By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 22 Oct 2010This year’s University of Florida Homecoming Parade in Gainesville was a slightly more down-tempo affair than in previous years—only half the 80,000 people expected turned up, possibly due to a diminished enthusiasm after the Gator football team’s two straight losses. This year’s University of Florida Homecoming […]

By Madhava Smullen on 22 Oct 2010With over a year under its belt since its inauguration on June 30th 2009, the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) in Kolkata, India—which aims to carry all existing Gaudiya Vaishnava literature—has made some major progress and some exciting new acquisitions. With over a year under its belt since its inauguration […]

By Krishna Dharma Das for www.krishnadharma.com on 13 Oct 2010In an attempt to get the books to balance the government is proposing major cuts in benefits, leading to the likelihood of austere times ahead for many poorer families. The cuts are not that unpopular, not at least with the tax-paying section of the country, but […]

By Madhava Smullen on 15 Oct 2010ISKCON of Houston, Texas has faced major challenges recently in its efforts to introduce a huge new Vedic-style temple to the local community and to the world. Within the span of just a few days, managers announced that they would not be able to complete the temple building at […]

By Gaura Hari Dasa on 15 Oct 2010As the sacred month of Kartika fast approaches, devotees around the world make their travel arrangements for the long journey to Vrindavana. The sacred land of Radha and Krishna’s eternal pastimes is the holiest of pilgrimage places for Gaudia Vaishnavas, and the experience is more powerful and fulfilling […]

By Madhava Smullen on 14 Oct 2010From the time of its opening in 1985 to the end of apartheid in 1994, this place of worship was a beacon of hope in a violent and segregated nation. And after 1994, it became a symbol of a new South Africa, praised by dignitaries such as Nelson Mandela […]

By Kripamoya Dasa for The Vaishnava Voice on 24 Sep 2010As I have mentioned before – at considerable length – our movement for Krishna consciousness has a wide variety of members from all different ages, nationalities, ethnic backgrounds and political persuasions. There are devotees of Krishna who are politically communist and who think that’s just […]

Diary of a Traveling Monk – Volume 11, Chapter 10 – October 11, 2010By Indradyumna SwamiLife on the festival tour in Poland this summer was austere – the cramped living facilities, the long hours, and the hotter-than-normal weather – but our three hundred devotees kept their spirits up all the way through. Many said that […]

Although they are often referred to as a tribe, the Bishnoi are, more properly, a sect within Hinduism. They were founded in the 15th century when a saint laid down 29 precepts for his followers (hence their name: bis means 20 in the local dialect, and noi means nine). Today, there are around 600,000 Bishnoi, […]

Officials with Houston’s oldest Hare Krishna temple are asking the vandals who stole two sacred statues from the house of worship this week to return them, promising no questions will be asked. Read More…