Who is a Great Person?

People come to adore great people or envy great people. And people like to become great in their own way somehow or the other, but what actually is greatness. So what are the actual qualities of a Mahatma or a great soul? Is greatness to have a lot of money? Some of the most degraded people in the world are billionaires and millionaires even today we see very wealthy people are funding terrorism, cruelty to innocent. Is that great? Is greatness fame, being a good singer, be

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The ISKCON GBC is searching for a capable and enthusiastic candidate to serve as the Minister of Agriculture and Cow Protection. This is an essential service for our society and of the utmost importance in carrying out the Srila Prabhupada's desire for our communities.

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Hare Krsna,
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Seminar on Krishna Lila by Athul Krishna Prabhu

(After distributing books for several years in Australia, he went to Bengladesh to preach; he is fluent in Bengali and very scholarly. He is currently the dean for MIHET.)

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Seminar on How Maya Tests - Part 01 by Niranjana Swami on 23 July 2013 at Lithuania

(One of Niranjana Swami’s achievements is the annual Ukrainian Bhakti-sangama festival that he originally conceived and developed over the last ten years.)

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Lecture on Krishna Book by Dravida Prabhu

(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)

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Seminar on How to actually enter Sri Vrindavana Dham by Kadamba Kanana Swami

(Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur.)

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HOUSTON: A fun-filled Gita Camp was held the week of July 8 at the Hare Krishna Dham (ISKCON) temple. There were over 55 children, ages three to thirteen, from all across the greater Houston area in attendance for each of the five full-days.

The camp combined activities with traditional Vedic learning and values. There were over a dozen adult volunteers on hand to help with the various activities, lessons and cooking. The camp was conducted on the temple grounds including the temple itself as

TEXT 13

sarva-karmani manasa
sannyasyaste sukham vasi
nava-dvare pure dehi
naiva kurvan na karayan

SYNONYMS

sarva--all; karmani--activities; manasa--by the mind; sannyasya--giving up; aste--remains; sukham--in happiness; vasi--one who is controlled; nava-dvare--in the place where there are nine gates; pure--in the city; dehi--the embodied soul; na--never; eva--certainly; kurvan--doing anything; na--not; karayan--causing to be done.

TRANSLATION

When the embodied living being controls his nature and

Difficulties of life may come as seasonal changes but we should not be disturbed by all those difficulties. Our process is to chant and that process will gradually clear everything in due course.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

The main service I would like to do for Krishna is to help people by writing books that use all the knowledge of religion, philosophy, science, and psychology that I've learned to explain the intricacies of Krishna Consciousness to people of other religious faiths so that they can see how it corresponds to their own religion. I want to point out to them also all the other religions' correspondences with each other, to benefit everyone who has to deal with people in their daily lives who seriousl

Next week is Kamika Ekadasi. This Ekadasi has special benedictions which you can read about elsewhere on this website. But the ones I am most concerned with are as follows:

"This Ekadasi is the purest of all days and the most powerful for removing sins of the native.

Oh Narad ji, Lord Shri Hari Himself once said about this Ekadasi, "One who fasts on Kamika Ekadasi attains much more merit than one who studies all the spiritual literatures.

'Anyone who fasts on this particular day remains awake throu

HARI BOL

GLORIES TO SRILA A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA

WE SHOULD NOT BE FRUSTRATED IN DEVOTIONAL LIFE BUT SHOULD BE CONFIDENT.

SB Canto 4

Even if one attains a heavenly planet, he cannot avoid the distresses of birth, old age, disease and death. Someone may argue that even devotees have to undergo many distresses in executing austerities and penances connected with devotional service. Of course, for the neophytes the routine of devotional service may be very painful, but at least they have th

Lecture on Gopal Bhatta Goswami Disappearance by Mahanidhi Swami

(Mahanidhi Swami’s spiritual journey began in his early years when he was raised in a Christian family. His early education included an extensive study of the Bible.)

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Lecture on About Stri Dharma by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

(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 Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami's Disappearance by Giriraj Swami on 11 Apr 2003

(In 1972 Giriraj was appointed by Prabhupada to be president of ISKCON Bombay and trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Since then, he has made many significant contributions to Srila Prabhupada’s mission.)

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Lecture on Tasting Krishna with Covered Senses by Prahladananda Swami on 16 July 2013 at Balkan

(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)

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I need devotees help in how to become a better preacher to my wife. I am married to a non-devotee, but she is exceptionally supportive of me because I have woken her up to the spiritual life. She is a Psychologist by profession, and has an amazing grasp of the human mind. She is also trained in Reiki, and is naturally very psychically sensitive (she sees auras and can feel people's energies). Nonetheless, I have to tread carefully when it comes to talking about God because of her ingrained funda

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada