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 […]
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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 […]
Will those Sweet Days Ever Return?
By Indradyumna Swami After the Woodstock festival we went back to our programs on the Baltic Sea coast. We were exhausted but determined to make it through the last seventeen days of our tour. Read more…
Bhakti Fest draws more than 1,500 to Joshua Tree retreat center
JOSHUA TREE -“Stretch your hands out, feel the blue sky. Feel the sun energy dance with the moonlight within us. Feel ourselves, the universe of universes.” Read more…
The Surfing Swamis
Daruka Dasa looks out at the horizon, bobbing up and down in the Indian Ocean on a surfboard. “I see a wave out there that’s got your name written all over it,” he says. Read more…
ISKCON’s Second Generation Celebrates Kuli MeLA 2009
Nestled in the Hollywood Hills is the John Anson Ford Amphitheater, Los Angeles’ oldest performing arts venue. Tonight, it is nearly full with a glamorous audience of 950 people; some dressed in their very best suits or evening gowns, others in more exotic Bollywood attire. By Madhava Smullen on 19 Sep 2009 Los Angeles, Friday July […]
Polluted Ganga Still has Medicinal Qualities
BY: STAFF CORRESPONDENT Sep 18, INDIA (DECCAN HERALD) — Despite being polluted, the waters of the Ganges still possess ‘medicinal qualities’ and could pave the way for developing new ‘anti-microbial compounds’. According to a research conducted by a senior scientist of Lucknow-based National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), a prestigious CSIR laboratory, Dr. Chandrashekhar Nautiyal, the Ganga […]
In the Dungeon With Shridhar Swami
By Patita Pavana das Adhikary A condensed version of the following essay about HH (108) Shridhar Swami was read at a recent Vyasa Puja in Mumbai celebrated by his disciples… Read more…
Penguin Books Launches Children’s Ramayana
by Sudarshan das Posted September 18, 2009 At a packed house in Starmark, the biggest bookstore of Kolkata (Calcutta), Penguin Books has launched Advaita Candra das’s brainchildWhere’s Hanuman? — a picture adventure book that gives children a captivating and fun way to begin learning the treasured story of Hanuman and the Ramayana. Read more…