Bhagavad Gita As It Is Ban Case Dismissed In Russian Court

On 28 December 2011, the court in the Siberian city of Tomsk dismissed the state prosecutor's stand that the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" be branded as an "extremist" literature. The case had been going on in the Tomsk city court since June 2011. The judge, after reviewing the petition from the state prosecutors and the responses against it, dismissed the plea. The Government of India and the Russian Embassy in India took up the matter with t

Living entities, they have knowledge. That is the difference between matter and living entities. Living entities, they have got knowledge. The dull matter still requires to be developed. They are also covered knowledge. There is knowledge, but it is covered. Just like the tree: it is also a living entity, but the knowledge is more covered than the moving living entities. There are two kinds of living entities: moving and not moving, sthavara-jangama. Sthavara means standing, cannot move. And jan

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Giving You a Choice 
by Su-gita Vani devi dasi

During a July 7, 1975 television interview, a woman reporter challenged Srila Prabhupada by saying, "And if women were subordinate to men, it would solve all of our problems?"

Srila Prabhupada responded confidently based upon his deeply realized Vedic understanding, "Yes. Man wants that woman should be subordinate, faithful to him. Then he is

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Many people claim, "God is great," but this is a hackneyed phrase. One must know how He is great, and that can be known from authorized scripture. In the Bhagavad-gita God describes Himself. He says, "My appearance of taking birth just like an ordinary human being is actually transcendental." God is so kind that He comes before us as an ordinary human being, but His body is not exactly like a human body. 
It is stated in

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Hindus are also responsible for the weakening of *Vedic Sanatana Dharma* ( Hinduism). In this regard, I wish to note the following, based on the teachings of Paramacharya Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamy, the greatest Vedic authority of recent times:

1.    Hinduism survived even the onslaughts of invaders like Mughals and British because Hindus faithfully adhered to Vedic dharma , despite all difficulties .

2.    The re

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“Reasonable” suggests the ability to see things fairly, without the self-serving justification that so often clouds our vision. 

It’s the ability to see your own contribution to a problem and the willingness to listen to and learn from other's point of view. Being reasonable includes the ability to put yourself in the shoes of others, being able to see the bigger picture, and to maintain perspective. 

People who are reasona

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Everything that we possess is in mind but in actuality we don't possess. Suppose I possess all this; as soon as I die, all possession will remain here. I'll not take anything. So I don't possess. But in mind I am thinking, "Oh, this is mine. That is mine." If I leave this body, either the box is here or in the Chicago what is the difference? There is no difference. But because I am possessing in the mind, "Oh, that box is mine," so I am asking, "Whether it is in Chi

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Your mind is a “thought factory.” It’s a busy factory, producing countless thoughts in one day. Production in your thought factory is under the charge of two foremen, one of whom we will call Mr.Triumph and the other Mr.Defeat.  Mr. Triumph is in charge of manufacturing positive thoughts. He specializes in producing reasons why you can, why you're qualified, why you will.

The other foreman, Mr. Defeat, produces negative, depreciating thoughts. He is your expert in

So by our desire we get a particular type of form. It may be human being, it may be demigod, it may be elephant, it may be cat, it may be dog, it may be tree -- in this way, in different forms, 8,400,000 different forms, we are trying to enjoy this material world. This is called material conditional life. Because we are failing to understand atma-darsana. Because the purpose is atma-darsana. Jnanam nihsreyasarthaya purusasya atma-darsanam. Atma, one should see his real identification: "What I am

Words of a Perfect Master

by Mahamuni Dasa
In the early days of ISKCON, not many books were available, and so we used to distribute Back To Godhead magazines. I was one of the top book distributors, distributing one to two hundred BTG's a day. I would carry a large stack of BTG's in my left arm, and hit the streets, approaching people. However, my motive was material. Since I had a heavy load on my arms, I thought the sooner I could get rid of them, the better it would be. So I would aggressivel

Bhagavata-Sastri Course

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We are happy to announce that the Sixth Bhagavata Sastri course at Srimad-Bhagavatam Vidyapitham is now open for admission.

Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's Sanskrit school is now located in Sri Vrindavan after the departure of H.G Gopiparanadhana Prabhu. The school is still going strong under the guidance of senior devotees and is inviting applicants for join

What is that material world? Material world means forgetting Krsna. Krsna is covered. Krsna is there, Krsna is andantara-stha-paramanu, but they have no Krsna consciousness. Whole world, you analyze, there is no Krsna consciousness, there is no (indistinct). Rather they are declining, "There is no God." "God is dead." "I am God." "You are..." Because they have no information, no information of, that is material world. That is the difference between material world and spiritual world. Spiritual w