Question: Why do you think so many spiritual traditions (and most religions) have ‘rules’ for practitioners to follow? I want to know why rules are used as a technology in spiritual traditions. Why are “do and don’t lists” so important?
My Reply:
I think it’s simple. If you want to get from point A to point B, but have no idea how to do it, you need directions. Directions are a list of do’s and Don’t’s: “Turn right, don’t turn left.”
Rules and regulations are particularly important for the neo
This gives us a perfect chance to serve Lord Nityananda Prabhu - the original spiritual master! It is by His mercy that we can obtain love of Krishna - there is no other way. Without His causeless mercy one can not enter into the loving affairs of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
A Personal Invitation for You
You can take part in this historical project - We only need donations for the dome to be constructed, please help finish this project so that we may offer it to Lord Nityanan
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 84, Text 19-22 by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Alachua on 21 Jan 2016
(Sesa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party. Sesa Dasa has a portfolio of two ministries: Minister of Educational Development and Minister of Justice, under which ISKCON Resolve works.)
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Lecture on Humility in devotional service will help overcome false ego by HH Romapada Swami on 09 Jan 2016 at Chicago
(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)
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Lecture on Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 2016
(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 17, Text 21 by Bhakti Vinoda Swami on 26 Jan 2016
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Srila Prabhupada: All persons in this material world are suffering from material pains, and if one wants to get rid of them, he must associate with saintly persons, pure devotees of the Lord, and chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. That is the only auspicious way for materialistic persons. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.22.15 Purport)
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Invitation for Bhumi Puja and Anana Sesa Installation.
For thousands of years sadhus have enriched the atmosphere surrounding sacred Govardhan Hill with their spiritual practices and realizations. We desire to offer the devotee community a retreat center on land we’ve acquired only 250 meters from Govardhan Hill. In Giriraja Govardhan’s sacred association, hearts can be soothed and spiritual desires fulfilled. Come and let Giriraja Govardhan work his wonders.
Read more: http://www.govardhancent
Humility means cultivating an attitude where one is ready to offer all respect to others and doesn’t want any in return. Humility really means honesty. Humility is about simply being truthful. What do we have to brag about? If God does not make the sun rise, what will you do? Did you create your brain? Did you create your eyes to see? Did you create your heart to beat? Did you create your arms to act? As they say in British parlance, do not be proud of borrowed looms. Whatever we have is not our
New book: Krishna - Proofs Of Gods existence.
Foreword by Lokanatha Swami: Proof of God’s existence? Do we really need it? Do we require any proof for the existence of the Sun for example? However, a blind person may well question its existence. He may state, “I don’t believe in the existence of the Sun”. What is the value of such a statement by someone who is visibly challenged? There are so many others who are effectively seeing the Sun face to face in their existence and daily basking in i
Editor’s note: There are some points made in this below article that are not supported by our vaisnava siddhanta, so it is just as well that that was not the reason for us posting it!
Rather, our purpose was to show, not only division among the scientific / psychiatric world, but to show the strong challenge there is to the outright atheistic view as represented by the likes of Hawkins, Freud and Dawkins etc. It would have been truly remarkable if all points made in this article were in line w
For most devotees the name Vaiyasaki Das, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, is synonymous with ecstatic kirtans and bhajans along with his Kirtan Explosion Band. He travels the world year after year with his devoted wife Kishori Devi Dasi doing kirtan events and presenting bhakti yoga in various favorable venues including Yoga centers and ISKCON festivals.
Little do they know that he is also a recognized Bestselling author on Amazon. His Blockbuster book, Cosmology On Trial: Cracking The
…I have got confidence in you because Krishna has given you special talent for chanting Hare Krishna Mantra. When you were chanting in L.A. temple in the evenings, or in the mornings, I enjoyed your chanting so nicely that I thought myself immediately carried to Vaikuntha. So I am always thankful to you for your activities in announcing the interest of our mission. Thank you very much. Most probably when I return to L.A. I may call you back just to hear your chanting of Hare Krishna Mantra.
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Village Council Meeting at Vyasasana and Lokadristi’s Home
Possibly the hottest topic at the Fall 2015 ISKCON New Vrindaban and Eco-Vrindaban Board Meetings, and certainly the one that drew the most interest, was the Community Dialog about a proposed new “Village Association.”
For decades, New Vrindaban residents have felt a need to be heard more by the ISKCON management and to have more influence on how their community is run.
So with a possible solution at hand, they were buzzing as they cr
Science is defined as a systematic study of the natural and physical world around us through observation and experimentation. If we apply this definition to the process of Krishna consciousness, we will find a match.
Bhagavad Gita is an exposition on Krishna consciousness. It gives a detailed psychological presentation of what it means to live and work in this world of pain and pleasure. Then, it gives a systematic guideline to the metaphysical side of things and then it integrates both the wo
Call to ‘50ise’ regular festivals in ISKCON temples
Temples can celebrate the 50th anniversary in 2016 by following six simple steps
By ISKCON 50 Global Office
The Global Office for the 50th Anniversary of ISKCON has called upon all ISKCON temples around the world to ’50-ise’ their regular festivals in 2016 by following a few simple steps.
“We need to take every opportunity to spread awareness about our 50th anniversary to the general public,” said Anuttama Das, GBC Minister for Communications,
In addition to what I just posted on women destroying liquor factories, here are some compelling reasons why one should keep away from drinking alcohol products. The havoc alcohol consumption continues to create in human lives is not unknown. Besides all that we keep hearing, did you know that according to a report, just in road accidents alone, alcohol kills some 1.8 million people every year worldwide?
Studies suggest that depression, a serious mental disorder leading to suicides around the w
Lecture on Power of hearing in the association of a Sadhu by by HH Romapada Swami in 09 Jan 2016 at Chicago
(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)
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