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ISKCON News ISKCON is at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Australia... And Indradyumna Swami's Le Carnival Spirituel is top billing for entertainment! Read about it all here:
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ISKCON is set to contribute significantly to the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions, held from December 3rd to 9th at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The world’s largest global interreligious event, the Parliament
ISKCON News Four of the original six devotees who started ISKCON in London -- Gurudas, Yamuna Dasi, Shyamasundar Dasa, and Malati Dasi -- made Radha-Londonisvara's 40th anniversary an especially memorable evening. Read about it here:
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ISKCON devotees celebrated the Society’s 40th anniversary in London this November, with a week of festivities from the 16th through the 22nd of the month. Attended by the devotee congregation and members of the public, the week also drew over 1,300
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The city of New Orleans, no stranger to color and festivity with its annual Mardi Gras celebrations, will see a very different kind of festival this November 21st. Ratha Yatra, the Festival of The Chariots, originated thousands of years ago in Jagannatha
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North Carolina, USA -- About two hundred people, mostly first-time visitors to a Hare Krishna temple, attended “GeorgeFest” at the Prabhupada Village rural community on Saturday November 7, paying twenty bucks a pop. The event was designed as an
ISKCON News The first Grihasta Vision Team conference call for help with relationships has already passed, but there will be one held every month from now on. Scroll down to the bottom of the article to find out how to attend future monthly calls, and also for how to listen to a recording of the inaugural discussion.
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The Grihastha Vision Team (GVT)—a group of professional marriage and family educators and therapists deeply dedicated to the health of devotees in relationships—will be offering a first to the devotee community of North America this November 19th.
ISKCON News Here is an article that is raising a lot of discussion. Please bear in mind that this is only an early attempt by one person, at a meeting involving only some European ISKCON leaders. It does not reflect the opinion or decisions of the GBC. Watch ISKCON News for more news on the international discussion, and for opinion pieces by staff members.
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By ISKCON News Service on 15 Nov 2009 Surprisingly, after forty-plus years of existence, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is still not clear on what it means to be one of its "members." Read article
ISKCON News Thank you Ekendra, for heading up our ISKCON News ship for the past two and a half years! And Welcome Subala :-)
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It’s all happening here at ISKCON News this week. We’re extending our gratitude to Ekendra Dasa, the managing editor whose two and a half years of dedicated service brought the site to where it is today—and welcoming a new face. Ekendra’s
ISKCON News What are ISKCON leaders talking about at those big meetings with their long tables and power point presentations? ISKCON News slipped in through the door to give you this report:
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ISKCON’s 8th ELM (European Leaders Meetings), held from October 2 – 3 in Villa Vrindavana, Italy this year, yielded inspiring news on the year's accomplishments, as well as some exciting new plans. For our ISKCON News readers, here’s a taster: New
ISKCON News Miss India 2009 visited ISKCON New Delhi this month! The Beauty Queen paid her respects to the deities, received a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, and expressed her interest in helping ISKCON's altruistic work. Read more about the visit here:
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Ekta Choudary—Miss India 2009, and the Indian finalist in this year’s Miss Universe beauty competition—turned up at ISKCON New Delhi’s Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir for a visit on November 3rd. The 22-year-old Delhi resident attended the
ISKCON News After two decades of spiritual work in Hungary, Sivarama Swami has been awarded the state's Gold Cross... It is definitely exciting to see a western nation recognize the value of an ISKCON Vaishnava's efforts.
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ISKCON guru and leader Sivarama Swami received the Gold Cross of the Hungarian Republic, the second highest award in the state, during a Diwali celebration this October 20th. The Diwali Dinner, commemorating the Hindu New Year, was organized by the
ISKCON News Renowned professor Harvey Cox, a long-time supporter of ISKCON, retires from Harvard and brings a cow to graze on the famous University's lawn! What's that all about? Find out here:
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Dr. Harvey Cox, a renowned scholar and an avid supporter of ISKCON, retired from his post as Harvard Divinity School’s Hollis Professor of Divinity this past June. Dr. Cox, who was with Harvard for 44 years beginning in 1965, spoke in defense of ISKCON
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ISKCON guru and leader Bhaktimarga Swami recounts his adventures as he and other devotees spread Krishna consciousness to the coldest, most remote parts of Canada. As a leader of a spiritual organization, I felt the guilty weight of not fulfilling
ISKCON News Hare Krishnas, Halloween and gay pride -- not three things that usually go together :-) But somehow they did, to very positive effect, on October 24. Check out the article:
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Each year on the weekend before Halloween, about 100,000 people attend the Halloween Block Party in Oak Lawn, the gay and lesbian district of Dallas, Texas—which just happens to be the number two gay capital of the US, after San Francisco. And this
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