By Anuttama Das for ISKCON News on 26 Jun 2010  | Many of us are familiar with the statistic that America, with only 5% of the world's population, consumes nearly 25% of the world's resources. Here's a less known fact: With the same 5% of the population, the United States consumes 65% of the world's illegal drugs.
| By Dridha Vrata Dasa for www.mayapur.com on 25 Jun 2010  | The ISKCON Mayapur community has recently announced their new project: the construction of a small but very important temple for Srimati Shimantini Devi, a prominent female devotee of the Lord.
| By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 25 Jun 2010  | Seventy-five saffron-clad celibate monks known as brahmacharis, from European countries as diverse as France, Ireland, Poland, Norway, Finland and the UK, converged on Bhaktivedanta Manor near London from June 18th to 23rd this year, to attend the second annual European Brahmachari Convention.
| By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 25 Jun 2010  | Sixteen men and women from the Muslim and Vaishnava faiths, some laypersons and some Imams and priests, met at Rockwood Manor retreat center in Washtington D.C. for the state's first Vaishnava-Muslim interfaith dialogue back on March 6th.
| By Zed Rajan for ISKCON News on 25 Jun 2010  | Hindus have applauded French actress Fanny Ardant (Ridicule) for defending Roma rights. Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France) on June 22, Lumiere Award winner Ardant, 61, declared: "We say Dosta! (which means enough) To injustice, humiliation, ignorance and violation of human rights." She further said that society had proved to be barbarian to Roma people.
| By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 25 Jun 2010  | As the huge chariot with its brilliant red canopy rolled up, Jagannatha sitting majestically upon it, Judith watched in awe, taking in the Lord to whom she would devote the rest of her life.
| By ISKCON News Staff for ISKCON News on 24 Jun 2010  | The Education Team of Krishna-valley Indian Cultural Center and Eco-Farm of Hungary has organized a national drawing competition for children.
| By Gaura Hari Das for ISKCON News on 24 Jun 2010  | Messages swirl around the Internet. "You have an event invite on Facebook!" One message simply reads "Whatever you do, make sure you are free this weekend! "
|  | The science-religion "debate" is an abstraction, and a distraction. It isn't true to the deep nature of science, or of religion, or to the history of interplay between them. These are convictions I'm left with after a cumulative conversation that began a decade ago. There is a science-religion divide -- these are two distinct and separate spheres of endeavor. But in the 21st century, we can't help but hear echoes passing back and forth across that divide and changing the way we understand our humanity, our relationship to each other and the natural world, the contours of the cosmos.
|  | Protecting the environment isn't a "liberal" idea; it's everybody's business. Liberal or conservative, the environment provides life support for us all, and if we fail to recognize that, we are truly doomed as a civilization.
|  | One bit of profound advice that Socrates gave to his disciples was to practice dying everyday. Although this may sound impractical, the undertone to this insight is very useful -- to cultivate awareness of and face our deep-rooted insecurities, the epitome of which is death itself.
| By Dharmasetu Das (Dave Bridges) for ISKCON News on 24 Jun 2010  | The US National Indie Excellence Awards 2010 announced the winners and finalists for this year's competition. Torchlight Publishing's Where's Hanuman? was chosen as one of the Finalists in the Children's Picture Book category.
| By Vrndavanlila Dasi (Dr. Vrinda Baxi) on 24 Jun 2010  | The eighth issue of the Varnashrama Newsletter, THE EIGHT PETALS for Madhusudan Mas has been released.
| By ISKCON News Staff on 24 Jun 2010  | A new educational website has been launched to help parents to raise their children in Vaishnava faith.
| By ISKCON News on 23 Jun 2010  | The annual country Ratha-Yatra festival in New Vrindavan will be held Saturday July 10, beginning at 12:00 noon.
|  | Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says.
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