By Madhava Smullen on 12 Mar 2010At 3:45 on the morning of February 27, as a priest peacefully tended to the deities of Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai at the ISKCON temple in Santiago, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake suddenly struck Chile. Five hundred people were killed, and over 500,000 left homeless across the country, as buildings collapsed […]

By Casey Junkins for The Intelligencer on 7 Mar 2010Members of the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna Community in Marshall County can attest to that, as they are set to gain roughly $10 million in lease payments from AB Resources. Natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation is a hot commodity in the Northern Panhandle.Members of […]

By Gargamuni dasI cannot possibly put into words the loss I feel with the passing of Padmanbha Prabhu. Before he moved to Germany at the end of 1983, he lived on this side of the Atlantic, in a place called New England. Some 27 years after his move, his departure from this world has sent […]

By Sesa Dasa on 5 Mar 2010Our eternal nature is to be blissful, but we’ve forgotten.Nothing new here. It’s something all of us have either mentally or emotionally noted before. But, it’s just such a striking fact that I can’t help but mention it again: people just don’t smile.     I’ve just returned from […]

University of FloridaKrishna lunches have always been karma-neutral. Soon, they will be almost carbon-neutral.Beginning the Monday after Spring Break, the Krishna House, which has been serving vegetarian meals at UF since 1971, will begin to turn all waste from the utensils used for the lunches into compost. Since 2008, the program has used biodegradable utensils […]

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By Madhava Smullen on 27 Feb 2010On Wednesday, thousands of devotees returned to ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur to celebrate Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, after spending a week walking a pilgrimage through holy spots relating to his life. Temples around the world will celebrate Gaura Purnima on Sunday February 28th, honoring […]

by Vraja Bihari Das for back to Godhead MagazineAmbulances sounding their sirens screech to a halt. Bodies, mutilated beyond recognition, keep pouring in. Ten kilometers north, another blast—the seventh in eleven minutes—has terrorized the city. As anxious and bereaved relatives rush in, the neighborhood and the media are hysterical. Local politicians vie for space on […]

By Madhava Smullen on 27 Feb 2010ISKCON devotees received a “Second Place for Marching Units” award for their participation in LA’s annual Kingdom Day Parade at a ceremony at the Radisson Hotel near downtown Los Angeles this February 13th. Ratnabhushana Dasa with Kingdom Day Parade founder Larry Grant. ISKCON devotees received a “Second Place for […]