ISKCON Around the World

In no country is Kṛṣṅa foreign. The chanting of God’s holy names is natural to every land. In the Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord Himself declares, “I am the father of all living entities.” Therefore, since Kṛṣṅa cannot be foreign or alien anywhere, it is not surprising that the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṅa is attracting sincere souls all over the world. Because God consciousness is dormant in the hearts of all living entities, glorification of God is therefore the only totally universal movement. ISKCON’s temples in Tokyo, Sydney, London and Paris, staffed mostly by American students of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swamī Prabhupāda, have met with instant success simply by saṅkīrtana. His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, the spiritual master of our spiritual master, said that when there is fire in a house, because of the urgency of the message, one can make himself understood by the residents of the house, even in a foreign language. Indeed, if during a fire one wanted to first learn the language of the residents, all would be finished. Similarly, time is short in the human form of life, and the prime necessity of life is to develop loving service to God. Therefore the Hare Kṛṣṅa chanters are being nicely understood even in so-called foreign cultures. The devotees of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda are distributing this bliss free of charge to all who will take it.