By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

“More consultation, dialogue and interaction can be conducive to better, wiser and more acceptable decisions,” the group writes in its manifesto. The idea stemmed from the GBC’s own Organizational...Read More

By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

Historically, ISKCON Brooklyn, New York, was perhaps the greatest center of book distribution in the world. The huge amounts of books distributed from Brooklyn, meanwhile, contributed much of the funds...Read More

By: Akinchan Priya Das for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

With an objective of making lasting changes in inmates' behavior by igniting the love for God in their hearts, devotees from ISKCON Chandigarh visited the Central Jail of Chandigarh and...Read More

By: Radha Mohan Das for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

During the traditional swearing-in ceremony within Parliament's main debating Chamber, in his right hand he took a copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, along with the traditional ..Read More

By: Radha Dasi for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) recently ended a lengthy, detailed consideration of the Vaishnavi diksa guru question that has been under consideration since 2003. The Vaishnavi Ministry welcomes the new...Read More

By: Contributor for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

After years of collective dedication in devotional service by the community, in December 2019 the management of New York’s Bhakti Center made the final mortgage payment to own the 25 First Avenue building outright...Read More

By: ISKCON News Staff for ISKCON News on Dec. 20, 2019

The ISKCON Communications Ministry hosted the Fifth Annual Vaishnava Christian Dialogue in India, December 16-18. The Dialogue is part of a global effort by the Ministry to promote understanding between...Read More

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By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

So the Krishna consciousness movement is not for the persons who are envious. It is a movement to train people how to become non-envious. Yes, it is very first-class scientific movement not to become envious. Any religion system, if there is jealousy, it is not religion. We should understand what jealousy is. Jealousy means that you are rightful owner of something; I won't allow you to take it. This is jealousy; try to understand it...Read More

By HH Indradyumna Swami

Last week here in Durban, South Africa, I visited my dermatologist – a skin specialist. Unfortunately, he found a Malignant Melanoma skin cancer on my face. The tumor was very near to the first one I had five years ago. It is called recurrence cancer. I had a PET/CT scan to see if this second tumor had metastasized (spread) throughout my body. The result came back clear...Read More

When we started our OCHS journey twenty years ago, I was focused on the study of my own Hindu denomination. I thought it time for that tradition to engage in a critical assessment of itself. We should use the apparatus of scholarship to compare its perspectives with those of other world views, and provide a basis for discussion and dialogue in a more public and global context. In the association of wonderful scholars, such as Prof. Keith Ward, Peggy Morgan, and Prof. Richard Gombrich, we realized that the field of my focus and its wider context – Hindu Studies ...Read More

Interviewing His Grace Kalakantha Prabhu (ACBSP), the director of ISKCON Gainesville on the approach of Krishna House, a replicable model for attracting youths. Kalakantha Prabhu is going to present a seminar on these topics at the ILS, in Mayapur, February 2020 ...Read More

Mayavadis are those who consider the forms of the Lord to be temporary and made out of matter. Srimad Bhagavatam class by H.H.Bhakti Rasamrita Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan...Watch Now

Scientific, Logical and Relational perspectives – by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu...Watch Now

2019 has been another wonderful year for the TOVP. Next year will mark another milestone on the march to the 2022 opening. On February 13, 2020, we will be inaugurating the Pujari Floor of the TOVP. It is the largest pujari space on the planet measuring over 100,000 square feet! We have been able to get to this occasion by the diligent support of all of you, as well as with the professional management expertise of our Project Management Consultancy, Cushman & Wakefield...Read More

By HG Sunanda Prabhu

The TOVP Architecture Department has produced this second inspirational video in an effort to express their profound appreciation for the magnificent project which they are dedicated to, and to celebrate the devotees who work together on this creative and innovative team...Read More