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Khandit Vigraha

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PAMHO

AGTSP

My 6 year old son was gifted a beautiful vigrah of Ram Lalla by HG Sri Gaur Prabhu, he is temple Vice President of ISKCON Dwarka in Delhi.

Now, the Vigrah has bow and arrow, and arrow was fixed in the thumb. I accidently broke t

Failed in Deeksha Interview

Hare Krishna

PAMHO, AGTSP 

I was seeking initiation from HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, but he passed away last year. Now, I seek initiation from HH Bhakti Ashray Vaishnav Swami Maharaj.

I am regularly going to ISKCON Dwarka in Delhi. 

I am also doi

Sadhu-sanga WhatsApp group

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and the devotees
Please accept my respectful obeisances
Hare Krishna

Dear devotees,

My name is Luca, currently I live in Italy.

Unfortunately I live far from the temple, therefore I am not able to associate enough with d

who is the actual root source of all incarnations?

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is always situated in various incarnations such as Rāma, Nṛsiṁha and many subincarnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known as Kṛṣṇa and who incarnates personally

Dear Devotees, help me w this

 a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world (BG. 6.40)

not meeting destruction in the spiritual world, what does it means??

How can someone be as strong as krishna?

so was Dviiraka protected by the descendants of Vrsni-Bhoja, Madhu,
Dasarha, Arha, Kukura, Andhaka, etc.-who were as strong as Lord Krsna· (SB. 1.11.11)

So also the city of Dvaraka was well protected by the descendants of Vrsni, who were as powerful as

Seeking Vaishnava Guidance: I Lost My Temper with RTO Officers — How to Spiritually Atone?

Hare Krishna dear devotees,
Dandavat pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Guru-Gauranga.

I seek your humble guidance for a real-life incident where I failed to act in Krishna consciousness.

Recently, my bike was towed by RTO officials in Pun

Air plane crash in Ahmedabad

In the recent air plane accident we see that inspite of huge temperature caused due to blast which caused even irons to melt, not a single page of bhagavad gita was burned. My questions is why the one who used to read Gita is not saved as well? 

facing few doubts in understanding the pastime of krishna

I'm facing few doubts in understanding the pastime of krishna in which he stole the garments of gopis 

I know that it is the transcendental lila of krishna and it should't be seen w mundane vision 

He has created bodies of ant, upto the apsaras of brah

How to understand??

krishna says in bhagavad gita that if he doesn't perform his prescribed duties then he would be the cause of unwanted population (bg. 3..24)

and he also performs the lila in which he stole the cloths of gopis 

i know that this pastimes is transcendent

Purpose of acquiring Vedic Knowledge

how krishna/Rama is fountainhead or the original cause of all incarnations, if all the incarnations reside eternally in the spiritual realm?

HARE KRISHNA

i'm unable to understand this thing-

Visnu, Krishna and Rama are all non-different and eternal

then, how krishna/Rama is fountainhead or the original cause of all incarnations, if all the incarnations reside eternally in the spiritual re

What does it actually means to work without attachment? 

What does it actually means to work without attachment? 

I have heard from higher vaishnavas that our tilak and kanthi mala are like sindur and mangala sutra

It is hard for me to digest the fact that we souls are prakriti(female). I have also heard from higher vaishnavas(HG. AmarendraDasa prabhu) that our tilak and kanthi mala are like sindur and mangala sutra. practically theres things seems a little wie

Why Sisupala got merged in brahman effulgence?

Sisupala was Jaya (the dwarapalaka of Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha), then why after being killed by krishna he merged in brahmajyoti (SB. 7.1.16) instead of returning back to his position as dwarapalaka in vaikuntha?

Krsna's love is unconditional or conditional?

How to Love Krsna ?

"If I let go of my ego and realize that I’m not separate from Krsna, does that mean my love for Him disappears, since love typically relies on the separation between the lover and the beloved? And if there's no separation, how can I still love myself

Non-devotee parents

Hare Krishna, All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am a devotee who lives in a family of Non- devotees and non Hindus. I try to do atleast 2 rounds of japa and follow all 4 of the regulative principles (except eating meat) . I have a few questions

1) How

Origin of Bhagavatm

Hare Krishna devotees,

PAMHO.

We hear many narrations of appearance of Shrimad Bhagavatam (SB).  

First - Siva narrating to Parvati.

Second - The complete Bhagavatam being available at Brahmaloka

Third - Vyasdev giving Knowledge of SB to Sukadev Goswami

Fo

Details of parampara system

Hare Krishna Prabhuji and Mataji,

Please accept my humble obesiances. 

Can anyone tell me when did the 4 parampara system start? If it was recommended in puranas then which Parampara did the Pandavas belong to and all the great devotee kings that follo