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By His Grace Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

I think everybody has realized that congregational preaching has become more and more important because we discovered that all over the world, we have congregations. If Krishna consciousness is going to spread—and it will be spread, it will be chiefly through congregation. That is to say, people living at home, and practicing Krishna consciousness at home, and preaching Krishna consciousness in their homes and from their homes to other people in their homes.

The

TEXT 16

catur-vidha bhajante mam
janah sukrtino 'rjuna
arto jijnasur artharthi
jnani ca bharatarsabha

SYNONYMS

catuh-vidhah--four kinds of; bhajante--render services; mam--unto Me; janah--persons; su-krtinah--those who are pious; arjuna--O Arjuna; artah--the distressed; jijnasuh--the inquisitive; artha-arthi--one who desires material gain; jnani--one who knows things as they are; ca--also; bharata-rsabha--O great one amongst the descendants of Bharata.

TRANSLATION

O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna]

Prabhupada: That people are not interested. Only officially chanting "God is great," that's all. These are the... You try to understand. Athato brahma jijnasa. This is the Vedanta-sutra. Go, inquire, be inquisitive. Jijnasuh sreya uttamam. Tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasuh sreya uttamam [SB 11.3.21]. One should be inquisitive. That is human life. And as soon as you become inquisitive, you become aware of God more and more, then your devotion increases. That is wanted.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

“My past has been so sinful. How can I possibly approach Krishna?” Such doubts may block us in our devotional journey.
Gita wisdom reassures us that Krishna focuses on our intentions for the future, not on our actions in the past. Using the journey metaphor, he focuses on where we want to go, not where we have been. He declares in his conclusive proclamation in the Bhagavad-gita (18.66) that he will free us from all our sinful reactions if we just surrender to him.
Of course, Krishna wants us to b

As you have mentioned in many of your mails, and so does Krishna in Bhagavad-gita, that this material world is full of miseries. Why is it that we fail to understand and realize this? In other words, we aren't always sad or distressed. Why is it so?

Please enlighten me with your wisdom 
Your servant,

Hitesh Khanna

You are wondering why the material world is described as a place of misery when we are only sad or distressed some of the time, not all of the time. Actually we are miserable all the time,

Lecture on Asharam ka Mukhya Dosh by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 09 Oct 2013 at Kanhaiyadesh

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Spiritual Vision Requires Purification by HH Devamrita Swami on 12 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Melbourne

(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother. Later in life his mother confided to him that during the time of his conception, she was praying to God that He send her a “servant of the Lord.” Observing her infant crawling to bookshelves, trying to grab bo

Lecture on Caitanya Caritamrta - Madhya Lila Volume 06 Text 95 by HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami on 21 Oct 2013 at Punjabi Bagh

(Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in October 1968, about two months before HH Jayapataka Swami, awarding him the name “Makhanlal das”. 65 years old, he is one of the original 100 disciples of Srila Prabhupada. He started one of ISKCON’s first university preaching programs at the University of San

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Bhakti Marga Swami on 13 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Alachua

(Bhakti Marga Swami was born on October 5, 1952. His first major encounter with devotees was in Toronto, at the college campus where he studied fine arts. He invited them to his apartment for an overnight stay, and without delay he gave up bad habits, went to the temple, and never left. He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1973.)

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TEXT 15

na mam duskrtino mudhah
prapadyante naradhamah
mayayapahrta-jnana
asuram bhavam asritah

SYNONYMS

na--not; mam--unto Me; duskrtinah--miscreants; mudhah--foolish; prapadyante--surrender; nara-adhamah--lowest among mankind; mayaya--by the illusory energy; apahrta--stolen by illusion; jnanah--knowledge; asuram--demonic; bhavam--nature; asritah--accepting.

TRANSLATION

Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the ath

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow.

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Anecdotes of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada, the exalted Spritiual Master of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In Māyāpur, especially at the time of the international festivals, different disciples would take the service to guard Śrīla Prabhupāda’s door. Their function was mostly to screen potential visitors so that Śrīla Prabhupāda was not

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Everyone in the material world is engaged in all kinds of political, philanthropic and humanitarian activities to make material life happy and prosperous, but this is not possible. One should understand that in the material world, however one may try to make adjustments, he cannot be happy. To cite an example, if you take a fish out of water, you can give it a very comfortable velvet bedstead, but still the fish cannot b

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