By Lisa Miller for News Week on 15 Aug 200924 percent of Americans say they believe in reincarnation, according to a 2008 Harris poll. We are slowly becoming more like Hindus and less like traditional Christians in the ways we think about God, our selves, each other, and eternity. America is not a Christian nation. […]

By Krpamoya DasRegular readers will know that, in addition to worshipping God through recitation of His holy names, devotees also worship the form of the Lord manifested in elements such as metal, wood, stone, fire, or a painted image. All religious traditions have such sacred images – of one kind or another – according to […]

Unexpected JourneyThe final epiphany of the opulent black and gold palace at the end of the harrowing drive, called by the New York Times “America’s Taj Mahal,” seems to spring out of nowhere from the ruddy, West Virginia hills. Read More…

BY: SUDHEENDRA KULKARNIUnderground and secretly maintained Krishna temples in Iran? Yes. And I’ll tell you why I am beginning this column on the raging global debate on the recent Swiss ban on the construction of new minarets by recalling a stunning personal experience in Iran. Dec 12, NEW DELHI, INDIA (INDIAN EXPRESS) — Underground and […]

by Radhanatha Swami (Mumbai lecture Nov 15, 2009)Posted December 14, 2009I want to tell you about a very special and dear personality whom most of you do not know, one of the most grateful, gracious and blissful devotees I’ve ever seen — Kuvera. I want to tell you about a very special and dear personality […]

By ISKCON News Staff on 12 Dec 2009For the third year in a row the troupe of Le Carnaval Spiritual has embarked on a 3 month tour of Australia. The success of previous festival tours has led to widespread enthusiasm for the group of talented devotees to perform at different events around the country. Following […]

By Sesa Dasa on 11 Dec 2009You just knew it was coming, with yet another celebrity in trouble, this time billionaire golfer Tiger Woods, the now all too familiar solutions to personal struggles has again raised its head. In the cyclical world of media fascination the famous for being famous thrive in the intense light […]

By Madhava Smullen on 11 Dec 2009Hare Krishna nature-lovers from Zagreb, Croatia will be setting off for a Christmas Weekend of “Extreme Japa-walking” this December 25th through 27th. Japa is, of course, the practice of meditatively chanting Krishna’s holy names on beads. And extreme? Well, this trip is just about a textbook definition of the […]

By Praghosa DasaFollowing on from her barnstorming contribution at September’s Ratha Yatra, Lord Mayor Emer Costello followed up on her love of prasadam by arranging for Govindas to cater for the monthly Dublin City Council Meeting at Dublin Castle on Monday the 7th of December.   Following on from her barnstorming contribution at September’s Ratha Yatra, […]

Satyaraja Dasa (Steven J. Rosen) founding editor of The Journal of Vaishnava Studies and an associate editor of Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement. “Sonic Spirituality: A Collection of Essays on the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra” (Vrindavan, India: Ras Bihari Lal & Sons, 2009) is a compilation of articles first published in […]