By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 2 Jul 2010What do you think of when someone says the word, “Doughnut”? Fast food chains? Cops in a car pretending to “stake out a joint” while guiltily putting on the pounds? Perhaps Homer from the Simpsons saying, “Mmmm… sugary, fried, greasy treats…” Mark and the doughnuts What […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 2 Jul 2010The life-changing journey down the path of enlightenment that followed led to his current status as one of India’s great spiritual leaders, Radhanath Swami. But not before he experienced a series of adventures and spiritual encounters that even the greatest novelist couldn’t have made up. American-born […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 1 Jul 2010Devotees are already preparing seminars on philosophy, Vaishnava etiquette and relationships, and practical skills such as performing arati ceremonies, which will be offered at each center. “We feel that these local centers will give the devotees a strong sense of identity and focus,” says Nanda Kumara. […]

This is an excellent 7plus  minute video produced by the BBC. Devotee in charge of agriculture is very articulate. This is an excellent 7plus  minute video produced by the BBC. Devotee in charge of agriculture is very articulate.

By Anuttama Das for ISKCON News on 26 Jun 2010Many of us are familiar with the statistic that America, with only 5% of the world’s population, consumes nearly 25% of the world’s resources. Here’s a less known fact: With the same 5% of the population, the United States consumes 65% of the world’s illegal drugs. […]

Earlier this month, my friend Tulasi married Gauranga at the Hare Krishna Temple in Los Angeles. The ceremony was lovely with beautiful music, singing, and chanting, but as I’ve never been to a Hari Krishna Temple before,  I don’t know the proper names or the “meaning” behind the wedding rituals. Read more…

Just as I was making a beeline for the Underground, a Hare Krishna devotee accosted me and asked me I was going to sample the feast. I was just about to pretend I was broke…when she mentioned it was free. Not being one to look a gift horse in the face, I joined the queue […]

Diary of a Traveling Monk – Volume 11, Chapter 5 – May 7, 2010By Indradyumna SwamiI opened my eyes and looked around. “Yes,” I thought, “Russia’s a democracy now, and things are so much easier and secure, but I do miss the old days, the struggle and adventure, always having to depend on Krsna.” A […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 18 Jun 2010“Over 5,000 ISKCON devotees and Hindus participated in the parade this year, making it our biggest-ever attendance,” says Ramabhadra Dasa, temple president of ISKCON’s Radha-Govinda Mandir in Brooklyn. “It was incredible. The parade stretched even farther than in 1976, when Srila Prabhupada was present—there were 2,000 […]

By Ramdas Lamb, from ‘The Washington Post’Yet, most of us pretend that all the other animals we don’t know personally are somehow different. Their lives don’t really matter, the torture they experience does not really matter, their slaughter does not really matter. Q: Expensive and time-consuming efforts are being made to rescue and rehabilitate animals […]