George Harrison Memorial Garden Opens to Public
(VNN) via NME The George Harrison Memorial Garden at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Estate near Watford is now open to the public. The Beatle – who passed away in 2001 – gave the site, formerly known as Piggots Manor, to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1973 after becoming a follower of the Hare Krishna religion. Following Harrison’s More...
The Bud of the Holy Name
June 04, 2013 (VNN) by Bhaktiratna Sadhu Swami nāma ta akhaṇḍa rasa kalikā tāhāra | kṛṣṇa ādi saṁjñā-rūpe viśvete pracāra || Haridas Thakur to Gauranga in Hari Nam Chintamani by Bhaktivinod More...
Charity, Sacrifice and Austerity should not be given up
June 03, 2013 (VNN) by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada In Bhagavad-gītā (3.9) it is said, yajnārthāt karmano ‘nyatra loko ‘yam karma-bandhanah: one should act or work only in order More...
Conscience – even if it pains
June 02, 2013 (VNN) by Swami Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti We have to become activists of the good. There is so much garbage, so much cruelty that has to stop. Modern man has become insensible; anaesthetised by intoxication More...
Timingila – Myth or Fact?
May 30, 2013 (VNN) by Swami B.G. Narasingha deha-smrti nahi yara, samsara-kupa kahan tara taha haite na cahe uddhara viraha-samudra-jale, kama-timingile gile gopi-gane neha’ tara para “The Gopis have fallen More...
DOM is a sideshow – BBT is at the center
May 30, 2013 (VNN) by Hansadutta das Just yesterday, Praghosa Prabhu forwarded a copy of his email to Rocan das regarding the GBC and the Direction of Management (DOM). This is a discussion as to the constitution More...
The Spectrum of Faith
May 28, 2013 (VNN) by Gauravani dasa “Faith is the conviction behind sustained effort.” —Swami Tripurari, Bhagavad-gita: Its Feeling and Philosophy In a recent Twitter discussion, I posited that atheists More...
ISKCON’s Self Discovery Programs Celebrated “Festival of Love and Trust”
Houston, May 28, 2013 (VNN) By Ravinder Yerram via Indoamerica News On Saturday, May 18, as Part of “Self Discovery” programs all over the Houston conducted by ISKCON, the Hare Krishna Dham, devotees grand More...
The Name of God: A Vaishnava-Christian Dialogue
Potomac, Maryland – May 26, 2013 (VNN) By Krishna Lila dasi via ISKCON News It’s a topic that one might have expected was studied by this group years ago. But that fact is, only after a decade and a half More...
Hare Krishna Faith really is ‘a Science’
May 25, 2013 (VNN) By Nigel Benson via Otago Daily Times His Holiness Janananda Swami dishes up a $3 Hare Krishna lunch to Rika Takeda (19) at the Otago University Students’ Association recreation More...
