Internships – Kitchen/Cook

Position: Kitchen/Cook Assistant – 1 PT position, hours to be determined Supervisors: Caru Das, Vaibavi, Nitya, Merlin Operation and management of vegetarian buffet Duties Include: cooking prepping bread baking buffet table management festivals – additional hours food service and handling skills food service managerial skills cleaning and equipment maintenance kitchen hygiene required food handler permit […]

Internships – Events & Programs DA

Position: Events & Programs Director Assistant – 1 PT position, 10 am to 3pm, T – Sat, and all events, 1 hour lunch Supervisors: Caru Das, Vaibavi, Nitya, Merlin Planning, set up and onsite management of festivals and cultural events Duties Include: Planning, organizing, & implementing ongoing events & festivals Seven festivals annually, Shiva Ratri […]

Community Service

There are a wide range of benefits realized from serving worthy organizations in the community. Many area schools emphasize community service as an integral part of education. Community service can also be a means of developing a positive civic attitude and reversing destructive behavior patterns among youth. Many court systems  require it as a remedial […]

Green The Temple

As part of a greening world, the Temple is committed to actively reducing our energy usage and carbon footprint.  A guiding vision of the Krishna Consciousness movement is “Simple Living, High Thinking.”  This sentiment is an expression of the values of the Vedic culture that our spiritual lineage arose from : a simple, village-based way […]

The Yogi

Diary of a Traveling Preacher – Volume 10, Chapter 15 – August 24 – September 1, 2009  By Indradyumna Swami The day after our last festival in Poland, I boarded a flight for India and landed the next morning in Delhi.  Diary of a Traveling Preacher – Volume 10, Chapter 15 – August 24 – […]

Education Minister Releases ISKCON Book On Cow Protection

Sep 27, SECUNDERABAD, INDIA (SUN) — Minister of Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Sri D. Sridhar Babu launched the book, To Kill Cow Means to End Human Civilization written by Dr. Sahadeva dasa, in Secunderabad today. BY: BHAKTA CHRIS EVANS Sep 27, SECUNDERABAD, INDIA (SUN) — Minister of Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Sri D. […]

ISKCON’s Second Generation Steps Up at Krishna.com

It all started when second-generation devotee Radha McClellan, who was working as a freelance web designer at the time, got a vague call asking if she wanted to join the new “Krishna project.” Always up for a challenge, Radha said yes. BY: MADHAVA SMULLEN Krishna.com managers Radha, Manu and Uddhava Sep 26, MARYLAND, (SUN) — […]

Penguin Books Launches ISKCON Publication in India

By Madhava Smullen on 26 Sep 2009On September 12, Penguin Books India launched Where’s Hanuman—a pictorial adventure book in the tradition of the famous Where’s Wally—at a packed house in Starmark, Kolkata’s biggest bookstore. Produced by ISKCON’s Torchlight Publishing, Where’s Hanuman gives children a captivating and fun way to begin learning the story of the […]

ISKCON Mayapur Builds New Guest Rooms for Lifetime Use

Managers at the ISKCON complex in Sri Mayapur Dhama, India, have announced that construction will soon begin on a new guest house with many on-site facilities, to be named Isodyan Bhava By Madhava Smullen on 26 Sep 2009 ISKCON Mayapur is the spiritual world headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Managers at the […]

Diksha and Drugs: An Unfortunate Combination

Some years ago, when I heard the story of three young men celebrating their Vaishnava diksha with a round of cold Guinness, I thought it was the beginning of an Irish joke. Unfortunately it was true. The guru who’d given them their initiation had omitted to tell them anything at all about the practical disciplines of spiritual […]