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I was ambling along, beyond The Annex, through the common neighbourhood, when I received a call from my assistant, Krishna Chandra.

“You have a zoom class, Maharaj!” He said on behalf of someone hosting.

“Oh, that is my total stupidity.” I’m routinely walking at this hour but tonight was special. I was to give a Gita class based on chapter nine, verse three, about faith.  “I forgot. Is it too late?”

Thus I answered my own question. I can still try it. I’m 38 minutes late. “Send me the zoom link.

Let’s face it – trying to become a devotee in this faithless, fast, and quarrelsome age is very, very tough. If the mind is not making life difficult for us, it will be the neighbors, some authority figure, our bodies or our family. Actually, the list is endless. How to keep faith and focus in a world so obviously made for distraction?!

The real challenges come in our daily dealings in life. The philosophy sounds fine in the class atmosphere, but often we lose sight of it when dealing with the

Let us all join together to learn how ISKCON Dallas temple President, Nityananda Das and his community members responsibly handled COVID-19 outbreak.
He was interviewed by Vraja Vihari Das.

About Nityananda Das

Had the early days of his life in Fiji Islands and New Zealand.
Did his tertiary studies in Law and Commerce at Auckland University in New Zealand.
Married to Manjuali Devi Dasi. They have 4 grandchildren from two daughters in law and sons. He has serve

In a new book A Bond of Love published by Bookwrights Press Srila Prabhupada’s daughters remember their time with their spiritual master.

“Riding in the back of a taxi with a close god sister in Mumbai one fall evening around 2008, discussing the seemingly eternal topic of friction between genders, I paused for a moment to reflect on a particularly sweet remembrance where Srila Prabhupada put this topic nicely into perspective, as reiterated by my god sister. ‘The men need to hear this!’ I exc

The water was great at Cherry Beach; a rather hot spot in the summertime. It’s a big draw during these sultry, sunny days. This was my first time swimming there. Parking is free. No drinking is allowed on the beach. Positive elements for a monk. Scantily-clad ladies? Not too much of that.

It was Billy who drove me there, in his fire-engine red car—I’m not sure of the make. I never took much interest in car models. Trees always got me more excited.

Billy also enjoyed the water. It was catch-up ti

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Why did Krishna give us free will if He knew we would miss use it and fall down to the temporary material creation?

डर लगना

वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः।
बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ।10।

वीत– मुक्त;राग– आसक्ति;भय– भय;क्रोधाः– तथा क्रोध से;मत्-मया– पूर्णतया मुझमें;माम्– मुझमें;उपाश्रिताः– पूर्णतया स्थित;बहवः– अनेक;ज्ञान– ज्ञान की;तपसा– तपस्या से;पूताः– पवित्र हुआ;मत्-भावम्– मेरे प्रति दिव्य प्रेम को;आगताः– प्राप्त।

भावार्थ आसक्ति, भय तथा क्रोध से मुक्त होकर, मुझमें पूर्णतया तन्मय होकर और मेरी शरण में आकर बहुत से व्यक्ति भूत काल में मेरे ज्ञान से पवित्र हो चुके हैं। इस प्रकार से उन सबों ने मेरे प्रति

Who is Srila Prabhupada?

His Divine Grace Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, 1st September 1896 – 14 November 1977.

Born Abhay Charan De, was an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the "Hare Krishna Movement". 

Members of the ISKCON movement view Srila Bhaktivedānta Swāmi Prabhupada as a representative and messenger of Krishna Chaitanya who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead an