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24-Hour Kirtan Festival, New Vrindavan...

This yearly festival of non-stop chanting attracts hundreds of Krishna kirtan singers and musicians. Here are the original digital recordings.

Journey to Navadvipa

To the casual visitor, this holy land is much like the rest of rural India. To the devotee of Lord Chaitanya it is a transcendental paradise.

Kurukshetra—The Land of Dharma
Kurukshetra—The Land of Dharma

What has made this place the chosen site of numerous battles, festivals, sacrifices, and Lord Krishna speaking the ultimate instructions of the Bhagavad-gita?

Pandharpur: Land of Lord Vitthala

". . .holding each ear with the hand across from it, pilgrims turn about, springing up and down , begging the Lord to forgive their offenses. . ."

“Krishna Consciousness Is Real Science”

"This is not blind following. It is not religious fanaticism. It is actually solid ground. One simply has to understand nicely."

A Dialogue on "The Ghost in the...

Is the existence of the soul merely a myth propagated by fuzzy-minded fanatics—or a fact verifiable by a nonmechanistic science?

The Right Medicine

When it comes to repairing our temporary body, we're eager to hear what the experts have to say. Not so, in spiritual matters.

You Don’t Need a Guru—or Do You?

Subhananda dasa speaks with Harvard professor Harvey Cox and his divinity students on the traditional role of the guru.

ISKCON Tirupati: Bringing Goloka to...

How the Krishna Consciousness movement came to establish its center in one of the most famous pilgrimage sites in India.

Kuli Mela: The Tipping Point

Members of ISKCON's next generation join forces and find the key to unlimited achievement.

Finding Shelter in True Identity

In the context of competing cultures, a child of Indian-born parents in America discovers herself.

Two Seeds that Grew in Iron
Two Seeds that Grew in Iron

Considering the oppressive environment created by the Soviet regime, how did Krishna's devotees there keep their faith?

A Taste of Salted Bread
A Taste of Salted Bread

During ISKCON's early days in the U.S.S.R., devotees risked imprisonment and even death to print books underground and distribute them

Ahovalam—Revisited

A young Krishna devotee sets off on a dangerous journey to ancient temples of his lifelong deity.

Alarnath: Abode of Spiritual Longing

Seventeen kilometers west of Puri and about five kilometers inland. . .Lord Chaitanya would walk along the beach, but today most pilgri

Dvaraka—Lord Krishna’s Royal Home

"Dvaraka's many temple spires point up to indicate that our goal is not here but upwards. . ." A Western pilgrim visits the present-day site of the city Lord Krishna built.

Jewel in Kampuchea

A chance encounter in New York City acquaints an American Krishna devotee with the largest Vishnu temple in the world—Angkor Wat.

Finding a Genuine Guru

"What are the qualifications of the spiritual master? How can I find a bona fide spiritual master?" Jayadvaita Swami fields students' questions.

Perfect Knowledge, Imperfect World

"If you understand you're not perfect, what's the use of trying to study the world this way and that? If you are imperfect, the result will be imperfect."

Saints or Swindlers

Christian, Muslim, Hindu—it doesn’t matter. A genuine spiritual master simply tries to get people to become devotees of Krishna, or God.