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 […]

It’s the third time in as many months that fire has struck an ISKCON Community—24-hour kirtan leader Aindra Dasa passed away in a fire at the Gurukula Ashram in Vrindavana, India in July, while devotees narrowly escaped a fiery explosion caused by a gas leak in Leicester, England earlier this month. A huge wildfire engulfed […]

By Madhava Smullen on 18 Sep 2010It’s a new school year, with children in the United States and in many countries around the world slinging on their backpacks and packing their lunches after the summer. Sesa Dasa, ISKCON’s minister for Educational Development. It’s a new school year, with children in the United States and in […]

by Jerry Bergman, Phd.He also wrote in his autobiography, “How I did enjoy shooting” (p. 55), and “If there is bliss on earth, that is it” (quoted in Browne, p. 109). He even declared: “My zeal was so great that I used to place my shooting boots open by my bed-side when I went to […]