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
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The Eight Names Of Tulasi Devi
vrndavani, vrnda, visvapujita, puspasara, nandini, krsna-jivani, visva-pavani, tulasi.
Vrndavani – One who first manifested in vrindavan.
Vrnda – The goddess of all plants.
Visvapujita – One who the whole universe worships.
Puspasara – The topmost of all flowers, without whom Krsna does not like to look upon other flowers.
Nandini – She gives happiness to everyone.
Krsna-Jivani – The life and soul of Lord Krsna.
Visva-Pavani – One who purifies the three worl
Shame India Shame
For Being The Largest Exporter
Of Beef All Over The World
Yesterday, on 1st September news in Times of India caught my eyes -
A mob on Friday set ablaze over three dozen vehicles and severely damaged over 40 other vehicles after a mini-truck was found parked on the Jaipur-Delhi highway at Malpura village, near Dharuhera, with an alleged cargo of a large quantity of beef.
1st September was Aja Ekadashi and many of us were celebrating it by fasting, reading Gita or chanting or just
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada
Delhi 16 September, 1967To Jayananda
My Dear Jayananda,
Please accept my blessings. I’m so glad to receive your letter of Aug 30, and I know also that you are a sincere devotee of Lord Krishna. When you drive your car you always chant “Hare Krishna” and when I was by your side I could understand how heartily you have accepted the philosophy of Krishna Conscious
Now a days whenever we open the page of newspaper or a news channel we see that most of the news are either related to crime against woman or related to terrorism. In recent times we are indeed observing a huge increase in abuse , molestation, sexual harassment of woman in all section of community. Various people giving various opinion regarding the cause of such increase of this kind of crime. Some section of people thinking that a stringent punishment against the criminal would solve the iss
Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!
Our beloved spiritual master H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj has deep love and affection for the young children and he always encourages them. When children recite the verses from Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, Maharaj becomes extremely pleased. So many parents took to Krishna consciousness just because of Maharaj’s encouragement and appreciation of the small children.
Some of the most exciting book distribution incidents have taken place at the Mumbai Central Railway Station. It all began in the mid 80's, when book distribution as a part of regular service in the
Radha Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty was still at a nascent stage. With very few devotees distributing books, nobody had ever thought of going to the railway station.
One day Krishnananda Prabhu decided to take the initiative and told me to accompany him. I had just joined the temple. As a teenager comi
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The increase of rape cases in India has shaken the conscience of every right thinking Indians. People were outraged when in December 2012, a girl was gang raped and killed in Delhi. Again the same horrific incident has recurred in Mumbai when a woman photojournalist was gang raped. After the Delhi gang rape episode there were widespread protests and there were demand for tougher rape laws. It is not that afte
These are the immediate result of taking to Krsna consciousness. Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. There is a song of Bhaktivinoda Thakura: manasa deha geha yo kichu mora, arpilun tuya pade nanda-kisora. The purport of this song is when we surrender to Krsna, pranair arthair dhiya vaca, then we get relief from all kinds of anxieties. This is very simple to understand. Everyone is, in the material world, here, everyone is full of anxieties. That
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada says:"By your very constitution you are meant to enjoy unlimited happiness at every minute. Therefore don't deceive and cheat yourself by foolishly misidentifying yourself with a rotting material body. In such a delusional state you can never be happy in spite of whatever nice arrangements you have made for yourself here in this temporary material world. Therefore you should reawaken your eternal spirit
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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Guru and Gauranga.
I received this inspirational story recently and would like to explain a little bit with some of the relevant instructions from Srimad Bhagavatam.
When Yudhishtira Maharaj was ruling this planet, Bhima used to help in solving problems of people, hence people whoever has any questions/problems would come to Bhima and ask him for help. One day, one citizen came and told Bh
Sri Isopanishad mantra 1 it is mentioned:
ishaavasyam idam sarvam / yat kinca jagatyaam jagat
tena tyaktena bhunjeethaa / maa grdhah kasya svid dhanam
tena tyaktena bhunjeethaa / maa grdhah kasya svid dhanam
"Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong."
But most of the time we forget that the Lord is the Supreme controller and
Lecture on Judging our Spiritual Advancement by Bhakti Siddhanta Swami 23 Aug 2007 at ISKCON Melbourne
(His Holines Bhaktisiddhanta Swami is a disciple of Jayapataka Swami since 1979. He has preached all over the world. He has been in Mayapur and Vrindavan for the last 10 months.)
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada with Madhudvisa (in the front)
Devotee: How can one reach the point where he knows that a particular type of service will please the spiritual master?
Madhudvisa: He wants to know how to find out how to please the spiritual master with one service.
Srila Prabhupāda: The spiritual master has given you so many things to do. First of all finish that. First of all finish sixteen rounds, observe the regulativ
Question to Radhanath Swami: We read in Gita: Krishna says that when there is a decline in religion and an up-rise in irreligion, he descends. Look at the world today; so much of irreligion, so many problems. There is tsunami of irreligion and problems crashing against practically every living entity in the whole planet- there’s an inundation. Where is God?
Radhanath Swami: Krishna has descended in this age in his name. And all the power of all the incarnations is within the name, because Krishna
Lecture on Take Advantage of the time you have Left by Jayapataka Swami on 31 Oct 1982 at Bangkok
(Jayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His scholastic achievements led to an offer of a full scholarship by Brown University after his completion of high school.)
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We Indians are sitting on bags of diamonds but crying for broken glas
Hare Krishna,
PAMHO,
AGTSP,AGTSGASG.
Today I heard something very interesting thing from my friend(He is my current team lead). My client is in Basel. In year 2009 three of my seniors went to a library to buy some novel.
They happened to meet a Caribbean woman aged 45 and had two sons. Following was the conversation between the woman and seniors. I have tried to make it as simple as possible. Please forgive me for any mistakes in
