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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatan Canto 09, Chapter 14, Text 22 by HG Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 22 Oct 2015 at Los Angeles

(In 1976, wanting to deepen his realization of the Divine, Amal Bhakta Prabhu moved to West Los Angeles to study at the ISKCON temple various aspects of Bhakti yoga (the yoga of love and devotion to God) under the famous spiritual master A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Question:
How is it possible to control the mind?
by Laxmimoni dasi

It is certainly worthwhile knowing how to control the mind. Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that the mind can be controlled by constant "practice and detachment."(—Bhagavad-gita, 6.35). He says that wherever and whenever the mind wanders, due to its flickering and unsteady nature, we must bring it back under the control of the Self (—Bhagavad-gita, 6.26).

The mind is like a child; a child is attracted to everything. It wants

Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita by HH Lokanath Swami on 24 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Simad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 06, Text 12 by HG Vaisesika Prabhu on 19 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

(For thirty-six years Vaisesika Prabhu has been traveling, lecturing, counseling and inspiring devotees and other serious aspirants of spiritual life throughout the world.)

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Lecture on Practical lessons from Ramayan by HG Prema Manjari Mataji on 09 Oct 2015 at Dubai

(HG Prema Manjari mataji joined ISKCON in 1992 during her MBBS days and received her first initiation from HH Radhanath Swami maharaj in 1996. She has set an example for others to follow by wonderfully balancing between her hectic professional life as a radiologist and spiritual life.)

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By Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

After he arrived in America, in September of 1965, Srila Prabhupada stayed at a family’s apartment in Butler, Pennsylvania, nest at an impersonalist yogi’s asrama in uptown Manhattan, and then in a tint room on Seventy-second Street. By March of 1966, a few young people were coming to hear him speak, but his circumstances were still humble: he had seen no real breakthrough in his work to spread Krsna consciousness. When a thief made off with what little he had, Srila

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 October 2009, Durban, South Africa, Lecture)

We cannot be on automatic pilot; we must capture Krsna by making a special sacrifice! Then, when we have captured Krsna, we see that one cannot keep Krsna also. Mother Yasoda captured Krsna and Krsna was not only bound by Mother Yasoda’s ropes but Krsna was bound by Mother Yasoda’s love.

When Krsna was eleven years old, then Akrura came and Akrura took Krsna away from Vrndavana. From that day on, the residents lived in separ

The special status of cows and the benefits of caring for them are found throughout the scriptures. All the demigods reside in the body of the cow and the cow is considered divine due to the presence of these divinities in her body. Further, cows are very dear to Lord Krsna. He’s known as Govinda (one who gives pleasure to the cows) and Gopala (protector of the cows). He lives in Gokul (the place of cows) as part of a family of cowherds. He says, “I can be worshipped within the Cows by offering

Dear Your Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj!

Please accept our humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are Varanasi Devi Dasi and Gopi Nandini Devi Dasi, the disciples of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu. In September 2014 by the causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga we were lucky to get the nectar service, i.e. to develop the project of the Vedic Planetarium Temple in Ukraine. It happened right after Russian festival “Sadhu-Sanga” where Mataji Varanasi was serving you an

By Vaishnavanghri Sevaka das

On the auspicious occasion of Srila Krishna dasa kaviraja goswami’s disappearance day today we wish to present the devotees all over the world the dance ballet performed last month in the glory of Sri Chaitanya Charitamritam. This dance ballet was performed on the occasion of Radhastami Adhivas at ISKCON, Mira Road (Mumbai, India) on 20th September 2015, which coincided with inauguration of weeklong festivals to mark the grand opening of Sri Sri RadhaGiridhari templ

By Samita Sarkar (Huffington Post)

Mother India in Ruins: A Foreigner’s Shocking Account of India’s Holiest City

I was born in Canada as the only child of Hindu parents who taught me the spiritual value of simple living and high thinking. We had never went on family vacations together or spent money frivolously. In fact, we never did anything without a clear purpose. I had visited India a couple of times before to see family: once with my mom to meet her side, and once with my dad to meet his s

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

September was a good month, as always, thanks to all the sincere book distributors worldwide. Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada founding ISKCON, and on this occasion devotees will hold events and celebrations. Book distribution, as everyone knows, is very dear to Srila Prabhupada and was a big factor in his spreading Krsna consciousness throughout the world in a short time. So we would like