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Dear Friend,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As an offering for Srila Prabhupada this year I written a short tribute book for His Divine Grace entitled, "All That Lies Between." It includes Kuladri Prabhu's amazing illustrations of Srila Prabhupada and a foreword by H.H. Giriraja Maharaja, who inspired the project.

The book consists of poems and essays I've written in appreciation of Srila Prabhupada. In part I seek to share with you my perspectives as a Prab

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Sankirtan Yagna – the Best Yagna

When you go to India you can see this Naimishāranya still. It is very nice place. Just like Vrindāvana, Prayāga, Hardwar. There are hundreds of nice place for spiritual advancement. So this Naimishāranya is still there. The railway station is now called Nimsar. It is about hundred miles from Lucknow. And people go there. It is a very e

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

“Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand that the endeavor for sense gratification is a useless waste of time. Being forgetful of his own interest, he tries to be happy in the material world, centering

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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

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

Click here to download PDF of Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja Offerings 2013

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Lecture on The transformation of our hearts from matter to spirit by HH Prahladananda Swami on 14 Aug 2013

(HH Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. )

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Lecture on Fearless and Honest Person by HG Navina Nirada Prabhu on 31 Aug 2013

(HG Navina Nirada Prabhu gave lecture on Fearless and Honest Person.)

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Lecture on Why did Krishna marry someone and danced with someone else by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner). He is the associate-editor of ISKCON's global magazine, Back to Godhead.)

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Lecture on The most chaste women in Vrindavana by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 27 Aug 2013

(HH Giriraj Swami Bhakti Charu Swami’s GBC zonal assignments include Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India and is co-zonal secretary for Calcutta and Mayapur, West Bengal, and North Orissa and Puri.)

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TEXT 9

suhrn-mitrary-udasina-
madhyastha-dvesya-bandhusu
sadhusv api ca papesu
sama-buddhir visisyate

SYNONYMS

su-hrt--by nature a well-wisher; mitra--benefactor with affection; ari--enemy; udasina--neutral between belligerents; madhya-stha--mediator between the belligerents; dvesya--envious; bandhusu--among relatives or well-wishers; sadhusu--unto the pious; api--as well as; ca--and; papesu--unto the sinners; sama-buddhih--having equal intelligence; visisyate--is far advanced.

TRANSLATION

A person

Cows are a common domestic animal. She is referred to as the foster mother 
of human being because it produces most of the milk that people drink. Every 
produce of cows are used in India. The people of India worship her as 
mother. So they loved her very much. But the people of other community do 
not worship. So they killed her and use her flesh and skin. So they fight 
each other. Mahatma Gandhi gave permanent solution for this struggle. 

Mahatma Gandhi asked, "I am thankful to the Gaurakshini Sabh

Once upon a time there was a rich King who had four wives.

He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best.

He also loved his 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for another.

He also loved his 2nd wife. She was his confidant and was always kind, considerate and patient with him. Whenever the King faced a problem he could

Have we ever thought why we all get attracted to something or other in every phase of life. When we are child we get attracted by the form of beautiful dolls,toys thinking that will satisfy our senses completely but when we little grow up and enter the adolescence period we get enchanted by the form of opposite sex and wanted to spend time with them. In mid age we get attracted to sophisticated cars, a posh lifestyle, money , big home and when youth fades away we get attracted to if not anything

 We all work day and night to best of our ability and knowledge to earn money and self satisfaction. We work for our family members and friends in different circles. We work for self and on the aspirations of connected persons. We want to live life with certain pace and enjoy it. But some times incidents happens or changes occur in our life and our pace become slow. Some feel very bad at this slow pace but it becomes the golden period of life. Your memory store the best videos of your life histo

Hare Krishna.

It was April 2012.  One day when I came back home from office my wife told me that there is a guest joining us for the evening Arti. I was surprised and then thought she must be trying to pull a fast one on me.  As we were about to begin our Arti, the bell rang and sure enough, a tall and handsome Vaisanava entered our house. I was taken aback. He joined us for the arti. He was very gentle and calm, his cousin brother was staying on the floor above us and he was visiting him and met

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

Hare Krishna.

It was 3rd June 2012, a Sunday. I went to the temple in the morning, attended Guru puja, listened to a cheerful  Bhagvatam class, had prasadam and  later completed most of my balance rounds sitting there. I felt very peaceful and fulfilled. I again wished if someone would have been there to sit with me and teach me something , anything. I had the whole day off. There was no one at home that day so no hurry to go back. I felt a little sad that I have all the time today and no one to

I decided to visit an ISKCON temple. The only one I knew was in East of Kailash, Sri Sri Radha Parthasarthi temple. I visited the temple around early evening. It was surprisingly clean and well maintained temple. I visited, looked at the beautiful deities, sat there for some time. I didn't know what exactly to do. But I liked being there. After I came back a thought/ voice started chasing me from inside. The voice said now that I have visited the temple what would I be ready to give up. I ignore

TEXT 8

jnana-vijnana-trptatma
kuta-stho vijitendriyah
yukta ity ucyate yogi
sama-lostrasma-kancanah

SYNONYMS

jnana--acquired knowledge; vijnana--realized knowledge; trpta--satisfied; atma--living entity; kuta-sthah--spiritually situated; vijita-indriyah--sensually controlled; yuktah--competent for self-realization; iti--thus; ucyate--is said; yogi--the mystic; sama--equipoised; lostra--pebbles; asma--stone; kancanah--gold.

TRANSLATION

A person is said to be established in self-realization and is ca

Krsna consciousness is the consciousness of the spirit soul. That is reality. Therefore as the soul is eternally, his advancement in that consciousness, that also becomes an eternal asset. That will never be lost. Even if (he) falls down in this life, he could not execute cent percent the duties in Krsna consciousness, even he falls down, so whatever he has done in this life, that becomes a permanent asset. So that, from next life, he'll be given chance. In... In ordinary karmi's life, there is