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A Conversation with a Muslim student

A Muslim boy visited us yesterday and said he was doing a study on comparative religion. He said that he was reading Zakir Naik’s writings. He started to ask us some questions.

Muslim student: Our respected Dr. Zakir Naik says there is no such thing as the Hindu religion. It’s supposed to be called varnasrama dharma. Or the followers could be called Vedantists, followers of the Vedas.

Gopal Das: Yes, this is true. We are not claiming to be Hindus. We are followe

Uptown Charlotte has long served as an open-air church for Christian street preachers, waving their Bibles and preaching the Gospel to busy passersby.

In what may be a testament to the city’s increasingly diverse religious landscape, add a chanting family of Hare Krishnas to the mix.

Most days, you’ll find Devaprastha Dasa and Jennifer Rawson at Trade and Tryon streets, playing drums and hand cymbals, and chanting nonstop praises to Krishna, or God. Their children, Anuradha, 12, and Govinda, 1

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given one line of Vaishnava behavior: asat-sanga tyāga ei vaishnava ācāra [Cc. Madhya 22.87]. Simply give up these rascals’ association. Rascal means the Māyāvādī, karmī, jnānī, yogi – they are all rascals. It is our open declaration. So we have to give up the company of these rascals. If we are actually serious about advancing in Krishna co

Decoration of the Dead Body

In India, the lower class men, during their life, will dress very wretchedly and not spend money. But when some of their relatives die, they will purchase some velvet and cover the body and very nicely decorate, and with band party they'll take, lead the dead body. They make lips of the dead body very smiling. The body is taken in procession. So it may be very much pleasing to the relatives that the dead body's decorated. So shastra says that what is the meaning of thi

Sound Advice in Difficult Times - Great tip by Srila Prabhupada

Sound Advice in Difficult Times

"Oh, this is too unsettling I just can't stand the pressure anymore." S/He stood in the room and tried to calm down the mind. But it was in vain! Sounds familiar?!

We often become overwhelmed by difficult or disturbing situations and feel that our life is getting out of hand.

At that time, don't despair.

In a lecture in India Shrila Prabhupada gave the remedy: Just pause for some time - sit down and chant.

How can our faith grow from initial interest to full conviction?

Faith is vital for the discharge of devotional service. In Bhagavad-gita (9.3) Krishna says, “Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world.” Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport that without faith we cannot attain Krishna. Faith, he says, is developed by associating with devotees. Without such association,

Read more about Ananta Caturdasi Vrata : Appearance Day of Padmanabha on www.harekrishnacalendar.com

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Letters of  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada

Madam Sumati Morarji Baisaheba,

Please accept my greetings and blessing of Lord Bala Krishna. I hope you have already received my letter of the 27th ultimo and I hope to receive your reply very soon. And in continuation of my letter as abovementioned I beg to inform you that the number of Hiranyakasipus and

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Why should one be a fanatic? If one has got brain, one has got logic, why should he be a fanatic? Fanatic means dullheaded rascal.

However, the term "fanaticism" should not be misunderstood. Srila Prabhupada defines fanaticism as a manifestation of religion without philosophy. "Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism." (Bg. 3.3 purport.) If a devotee has realization and is preaching according to sastra, even if his pre

Lecture on Lalita Sasti by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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Lecture on Sri Lalita Appearance by HG Aindra Prabhu on 24 Aug 2001

(H.G. Aindra Prabhu received Harinama Diksa on Nityananda Trayodasi in 1974 from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Washington D.C. For many years, he was serving as a pujari at the temple and was regularly going out on Harinama Sankirtana and book distribution in that area.)

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Lecture on Appearance Day of Lalita Sakhi by HH Bhurijana Prabhu on 25 Aug 2009

(HG Bhurijana Prabhu first meet Srila Prabhupada at 26 Second Ave, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968. After preaching in Japan for about a year, in 1970 he opened ISKCON's first Hong Kong center.)

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Lecture on Lalita Astami by HH Indradyumna Swami on 03 Sep 2011 at Crotia

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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SRI VILAPA KUSUMANJALI
(Prayers to Sri Radha)

1. O queen, when will I hide the flute that You won from Lord Hari in the dice game, broke, and tossed to me?

2. O girl with the beautiful face, when, the hairs of my body standing up in ecstasy, will I fan You as You lay on a pastime bed of jasmine flowers in the temple of bliss of amorous love, smiling and conversing very sweetly with Your beloved?

3. O queen, O girl whose face is a blossoming lotus flower, O personification of shyness, when, Yo

A need was felt to be more sensitive to the feelings of the public. Therefore an endeavor was made to inculcate a different mood, and present Krsna consciousness in a light considered respectable by the mudhas. As a result, our public lectures and temple classes nowadays tend to be mild. Full-fledged attacks on material life have become unfashionable, being perceived as a sign of immaturity or lack of intellectual development. Our movement has b