Jun 05, 2010  — A paper BY N. Sadhale and Y.L. Nene, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, on the work of Sir J.C. Bose and Vrikshayurveda — ‘Asian Agri-History’, Vol. 13, No. 2.As the oil disaster continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico, the citizens of planet earth are perhaps more acutely aware than ever of […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 4 Jun 2010After years of negotiating with the government and handling protests from conservative Orthodox Church groups, Hare Krishna devotees are finally completing design work on ISKCON Russia’s new mega-project, the Vedic temple Sri-Sri Radha Madhava Mandir. The Mandir will include an an auditorium, an exhibition center, an […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 5 Jun 2010The worldwide takeover of kirtan, the ancient spiritual practice of chanting God’s names in a call and response style, continues with no sign of slowing up—and June is one of the busiest months yet. An emerging wold-wide phenomenon.The worldwide takeover of kirtan, the ancient spiritual practice […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 28 May 2010The Krishna Culture Festival Tour is in its sixteenth year. From June 23rd till August 23rd this summer, 28 ISKCON youth from countries as diverse as Poland, England, Bolivia, Canada, and the US will travel 16,000 miles on the Krishna Culture Festival Tour, visiting every state […]

By Ramnath Subramanian for The Huffington Post on 18 May 2010Mr. Patrick, an international consultant on business ethics, was giving us a concise yet profound glimpse into a momentous phase of his own life that set the course towards his becoming one of the most successful stockbrokers, only to be arrested by the Interpol and […]

By Madhava Smullen on 29 May 2010With yoga already a household name in the Western World, kirtan—the ancient Gaudiya Vaishnava style of call and response chanting—is quickly gaining the same status. And while ISKCON devotees have been a little late to break into the popular yoga kirtan scene, some ISKCON groups have now risen to […]

By Lakshman (das) Vrindavan (IN)The festival is also celebrated in our ISKCON Vrindavan temple and it usually continues for 21 days with the Utsava Vigrahas covered in chandan. The Deities are covered completely with chandan
(sandalwood paste), which provides the Lord relief from the scorching heat of summer in the month of Vaisakha/Jyestha (May/June). On the […]

By Ron Lieber for The New York Times on 20 Apr 2010Of the $229 billion that Americans donated in 2009, about half went to religious institutions. When the Obamas released their 2009 income tax returns a few weeks ago, the Times itemized their charitable contributions on its Bucks personal finance blog. Some readers praised their […]

By Madhava Smullen on 21 May 2010“This business model of restaurants and farms working together to minimize production costs, while educating and empowering people to make smart food choices, will enable Peacemakers to provide healthy meals at current fast food prices,” Adiraja says. “And it will be great food, too: We’ll offer vegan burgers, sandwiches, […]

By Dave Norman for India Travel Podcast on 7 May 2010Their morning starts at 4:30, with someone at the temple whacking a brass gong with a wooden mallet and entirely too much enthusiasm given the hour. Then the singing starts. Somewhere out in the fog a woman’s voice rises above a din of car noise […]