Parents Proud of Krishna Movement

Parents Proud of Krishna Movement

“Do I think that my son is brainwashed? I can best answer this by asking the question, ‘Is our very society not being brainwashed daily by the advertising media (liquor and cigarette ads) and pornographic movies and literature’.”

Academic Conference on ISKCON

Academic Conference on ISKCON

Twenty-five top scholars from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain assembled here in mid-July for a major academic conference titled “Krsna Consciousness in the West: A Multi-Disciplinary Critique.”

A New look at Lord Krsna

A New look at Lord Krsna

Krsna is a name for God. It is a Sanskrit word that means “the all-attractive one.” In other words, God is the one who has created all the qualities that we think of as being attractive. He has all these qualities unlimitedly, so He is the all-attractive one.

The Vedic Observer

The Vedic Observer

Although Union Carbide has stopped manufacturing methyl isocyanate in Bhopal, Union Carbide and other companies continue to produce the deadly gas at five sites in the United States.

ISKCON Float Wins a Top Prize in Melbourne Parade

ISKCON Float Wins a Top Prize in Melbourne Parade

At the center of the float was a sculpture of two swans swimming on a pond, and on either side, wearing colorful Indian costumes, sat devotee women and children portraying the cowherd girlfriends (gopis) of Radha and Krsna.

Governments Aid “Food For Life”

Governments Aid “Food For Life”

A new Hare Krsna Food for Life program in Paris is distributing one thousand meals daily, and a proposal was recently made to increase the distribution to three thousand meals to meet the high demand.

Bombay Ratha-yatra Festival Biggest Ever

Bombay Ratha-yatra Festival Biggest Ever

This year’s Ratha-yatra festival was Bombay’s largest yet. The cart rolled through downtown Bombay for five hours, and the devotees on the cart tossed to the enthusiastic parade viewers half a million packets of food offered to Krsna.

ISKCON Pada-yatra Reaching Millions in India

ISKCON Pada-yatra Reaching Millions in India

ISKCON inaugurated the pada-yatra to celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of the appearance of Lord Caitanya, who is Krsna Himself appearing in the role of His own devotee to teach the congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra as the prime means of God realization in this age.

ISKCON Opens Temple In South Africa

ISKCON Opens Temple In South Africa

Thousands attended Diwali celebrations here recently at the nearly-completed Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha temple. The temple, covering more than four hilltop acres, is the joint effort of ISKCON devotees and South Africa’s Indian community.

ISKCON Begins 4,000-Mile Pilgrimage

ISKCON Begins 4,000-Mile Pilgrimage

The a pada-yatra, or “walking festival,” is traveling a four-thousand-mile pilgrimage route, passing through all the holy places Lord Caitanya visited on His South Indian tour.

A Temple on the New York Sidewalks

A Temple on the New York Sidewalks

An Indian-style temple at the foot of a Manhattan skyscraper? Not for long. Aindra dasa’s van, transformed into an ornate temple, appears at different places in New York City every day.

Festival of India Tours U.S.

Festival of India Tours U.S.

“Festival of India” is a dramatic presentation of ISKCON’s cultural and philosophical heritage. Exhibits on vegetarian cooking, reincarnation, spiritual education, and karma—to name a few—attract thousands.

Indira Gandhi Accepts Bhagavatam

Indira Gandhi Accepts Bhagavatam

“Hare Krsna,” the prime minister said, and Haridasa dasa, the first Muslim to become a Hare Krsna devotee in India, presented her with part three of the First Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, a Vedic classic.

Lotus-Flower Float Dazzles Cotton Bowl Crowd

Lotus-Flower Float Dazzles Cotton Bowl Crowd

The new year began here on an ecstatic note at the twenty-seventh annual Cotton Bowl Festival and Parade as a crowd of one hundred thousand and a national television audience of millions viewed the award-winning float built by “the Texas Hare Krishnas.”