We are in the process of starting out first Harinama Sankirtana Temple. Your ideas will be greatly appreciated. I would especially like to hear from devotees who perform Sankirtana on a daily basis. This plan for now is primarily for the United State
Read more…No room for hypocrisyOver time one may become expert at using the scriptures to one’s advantage. Overeating gets justified as ‘honoring the Lord’s remnants.’ The body becomes a ‘temple of the Lord’ and therefore is given utmost care. Family responsib
Read more…Radha went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no post mark, only her name and address.She read the letter:Dear Radha:I'm goin
Read more…Surrender
All religions stress on surrender as the key component to making spiritual progress. Surrender is not simply a theoretical concept, nor is it achieved through elaborate rituals or loud proclamations. Surrender is very real and very practica
"Srila Prabhupad Ki Jai"
Study Summary of 1st Quarter - Process of evolution Vs Reverse Evolution/Flexible Evolution
Process of Evolution (Inferior understanding)
Vs
Reverse Evolution/Flexible Evolution (Superior understanding)
Supporting Sloka Cc- Ma
Read more…I am trying to recite Srimad Bhagavatam in order to glorify the Supreme Lord Krishna and by his mercy, I found a very important quality of Vaishnava in verse 4.8.17. Sage Maitreya, while discussing the pastimes of Dhruva Maharaj with the great devote
Read more…Imagine a millionaires son traveling in a car through a hill. Suddenly his car skids and falls hundreds of feet down. Somehow he jumps out of the car before it explodes. Fortunately he falls on a sand dune in the valley. He survives but gets amnesia
Read more…Some of you are contemplating to also visit Jagannath Puri. Wonderful!
Here is short glorification of Puri - where the Lord Purusottama (the best of all persons) resides in this form of Jagannatha. It is taken from the Chaitanya Bhagavat:
From afar se
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they
eventually touched on the subject of God, th
jai sri radhe,
dear devotees, can anyone suggest me a place from where i can buy sri krishna balarama deities in brass..is there any such place in vrindavana?
Read more…The ethics of the non-theistic moralists are compared to those of the scorpion who once requested a favor from a camel.
The scorpion wanted to cross a deep river but could not find any way to do so. Seeing a camel nearby, the scorpion approached him a
Read more…I found this song on the temple computer.
The author remains unknown. :(
I WONDER
If Srila Prabhupada visited you,
Maybe just for a day or two.
and came by unexpectedly,
I wonder what you'd do.
Oh, I know you'd give your nicest room,
To such an ho
There is sufficient merit in our books that if you simply describe them sincerely to anyone, they will buy.” -Srila Prabhupada
The Steps
Qualify your prospect with a question
Q: How do I stop people to give them a book?
A: Ask them a friendly question. Y
Hare KrishnaPAMHOAGTSPAGTGGDandavt PranamsPlease give the sloka in the bhagavatham which says this :Reluctant, Lord Siva asked Krsna, “Can you please tell someone else to do this? I am not qualified for this service.”Your ServantMani
Read more…hare krishna,
jai prabhupad,
as yesterday was maha shivaratri. Lord Shiva is supreme devotee (vaishavanam paramam shambhu). I want to know how Lord Shiva born.I think we hardly know this.
please reply
hare krishna
Read more…Hare Krsna to all,
All glories to prabhupada! All glories to gurudeva!!
Please enlighten me with the information on why we need to put our index finger out when we are chanting on beads??
Trying to your servant
Haribabu.
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Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Lord Caitanya, a golden incarnation, appears in every Kali Yuga - but as an incarnation of Ksirodaksayi Vishnu. But only once in a day of Brahma Lord Caitanya appears a
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Hare Krishna.. prabhu... will you explain me what is yadnya? Is it any process to achieve some thing?
In today’s life can we say it a "project" to achieve some desired targets?
Suppose In old days king were doing some yadnya to get lot of cows and
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