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Here in Warsaw, when the sankirtan devotees returned to the temple last evening, one of them told me that while crossing the street, he had gotten hit by a car going a couple of miles an hour. Didn't hurt him, but broke his book trolley. The driver was freaked out, crying and apologising profusely. The devotee assured her he wouldn't call the police, but insisted she take a cookbook and a Bhagavad-gita. She did, plus she paid for his broken trolley. He also made her promise to read

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Jogiya-sthala

Mahadeva Sankara worships Krsna here, and therefore this place is also known as Mahadeva's sitting-place (baithaka). Once, Mahadeva Sankara, desiring to have Krsna's darsana, was wandering throughout Vraja like a madman, but his repeated attempts bore no success. Sometimes, Krsna would be sleeping when he arrived and sometimes He would be sucking the breast of His mother. Also, Mother Yasoda did not want to show her baby Krsna to this st

This shows the blissful SnanYatra or bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha (a form of Lord Krishna), His brother Lord Balarama and His sister Lady Subhadra. Various items are used, such as fruit juices, milk, ghee, honey, water, yogurt, etc. This was held at the Detroit Iskcon Krishna Temple on July 18, 2010. Everyone who attended got the chance to bathe the Deities by pouring some of the items over the Deities. This is a prerequisite ceremony before we have the grand RathaYatra parade the followi

By far the spiritual medical tour has been Mayapur Worldwide’s best tour till date. On my way back I kept asking Krsna why this tour was so extra special compared to any other we had conducted in the past.
The answers came in many ways. We were serving the hands that heal. These were HIS servants. And HIS servants are very dear to him. Every medical staff in the group came from different faiths but their faith lie in God.
These doctors, nurses, pharmacist were serving at various NHS hospitals in

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Prayers of Akrura

1. Sri Akrura said: I bow down to You, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Narayana. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahma appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.

2. Earth; water; fire; air; ether and its source, false ego; the mahat-tattva, the total material nature and her source, the Supreme Lord’s purusa expansion; the mind; the s

There was a case of nuns in a court in Warsaw, Poland against ISKCON. Noting that ISKCON was spreading it's activities and gaining followers in Poland, a nun filed a case before a Judicial Magistrate praying that ISKCON should be banned because its followers were glorifying a Character called Krishna 'Who was loose in morals, having married 16,000 Gopikas'.

When the case came up for hearing the ISKCON defendant requested the Judge to ask the nun to repeat the oath she had taken when she was orda

Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temples bus-party is currently distributing books
in the factories. The devotees set up stall in the company and then
distribute set of Srila Prabhupadaês books on credit to the workers. The
amount is deducted from next monthês salary. Often the management deducts
the amount in two installments enabling the workers to buy a set
consisting of Bhagwad Gita, Krishna Book, Science of self realization and
some small books.

This is an incident that happened with Bh Rahul Prabhu. Rahul

It is said that a noble man accepts the good qualities of a person of
doubtful character, just as one accepts nectar from a stock of poison.
In His babyhood, Lord Krsna was administered deadly poison by Putana,
a she-demon who tried to kill the wonderful baby. And because she was
a demon, it was impossible for her to know that the Supreme Lord, even
though playing the part of a baby, was no one less than the same
Supreme Personality of Godhead. His value as the Supreme Lord did not
diminish upon His be

Dear all ,

[Srimad Bhagavatam 3.4.15 - Uddhava to Lord Krsna]
"O my Lord, devotees who engage in the transcendental loving service
of Your lotus feet have no difficulty in achieving anything within the
realm of the four principles of religiosity, economic development,
sense gratification and liberation. But, O great one, as far as I am
concerned, I have preferred only to engage in the loving service of
Your lotus feet."

The devotees can achieve not only liberation but any success in the
realm of religiosity, econo

Every ashram requires lots of adjustment but that is required for us
to be successful to rise above the karma. We don't know what karma is
still there, the aprarabda karma is stored within the heart - it is
stored in the heart, so many sinful reactions from so many lifetimes,
we don't know what is there. We don't know what reactions are still to
come.

It is mentioned that Ajamila at the time of being a student, he was a
brahmin. It is said that he was the best student among all the others,
he was exemp

I was reading an interesting article today....it talks about how we should organise our time around our Japa and not organise our Japa around the time that we have left in the day. Here is a quote from the article:

"So please continue to be very sincere about developing your Krishna
Consciousness and Krishna will give you all facilities to return with
Him to His Spiritual Abode. Take instructions from your god-brothers
and devotees, chant your sixteen rounds daily, follow all regulations
strictly, and you will have all blessings from the disciplic
succession to advance nicely."



Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

BG 9.25: Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me.

Vaisnavas --- regardless of their varna or occupational propensity --- evidence the characteristics of a brahmana, particularly the 3 brahminical characteristics mentioned below.

1) Vaisnavas and brahmanas have one wealth, in abundance: good behavior. Behavior springs from one's internal qualities; thus, the soul's contact with the quality of goodness brings forth good behavior. We are thus trained in KC'ness in such a way that our schedule, our diet, our speech, our clothing, our approach to lif

GURU

In the Physical Form, Guru provides protection to his devotees, but when He leaves His corporal frame (physical form), in an ‘aatmic’ form He is still THERE, as a shapeless power. He comes to the rescue of his devotees in ‘Nirakaar Roop’ (shapeless form) whenever such a need arises. It is also within His power to attain any shape or to remain in shapeless form for as long as He wishes to. In the shapeless form, He is ‘Nirakaar’ Paar Brahma – the Supreme Power.