By Kadamba Kanana Swami The development of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness is very interesting. Srila Prabhupada at an old age was very mature and brought everything – the perfection of spiritual life, the maturity of age and his vision and experience. All his followers were in their twenties with an exceptional one in his […]

Lord Nrsimhadev shows His mercy even to a non-devotee. Yasoda Mata’s 85 year old foster father passed away two months ago. During his stay in the hospital, Yasoda Mata prepared a tape recorder and played the Hare Krsna Maha Mantra all day long in his ward. Her foster father was actually in semi-coma, but miraculously

By His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Congregational development is an untapped field that presents new opportunities for all kinds of preachers. It incorporates a systematic method for contacting and cultivating new devotees and engaging them in service. New people and potential devotees should, as far as possible, be brought into the loop, their details taken and

By Bhakti Charu Swami The Early Days During the early days of the Hare Krsna movement, spiritual life was perceived as meaning to live in the temple as a full-time devotee. The word “devotee” referred to someone who was living in a temple and engaged in temple activities full time. Those who lived outside were

By H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Swami We stress four guidelines we want to live by. We write them on signs and stick them on walls. Everybody sees them and thinks of them throughout the day. First: Whenever there is a conflict, we ask devotees to first look at their own fault and think, “What can I

By Karnamrita dasa Sometimes people want to know what I am about spiritually. I often think how could I explain to someone in a moment about our path of Bhakti-yoga or Krsna consciousness?? When someone casually ask what I believe in, looking for a nutshell understanding, they sometimes do so to categorize me. I really

In the lapse of over two decades, ISKCON has grown rapidly into an organization with well established temples and large congregations in the south of India. This short video shows some of the festivals that took place early this year when devotees from all over the world visited ISKCON temples and many holy places in

By H.H. Jayapataka Swami, ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry. As the ISKCON minister for Congregational Preaching H.H Jayapataka Swami has set up a worldwide system to teach devotees how to make more people Krsna Conscious, as well as how to organize home programs. Through the congregational ministry, he has produced several books to make the preaching

The 70th Vyasapuja of HH Jayapataka Swami was celebrated in a very grand and loving way by his disciples and well-wishers at ISKCON Mayapur. Over 14000 disciples congregated at Mayapur to glorify their beloved spiritual master. Sri Mayapur and Jayapataka Swami are synonymous. Maharaja once said I know only three things- Mayapur, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,