Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The beauty of *Vaishnavism* (Krishna-bhakti) is truly divine. There are numerous religions in this world . But the facility of direct God-realization does exist only in Vaishnavism . It is not a man-made religion .

Bhagavan Sri Krishna Himself established Vaishnavism . He was assisted by Lord Ananta, Vayu-deva and Rishis like Narada . Bhagavan and His celestial team have established several Vedic temples in  BhArat. Thes

There may be some difficulty in surrendering to the father of this body, for he has limited knowledge and power, but Krsna is not like an ordinary father.  Krsna is unlimited and has full knowledge, full power, full wealth, full beauty, full fame and full renunciation.  Shouldn't we consider ourselves lucky to go to such a father and enjoy His property?  Yet no one seems to care about this, and now everyone is making propaganda that there is no God.  Why do people not seek Him out?  The answer i

Sankirtan Stories

By Yadavendra Das

This morning, the second stop was a small shopping center with only two or three shops open for business. The question on my mind was whether to stop or not to stop. I decided to stop anyway. It was a Vietnamese area and from experience I know that Vietnamese people generally like to engage freely and liberally in the Sankirtan Movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is indeed a great credit to the Vietnamese people. As I entered the beauty shop the whole fami

Who am I?

Everyone tell their name if asked who are they. If "I" was the name then for any marriage or events I can send a note with my name on it instead of going there, isn’t it? Therefore its clear that I am not a name. My body responds to the calling of my name. After I go out of the body, my body does not move, it cannot feel the sense of touch, it does not respond if called. So, I am not this body.

As I am inside the body of a human I call myself as a human. An animal calls itself an animal.

Krishna - Jesus - Allah - Buddha are all same

How to understand our Vedas?

We are living in kali yuga. Kali yuga means the age of quarrel and hypocrisy. The reason for these quarrel and problems is man losing his good qualities like mercy, honesty, purity and discipline. If there is no mercy to any living entity, people start eating meat. If there is no discipline or regulation in mind and body, they start taking intoxicants. If there is no truth, gambling is performed or wealth is earned by wrong

So this material world is described in the Vedic literature as darkness. And actually it is darkness. Therefore we require the sunlight, the moonlight, the electric light. If it had not been darkness, then why so many light arrangements? Actually, it is darkness. Artificially, we made it light. Therefore Vedic injunction is that "Don't keep yourself in the darkness." Tamasi ma jyotir gama. "Go to the light." That light is the spiritual world. That is directly the effulgence, or bodily rays, of K

Envisaging Our Spiritual Existence

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

During his recent visit to Abudhabi, our beloved Guru Maharaja was emphasizing the importance of the last 18 verses of the second chapter of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Maharaja was insisting that these verses should be recited before we go to bed in the night and again as soon as we get up, we should be recit

Christians Get Krishna’s Mercy

by Sastra-krit Dasa (Los Angeles)

I was distributing in downtown LA when two guys walked toward me. They were tall, with long flowing blonde hair, blue eyes, and tight T-shirts. They stopped when I said, "Excuse me. I'm stopping all the really koooool-looking guys today."

After stopping, one of them said with a serious face, looking me straight in the eyes: "You know, we're trying to look like Jesus Christ."

I was disturbed that after a tough day on sankirtan I had run

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As soon as we surrender ourselves to krsna, He welcomes us very cordially.  It is just like a lost child who returns to his father and says, "My dear father, due to some misunderstanding I left your protection, but I have suffered.  Now I return to you."  The father embraces his son and says, "My dear boy, come on.  I was so anxious for you all the days you were gone, and now I'm so happy you have come back."  The father is so kind.  We are in the same position.  We have to surrender to Krsna, a

As soon as we surrender ourselves to krsna, He welcomes us very cordially.  It is just like a lost child who returns to his father and says, "My dear father, due to some misunderstanding I left your protection, but I have suffered.  Now I return to you."  The father embraces his son and says, "My dear boy, come on.  I was so anxious for you all the days you were gone, and now I'm so happy you have come back."  The father is so kind.  We are in the same position.  We have to surrender to Krsna, a

A foolish puffed-up man defies the science of God and says that God has no meaning for him, but when is in the grip of God's law and is caught up with some disease like cerebral thrombosis, that godless man sinks into the ocean of nescience by the weight of his material acquisition. Advancement of material science without God consciousness is a heavy load on the head of human society. So one must take heed of this great warning.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There was a millionaire who was bothered by severe eye pain. He consulted so many physicians and was getting his treatment done. He did not stop consulting galaxy of medical experts; he consumed heavy loads of drugs and underwent hundreds of injections.

But the ache persisted with great vigor than before. At last a monk who was supposed to be an expert in treating such patients was called for by the millionaire. The monk

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Many times we create confusion when we add our own opinions to facts and come up with wrong conclusions. 

For example:

FACT: Two people are whispering when you walk up. Suddenly they stop talking.
OPINION: They must be gossiping about me.

FACT: A new lady is appointed in my department.
OPINION: They will ask me to leave!

FACT: He has reported about me to authorities.
OPINION: They will blacklist me. I am now ruined & finished!

Date : March 11, 2011 
Place: Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai 
Hare Krishna! 
This is a very inspiring story of a simple young devotee boy from Mumbai, who is in the verge of leaving his body at Bhaktivedanta Hospital. 
Anoop Banerjee, born in 1st June 1983, is from a Bengali Family. He has lived most of his life in Jogeshwari, a western suburb in Mumbai. His family (members) are  not ISKCON devotees or followers, but have a  favourable disposition. 
From their very old memories way back in 1989-90, W

Sri Balarama Purnima Festival in Queens, New York - Pictures!

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Sri Balarama Sahasranama 

Text 4 (b)

atha dhyanam

sphurad-amala-kiritam
kinkini-kankanarham
calad-alaka-kapolam
kundala-sri-mukhabjam
tuhina-giri-manojnam
nila-meghambaradhyam
hala-musala-visalam kama-palam
samide

Meditation

I glorify Lord Balarama, decorated with a
glittering crown, bracelets, tinkling ornaments, moving locks of hair on His
cheeks, splendid earring

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. 
    
We have multi

Tilak and Book Distribution

Dear devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to book distribution, which “is the essence of ISKCON” (letter by Srila Prabhupada to Tamal Krsna Goswami.)

I wrote the following paper after the December marathon which I did in the LA airport. I showed it to my spiritual master, His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami, and he wrote the following note about it:

To all my disciples and friends,

Please accept my best wishes. All glories t

Illuminations- The Balance Between Effort and Mercy

What is the relationship between effort and mercy? How much of our advancement depends upon our own efforts and how much depends upon the mercy we receive? In other words, can mercy actually be earned, and if so, how? And if it is earned, is it actually mercy? How much control do we have over our spiritual advancement? It seems like we have a lot of control. After all, our choices affect our future. Yet Bhaktivinoda says, "Your mercy is everythi