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Sarva-drik Prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada from America, tells us his unique story on how he met Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles, U.S.A. His account expresses the essence of the importance of following the instruction of the Spiritual Master. Every devotee in ISKCON has the opportunity to ‘meet Srila Prabhupada directly’. How? by serving his mission. This […]

You are probably in lockdown – and feeling uneasy about it. Srila Prabhupada also experienced a forced quarantine. And he didn’t like it a bit. Syamasundara das tells the story: “I went down to the East African Airlines ticket counter in Nairobi [Kenya] and bought the tickets. We got on the plane, and we flew

Dear Subscriber, Hare Krsna! Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. First of all we, at the ISKCON Congregational Ministry, want to convey our honest concerns for you and your family’s safety and overall wellbeing. We also offer our condolences to the families of

By His Holiness Guru Prasada Swami I am pleased to be able to speak some words on congregational preaching. People are not so willing to join temples, and we are not capable of maintaining devotees all throughout their life. Congregational preaching provides the facility for people to become Krsna conscious. Having a big congregation provides

What do I gain by reading? Some of us may wonder what is the need to invest time in reading about Krsna Consciousness. Is it really necessary for our spiritual advancement? In this video Srivas Prabhu, Co-Regional Director of ISKCON West Africa, explains briefly the importance of reading Prabhupada’s books, and how can we make

Once, Lord Nrsimhadev’s worship was going on as usual when the pujari noticed that one flower fell from Nrsimhadev’s garland. The pujari asked the visitors if anyone was offering any special prayers to Lord Nrsimhadev. The visitors in front did not say anything, but from the back one lady came forward with tears in her

By His Holiness Sridhar Swami We have a very good philosophy and people know it. Our books tell the story. Nobody can defeat us. But we have one minor problem: we are not very good at marketing. We are not very good at presenting and organizing. That is why we have problems in some ways,

By Virabahu Dasa As an institution representative of Krsna and the parampara, we have the duty and obligation to be an example of responsibility and caring concern for everyone. Thus, in the present context of the coronavirus pandemic, we must strictly take all recommended precautions and strictly follow all official indications. Krsna must see that

Bhakti-vriksha is a congregational development program that utilizes small group structures in order to encourage its members in Krsna consciousness. For a temple to be healthy and well supported, it needs the assistance of its congregation. The Bhakti Vriksha program fulfills the temple’s need for readily available manpower, financial help, and enhancing the community’s devotional

By His Holiness Sridhar Swami There is a saying that if you have to do something, there is two ways that you can do it. One is in an organized way and the other is in a disorganized way. Now, if you do things in a disorganized way, you may not get such good results,