By Deena Bandhu DasAfter the talks, the senior devotees and dignitaries were taken on a tour of the facility. Everyone marveled at how nicely everything had been made, with many large windows overlooking the Vrindavan gardens and trees. In the 1990s, a famous artist from South Africa, Arca Vigraha Devi Dasi, a disciple of Giriraj […]

BY: SWARUP DASHer voice was so angelic and the fact that she was singing with such emotion to Jagannatha blew me away. Manmohini and I sat and listened to her sing for a few more minutes when suddenly, from behind the curtain, this beautiful devotee girl who was singing to the Lord appeared. Her name […]

by Sandamini dasi“Are you crazy,” the CBS news reporter asked me, “opening your restaurant for free and inviting the public?” “Maybe,” I said, “but our philosophy teaches us that no one should be hungry within a ten-mile radius of our centers. “Are you crazy,” the CBS news reporter asked me, “opening your restaurant for free […]

By Antony Brennan on 2 Oct 2010With so many people around the world using Facebook to communicate with each other it has become a natural field to engage people in Krishna consciousness. In his article, Dushyanta says complacency in exploring the potential opportunity of outreach on social networking sites like Facebook could be to the […]

Here are two unrelated videos we recently discovered.. The first consists of Prabhupada telling the story of the ‘Brahmin and the Cobbler’ with animation. The second is 12 year old Ayush Sharma leading a rocking kirtan at Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree. Here are two unrelated videos we recently discovered.. The first consists of Prabhupada […]

By Madhava Smullen on 2 Oct 2010“The basic premise is that students can live at the Krishna House and attend classes at UF or Santa Fe Community College, provided that they attend the temple morning program from Monday through Friday and chant at least eight rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra per day—a 15-hour a […]

As the leader raised his weapon to fire the first execution volley, Hladini leapt forward and attacked him with her bare hands. She shouted, “How dare you kill the devotees of Krishna? Better you kill me than kill them!” Hladini was the first to be shot. Sunday, October 3, is the anniversary of the day […]

ISKCON’s rural community in New Vrindaban, West Virginia is set to host its Ninth Annual Vaishnavi Retreat from October 1st to 3rd. ISKCON’s rural community in New Vrindaban, West Virginia is set to host its Ninth Annual Vaishnavi Retreat from October 1st to 3rd. The retreat is an opportunity for devotee women to nourish their […]

By Premkishor Dasa on 24 Sep 2010In August 2005, just after finishing my residency training in Pathology at the University of Toronto, I moved to Thunder bay, Ontario. Thunder Bay is a small city with population of 100,000 people. There are only 30 Hindu families in the whole city. In August 2005, just after finishing […]

By Indradyumna SwamiI am happy that today you will receive the glorification you deserve. But I’m sad as well, for I feel your departure was premature. “Untimely” was the word Srila Prabhupada used when hearing of the demise of one of his disciples in the early days of the movement. My dear godbrother Sridhar Maharaja,Today […]