Lecture on Association of Devotees by HH Indradyumna Swami on 24 Dec 2014 at Riga

(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. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra.)

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TEXT 10

na dvesty akusalam karma 
kusale nanusajjate 
tyagi sattva-samavisto 
medhavi chinna-samsayah

SYNONYMS

na--never; dvesti--hates; akusalam--inauspicious; karma--work;kusale--in the auspicious; na--nor; anusajjate--becomes attached;tyagi--the renouncer; sattva--goodness; samavistah--absorbed in;medhavi--intelligent; chinna--cut up; samsayah--all doubts.

TRANSLATION

Those who are situated in the mode of goodness, who neither hate inauspicious work nor are attached to auspicious work, have no doubts

Review of “Muslim Devotees of Krsna” by HH Chandramauli Swami

HH Chandramauli Swami

Vaisnava guru and author of The Holy Jail

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Dipankar Deb has dealt with a topic which is universally relevant in its revealing the Absolute Truth. In his words, “Love of God is transcendental to any designations pertaining to this body.” Deb has exemplified this comforting truth in the amazing stories of persons from Muslim background who took to the path of Krishna consciousness in search o

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on 6th April 2015 Felicitated Muslim girl Marryam Siddiqui,

She has won first prize in an inter-school Bhagavad Gita competition which was held by ISKCON Mumbai in Jan 2015

The Beauty of Harinama!

By Indradyumna Swami

From The Diary of A Traveling Monk,
Volume 3, Chapter 41
June 20 – July 1, 2001

The following morning we went on harinama in Trzebiatow. To the amazement of all the devotees, as we drove into town we passed under a bright orange and green banner proudly advertising the Festival of India. As we descended from the bus into the center of town, several office windows opened and we heard one lady call out to her fellow workers, “They’re here!”

As we sta

By dint of circumstances I have been forced to think of my own welfare this past month. I am now free to travel again and think of the welfare of others. My dear Lord, thank you! I will serve You well.

"'He He Krsna! O ocean of mercy! Protect! Please protect these people. Oh great master! They are burning in the great forest fire of birth and death. O ocean of mercy, kindly bestow Your own devotional service upon them.' His mercy upon the living beings having reached it's zenith, Sri Gaura Hari

TEXT 9

karyam ity eva yat karma 
niyatam kriyate 'rjuna 
sangam tyaktva phalam caiva 
sa tyagah sattviko matah

SYNONYMS

karyam--must be done; iti--thus; eva--thus; yat--that which;karma--work; niyatam--prescribed; kriyate--performed; arjuna--O Arjuna; sangam--association; tyaktva--giving up; phalam--result; ca--also; eva--certainly; sah--that; tyagah--renunciation; sattvikah--in the mode of goodness; matah--in My opinion.

TRANSLATION

But he who performs his prescribed duty only because it ought to be do

Where Do The Fallen Souls Fall From?

Where Do The Fallen Souls Fall From?

Where Do The Fallen Souls Fall From?

Jayapataka Swami, Jayadvaita Swami, Varsana Swami, Deena Bandu Prabhu, Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu, Shrutakirti Prabhu, Radhika Raman Prabhu, Urmila Mataji, Laksmimoni Mataji, Malati Mataji, and others to present at this year’s festival of Inspiration.

Join us on mother's day weekend, Thursday May 7 evening through Sunday May 10, 2015, for the 15th annual Festival of Inspiration. Spend this exciting and uplifting weekend with us in the Appalachian foothills at New Vrindavan, West Virginia, bursti

Lecture on Appearance of Advaita Acharya by His Holiness Prabodhananda Sarasvati Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan on 26th Jan 2015
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 06, Text 13)

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Lecture on Krishna is Hungry for His Devotee's by Giriraj Swami on 26 Mar 2015 at Dallas

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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Lecture on Lessons from Ramayana Glories of Sadhana Bhakti by HH Romapada Swami in 27 Mar 2015 at Naperville

(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 The Destructibility of the body is not a license for its wanton destruction by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)

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Lord Chaitanya and the Renaissance of Devotion

While Europe, as if weary of its medieval concepts of God, turned with new interest toward man and the mundane, a spiritual revolution in India—destined to spread worldwide—was revealing the dynamic nature of the Absolute Truth.

Europe in the fifteenth century was undergoing that awesome social and cultural transformation that the historian Jules Michelet, looking back in reverence, named the Renaissance, the “rebirth.” Th

Finding a Genuine Guru

Why should I accept a spiritual master?

Spiritual life is like trying to find a post office in a strange city—we can waste our time speculating, trying to follow our hearts, or we can get serious and find someone who knows what’s what.

I remember that, before I met my spiritual master eight years ago, I had always hoped I would meet someone who could guide me to a higher truth. It wasn’t a clearly formulated idea—more like a secret wish. I would read books by people I thou

Names and Forms Of the Absolute Truth

When I was eleven, the seldom-used formal dining room of our home in California was my secret refuge. The sliding-glass doors allowed plenty of sunlight into the room, and the prayers I said near them would come to brighten my life. I discovered the dining room as my place of introspection. Sometimes, while my sister and brother played outside, I was intent on staying inside to ponder the meaning of life. I wanted to know who I was

Celibacy—Exquisite Torture, or a “Yes to God”?