Yes, I believe this strongly from my own experience. I got job in pune and lived near krsna' temple offering my services. One day i thought that i need to build temple (Get Radha's statue, next to krsna).For some reason or other, this was also wished
Suggestion: Relax Your Initiation RulesGuru Maharaja, I feel that you are doing a great job to bring Krishna near to the ordinary man. But I would like to suggest to relax your rules of initiation. You should have two types of disciples: those who ob
Question: With My Attachments, How Can I Engage in Pure Devotional Service?You stressed that we should cultivate that mood within ourselves. I am very much attached to my family members and to the bodily concept, and I am not in a position to think t
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Compassionate Care GiverA pure devotee of the Lord is someone who lives for the welfare of all others. He is always the most compassionate care giver dispensing the supreme medicine of Krishna consciousness for delivering the suffering souls of this
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Question: If We Don't Eat Meat, Will the Animals Eat Us?It is said that we should follow the four principles of Vaisnavas. Among these four, one is not eating meat, fish, and eggs. But in all vegetarian foods there are bacteria, so we by eating veget
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Question: Why Does God Choose to Exist?Continuing the question, about God's omnipresence: Why does God choose to exist? And why does He emanate the universes and worlds? He could simply not exist, and nothing else would exist.Hare KrishnaAnswer: For
prabhu if a soul does sin yamadutas take the soul at the end and if soul is succesful in krinshna conciousness vishnu dutas carry the soul to vaikunta lokas.what about the soul which has not completed the krishna conciousness?
Don't Accept Counterfeit HappinessIt is stated in the Vedic wisdom:Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt"The Absolute Truth by nature is ānandamaya, always jubilant."(Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12)Just as a drop of ocean water is qualitatively one with the ocean, since we are
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Turn on the Entire World to Krishna ConsciousnessKrishna consciousness is not something foreign or external. It is not imaginative ecstasy or cultism. The most sublime Krishna consciousness is lying there dormant within the hearts of all living being
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Question: Is it necessary to be in the association of saintly persons (sadhu-sanga) at all times?Answer: We must be in sadhu-sanga at every moment. I am weak. Without sadhu-sanga, I cannot possibly save myself. If I remain far away from sadhu-sanga,
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In the Bhagavad-gita 2:41 Lord Sri Krishna states,vyavasayatmika buddhirekeha kuru-nandanabahu-sakha hy anantas cabuddhayo 'vyavasayinam"Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intel
Krishnize the World Right NowWhen we speak of Krishna consciousness, we are not speaking of a sectarian religion. We are speaking of the original pure state of consciousness, which is the goal of all genuine religious/self-realization systems. When i
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Your welcome to share any facts if you so have on this topic. Hindus believe that the stretch of limestone shoals between Dhanushkodi near Rameshwaram in Southern India and Mannar in Northwest Sri Lanka are the remains of an ancient bridge built by L
Question: Can We Enjoy this World?Hare Krishna!I have a question regarding the material world. I have often read that we must give up the material mode of thinking and focus on Krishna so we can go home. I also understand that this world is a result
Here Krsna --I just recieved a series of emails in my box concerning "gay" devotees. I am a Prabhupada disciple and I am very disturbed that in 2008 we are still debating what to do in this regard. We need to get off our high horses and know that eve
The True Story of the Taj MahalBy P. N. OakNAME1.The term Tajmahal itself never occurs in any mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb's time. The attempt to explain it away as Taj-i-mahal is therefore, ridiculous.2.The ending "Mahal"is never
Manifest Due DiligenceConsidering that all material attainments are only temporary and that the results of attaining spiritual perfection are eternal, it is simple common sense that the primary focus of our lives should be on spiritual awakening. The