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.

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

“To perform devotional service means to follow in the footsteps of Rādhārānī, and devotees in Vrindāvana put themselves under the care of Rādhārānī in order to achieve perfection in their devotional service. In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of Rādhārānī. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is confirme

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

TEXT 34

tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah

SYNONYMS

tat--that knowledge of different sacrifices; viddhi--try to understand; pranipatena--by approaching a spiritual master; pariprasnena--by submissive inquiries; sevaya--by the rendering of service; upadeksyanti--initiate; te--unto you; jnanam--knowledge; jnaninah--the self-realized; tattva--truth; darsinah--the seers.

TRANSLATION

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. In

So every Indian is expected to take this Krsna consciousness movement and spread it outside India. There are many people who are hankering after it. It is the duty of every Indian to first of all get himself out of these clutches of avidya-karma-samjna-ignorance and whole day and night working like hogs and dogs. One has to become free from these clutches of maya, and then he must undergo tapasya. There is no difficulty. This tapasya is that you have to give up the four principles: no illicit se

Dear Devotees,

Dandavats. Jai Srila Prabhupada.

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In the service of Srila Prabhupada,

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Pastimes in the Pastures

Edited and extracted from Krishna Bhavanamrita written by Shrila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura

Purvahna Lila  (8:24 a.m. - 10:48 a.m.)

The cowherd boys that were eager to go out to the pastures with Krishna told their mothers, "Oh mother, why do you keep me here for putting on my tilaka and ornaments? What should I do? Why can't I get out of the house? All my friends are meeting with Krishna at this time of the morning. My friend Krishna, who is an ocean of love, waits f

Dear Devotees/Conscious People,

TEXT 33

sreyan dravya-mayad yajnaj
jnana-yajnah parantapa
sarvam karmakhilam partha
jnane parisamapyate

SYNONYMS

sreyan--greater; dravya-mayat--than the sacrifice of material possessions; yajnat--knowledge; jnana-yajnah--sacrifice in knowledge; parantapa--O chastiser of the enemy; sarvam--all; karma--activities; akhilam--in totality; partha--O son of Prtha; jnane--in knowledge; parisamapyate--ends in.

TRANSLATION

O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice of knowledge is greater than the sacrifice of

So our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to bring back the human society, because it is not possible to bring back the monkeys and cats and dogs to Krsna consciousness. That is not possible. So those who are of the dog's mentality, cat's mentality, monkey mentality, it is difficult for them. They have to change their mentality by sat-sanga. This is called sat-sanga. Just like you are hearing from the sastra, and we are speaking from the sastra. This is called sat-sanga. By sat-sanga, by rea

Lecture on Who are Real Friends by Giriraj Swami on 06 Jan 2013

(n 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, most notably overseeing all aspects of the development of Hare Krishna Land in Juhu, Bombay.)

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Lecture on Growing Younger by Indradyumna Swami on 14 May 2011

(He served as an editor or assistant editor for nearly all the books of Srila Prabhupada published during Srila Prabhupada’s lifetime. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1968, at the age of nineteen.)

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Lecture on Power of Time by Jayadvaita Swami on 18 Mar 2012 at Phoenix

(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Real Purpose Of marriage by Devamrita Swami

(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.)

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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.

The Chipped Rice Festival of Panihati

The Chida-dahi Mahotsav, also known as the Chipped Rice Festival of Panihati, is a yearly celebration commemorating the pastime of Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami meeting Nityananda Prabhu.

Panihati, located in the Indian State of West Bengal, is a place of religious importance for the ISKCON community. Panihati was one of the leading trade centres in earlier days when river route was t