By: ISKCON News Staff for ISKCON News on June 13, 2020

In a video released today featuring Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Charu Swami, and Jayapataka Swami, these three initiating gurus and senior members of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) explain why... Read More

By: Sri Radhika devi dasi for ISKCON News on June 13, 2020

Krsnanandini dasi is a true warrior! Although she has recently gone into the stage of hospice care at home after a painful battle with cancer, her service spirit remains undaunted... Read More

By: Bhakti Caitanya Swami Co-GBC ISKCON South Africa, Govardhana Dasa Co-GBC ISKCON South Africa for ISKCON News on June 13, 2020

When Krishna consciousness is practiced in an authentic way, a spiritual society replete with saintly virtues will naturally manifest. But for this to happen, each and every one of us...Read More

By: Thomas Weber for The Gainesville Sun on June 13, 2020

Krishna Lunch has been a University of Florida staple for nearly 40 years but, like many things, coronavirus brought the daily campus tradition to a swift halt. Now, the meals... Read More

By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on June 13, 2020

After months under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some ISKCON temples around the world are gradually starting to reopen in phases, with safety restrictions in place according to their...Read More

By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on June 13, 2020

What leads one to become a Hare Krishna youth leader, initiated brahmana, real estate and food company manager, GBC trainee, and yes, a magician, all before the age of thirty-five...Read More

Three initiating spiritual masters and Governing Body Commissioners (GBC) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Bhakti Charu Swami, Gopal Krishna Goswami and Jayapataka Swami talk about why they support the 2019 GBC resolution allowing Vaishnavis (female devotees) to serve as initiating spiritual masters, or diksha gurus....Watch Now

By HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Because of my state of complete foolishness and paucity of pious activities, although the Lord offered me His personal service, I wanted material name, fame and prosperity. The conclusion is that anyone who is engaged in the loving service of the Lord should never ask for material prosperity from the Lord.
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By HH Giriraj Swami

Srivasa Pandita is one of the members of the Panca-tattva: sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasa. Vedic authorities state that in the current Age of Kali, Krishna came as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Balarama came as Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Similarly, Maha-vishnu appeared as Advaita Acharya, Srimati Radharani as Gadadhara Pandita, and Narada Muni as Srivasa Pandita...Read More

By the GBC Strategic Planning Team

The SPS, a unit of the GBC Strategic Planning Team, is offering a Temple Re-opening Guide to support our leaders in their efforts to re-open their temples. The team recognizes that our temples vary globally, and a standardized solution will not work. Therefore what is being presented is a high-level guideline, which may apply to most temples with scope for local customizations. A temple may use this resource by selecting only those aspects which are applicable to their situation...Read More

South Africa has a painful history. So many people have suffered transgressions, so many have endured racial policies based on discrimination and deliberate marginalization. This history and its ongoing ramifications should never be trivialized, and any callousness should be met with a concerted effort to deepen our collective understanding of past and present pain. Human dignity is the bedrock of our country’s constitution, which enshrines equality, human rights, freedom, non-racialism, and non-sexism. Those very same principles are also expressed in the constitution of ISKCON's...Read More

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us for our second webinar with His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja speaking about Srila Prabhupada’s role in ISKCON now and into the future. Below are the time details and direct ZOOM registration link.

Zoom Registration Information :

TOVP TALKS Webinar #2 – June 20
7:30pm IST/10:00am US EST
His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaja
Srila Prabhupada – Now and into the Future
ZOOM Registration: https://m.tovp.org/bhakticharu

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