On the auspicious occasion of Narasimha Chaturdashi, ISKCON Communications has launched the first phase of a newly redesigned official website at ISKCON.org. The updated site is intended to provide a clearer, more welcoming gateway for both newcomers and long-time members of the global Vaishnava community.  With a refreshed design, improved navigation, and expanded content, the […]

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The following statement was released by the ISKCON North America Communications Office on behalf of the North American Regional Governing Body (NA RGB) Full Statement: April 30, 2026, Nṛsiṁha Caturdaśī The ISKCON North America Regional Governing Body (NA RGB) has implemented important updates to the structure and leadership of its Child Protection Office (CPO) to […]

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Deena Bandhu Das spoke at ISKCON Vrindavan on the Disappearance Day of His Grace Jayananda Das, remembering him as one of Srila Prabhupada’s most beloved disciples and a model of humble, tireless service. Deena Bandhu recalled that Jayananda, born Jim Kohr in Ohio, was trained as a mechanical engineer but chose a life of service […]

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The prasadam booth offered more than food—it became a gateway for introducing locals to ISKCON St. Louis. St. Louis, Missouri, once again demonstrated its strong commitment to environmental stewardship during Earth Day 2026, highlighted by the return of the St. Louis Earth Day Festival at the Muny Grounds in Forest Park on April 25–26, 2026. […]

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A large-scale public gathering, the March for Unity and Peace, is scheduled to take place in downtown Atlanta on Saturday, June 6, 2026, bringing together participants around themes of unity, healing, and collective action. The city, shaped by the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., provides a fitting backdrop. The event will begin at Walton Street and […]

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The 540th anniversary of Sri Gadadhara Pandit’s birth was observed with deep religious fervor and devotional enthusiasm at his birthplace in Banigram, Banshkhali, Bangladesh, on Friday. The day-long celebration drew thousands of devotees who gathered to honor the life and teachings of one of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s most revered associates. The program began at 4:30 […]

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Sunday’s Memorial at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. Memorial services were held on April 25–26 at the ISKCON temples in Salt Lake City and Spanish Fork, Utah, to honor the life and service of His Grace Caru Das, who passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack on April 6 at […]

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We are saddened to announce the passing of His Grace Agnideva Dasa on April 28th at 8:34 PM MDT in Salt Lake City, Utah, following a severe stroke he suffered on Sunday after Caru Das’s memorial service in Spanish Fork. According to a post by Anuradha Dasi, “He was surrounded by a room full of […]

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The Bhaktivedanta Research Center (BRC) has been entrusted by the ISKCON Juhu temple with the preservation and documentation of the personal room of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami. The project is being undertaken as a service in honor of his second Tirobhava Mahotsava, the annual commemoration of his departure from this world. This effort forms […]

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“My Dear Jayananda, Please accept my blessings. I am feeling very intensely your separation. In 1967, you joined me in San Francisco. You were driving my car and chanting Hare Krsna. You were the first man to give me some contribution ($5,000) for printing my Bhagavad-gita. After that, you have rendered very favorable service to […]

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Some journeys begin with certainty while others begin with questions that refuse to be silenced—and for Ujjvala Radhe Devi Dasi, known professionally as Dr. Uma Pallavi Pothu, it was the latter.  What began as a sincere search for answers has blossomed into a life of extraordinary purpose, where intellect, faith, and service meet with compelling […]

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Her Grace Saudamini Devi Dasi, a beloved disciple of Srila Prabhupada and the wife of Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu, passed away in the sacred dhama of Sridham Mayapur, at approximately 1:00 AM IST on April 26, 2026.  In Philadelphia, she departed during yesterday’s 8 hour kirtan. After more than fifty years of dedicated service in the West, she […]

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Each year, devotees of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) around the world participate in one of the movement’s most significant annual outreach efforts: the December Book Distribution Marathon. Its origins trace back to December 1972, when His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada encouraged devotees in Los Angeles to intensify book distribution during […]

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By Yogesvara Dasa

To spread Krishna’s teaching abroad required someone who was both an exemplar of the Bhakti tradition yet flexible enough to adapt its teachings to a world governed by science and technology. Abhay had that balance: a devotee raised in strict Vaishanva fashion yet also educated in chemistry and economics, a person with his feet on the ground and his heart surrendered to God. He had no pretenses about being sent by Krishna, but his determination to do what his guru had asked was unshakeable. He agreed with Keshava Maharaj: the strength to do the impossible would come from above. He just had to agree to become the instrument, and becoming a sannyasi was the first step.

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By His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

This is a very important verse. The modern scientists, philosophers, they say that after finishing this body, we no more exist, finished, everything finished. This is not new. In olden times also there were atheists like Carvaka Muni, he also said like that: bhasmi-bhutasya dehasya kutah punar agamano bhavet. Now why you are worrying about next life? As soon as this body is burned into ashes, everything is finished. According to Vedic funeral ritualistic ceremony, the body is burned. There are three ends of the body, either to become stool, or to become ashes, or to become earth.

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By Radhanath Swami

“Srila Prabhupada stressed the urgency to surrender to Krishna. Every line of his books, every sentence of his tapes, you would hear him urgently, just pleading with you and me, to take Krishna Consciousness seriously. Death, tragedy can come at any moment. And the greatest tragedy is that our faith is stolen away by maya and her various representatives which can come in many forms. There is no comfortable position when we are secure in material existence. We are like a drop of water on a lotus leaf. Our life is compared to that. Our position in society, our health, our family members, our friends, everything in this world that exists is like a drop of water on a lotus leaf. It is going to fall and we don’t know when. It often happens at the least expected moment.

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By His Divine Grace A.C.B. Swami Prabhupada

So today, appearance day of Lord Nrisimhadeva. Lord Nrisimhadeva appeared on this Nrisimha Caturdasi on account of His devotee, Prahlada. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata, abhyutthanam adharmasya [Bg. 4.7]. Paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca dushkritam, sambhavami yuge yuge [Bg. 4.8]. The Lord appears with two purposes. Paritranaya sadhunam: just to give protection and rescue the devotees, and to kill the demons, vinasaya ca dushkritam. So Prahlada Maharaja, five-years-old boy, his only fault was that he was Krishna conscious. He was devotee of Krishna. That was his only fault. And the father was so unkind to a child, even five years old. He could not excuse, “Oh, let this boy do whatever, chanting Hare Krishna.” No. The demons are so much against God consciousness that even at his home he would not allow his own child to become God conscious. This is demoniac civili... So you’ll find many critics, many enemies, because you are making progress in Krishna consciousness. So the demons are always against this Krishna consciousness movement. That is the whole history. Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he was crucified. What was his fault? He was preaching God consciousness, that’s all. This society is so cruel. So Prahlada Maharaja was tortured in so many ways. The torturing methods, I think you will find as you will see in today’s picture, how Prahlada Maharaja was tortured.

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By Amogha das

One day whilst in Malaysia I received a phone call. The lady speaking had a strong accent so I couldn't understand her, but she mentioned my wife's name and said "heart attack."

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By Pankajanghri das

Being labeled Lord Nrsimhadeva’s pujari in Mayapur, I have been asked to recount some stories in connection with Him, but unlike the sastras (scriptures), these “lilas” (pastimes) have no authority except for the testimony of the devotees who told them. In most cases there were no other witnesses. Although I am generally quite skeptical when it comes to accepting other people’s mystical experiences as truth, just too many things started happening recently, not to sit up and take notice.

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By Gour Govinda Swami

It was appearing like a flower garland on the chest of Nrsimhadeva. It seems as if a lion had killed an elephant. So many of Hiranyakasipu’s soldiers came out to fight against the Lord, but the Lord, with His sharp nails, tore them apart and all were killed. There are many descriptions. “Lord Nrsimhadeva’s mouth and mane were sprinkled with drops of blood, and His fierce eyes, full of anger, were impossible to look at. Licking the edge of His mouth with His tongue, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nrsimhadeva, decorated with a garland of intestines taken from Hiranyakasipu’s abdomen, resembled a lion that has just killed an elephant.” (SB 7.8.30 ) ” The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had many, many arms, first uprooted Hiranyakasipu’s heart and then threw him aside and turned toward the demon’s soldiers. These soldiers had come in thousands to fight with Him with raised weapons and were very faithful followers of Hiranyakasipu, but Lord Nrsimhadeva killed all of them merely with the ends of His nails.” (SB 7.8.31 )

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By Amogha das

The magic of the Deities' loving reciprocation in this unique abode is wonderful. One time we bought a crystal necklace with large pendant for Lord Nrsimhadev, but never saw Him wear it. My wife prayed to Him "Please let me know what I could buy for You that You will like to wear." The next day when she came to see Him, the merciful Lord was wearing the crystal necklace...

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Lord Nrisimhadeva’s mercy even on non-devotees
The mercy of Lord Nrisimhadeva at Mayapur is famous and I have an interesting story in brief.

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By Giriraj Swami

“My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.” (SB 1.8.26)

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The Saint in the Streets: Honoring the Disappearance of Sri Jayananda Prabhu The global ISKCON community pauses to honor the disappearance day of one of its most beloved pioneers: Sri Jayananda Prabhu. While many of the great acharyas we celebrate appeared centuries ago in the sacred land of India, Jayananda Prabhu’s story took place in...

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By Sri Nandanandana dasa

This is for all of our preachers in the Far East. May it give them more preaching information to use in their location to help convince people of their connection with Vedic culture. Bharatvarsha’s beginnings go back to a very long way in time and it is almost certain that the results or influence that is seen today around the world, in the main, were not achieved by military expeditions or conquest, but by peaceful trading and religious teaching, and thereby all the more permanent. This is especially the case when it is generally seen that people who are forced to change cultures or religions often divert to something else as soon as the opportunity arises.

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Mahatma Priya Das: Dear devotees, With a heavy heart, we share that at 8:34 PM Mountain Time this evening, at the hospital in Salt Lake City, we said goodbye to our beloved Agnidev Prabhu. He was surrounded by a room full of devotees, with 99 devotees joined on Zoom—godbrothers, godsisters, senior devotees, and well-wishers. Kirtan...

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By Rohininandana das

This handbook and accompanying curriculum, which are to be used enjointly, have been compiled under the direct order of the Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness. Their contents are based wholely on the inspiration, guidance and wisdom of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the founder acarya of ISKCON. This humble attempt has been made in the service of any aspiring devotee and future disciple of the authorised ISKCON Acaryas. We pray to Srila Prabhupada, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and Srila Rupa Gosvami that this work may be strictly in the line of the parampara and full of transcendental potency for the eternal benefit of one who makes use of it.

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By Devika Rao

“One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.” (Sri Chaitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 9.41) Even though I wasn’t born in India, I’d like to take Lord Chaitanya’s instruction to heart. I’m an Indian-American in touch with Srila Prabhupada’s philosophy, so I feel well equipped with both cultures.

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By Radha Mohan Das Daisybeck Productions, working with Channel 5 on its  Springtime on the Farm  series, travelled from Yorkshire to Bhaktivedanta Manor’s New Gokul Farm to capture exclusive footage. Filming took place over two days, documenting traditional hand-milking, attentive cow care, oxen working the fields, and the Holland Farm horticultural project. As a special highlight, the team...

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By Radha Mohan Das Every Sunday at 7:00am sharp, devotees and friends gather outside Stanmore Station to begin a 5.5-mile walk to Bhaktivedanta Manor. Taking around 1 hour and 30 minutes for most participants, the walk is quickly growing in popularity. The driving force behind this inspiring initiative is Yashu Shah, who shared: “I’ve been...

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By HH Gour Govinda Swami You say, “Oh! We have been cheated so many times. Now we won’t put faith in anyone. No sādhus are there. We don’t see any sādhu.” . Can you see a sādhu? Do you have the vision to see a sādhu? You are a conditioned soul. You have defective vision.

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On 24th April 2026 in Pune, on the occasion of the inauguration of the State Bank of India’s (SBI) Local Head Office (LHO) for Maharashtra Circle, Shri Chaitanya Health and Care Trust received a grant of ₹2 Crores from the State Bank of India (SBI) Foundation for the SBI Gram Saksham project. The grant was

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Kadamba Kanana Swami: Austerity in itself is not a limb of bhakti. Bhakti has sixty-four limbs; this means that there are sixty-four types of activities which give us bhakti but austerity is not amongst them.
However, austerity is glorified in the scripture that by performing sacrifice, by giving in charity and by engaging in austerity even saintly men are being purified.

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Madhavendra Puri Prabhu and I were at a college trying to engage in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s most glorious sankirtan movement by distributing books. We spent an entire week at this one college and told everyone that on Friday we were going to have a class to discuss and try some Bhakti Yoga. On the fateful...

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Experience the divine power and sacred atmosphere of the Sri Nrsimhadeva Sudarshana Homa, a powerful Vedic fire ceremony performed for protection, purification, and spiritual upliftment.

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On February 11, 2026, the historic and breathtaking Grand Opening of the TOVP Yajna Shala was witnessed by thousands of Mayapur visitors, as well as by many more thousands on social media. The first yajnas were performed with great pomp and grandeur, for the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To maintain this perpetual tradition of daily yajnas, you are invited to become a Nitya Homa sponsor.

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The A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Legacy Museum in the TOVP will eventually expand in size to 21,000 sq. ft., the largest museum of its kind for any single person in history. The paraphernalia within its rooms will include his personal effects, clothing, tape recorders, books, recordings, and many more items of historical value to the early ISKCON days. Please consider gifting any sacred Prabhupada tadiya you may have in your possession for the benefit of millions of visitors to the museum in the coming decades.

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

Heaven and Hell

Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.33
San Diego, California
September 16, 1993

Is there a reality to heaven and hell, or are they imagined constructs described within religious traditions? Thompson begins by examining an apparent enlightenment consensus that tends toward denying existence beyond three-dimensional gross matter. Enhancing the discussion with anecdotes from his recent presentation at the “Parliament of the World's Religions” in Chicago, Thompson encourages his audience to consider possibilities beyond the constraints of an exclusively materialistic paradigm.

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