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Just a Few Seats Left for the Prajalpa Retreat in Youngstown, Ohio

September 26th, 2008 ·

YOUNGSTOWN – There are only a few spots open for the Prajalpa Retreat that will be taking place at the Econolodge Convention Room #2 in Youngstown,Ohio, October 20-26.
This retreat center is nestled deep within the city limits of Youngstown, far from the spiritual trivialities of a more natural surrounding.
The week-long seminar will focus upon [...]

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Tags: ISKCON inc.

New Hare Krishna Temple Opens Way the Hell Outside Town

September 12th, 2008 ·

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – This past week, the residents of the Hare Krishna temple vacated their three story building located in the busy heart of downtown. They have relocated forty-five minutes north, along the interstate off exit 154, between Pooja Imports Food Market and Patel Bazaar.
“It was becoming increasingly difficult to preach inside of a city [...]

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Tags: Hinduism · ISKCON inc.

BBT Demands Royalties Payments from Illegal “Shastra Sharers”

July 4th, 2008 ·

LOS ANGELES – The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International announced yesterday that devotees wishing to cite scriptural references during classes, campus lectures and even home programs will have to begin paying usage fees.
“What this amounts to is thievery,” says BBT International legal spokesperson Clarence Richards “Do these people really believe it is right to quote [...]

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Tags: ISKCON inc. · Politics

Nursing Temple — A Positive Alternative

June 13th, 2008 ·

By Mathura Gonzales
Hing Correspondent
FLORIDA – When the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was first incorporated in 1965, the Society consisted mostly of young men and women, but as its members grew older, the dynamics of the movement changed.
Many of the nation’s elderly live in nursing homes, enduring chronic pain and loneliness. Though the aged [...]

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Tags: ISKCON inc. · Retired Life

New Fired-up Bhaktas Must Wait to be Placed on Payroll

April 18th, 2008 ·

The newest influx of recruits to the area Hare Krishna temple are eager and willing to do any service at all for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and the devotees. However, they’re in a holding pattern until they can be placed on the temple’s payroll.
Typically, this waiting period is 2-3 business days, the [...]

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Tags: Brahmacari/ni Life · ISKCON inc. · Sankirtana

ITV Announces New DVD Series: Memories of Memories of Srila Prabhupada

April 4th, 2008 ·

EUGENE, OR – After 54 volumes of the well-received Memories of Srila Prabhupada series, ITV Productions has announced that it will immediately begin production on Memories of Memories of Srila Prabhupada, a new DVD series to preserve the memories of devotees as they recall their first viewings of the Memories of Srila Prabhupada series.
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Tags: ISKCON inc. · Srila Prabhupada

Local ISKCON Temple Holds Clearance Sale on Hindu Samskaras

February 29th, 2008 ·

PARAMUS, NJ – In their latest newsletter, ISKCON temple president, Mahavikas das announced that area brahmins will be holding a two-month long clearance sale to make way for new Samskaras.
“The assembled devotees would be crazy to miss out on such an auspicious event,” Mahavikas said. “But with the new samskaras coming in, the old [...]

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Tags: Hinduism · ISKCON inc.