC and ISKCON where he advises and oversees legal matters on a global level. He is also a Global Duty Officer for legal affairs, and member of Org Dev and GBC Nomination Committee. He also serves as Zonal Supervisor for ISKCON Singapore, and MVT trustee....

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Hundreds of Beautiful TOVP Gift Items for Yourself, Family and Friends

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The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium Communications Department has created yet another way to stay in touch and informed about the progress of the construction of this historic and life-changing temple project rising in the rice fields of West Bengal, India.  

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