So our position is like that. Everything is full. Still, we are dying and fighting. What is the reason? The reason is that we do not follow Krsna. This is the reason: absence of Krsna consciousness. My Guru Maharaja used to say that the whole world is full of everything. Only scarcity is Krsna consciousness. Only scarcity. Otherwise there is no scarcity. Everything is full. And if you take the instruction of Krsna you will be happy immediately. You can make the whole world happy. This instructio

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

What should be our focus?.......................Nectarean Mellows

I wrote about that devotee I knew, Ghanshyam Baba. He didn’t demand anything, he just wanted to serve. He just wanted to give. This consciousness is Krishna Consciousness. We have a disease, we expect things according to our wish. That’s the source of all suffering. If we expect things to go according to our wish, we have to suffer and we cause suffering to other people as well. Wh

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In the sastra it is said, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam [Bs. 5.33]. Krsna has ananta-rupam. Therefore every rupa is expansion of Krsna's original rupa. The original rupa is Krsna. Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]. Then there are so many rupas: Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha, Balarama, Parasurama, Mina, Tortoise, Nrsimhadeva. Ramadi-murtisu kala-niyamena tisthan [Bs. 5.39]. He's always existing with different forms, not that he is existing only in Krsna form.

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

TEXT 21

yad yad acarati sresthas
tat tad evetaro janah
sa yat pramanam kurute
lokas tad anuvartate

SYNONYMS

yat--whatever; yat--and whichever; acarati--does he act; sresthah--a respectable leader; tat--that; tat--and that alone; eva--certainly; itarah--common; janah--person; sah--he; yat--whichever; pramanam--evidence; kurute--does perform; lokah--all the world; tat--that; anuvartate--follow in the footsteps.

TRANSLATION

Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footstep

All Bhagavad Gita’s Are The Same

A girl sitting with her friends in a bus responded to the offer of a Gita: "I have a Bhagavad-gita at home, I don’t need another one."

I asked whether she had Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

She arrogantly asked, "What does it matter? They're all the same."

I replied, "Well, all buses are the same, but you are sitting only on this bus."

She said that this is because she had to go to the place where this bus goes and the other buses, though they look like, don’t go there.

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“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

How can I serve you?.......................Nectarean Mellows

The miseries of material existence for a devotee are unfortunately sometimes necessary to take things seriously. Unless we suffer we will not take things seriously. Unless we suffer without and understand the need, then we take things cheaply and one of the most abominable ways of taking things cheaply is to be demanding, simply abominable from the perspective of devotional service. na dh

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In 1969, soon after "transcendental meditation" first caught the fancy of people in America, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, gave this talk at Boston's Northeastern University.

My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for attending this meeting. We are spreading this Krsna consciousness movement because there is a great need

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

TEXT 20

karmanaiva hi samsiddhim
asthita janakadayah
loka-sangraham evapi
sampasyan kartum arhasi

SYNONYMS

karmana--by work; eva--even; hi--certainly; samsiddhim--perfection; asthitah--situated; janaka-adayah--Janaka and other kings; loka-sangraham--educating the people in general; eva--also; api--for the sake of; sampasyan--by considering; kartum--to act; arhasi--deserve.

TRANSLATION

Even kings like Janaka and others attained the perfectional stage by performance of prescribed duties. Therefore, j

So this Krsna consciousness movement means nothing..., everything is there; it has to be purified by diverting the same thing for Krsna. Just like we have got feelings for raising children, attachment. That is attachment. So what Mother Yasoda is doing? She is attached to Krsna, and that is Vrndavana. The same thing in otherwise... Vrndavana life means all attachment to Krsna. Mother Yasoda is attached to Krsna, Nanda Maharaja is attached to Krsna, the cowherd boys are attached to Krsna, the cal

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Never take anything for granted.......................Nectarean Mellows

Mukunda dutt he was crying to see the Lord, he wasn’t demanding, he was crying because he was not able to see the Lord, his crying was not out of demand, this is innocence. “I want to see you...why are you being so cruel to me”. Mukunda Dutt was crying, saying, “when will I see the Lord?” The Lord said, “I never want to show Myself to him.” He was crying, “when will I see, when

Introduction

When I first began to study the bible, the people I studied with told me that it was wrong for me to be a vegetarian. I have found a common attack by Christians, and even Muslims on vegetarianism goes along the lines of "God said we could eat meat. Are you trying to say you are more merciful than God?" The answer to that question is "surely not", God should be the most merciful being. To help faith-based vegetarians, this article will discuss how vegetarianism relates to the bible, a

By Premanjana Dasa (Pranjal Joshi)

A memoir of our trip to Jaggnath Puri Dham and Mayapur Nawadeep Dham.

The announcement was made well in advance,One Prabhu who was leading us all the way and was in charge of the whole program told us that a trip would be going soon two these two places in Eastern India– Puri and Nawadeep and a bell rang in my ears as soon as I heard this.I just wanted to grab this opportunity as I was going to get a memorable 8 day long devotee association and a chance to visit

by Premanjana Dasa (Pranjal Joshi)

The meaning of the Bhagavad Gita as given in dictionaries is as follows–

(Hinduism) the sacred `song of God’ composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life.
The Bhagavad Gita (Song of God), also more simply known as Gita, is a Sanatana Dharma or Hindu scripture produced from the colloquy given by Shri Krishna to Arjuna during the

A full year of preparations paid off in our best Ratha Yatra festival in 25 years. The first of four days of celebrations kicked off with a super chariot parade with amazing kirtans, brass bands, majorettes, Scottish bagpipes, clowns, stiltwalkers and Zulu warrior dancers. The holy names resounded throughout the beach area and people of all ethnic groups enjoyed the fun. The hearts of the Vaisnavas were completely satisfied. Srila Prabhupada, we are your servants doing your will. We offer our mo

The Bhaktivedanta Library – Fulfilling the Desire of Srila Prabhupada

BY: PREMANJANA DAS (Pranjal Joshi)

Jun 07, 2012 — INDIA (SUN) —

The Bhaktivedanta Library is a unique subject that inspired me to write.

I have been to many ISKCON temples along with many holy places all over India; but ISKCON Mumbai (Shri Radha Rasa Bihari Ji) stands to be the only place where I discovered this unique and special library that has a magnanimous collection of books by various authors from all over the world.

The Bh