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WHO IS THE PERSON YOU THINK YOU ARE, AND DO YOU ASPIRE TO IMPROVE?; NATURE VERSUS NURTURE, OR KARMA VERSUS FREE WILL?: At this point in my life I am doing my best to really understand what is true and what we can all do to be the best person possible, both on the human and spiritual level.

I know what it is like to either focus on the spiritual in theory while neglecting the material, as well as those whose total emphasis is on material progress, often at the cost of the environment and any pos

From Back to Godhead

The race for supremacy continues even in the virtual world

This is the age of internet.People are spending more and more time online. They are emailing, socializing, chatting, downloading, uploading, sight-seeing, blogging. And of course they are searching. In fact to perform all the previous tasks, one needs the help of a search-engine like Google. Google is so famous today for helping people find something on the internet that it is almost synonymous with a search-engine.

On April 22nd, 2016 Radhanath Swami joined faith leaders from around the world at Church Center of The United Nations in New York City to encourage world leaders to sign the Paris agreement on climate change. The event (The Interfaith Climate Change Statement To World Leaders Handover Program) was mainly organized byGreenFaith, in partnership with a number of faith based organizations.

Although a climate change agreement was made in Paris, each individual country that signed on still needs to a

Kirtan newsletter. 
Yasomati Devi Dasi: It has already been more than a month since Kirtan Mela Mayapur. We have received several comments, most saying that they felt it was the best for them, easier to connect. Actually, this is not surprising as chanting is a personal journey, which increases in spiritual wealth and realizations as time goes by, as long as one is careful to stay away from offences. There were challenges like the absence of HH Sacinandana Swami and Madhava prabhu, but somehow

(Third from left, with white and light green sari)

By Nila Kamal das

With a heavy heart we sadly announce that HG Krsna Mayi devi dasi, disciple of HH Subhag Swami Maharaj has left her body in Sri Vrindavan Dham at 9.40pm on the 24th of April. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai and 7 years later it finally took its toll.

It is said that ‘simplicity is vaisnavism’. Krsna Mayi Mataji was the embodiment of this statement, her dealings and behavi

Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone. Anyone who accepts God as the Supreme can take to the process of chanting Hare Krishna and become a lover of God. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 4.41 Purport)
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Here is an excerpt from a lecture by Srila Prabhupada on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.1. It was delivered in New York, on April 10, 1969. (Some comments follow the excerpt.)

As soon as I am desiring something, immediately my body is formed. Immediately a particular type of body begins to form, and as soon as I am mature to change, my next body I get according to my desire. Therefore we should always desire Krishna. Then from this life, the Krishna-approaching body or the spiritual body will be formed.

By Jagabandhu das

My Father-in-law was at first alarmed by the framed photo of Srila Saraswati Thakur adorning our living room wall captioned with His Divine Grace’s bold declaration that “…Western civilization must be crushed.” I explained that the whole world was contaminated by the ideology of extreme exploitation which has it’s heart inextricably intertwined with the roots of what History portrays as Western “civilization.” This idea of exploitation ruins any realm in which it exists like a

Prahladananda Swami: I am happy to introduce the second Sannyasa Ministry newsletter. In this newsletter there is an article by Kripamoya prabhu about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s revival of the sannyasa ashrama in our disciplic succession. You will also find some words of appreciation for Gaura Krishna dasa Goswami, a relatively new sannyasi who unexpectedly departed from this world last year. In this newsletter you read about the visit to Nigeria with Bhakti Ananda Tirtha Swami,

Hare Krishna.

One hears so much about renunciation in our movement and many times as grihasthas (householders) we become confused as to what is actual renunciation for us and how can we practically apply it in our daily life. I searched on this topic and found some gems which I am sharing below.

We should be aware that as long as we remain attached to material enjoyment we will not be able to remain properly fixed in the process of bhakti yoga. As householders our goal should be  progressive re

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of ISKCON, the glorious event of “Jagannath Rath Yatra Festival�€ took place on Saturday, 23rd of April 2016 as a Humble Offering to Srila Prabhupada by ISKCON Coimbatore.

If a good advice is given to 'murkha' (the foolish person), he is not pacified on the contrary he becomes angry. Wherever it is coming from one should take good advice. Gold, wherever it is, may be in the dustbin you grab it.

Probably you all have experience of… as you go out preaching and you come across lot of times these demoniac natured persons and they end up becoming angry. They say, “Go! Get a job”. Hare Krishnas are chanting on the streets of wherever. They are not even directly preaching

Hare Krishna Devotees,
Kirtan in TALLINN (Estonia) Kirtan Mela on 22 April 2016

Hare Krishna Devotees,

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Excerpt from a Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami

So one time I approached him to take sannyas. I was two and a half year in the movement (Laughter), joined in '72 and approached Srila Prabhupada in '74 for sannyas.

Prabhupada said, 'wait' (Laughter). Then I was waiting. Srila Prabhupada then during one visit of Mumbai, he asked Sridhar, ' You take sannyas you go to Vrndavana, I am coming there very soon.'

So when the news reached me, I ran to Prabhupada, 'Me too, me too!' What I have done wrong? Me too,

Excerpt from a lecture 

Srila Prabhupada remembered his doctor friend from Prayag or Allahabad called Dr. Ghosh. Prabhupada wanted him to come and treat him. So someone had to go.

I was asked to go to Allahabad and it was a big rush and it was an emergency. So I went, well, he was not in Allahabad, he was in Darjeeling, where his granddaughter was studying. So I had to go to Darjeeling, it is in Assam on top of the mountain.

In Allahabad I remember, I first went to Dr. Ghosh’s home and found out h

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Many people who look at Vedic philosophy in current times, understand it as Advaita, which is an interpretation of Vedanta, that claims that the ultimately reality is a singular, unified existence called Brahman, from which the world is produced, and the world is maya or illusion. The Brahman is equated with consciousness, although how consciousness comes under illusion is a contentious issue since the time of saṅkaracarya who first propounded Advaita but did not provide a clear explanation of