Devotee men from across North America will gather at IKSCON New Vrindaban, West Virginia, for the 8th annual MAN-tra Retreat, happening from Friday, September 19 to Sunday, September 21, 2025.

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For the second year in a row, ISKCON Gurugram organized a Rathayatra marathon, hosting 13 Rathyatras across the city over just 11 days, from June 26 to July 6.

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A beautiful and heartfelt yajna ceremony was held to honor a significant moment in the journey of the Avanti Schools Trust. The ceremony was conducted to express deep gratitude to Nitesh Gor OBE (Navina Krsna das), the Founding CEO, and to warmly welcome Dr James Biddulph MBE as the new CEO of the Trust.

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This year’s Hare Krsna Festival at the National Mall was another amazing event. Literally thousands of people from all walks of life, all ethnic backgrounds, and age groups couldn’t help but hear this chanting of the Hare Krsna Maha Mantra. As a direct result, so many people were feeling genuine spiritual ecstasy by Nama Prabhus’ causeless mercy. Honestly, the atmosphere was so spiritually surcharged, they couldn’t resist and found themselves spontaneously jumping in and started dancing along with us.

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Today, I’ve lost a father figure, mentor, and one of the gentlest, most spiritually grounded souls I’ve ever known. Vrindavana Candra Prabhu guided me on the path of Krishna consciousness for over 26 years. Even before I was married, I saw him daily at Mangal Arati—he’d open the temple door for me with a smile that radiated affection.

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The ISKCON Law Department held its first Law Conference in the Asia Pacific region. The Conference, held in Sydney, Australia, brought together a diverse audience of more than 25 devotee attorneys, those in the provision of legal services, law students, temple leaders, National Council members, and SABHA members from eight jurisdictions. Their shared mission was to explore the role of law in serving and protecting ISKCON for future generations and expansion.

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Following the 24 June 2025 resolution by the Guru Services Committee and the Sannyasa Standing Committee regarding Trivikrama Swami’s removal from the positions of sannyasi and initiating guru in ISKCON, and the 27 June follow-up statement by the GBC Executive Committee (EC), we wish to share a further update with the ISKCON community.

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On June 29, 2025, honoring the divine journey of Lord Jagannath, ISKCON Phoenix joyfully celebrated our Rathayatra festival, aligning the celebration with the same auspicious day as the Rathayatra in Puri, India. While our main Rathayatra celebration typically takes place in February due to the milder weather in Arizona, this year we planned a modest gathering of around 200 devotees to honor the Puri date in a simple yet heartfelt way.

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On Saturday, July 12th, during the annual Rathayatra parade organized by ISKCON Toronto, multiple eggs were thrown from a residential balcony onto the public street where thousands of parade-goers had gathered. One egg struck a female participant on the hand, causing localized swelling. Several other eggs landed on the ground, creating alarm among those nearby.

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Each year, the streets of Accra come alive with vibrant kirtan, smiling devotees, and the majestic presence of Lord Jagannatha on His chariot. What began two decades ago as a humble extension of Ghana’s Food for Life initiative has now become a cherished annual celebration of Krishna consciousness, the Accra Rathayatra Festival. At the heart of this journey is Srivas Das, whose spirit of service has shaped the festival’s growth across West Africa.

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By Manorama das

Peter Leggieri, the editor-owner of “The East Village Other” (EVO), wrote the “Save Earth Now” article about the Hare Krishna movement in 1966 under the pen name Irving Shushnick. Here’s an excerpt from the EVO website where he mentions how that article came to be.

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By Vraja Bihari Dasa

No sooner do chanters begin their meditation session than the mind becomes restless, digging into past memories, running again and again over present worries, and exploring the future. Much of this mental life is fantasizing about all the ways we can enjoy and all the ways we can suffer-reliving experiences, painful or pleasant,and planning endlessly. Anything but being present while we’re chanting. We have to wonder why chanting makes the mind so defiant. To an...

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By Radheshyam Das

If Parikshit maharaja had killed Kali instead of forgiving him, we wouldn’t be suffering the effects of Kali now.’ Isn’t this a sensible argument? Let’s analyze… Parikshit maharaja, wanted to protect his citizens from the onslaught of Kali, but at the same time, he did not want to act against Lord’s will of allowing Kali yuga to take its own direction of destiny. Also it is said, that Parikshit did not become envious of Kali, but he kept Kali in bay by admi...

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By Ishan das

Some time in 1972-73 Srila Prabhupada saw that the East Indians were not carrying on the tradition of making the original mridangas and kartals. The younger generation who would normally take over the arts from their fathers were becoming more and more interested in going to school and going to the cities. They were thinking that working with leather making the drums and such was a lower class of activity. So Srila Prabhupada sent out a letter to all the GBCs indicating that some men should be sent t...

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By Nagaraja Dasa

The maya of the material world has two main functions: It lures us away from our natural position of service to Krishna, and it deludes us into full forgetfulness of that position. But that maya, often referred to as maha-maya, has a spiritual counterpart its source, yoga-maya. Because yoga-maya is also an energy of Krishna’s, it too can overpower us. But yoga-maya connects us with Krishna. Another meaning of maya is “mercy.” By devotional service to Krishna we place ourselves under the influence of yogamaya and in time awaken to our e...

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By Nama Prabhu Dasa

So at times like this we should remember Lord Dhanvantari to become free from disease, yet at the same time we must always remember that death is inevitable as long as we have a material body and Krishna will always do what is best for us. "My Lord, due to Your illusory energy, all living beings in this material world have forgotten their real constitutional position, and out of ignorance they are always desirous of material happiness in the form of society, friendship and love. Therefore, please do not ask me to take some material benefits from You, but as a father, not waiting for the ...

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By Visakha Dasi

Selfishness is closely related to the inability to hear, as our preoccupation with our self makes us deaf to another's voice. To overcome this, we can learn to consider all matters thoughtfully with due respect to our spouse’s point of view. This honest approach, which avoids manipulation and partiality to one’s own insights, facilitates finding a better conclusion than one person could have attained alone. It is unlikely that the best possible decision will be made if one person imposes his or her will on the other. After all, our will, our deep conviction of what is...

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This article covers important timeless holy towns and villages, including Devprayag, where Lord Ramacandra and Lord Vamana Himself came, Joshimath, Vishnuprayag, Pandukeswar, Rudraprayag, the almost forgotten tiny town of Augustmuni, where the great sage Agastya Muni performed austerities, Nandaprayag, Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Hanuman Chatti, Triyugi Narayana Temple ...

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By Niranjana Swami

In the Fourth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam Narada Muni states: "My dear King, in the place where pure devotees live, following the rules and regulations and thus purely conscious and engaged with great eagerness in hearing and chanting the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in that place if one gets a chance to hear their constant flow of nectar, which is exactly like the waves of a river, one will forget the necessities of life -- namely hunger and thirst -- and become immune to all kinds of fear, lamentation and illusion." (SB 4.29.39-40) That’s what the...

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By Caitanya Carana Dasa

Are we the makers of our destiny or is life pre-destined? In the Mahabharata, Vidura explained to Dhritarastra, “Destiny determines the consequences of our actions, not our actions themselves.” This means that we are not like programmed robots that have no free will, or no choice. Our past karma does determine what will happen in our life, but it does not determine how we will react to it. Destiny is something like a weather forecast on a journey. A weather f...

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By Sri Nandanandana dasa

As the age of Kali-yuga moves forward, many people are wondering how bad social conditions will get before they improve, and what can we do about it now. Yet the Vedic texts contain a specific prescription for staying free from the heavy influence that this age of Kali-yuga brings. In spite of all the changes predicted to happen in society and on the planet, there are still many ways, both material and spiritual, to stifle or even get free of Kali-yuga’s influence. If we ar...

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By Atma Tattva dasa

Bhattacarya: ‘Swamiji, I want to tell you something. In Vrindavan temple, they are having your deity on the altar. And all kinds of people are coming and praying to it, and offering flowers to it, and you are still living. According to Pancaratra, when the Acarya is living, if he puts his deity on the altar, then all the sufferings people are having come to his body through the deity. So you please tell your disciples to worship your deity only after you leave your body.’ He was speaking as if he was giving some information to Prabhupada, which Prabhupada did not note. Prabhupada: ...

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By Atma Tattva dasa

Bhattacarya: ‘Swamiji, I want to tell you something. In Vrindavan temple, they are having your deity on the altar. And all kinds of people are coming and praying to it, and offering flowers to it, and you are still living. According to Pancaratra, when the Acarya is living, if he puts his deity on the altar, then all the sufferings people are having come to his body through the deity. So you please tell your disciples to worship your deity only after you leave your body.’ He was speaking as if he was giving some information to Prabhupada, which Prabhupada did not note. Prabhupada: ...

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Lessons from Letters with His Divine Grace.

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On August 14, 2025, ISKCON devotees worldwide will observe the 81st appearance day of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami, our dedicated Prabhupada man, and benefactor of all. His legacy of service and devotion to Srila Prabhupada over his glorious lifetime will never be forgotten, and will remain an enduring example for generations of devotees to come.

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The A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Legacy Museum is a world-class spiritual and educational landmark for humanity dedicated to the mission of ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and to maintaining his legacy of spreading Krishna consciousness throughout the world by the preservation of his personal artifacts, original publications, etc. When completed, it will be the largest museum for any single person in history.

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The Nrsimhadeva Wing was opened with a grand ceremony in March, 2024, with 432 beautiful, gold-leafed, diamond-like coffers mounted onto 1700 steel brackets inside the 82ft (25m) high dome. They are acoustically designed to reduce excess echoing in the hall during kirtan. Now is the opportunity to sponsor the 432 coffers being installed into the main wing dome above the altar of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva and the Guru Parampara.

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A lecture by Dr. Richard L. Thompson (Sadaputa Dasa)

Religion, Science and the Paranormal

Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.45
Alachua, Florida
October 5, 1994

According to current Judeo-Christian philosophy, everything that happens in nature follows the laws of physics, and the role of God is merely to sustain these laws. Thus, there is no direct link between God and Nature, a situation which Sadaputa Dasa (Dr. Richard L. Thompson) compares to “trying to write in the sand with cooked spaghetti”. Nonetheless, with the tacit sanction of most western religions, scientists have banished all kinds of supernatural intervention from the affairs of nature, and preemptively label all paranormal evidence as a hoax or an illusion.

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