Srila Prabhupada came to America in 1966 as an ambassador of good will. He did not come to make money. Most people on the airplanes today, they're going somewhere and they're making money, most business people, they want to make money but P
Vaishasheka Prabhu discusses methods of book distribution apart from the traditional method of standing on the street and stopping the people and selling them books. He describes Smart Boxes and Smart Tables , which are unattended displ
Part four of the Prabhupada book distribution seminar is: The Four Ironclad Laws of Book Distribution. These four ironclad laws are: (1) Your sadhana must be strong. (2) You must get books. (3) The more you show, the more you sell. (4) You
This program in the Srila Prabhupada Book Distribution seminar shows how full sets of Srila Prabhupada's books can be distributed to guests at an ISKCON temple's Sunday Feast.
Introduction to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
A play with Srila Prabhuapda and his disciples about Lord Caitanya's pastimes. Recorded in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in 1966. A truly wonderful film!
Part five of the Srila Prabhupada book distribution seminar is titled: The Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Book Distributors. You can't distribute what you don't have yourself. So our main technique for preaching is to dive deep within t
By the grace of Lord Sri Krishna, His Divine Grace A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta Prabhuapda was born a pure devotee of Krishna. In 1933 Prabhupada was accepted as a disciple by a bonafide spiritual master and ordered to spread Krishna consciousn
A world tour of the Temples, Farms, Restaurants and preaching activities of the Hare Krishna Movement (ISKCON) in 1981. This is a very interesting film, showing the worldwide preaching activities of ISKCON just a few years after the depar
Shows a typical Sunday at the ISKCON Bangalore Temple. ISKCON Bangalore is contraversal because they have realized that Srila Prabhupada is still living and still able to guide devotees even though from the material point of view he is no l
This is a confidential video made for ISKCON Bangalore devotees some years ago where the leaders of including the Temple President, Madhupandit Prabhu, discuss the history of Bangalore and how that temple came to accept the ritvik orders th
Part six of the Prabhupada book distribution seminar is: Selling the Bhagavad Gita on its own merits and the Seven Secrets of a Successful Book Distributor. Presented by Vaishasheka Prabhu in Dallas, Texas, 2006. This a very practical instr
An art film made by Georgio showing a large group of hippies in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on Hippie Hill in 1967. This was the time of flower power and anti-war protests. On this day, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pr
In 1966 Srila Prabhuapda, the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) rented a storefront at 26 2nd. Ave, New York City, NY. Within weeks the news of this new Hare Krishna Temple and the Swami in the L
A film made by an independent film-maker. He is interviewing Srila Prabhuapda and he asks, Prabhupada, Who is Krishna? And this film shows Srila Prabhupada's reply to this question.
A documentary made by an independent film-maker on Srila Prabhupada's first Hare Krishna temple. This documentary was shot at 26 2nd Ave New York, just weeks after Srila Prabhupada opened the first Hare Krishna temple in America. It shows h
This video was taken at the historic official ISKCON debate on the ritvik philosophy, the idea that Srila Prabhupada established a system in ISKCON which would enable him to continue to accept disciples, even after he was no longer physical
Amazing historical film footage of Srila Prabhupada from 1967 and 1968. Showing how he created the Hare Krishna movement in America from nothing in a very short time.
Amazing black and white silent films of Srila Prabhupada from 1967-1968 in USA. This is some of the earliest film footage of Srila Prabhuapda in the United States available. Watch as he preaches and very quickly establishes ISKCON, the Inte
Amazing film of Srila Prabhuapda's disciples preaching Krishna consciousness in the early years. Mostly on the East Coast of the USA. Boston, New York, and other cities.
The Hare Krishna's purchase and convert Detroit's historic Fisher Mansion into a temple and this film shows the history of how the grandchildren of two of Detroit's most powerful auto magnate families both became Hare Krishna devotees and t
When you think of Texas certain stereotypes come to mind: cowboys, the old kind or the new football kind. You think of oil and JR (from the 1980's TV series Dallas ). And probably the last thing you would ever think of would be the Hare Kr
Enjoy the grand opening festival of ISKCON's Durban, South Africa temple. Now digitally remastered in 1080p HD video! Sri Sri Radhanatha Temple was opened in the 1980s. It was constructed by the South African ISKCON devotees on the desire
An amazing hall preaching program by Srila Prabhupada in Melbourne, Australia in 1974. A very ecstatic class by Srila Prabhupada which he begins by quoting the Christian prayer, Hallowed be Thy Name... And then goes on to explain the name
The Golden Avatar gives a synopsis of the life and teachings of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of Krishna who popularized the public chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra (sankirtana) five hundred years ago in West Bengal
Jagannath Puri, a city in Orissa, India, is a great holy city in India which was, before His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami came to the United States in 1965, practically unknown outside India. However, Srila Prabhuapda brought the L
As a part of the Prabhuapda Centennial celebrations in 1996 the ISKCON GBC decided in 1994 to start the World Padayatra program. Padayatra is a Sanskrit word meaning Walking Festival. All the great acharyas of the past went on Padayatra
Lokananta Maharaja was the devotee Srila Prabhupada instructed to perform padayatra and in this video he explains the purpose and benefits of padayatra the plans to make padayatra a worldwide festival.
Mukunda Goswami introduces Padyatra India. This is a video made in the very beginning of the Padayatra festival in 1984. This is when Pradayatra was just in India. It was planned to trace the footsteps of Lord Caitanya who also travelled al
A short but amazing film of Visnujana Swami leading the kirtan party at the ISKCON 1974 San Francisco Rathayatara festival. The ecstatic kirtan is followed by a short section of Srila Prabhupada's Rathayatra address. Unfortunately there a
Srila Prabhupada always wanted all the best things available in the world to be engaged in the service of Krishna. This is the endeavour of the devotees of ISKCON Bangalore towards fulfilling the desire of Srila Prabhupada our Spiritual Mas
The worlds largest food distribution program is also an endeavour towards satisfying Srila Prabhupada's desire to distribute Krishna Prasadam to as many people as possible. Iskcon Bangalore has initiated the Akshaya Patra mid-day meal Progr
O'Hare Airport in Chicago was one of the biggest locations for distributing Srila Prabhuapda's books in the 70's. This documentary film was made in the 80's about the Hare Krishna book distribution that was going on at this airport then.
For a short time in the early 1980's ISKCON devotees in USA and Australia embarked on a program to sell full sets of Srila Prabhupada's books door-to-door like the encyclopaedia Britannica people do with their encyclopaedias. This shows on
For a short time in the early 80's devotees in ISKCON USA were selling full sets of Srila Prabhupada's books door to door. This video shows one of the customers, Marjorie Ward.
Srila Prabhuapda performs the marriage ceremony of Bali Mardan Prabhu and Miss Toyota. Bali Mardan was the Temple President of ISKCON New Dwarka (Los Angeles) and he met a lady who claimed to be the heiress to the fortune of the Toyota ca
Wonderful, first class color film of Srila Prabhupada giving and introductory class on the Srimad Bhagavatam. This was recorded in Melbourne, Australia in 1974.
Vani devi dasi (age ~13) sings a beautiful Hare Krishna Mantra tune at New Raman Reti's Sunday Love Feast. ISKCON has a free vegetarian love feast every Sunday. These were the instructions of Founder/Acharya A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Pr
Interesting televison news segment on the history of the Hare Krishna's in the USA.
Video describing a plan to develop a majestic Radha Krishna Temple of Understanding at New Vrindavan, West Virginia. It was not built but was a grand idea.