News and views on culture, philosophy and siddhanta of ISKCON Vaishnavas
WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan Eco Village to Vaishnavi diksa-gurus,[3][4] two senior sannyasis and disciples of Srila…
Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members recorded a 73-minute debrief. They say the delegation had half an hour,…
A devotee who spent nearly ten years raising money for the Hare Krishna Hill temple says that none of its builders had heard of the Karnataka society that now owns it. ISKCON…
MAYAPUR, India — Sri Mayapur Community Hospital, the charitable hospital in ISKCON’s world headquarters town, is asking devotees to become monthly donors so that it can offer free medical treatment to 500…
In Jaiva Dhrma, Srila Bhaktivenode Thakura clearly warns us to NOT introduce vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety. “Vaisnava dasa: If one violates social customs, one is guilty of vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety, and members of…
Included at the end of this memorial is a URL to a 35-minute audio/video clip of Balabhadra being interviewed after the cowboys insisted he immediately depart, with his prize-winning oxen, from the…
On national Hindi television, ISKCON India’s communications director says the Bengaluru temple case is not a dispute between two ISKCON societies but “ISKCON versus Madhu Pandit Dasa”, and holds up court filings…
Prosecutors say a 19-year-old self-described neo-Nazi drove to the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora, Illinois, on the first day of Navaratri, intending a mass shooting, and left when his rifle…
A six-page briefing note dated 8 October 2026 sets out the 1971 Mumbai Society’s case that Madhu Pandit Dasa revived a dormant 1978 society to take control of ISKCON’s Bengaluru temple. Akincana…
A 90-second film from ISKCON Salem offers a close view of carved stonework and ongoing work at the Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda temple project in Tamil Nadu.
