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Bhakti Vikasa Swami Announces He Will Reduce His Traveling and Establish a Base in Mayapur

The ISKCON guru, nearly 70, says his energy never came back after an illness this year. Most of his trips…

4 days ago

“That Is My Greatest Fear”: Seeking Shelter, the Documentary on the Life of Bhakti Charu Swami

A 2021 film by Karuna Productions follows Bhakti Charu Swami from a westernised Bengali home to Srila Prabhupada’s side, through…

7 days ago

This Kartik, Sit Down and Recite the Prayers Before Offering the Damodara Lamp!

In a short video released for Kartika, the West African sannyasi Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami says the daily lamp offering…

2 weeks ago

Documentary: Leather-Free Madhura Mridangas Have Spared 5,000 Cows and Calves Since 2019

An eight-minute film by the Indian documentary channel Stories That Matter tells how a boat crossing at Mayapur in 2011…

2 weeks ago

Senior ISKCON leaders respond to the removal of the “expert at rape” paragraph from SB 4.25.41

Senior ISKCON leaders react to the removal of the final paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.25.41 from vedabase.io.…

1 month ago

Vedabase.io and the BBT quietly cut “expert at rape” paragraph from Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.25.41

The closing paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport, which the BBT trustees promised in 2008 never to subtract, is missing from…

1 month ago

ISKCON releases official 60th-anniversary video: “From one storefront to a movement”

A 108-second video posted on ISKCON’s global YouTube channel marks sixty years since Srila Prabhupada founded the movement, listing its…

1 month ago

Video: Hare Krishna maha-mantra in 32 Carnatic ragas, on the violin by Srinath Iyer

In a single eight-and-a-half-minute take, violinist Srinath Iyer moves the Hare Krishna maha-mantra through thirty-two ragas of Carnatic music, from…

1 month ago

BVKS Media Says YouTube Removed Its Sadhguru Video After Copyright Complaint, Republishes Message

The media team of Bhakti Vikasa Swami says YouTube took down its video criticizing a statement attributed to Sadhguru after…

1 month ago

Danavir Goswami on The Maha Podcast: Drafted Into the Israeli Army, and Twenty Years on the Garga Samhita

In a one-hour interview released on 30 September, the Prabhupada disciple recalls walking off a volleyball court the morning after…

1 month ago