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itthaṁ nṛ-tiryag-ṛṣi-deva-jhaṣāvatārair lokān vibhāvayasi haṁsi jagat pratīpān dharmaṁ mahā-puruṣa pāsi yugānuvṛttaṁ channaḥ kalau yad abhavas tri-yugo ’tha sa tvam

So here is a very specific statement about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is avatāra. Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He’s channa. Channa means covered, not directly, because He has appeared as a devotee. Avatāra… Rūpa Gosvāmī has found out that He’s avatāra of Kṛṣṇa. All the devotees, Sārvabhauma Bha

No More Swimming

Srila Prabhupada

The following is an arrival lecture given by Srila Prabhupada on September 5th, 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Srila Prabhupada: “(Ladies) and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly receiving me. This is the first time I am coming in this country, Sweden. So this Krishna consciousness movement is spreading all over the world gradually. It is little difficult to understand the purport of this movement because it is completely on the spiritual platform. Genera

In this age of Kali, the only way is the chanting of the Holy Names of Hari,and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna Himself appeared as Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and instructed everyone to chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. So please chant this with all your heart.

Please understand that this Holy Name is not just a combination of some letters and syllables as it appears to the material eye and ear. But it is Krishna Himself. Just as the deity is Krishna Himself, Srimad Bhagavatam is

Question: What is the Origin of Karma?

What is the origin of karma? What kind of actions lead to bad karma? The reason behind asking this question is that there are huge a number of people including myself who don't know the origin of karma. If the origin of karma is clear, one can refrain from the various activities which lead to bad karma. Can you give me scriptural references regarding the origin of karma, the cause of suffering?

Hare Krishna

Answer: Misuse of Our Free Will

Our entanglement in ka

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
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haribol.!!!!!!!! well this wasn't a very familiar word to me in way back 1996.i was in a hostel and my room mate hap pend to be a crazy man as i thought of him then.crazy!!!!!!!!no smoking,no meat eating,no beer, its not the end of it... no onion garlic....well he was ready to spend hundred rupees for taxi just to have khichadi at a temple called Sri Sri Radhagopinath somewhere at chopatty...it sounded absolutely crazy to me.one fine day he said 'come with me,i m sure you will love it',reluctant

The more we are entering into the relationship with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the more we will be able to actually have self confidence. Because, maybe our biggest struggle in spiritual life is not that we don’t believe in Krsna consciousness- we do- but our biggest problem is that we don’t believe in ourselves. Krsna consciousness- ‘yes, I believe it’s true, but can I really follow it?’ That’s the doubt that is sort of much stronger than any other one- our lack of faith in our own ability to fol