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Sivananda had not been in the temple more than a year when Srila Prabhupada came to Montreal. After a short meeting, Srila Prabhupada requested Sivananda to go to Europe to try to open a center there.…

By Hamsaduta dasa on July 10, 20262 CommentsRead More

The Ecstacy of Madhavendra Puri

A young cowherd boy appeared before Madhavendra Puri and offered him a pot of milk. That boy was none other than Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.…

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on July 10, 20261 CommentRead More

Krishna’s Subduing the Serpent Kaliya

Seeing Krishna in the coils of the serpent Kaliya, Krishna's friends the cowherd boys and the other residents of Vrndavana were stunned with fear. When they saw Him overpowered by the coils of the serpent Kaliya, they fell to the ground.…

By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on July 10, 20261 CommentRead More

Srila Prabhupada Television Interview

Prabhupada arrived in Gainesville, calling it a remote corner of the world, thousands of miles from the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, to speak at the University of Florida. The local TV station arranged for this interview.…

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on July 10, 2026No CommentRead More

Lord Caitanya’s Instructions to Rupa Gosvami

Instructions to Rupa Gosvami. On the bank of the Ganges at Prayaga, Lord Caitanya revealed the ocean of devotional service.…

By Kundali dasa on July 9, 2026No CommentRead More

Journey to Navadvipa — Spiritual Places

Time has all but stopped in Navadvipa - or so you'd think, seeing the ancient-looking riverboats and temples. Five hundred years ago in this transcendental land. Lord Caitanya appeared and began His great spiritual movement.…

By Visakha devi dasi on July 9, 2026No CommentRead More

ISKCON Temple Opens in South Africa

The grand opening of ISKCON's Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha temple drew 100,000 visitors, including leaders of the Afrikaans, English, black, and Asian communities.…

By BTG Editors on July 9, 2026No CommentRead More

Escaping the Dream — Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out

In a dream we see so many things that have nothing to do with us. This is our nighttime dream, and we recognize it when we wake up. Unfortunately generally we go back into our daytime dream. "I am this." "I am that." "I am white." "I am black." "I am American." And so forth.…

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on July 9, 2026No CommentRead More

Chanting the Holy Names in West Berlin

In West Germany, devotees have evolved a preaching strategy adapted from the nama-hatta program established by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in India during the last century.…

By Suhotra dasa on July 9, 2026No CommentRead More

Bringing Hare Krishna to Germany

By Hamsaduta dasa on July 10, 2026

The Ecstacy of Madhavendra Puri

A young cowherd boy appeared before Madhavendra Puri and offered him a pot of milk. That boy was none other than Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.…

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on July 10, 2026

Krishna’s Subduing the Serpent Kaliya

By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on July 10, 2026

Lord Caitanya’s Instructions to Rupa Gosvami

Instructions to Rupa Gosvami. On the bank of the Ganges at Prayaga, Lord Caitanya revealed the ocean of devotional service.…

By Kundali dasa on July 9, 2026

Chanting the Holy Names in West Berlin

In West Germany, devotees have evolved a preaching strategy adapted from the nama-hatta program established by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in India during the last century.…

By Suhotra dasa on July 9, 2026

CHANT!

Tap into the reservoir of pleasure. By chanting the names of God, you'll immediately be in touch with the source of all pleasure. The name Krsna means the all-attractive person, and Rama means the supreme pleasure. Hare is the form of addressing Hara, God's devotional energy, to whom we pray to be engaged in the Lord's service.…

By BTG Editors on July 8, 2026

CHANT!

The name Krishna means "the all-attractive one" the name Rama means "the all-pleasing one," and the name Hare is an address to the Lord's devotional energy.…

By BTG Editors on July 7, 2026

CHANT!

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare…

By BTG Editors on July 6, 2026

The Chariots Roll Again

We grabbed the chariot ropes and pulled Krsna, and He pulled us along with Him. Krsna's chariot rolled on and on, and the waves of chanting and feeling rolled in and in, deeper and deeper. Hare Krsna,…

By Jagajivana dasa on July 4, 2026

Why Krsna Comes To This World

August 1973 at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, in the countryside near London. Several thousand guests (including the Indian High Commissioner) listen to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada speak about the day Lord Krsna made His appearance on earth.…

By Jayadvaita dasa on July 1, 2026

The Rathayatra Festival’s Inspiration

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brought the…

By BTG Editors on June 29, 2026

“Krishna Temple Is Labor of Love”

Something of a minor marvel is taking shape in the hills of Marshall County, where members of the Hare Krishna religious community have sacrificed over the past four years to complete a "labor of love"—a temple in honor of their spiritual master.…

By BTG Editors on June 28, 2026

Beyond the Formless Philosophies

By mental speculation one concludes that because material forms are temporary, spirit, to be eternal, must be formless. This reasoning, however, is illogical, like the conditioned thinking of a cow in a barn.…

By Jayadvaita dasa on July 10, 2026

Escaping the Dream — Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on July 9, 2026

Colleges for curing the Social Body — Prabhupada Speaks Out

Wherever we have a Hare Krsna center we should immediately establish a college for training people—first, according to their natural talents. Everyone will be elevated to spiritual awareness by performing the spiritual activities we prescribe…

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on July 9, 2026

REVOLT!—Inflation, Taxes — The Vedic Observer

Inflation is simply taxation. Sly, sneaky taxation. Afraid of increasing direct taxation (and spoiling their humanitarian image with the voters), our leaders spend at a deficit and slip their unbacked currency into the economy.…

By Madhudvisa dasa on July 9, 2026

ISKCON Temple Opens in South Africa

The grand opening of ISKCON's Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha temple drew 100,000 visitors, including leaders of the Afrikaans, English, black, and Asian communities.…

By BTG Editors on July 9, 2026

Notes From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta

The Bhagavad-Gita is an authoritative statement given to Arjuna by Lord Krishna. It must be borne in the mind that the Bhagavad-Gita was spoken on a battlefield. Before the battle, Arjuna declined to fight with his own kinsmen.…

By BTG Editors on July 7, 2026

Setting Sail with Transcendental Treasures

In the spirit of Srila Prabhupada's voyage to America in 1965, devotees are bringing Krishna consciousness to the Hawaiian Islands on the Jaladutta II boat.…

By Visakha devi dasi on July 7, 2026

London Soho Street Hare Krishna Temple

In London on Soho Street just off Oxford Street, English devotees of Lord Krsna have opened a new cultural center that includes a temple, a theater, and a vegetarian restaurant.…

By BTG Editors on July 3, 2026

Knowledge? — Letters

Jnana is "book knowledge" or "theory" because it entails the renunciation of all work, the suppression of the senses, and the rejection of the world as false. Vijnana is realized knowledge because it does not come about by mental speculation and the cessation of actions but rather by engagement in active devotional service.…

By Ravindra Svarupa dasa on July 8, 2026No Comment

Hare Krishna Safari Africa

The Sankirtana Safari is on. Chanting and dancing to the hypnotic beats of Hare Krsna, a few American sadhus are daily seen on the main streets of Nairobi and other towns in Kenya, East Africa.…

By Brahmananda Svami on July 3, 2026No Comment