Minister: HH Prahladananda Swami Year of Establishment: 1994 Website: http://www.iskcon.net.au/iskconhealth/ Our health is something we don’t often think about, until it gets worse – and that’s why we have reminders coming to us from different organizations to remember to stay fit and healthy. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness recognizes this need, and caters for […]
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January 13, Houston, Texas—The third and final day of the North American ISKCON GBC and Temple President Meeting was a half-day session that focused on Child Protection, Communications and strengthening the Brahmacari ashrama (celibate monastic student communities) in ISKCON temples in North America. Lila Sukha dasi, Director of the North American (NA) Child Protection Office
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January 12—The NA GBC/TP meeting in Houston began its second day of meetings with a presentation on the Strategic Planning Initiative of the international Governing Body Commission (GBC). Romapada Swami led the session and explained that the Strategic Planning (SPT) effort began in 2006 when Bhakti Vaibhava Swami, then Chair of the GBC, called for
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Houston, Texas Jan 11—The NA GBC and Temple President Annual Meetings began at the Houston Hare Krishna Temple with two inspiring topics: A Key Note address on “Srila Prabhupada’s Position” by Ravindra Svarupa Das, ISKCON scholar and GBC member, and a Book Distribution Report by Vaisesika dasa, North American Book Distribution Minister. Ravindra Svarupa explained
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Dear Maharajas and prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am writing to invite you to participate in ISKCON’s “Spiritual Leadership: “Being a Guru in ISKCON,” this upcoming February 17-20, 2013 in Mayapura. The 4-day seminar covers many pertinent topics, including: Role and Identity of the Guru in ISKCON Principles
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One of the most wonderful features of ISKCON is how our natural tendencies, talents, and qualities can be engaged in the service of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. We may excel at cooking or cleaning, planning or plumbing, and when done in a mood of loving service to the Supreme Lord, we move further on the
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Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin on February 26, 2013. Following the ISKCON GBC Society’s Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by a GBC member, to be submitted by December 15,
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To expand ISKCON’s preaching mission Srila Prabhupada created sannyasis. Thus the Ministry for Sannyasa Service has established a website to provide information about potential sannyasis to the ISKCON community and to get feedback in order to help in the candidate’s training. The website is: www.sannyasacandidates.com. The site contains a page “Candidates,” directly accessible via the
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Dear Vaishnavas, Please accept my sincere obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Guru-parampara ki jaya! We would like to call nominations for the fourth ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards (IEEA) for the year 2012. IEEA are meant to recognize the sincere devotees and projects who have dedicated their lives to the mission of Srila Prabhupada in Europe. These
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For the first time ever, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, producer of all ISKCON Founder Srila Prabhupada’s books, has published the entire Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita in Czech. The ancient Bengali work detailing the life and teachings of Gaudiya Vaishnavism founder Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, with commentaries by Prabhupada, was first published in English in the 1970s, in
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