As more U.S. states and local governments begin officially recognizing holidays like Diwali, many Hare Krishna devotees are exploring how to take time off work to celebrate our sacred festivals during this holy season.

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When the COVID-19 pandemic halted international travel in 2020, devotees worldwide were left with a pressing concern. How will we “recharge our batteries” and observe the sacred Vraja-mandala Parikrama during Kartik? In response, a team of devotees inspired by Lokanath Swami’s Vraja-mandala Darsana book, launched an innovative solution: the VMP (Vraja-mandala Parikrama) App.

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This year’s comprehensive report, released today by Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami, and prepared by ISKCON’s Kirtan Ministry, chronicles a series of successful initiatives, ranging from the historic two-day Padayatra in Pune involving over 700 devotees to the creation of Naamaashraya, a seven-day online series guiding devotees on how to practically live under the shelter of the Holy Name.

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“The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON UK) is deeply shocked and profoundly saddened by the attack that took place earlier today on Yom Kippur at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the victims, their families, and the entire Jewish community.

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The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) warmly congratulates the Church of England and the Anglican Communion on the appointment of Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first female to be chosen for this role.

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The ISKCON Governing Body Commission, together with the Ministries, SABHA, and GBC Executive Support Office (ESO), gathered at Villagio Hare Krishna, Milan, Italy, from 1–5 October 2025 for the Mid-Term General Meeting. This year’s meeting is themed “Institutional Protection of ISKCON,” and the GBC plans to spend most of its meeting time discussing strategies and interventions for the better insulation and fortification of ISKCON.

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Devotees are invited to participate in a rare and transformative opportunity this fall: the Career Dharma Workshop led by Urmila Devi Dasi (Dr. Edith Best), a senior disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, respected educator, and author of Career Dharma: The Natural Art of Work. The introductory course will be held on November 14-16, 2025, at New Vrindaban, West Virginia, USA.

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The ISKCON Governing Body Commission, together with the Ministries, SABHA, and GBC Executive Support Office (ESO), gathered at Villagio Hare Krishna, Milan, Italy, from 1–5 October 2025 for the Mid-Term General Meeting. This year’s meeting is themed “Institutional Protection of ISKCON,” and the GBC plans to spend most of its meeting time discussing strategies and interventions for the better insulation and fortification of ISKCON.

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The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) officially announced the culmination of the 2025 Bhadra Campaign with a final, worldwide celebration call this Sunday, October 5th, 9:30 am EST, 7 pm IST. The event is designed to serve as a summit for devotees internationally, providing a platform for participants to present their offerings and reflect upon the achievements of the campaign’s service and outreach initiatives throughout the year.

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The 2025 ISKCON GBC Midterm General Meeting officially began today in Milan, Italy. GBC Chairman, Govardhan Dasa, shared a video with the global ISKCON community at the beginning of the October 1-5 gathering. The meeting brings together GBC members, Ministers, SABHA Members, and the GBC Executive Support Office (ESO) for a week of focused discussions on a variety of issues facing ISKCON. 

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On September 26, 2025, police officers in Tuapse, Russia, detained Indradyumna Swami while he was attending the Sadhu Sanga 2025 festival, which was organized by the Krasnodar yatra. The police officers’ reason for detainment was that he had engaged in religious and missionary activity without the proper documentation. 

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Three years ago, the dedicated organizers at Senior Connection of Montgomery County— a non‑profit offering volunteer‑based, escorted transportation to seniors over 55 in Montgomery County —welcomed an innovative suggestion by Shyama Rasika Devi Dasi and Nikunkja Ras Das (disciples of Radhanath Swami and members of ISKCON of DC): what if a chartered coach trip could take our Montgomery County seniors to New Vrindaban in West Virginia?

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Siddhanta das (ACBSP), well-known producer of the Memories of Prabhupada series, has launched a new video project entitled Lessons from Letters. The series highlights the personal correspondence between Srila Prabhupada and his disciples during the formative years of ISKCON.

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Following its debut earlier this month, ISKCON’s new documentary The Hare Krishnas: The Challenges of Succession and Leadership has received an enthusiastic response from devotees and friends worldwide. Released by ISKCON Communications in partnership with Karuna Productions, the film was created to mark the 60th anniversary of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s arrival in the United States—the historic moment that launched the Hare Krishna movement’s global mission.

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The statement from ISKCON Communications said, “September 28, 2025 – The International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) extends heartfelt condolences to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the passing of their President and Prophet, Russell M. Nelson. His life was marked by exceptional service both in medicine and in sacred leadership. Before his full-time church ministry, he was a world-renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher, serving as director of thoracic surgery and contributing broadly to medical science.

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From September 5–7, 2025, over a hundred ISKCON leaders from across the United States and Canada gathered at ISKCON of Houston for the annual Leadership Conference. With the theme “Growing with Purpose,” the three-day event blended meaningful association, organizational vision, and practical leadership skills. The atmosphere was one of unity, shared mission, and commitment to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vision.

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By Suvyakta Narasimha Dasa

And then it happened. As I looked on, I saw two trucks, one behind the other, speeding at about 60 to 80 kilometers per hour along the highway. Unseen to me – and probably to the truck driver too – was an autorickshaw, just ahead of the trucks, loaded with people and going at its own snail’s pace. The three-wheeler had no tail lights and its black colour accorded it near zero visibility. The first truck rammed into the three wheeler from behind, with ...

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By Varsana Swami

The efforts, austerities, and practices involved with the acceptance as a disciple do not end with initiation. Rather they begin, in a formal sense, at that point. Whatever outer challenges or inner demons we have, will be overcome by Krishna’s grace for those who persevere in their vows. It is only those who quit who will suffer defeat. Even as the connection and dependency between the words “disciple” and “discipline” are obvious, some devotees tend to be more attentive to the f...

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By Parsada dasi

I watched the happy look on my friends face and gave her, her first assignment, “Please take that pan from this mataji and you go to that part of the barn and fill it up with cow-dung.” With an amazed look her face, she turned to me, “You can’t be serious!” she said. After giving her a practical demonstration, she went down on her knees and picked up her first handful of cow-dung. And in no time she had the pan filled up. She was having so much fun; she then carried it on her head and took it to the area where it would be made into cow-dung cakes. Sitting among the ladies who were...

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By Bhanu Swami

Some Conclusions based on Vedic Descriptions Subtle body has a subtle form with subtle senses to perceive . Subtle body not subject to gross physical laws of space and time Subtle body changes according to present experiences and thoughts Thought forms become more permanent if desires and thoughts are strong. Attachment to the subtle body of another person can lead to attachments in future bodies Sinful, selfish or violent acts create disruption in the subtle body. This determines t...

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By Kripamoya Das

Fifty years on and the movement has grown and changed. The philosophy and practises remain the same, but most of the members do not live in small communal clusters. There is still communal living – in around 600 locations internationally – but the majority of ISKCON’s members now live in their own homes, visiting a nearby temple or group if there is one. Preserving Srila Prabhupada’s request for his responsible senior disciples to provide spiritual leadership and to ‘teach by example’ has needed some careful re-designing for a n...

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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 Arcana siddhi

In a famous story from the Mahabharata, Krishna once met with Yudhishthira Maharaja and Duryodhana. Desiring to glorify His devotee Yudhishthira, Krishna requested him to find a person lower than himself, and asked sinful Duryodhana to find a person greater than himself. Yudhishthira had all good qualities. He was peaceful and self-satisfied. No doubt he had healthy self-esteem. Yet he could not find anyone he considered lower than himself. Again, this is the example of an advanced Vaishnava who...

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By Radhanath Swami

Material life is when we put the flickering pleasures and securities of the mind and the senses in the center of our lives, our decisions, our aspirations, our goals are according. Spiritual life or true bhakti is when we put the pleasures of God or Krishna in the center of our life— what pleases Krishna, all of our decisions, our aspirations are orchestrated accordingly.

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Sri Madhvacharya Appearance Day.
Today is the appearance day of Sri Madhvacharya. Madhvacharya (acarya means “one who teaches by his life”) lived in thirteenth-century India and appeared in the Brahma-Madhva – Gaudiya-Vaisnava-Sampradaya—the disciplic chain now represented by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In this long disciplic chain of pure teachers, Madhvacharya is a most important link. The Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya originates with the Madhvas. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers thoroughly studied Madhv...

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By Govinda Swami

According to many pure devotees, nama-sankirtan is not only the best means of devotional service but the final perfection itself. Of course, prema is the final goal of bhakti, but nama-sankirtan so quickly and infallibly leads to prema that the two are considered virtually identical. Wherever prema is seen to have developed, one can presume that nama-sankirtan must have been performed. Nama-sankirtan is the necessary and sufficient cause of prema.

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By Tamohara dasa

I have seen time and again how devotees who have undergone brahmacari training, and who later take up the reins of householder life, enter the workplace with skills far above those of the average man or woman. It is not that the skills and mentality of the devotional training have no value in the work theatre. On the contrary, the training as given by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada raises the devotee to a level above that of others. The first thing that a brahmacari must do is exercise self-discipline, as according to the Iskco...

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By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Krishna is described as akhila-rasamrita-sindhu, "the ocean of rasas." There are five primary rasas. Rasa means the mellow or the taste we enjoy in every activity. Everything is done with some taste. Whatever you do, you must enjoy some taste out of it. There are twelve rasas, out of which five are primary and seven are secondary. They are described in this book. For example, we can consider Bhishma, the grandfather of the Pandav...

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By Kalakantha Das

“The soldiers in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must always possess physical strength, enthusiasm and sensual power. To keep themselves fit, they must therefore place themselves in a normal condition of life. What constitutes a normal condition will not be the same for everyone, and therefore there are divisions of varṇāśrama—brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa.” (SB. 8.2.30, purport)

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By Gopaswami Das ACBSP A historic turn of events took place in France the day before Radhastami. For the first time since Srila Prabhupada inaugurated this beautiful community and installed his beloved Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama, both the ambassador of India at UNESCO and the town’s mayor glorified Srila Prabhupada, New Mayapura community, and Iskcon with...

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GBC Midterm General Meeting 2025 | ISKCON Leaders Survey Highlights— with Radha Krishna Dasa

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The Kailash on Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi is finally complete! The TOVP made the necessary arrangements and with the help of the team from Moscow who manufactured and assembled it, as well as to Jagadananda Prabhu and Ajita prabhu for monitoring and managing the whole process, we were able to achieve these wonderful results...

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Vedic wisdom, based on the ancient Vedas (scriptures) of India, is a vast subject dealing with all aspects of physical and spiritual existence, including the path of self-realization. It is not like ordinary mundane knowledge acquired through research and experimentation, but knowledge originating from Lord Krishna, God Himself, descending aurally from teachers to students over eons of history. The videos below scratch the surface of this sacred knowledge but will give you an indication of the depth of the subjects.

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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)

Srimad Bhagavatam - The World's Religions Compared

A portion of the divine conversation between Lord Brahma, the engineer of our universe, and Lord Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, forms the basis of this theological discourse. Sadaputa Dasa (Dr. Richard L. Thompson) surveys the world’s religions, trying to discover the highest truth. He convincingly concludes that the Vedic literatures contain within their extensive texts the essence of all other religious traditions, and further, that the Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavat Purana), with its emphasis on bhakti-yoga (the yoga of devotional love), is the summum bonum of this rich and ancient wisdom.

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