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 […]

by Sandamani devi dasiDances, magic shows, clowns, and singing performances rounded out the entertainment, but the highlight of the evening was a group of 10 acrobatic fire spinners, who twirled and threw fire accompanied by chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. The evening concluded with ahbishek and arati and, of course, the midnight feast. It […]

By Kripamoya Dasa for The Vaishnava Voice on 6 Sep 2010I was master of ceremonies last week for our Annual Supporters Dinner, and also yesterday for our weekend Janmasthami celebrations. We have a large, high-ceilinged marquee that can seat one thousand people comfortably, and the large stage offers a very good view of the entire […]

By Madhava Smullen on 11 Sep 2010But there’s never a good time to stop meditating on Jagannath, considered the most merciful form of God. And as Rathayatra season comes to a close, devotees can immerse themselves in the one that started them all in ISKCON film-maker Vasudeva Dasa’s new English language version of his little-seen […]

By Sesa Dasa on 9 Sep 2010I’m ashamed to say it’s happening right in my own backyard. Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida has announced plans to burn the Islamic holy book, The Koran, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks this Saturday. Rev. Terry Jones […]

By Melissa Gray, CNNSeptember 4, 2010 — Updated 0610 GMT (1410 HKT)London, England (CNN) — The explosion that flattened part of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, England, was caused by a gas leak, the fire service said Saturday. London, England (CNN) — The explosion that flattened part of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, […]

By STACI BARSNESS 
Sammamish Reporter Reporter 
Sep 01 2010, 4:15 PM Driving along 228th Avenue SE in Sammamish on any given day, it’s hard to miss the Vedic Cultural Center. The salmon-pink structure wrapped in a blanket of evergreen trees stands out amongst the tan, beige and ecru homes of the Plateau. Driving along 228th […]

Lisa Miller wrote this article for the New York Times. She is the religion editor of  Newsweek magazine and in that publications last April published an artlcle entitles, “We are all Hindus.” Lisa Miller wrote this article for the New York Times. She is the religion editor of  Newsweek magazine and in that publications last […]