Letter to Hayagriva dasa

As you are remembering our old meeting days on the second avenue, when I first started my lectures there, similarly I also remember the incidents and speak to so many friends and disciples. So our meeting was Krishna’s desire. Apparently it was accidental but actually it was Krishna’s plan. Los Angeles 18 November, 1968My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Nov. 12, 1968, and I am very...

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Akshaya Patra hit by price rise too

TNN | Jan 30, 2011 | 05.04 am IST | BANGALORE: Spiralling food rates are also affecting Akshaya Patra, the largest non-government school meal programme by Iskcon, which is gearing to combat the price rise. “We are looking at procuring dal from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh where the price is around Rs 40 per kilo. Our meals, with a combination of dal and pulses, retain nutritional value. As a long-term measure, we held talks with agencies to...

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Hare Krishna organization sued for alleged child abuse

Today 44 young adults filed a $400 million dollar damage suit against the "Hare Krishna" for sexual, physical and emotional torture inflicted upon them as children. The suit says Plaintiffs were sexually, physically and emotionally abused, along with hundreds of other children, who were kept during two decades at Hare Krishna’s boarding schools. The suit, filed in the Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas, names the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY...

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Phoenix: ISKCON announces a legal battle against the developer of McDonalds

If McDonald's continues and settles on the car park opposite the headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) , located on Hare Krishna Land , Phoenix, movement, supported by other socio-cultural organizations Hindu threat of go "further" to counter this process. This emerges from a press conference on united front seat of the Hindu Iskcon on Tuesday 25 January. She does not want the burger king face at its center....

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