Appreciation only costs you a few words, but what it buys is priceless. When Dale Carnegie said to be appreciated is the greatest human need, those who paid attention found appreciation one of the greatest motivating forces known to man.
Years of research has taught us this important lesson: if you don’t pay people enough that they feel secure in life, you will get a small percentage of their creative abilities because they are worried about their future. So, it would seem logical that if those
Radhanath Swami: When I was a little boy, my mother taught me a lesson. She always emphasized, more than anything else, the quality of gratitude. She told me, “If you are not grateful for whatever you have, you receive, you can never be happy. Because if you are not grateful, whatever you get, you expect something else, or you expect more, or you think that you deserved it. But when you are humble and grateful, then whatever comes to your life, the apparent fortune and misfortune, you can actua
Today is the most auspicious occasion of Sri Gadadhara Pandita’s appearance day. As many of you know, Lord Caitanya is Krsna Himself in the role of a devotee. He is Krsna, but with the complexion and mood of Srimati Radharani. There are different purposes for the Lord’s advent. The internal reason for Lord Caitanya’s appearance was that He wanted to experience the glory of Srimati Radharani’s love for Him, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happines
I saw this photo and post yesterday on the Prabhupada Connect web page. It was such a special photo that I thought we should share it with you all here as well.
“The Lord is seated in the heart of all living beings, and thus, He knows very well the movements of all individual persons. As soon as the Lord finds that a particular soul is very eager to go back to Godhead, the Lord at once sends His bona fide representative. The sincere devotee is thus assured by the Lord of going back to Godhead.
A Talk by Giriraj Swami, on April 17, 2007 at Dallas
Srila Prabhupada: Pious activity is on the material platform, but chanting of the holy name of Krishna is completely on the spiritual plane. Therefore although pasandis do not understand this, pious activity can never compare to the chanting of the holy name. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.79 Purport)
This morning I was reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam, First Canto, Chapter 7, entitled “The Son of Drona Punished”. This chapter has always intrigued me, because although the Srimad Bhagavatam was compiled by Srila Vyasedeva five thousand years ago, there is mention of the ultimate weapon, the brahmāstra [nuclear weapon] being used. We think that Atomic energy or Nuclear energy is some modern technological advancement, but actually this knowledge has been around since the time that Srimad Bhag
On the 11th of April our party traveled to Paksi-tirtha also known as Tirukalukundram. The town is located 15 kilometers southeast of Chingleput and 17 kilometers west of Mahabalipuram. The town is known for its Hindu temple called the Sri Vedagiriswarar and it is also popularly known as Kazhugu koli (Eagle temple). The temple is dedicated to Lord Siva and sits high atop the Veda-giri hills. A long expanse of steps leads up to the temple, the presiding deities of which are a Siva-lingam and Par
“Jananivasa told me about a conversation he had had in the temple with a middle-aged Bengali guest who had asked him, “Are Radha-Madhava made of brass or gold?”
“Well, what are you made of?” Jananivasa replied.
After a pause, the gentleman answered, “Flesh and blood.”
Jananivasa told him, “As long as you think you’re made of flesh and blood, then you’ll think the Deity is made of one metal or another. But if you can understand that you’re not the body, that you’re spirit soul, and also that the
In an effort to compete with Sabjimata Mata's and Kurma Prabhu's delicious prasadam blogs, I hereby submit our twelve month sandwich.
There are five main cooks who are always involved. The first one is Gaurachandra; on His right side stands Nitaichand, and on His left side stands Gadadhara. Cooking nearby is Advaita, and Srinivas is holding the spatula. Sweet Mrdanga sauce is mixed in with spicy kartals - all accompanied with side orders of conch and bells. All the demigods headed by Lord Bra
I believe in the power of prasad.
My dad has been telling me for the past several years, "Prasadam, prasadam!! You must serve prasadam always; if someone eats prasadam their lives will change forever."
He's not exaggerating.
My father and mother would frequent the Hare Krishna temple while they were finishing up their degrees at University of California, Berkeley. The food was cheap and tasty, and - little did they know - it was spiked. With love, of course. Little did they know that food th
Alachua, Florida is already home to the largest group of ISKCON members in North America, with some 500 congregational families. Now devotees are planning an intentional devotional community there for couples or singles aged 55 and over.
Prabhupada disciple Kirtiraja Das, who served as a GBC and regional secretary in the former Soviet Union before moving to Alachua with his family in 1991, is developing the project as its managing director. He has worked as a realtor for the past twenty years,
So you read carefully Bhagavad-gītā. Everything is there. Every word, every line is so, I mean to say, instructive. It is simply... That is the basic principle of spiritual knowledge. Now we have presented. Every one of you should very carefully read. Every one of you must have one book and read it carefully and appear in the examination next Janmāṣṭamī. You'll get designation, (laughs) Bhakti-śāstrī - Lecture on BG 2.26 -- Los Angeles, December 6, 1968
Srimad Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedic Literatures. Patient and submissive studying of Srimad Bhagavatam helps one to become free from the polluted aim of life and reestablish our lost connection with the Supreme Lord. H.H. Radhanath Swami Maharaj narrates the mood of studying Srimad Bhagavatam from the life of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Gadadhara Pandit
At Mayapur Institute, we offer Bhakti Vaibhava Course, where Srimad Bhagavatam is taught by our expert teachers.
Ekadashi - the eleventh lunar day (Tithi) of the Shukla (bright) or Krishna (dark) paksha (fortnight) of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar (Panchang) - has important place in spiritual culture of India.
Fasting
In Hinduism it is considered a spiritually beneficial day and is usually observed by a partial fast. Beans and grains are not eaten during Ekadashi, as on this day these two foods are believed to be contaminated by sin. Only fruits, vegetables and milk products are eaten during E
By Hunter Wells
It all looked a bit incongruous really. Given name John, John Herbison – spiritual name Yasoda Dulal – is standing in the middle of small-town New Zealand, the mist is swirling and he’s beating his drum and chanting mantras.
“…hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, hare hare.”
Shaven head except for that trademark tuft, draped in a traditional dhoti or robe, dripping with beads and the very materialism he’s busy renouncing is rumbling by at 100km/h. Trucks, cars and people obsessed with “matt
By Braja Vilas das
Dear Devotees and TOVP Donors,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Greetings from Sridham Mayapur and blessings from Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Panchatattva and Lord Nrsimhadeva.
This Monday, May 9, is Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most important days in the Vedic calendar. Akshaya Tritiya is the appearance day of Lord Parasurama, and it is also the day that the Ganges descended to the earth. Most devotees know it as the beginning of Candana-ya
-Edited By Rohit Iyer
Everything that we earn through our endeavors - something as small as a cell phone to as big as a Mansion in a posh area - is a treasure for us. A small child would place a great value on his toys whereas for a grownup adult his bank balance, property and relationships would be his hard-earned treasure.
Instances of petty thefts, burglary and corporate money laundering dot the newspapers and television and get reported almost daily around the world. A very common instance of
“It is better to go deep in Krishna consciousness than to go broad to go here and there looking for different philosophies and processes. I think of an incident with a devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu named Mukunda. In His Maha-prakasa Lila, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu called His devotees one by one and gave them sublime mercy, but he refused to call Mukunda. When Srivasa Pandita asked, ‘Why aren’t you calling Mukunda?’ Mahaprabhu replied, ‘When Mukunda is with us, he speaks like one of us, but when he
