The next morning, I was awakened by the sound of loud voices. I rushed out into the living room. The mason’s nephew was standing with his head lowered, with a crestfallen ex
All Posts (34507)
Sort by
The next morning, I was awakened by the sound of loud voices. I rushed out into the living room. The mason’s nephew was standing with his head lowered, with a crestfallen ex
Boys and Cows Saved From the Effect of Poison
1. Once, surrounded by boyfriends, Krsna went without Balarama to the Yamuna River after wandering through the forest of Vrindavan.
2. At that time the cows and cowherd boys were feeling acute distress from the glaring summer sun. Afflicted by thirst, they drank the water of the Yamuna River. But it had been contaminated with poison.
3. As soon as they touched the poisoned water, all the
Shri Shyamananda, Shrinvasa and Shri Narottama Dasa Thakura are all eternal associates of Shri Gaurasundara. For the purpose of preaching the holy message of Sri Caitanya all over the earth they appeared within this world.
Shri Shyamananda Prabhu was born in Utkala, in a place called Dharenda Bhadura Pura. His father's name was Shri
Lord Krishna is the ocean of divine love. Whenever Krishna appeared on this earth He had this ocean of love with Him, but every time He had different roles and different actions so the ocean of love was not open for all. When Lord Krishna appeared as Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with all His associates He opened the ocean of love for all and also enjoyed Himself. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taught the lesson of Krishna Consciousness to the world as a devotee of Lord Krishna. The wonderful ocean of lo
A special bath of Jagannath takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month (Devasnan Purnima), to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannath.
According to Skanda Purana when Raja Indradyumna installed the wooden deities he arranged this bathing ceremony. This day considered to be the birth-day of Lord jagannath. Held in the full-moon day of the month of Jyestha this festival is also simultaneously held in all other important Puri, it attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims from all over th
(Prayers to Sri Radha)
1. O girl whose eyes are restless as khanjana birds, seeing You with an embrace, with kissing Your head, and with many loving glances, loved by the queen of Vraja as if You were her own daughter, will I celebrate a great festival of transcendental bliss in my heart?
2. O friend, within my sight will Queen Radha with You decorate Her beloved with flower ornaments in a forest cottage by the shore of Her lake?
3. O beautiful one, hearing from the parrot Vi
A Square Circle?
Question: If God can do anything, can he make a square circle?
Questions like these arise from not understanding the definition of God as the Supreme Being. Let’s consider the two kinds of impossibilities: practical and logical.
1.Practical impossibility: When the sacred scriptures describe that, say, Lord Krishna lifted the huge Govardhana hill in Vrindavana during his descent to this world five thousand years ago, skeptics may
dismiss this as impossible, because they deem possessi
Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
Few days ago, one of the mathajis in our neighbourhood was admitted in hospital as she was suffering from dengue fever. Her blood platelet counts had come down and doctors informed that she is in very critical condition. We were informed that in a normal person the count of platelets should be around 1.5 lakhs whereas for her it was just 6 thousand and she had become unconsc
The Snan yatra bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannath has become one of the most popular festivals on the Iskcon calendar over the years since His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad introduced it to the world outside of India. Traditionally this festival has been going on since the time of the carving of the 'Dharu-brahman' Deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balaram, and Lady Subhadra in Sri Purushottam Kshetra (Jagannath Puri) thousands of years ago, commemorating Their sacred appea
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I would like to introduce HG Jagonnatha das who completed MBA in Human resource in the year of 2005 and was working as a HR manager in various multinational company. He joined ISKCON Vrindavan as a full time Brahmacari & completed new bhakta program nicely. He is very humble and gentle in behavior.
Recently he started his own paraphernalia supplying business for the interest of ISKCON and his devotional life.
He is
In a class Srila Prabhupada explained what is required of us if we want to please Krishna and get His blessings. "We have to surrender. That will please Krishna. And without pleasing Him, You cannot see Krishna. You may have your eyes big, big eyes, but you cannot see Krishna. You have to please Him. That pleasing activity is bhakti.
"Without that bhakti, it means sitting down silently... 'No, no, I am chanting. I do not want to go out. I am busy.' This means excuse. What you will chant? You will
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.2
kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir
jaṭāḿ taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam
utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan
gambhīra-nādo visasarja tāḿ bhuvi
SYNONYMS:
kruddhaḥ — very angry; su-daṣṭa-oṣṭha-puṭaḥ — pressing his lips with his teeth; saḥ — he (Lord Śiva); dhūḥ-jaṭiḥ — having a cluster of hair on his head; jaṭām — one hair; taḍit — of electricity; vahni — of fire; saṭā — a flame; ugra — terrible; rociṣam — blazing; utkṛtya — snatching; rudraḥ — L
hare Krishna! So the news is out. Hold your breath. The world has on date, 1 crore millionaires( in USD), which is 0.016% of the world's population. Within USA approx 0.09% are millionaires and this means 99.01% are not! India has 0.0001% that is one in 10,000.. India also has officially 37% of its people living a Below Poverty Line life. The good news according to the press is that the number is growing rapidly - at what cost to the rest of the world is anybody's guess. Last year was a bad year
SPIRIT OF BHAGAVAD GITA
The spirit of Bhagavad-gita is mentioned in Bhagavad-gita itself. It is just like this: If we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the directions written on the label. We cannot take the medicine according to our own whim or the direction of a friend. It must be taken according to the directions on the label or the directions given by a physician. Similarly, Bhagavad-gita should be taken or accepted as it is directed by the speaker Himself.
The speaker
Once Maharsi Durvasa with his sixty thousand sages reached the residence of the Pandavas in Kamyavana in the afternoon. Upon seeing him, the Pandavas became very happy. Maharaja yudhisthira worshipped him and requested him to accept his hospitality. Maharsi said," We are now going to bath in Vimala-kund and will come back very soon. You should arrange for our meals. We will eat here." Saying this, Durvasa left to bath together with his whole entour
sa esa bhagaval lingais
tribhir etair adhoksajah
svalaksita-gatir brahman
sarvesam mama cesvarah
sah -- He; esah -- this; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; lingaih -- by the symptoms; tribhih -- by the three; etaih -- by all these; adhoksajah -- the Superseer Transcendence; su-alaksita -- veritably unseen; gatih -- movement; brahman -- O Narada; sarvesam -- of everyone; mama -- mine; ca -- as also; isvarah -- the controller.
