Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Kunti says, “My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of material progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.”

These material opulences are the disqualifications – Janma, to take

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Devotee: What sort of living entity is Māyādevī?

Prabhupāda: She is Vaishnavī, a great devotee of Krishna. But she has accepted a thankless task – to punish. The policeman is a sincere government servant, but he has accepted a task – therefore nobody likes him. (laughs) If some policeman comes here, immediately you shall feel disturbed. But he is the sincere servant o

esa brahmi sthitih partha
nainam prapya vimuhyati
sthitvasyam anta-kale 'pi
brahma-nirvanam rcchati

SYNONYMS

esa--this; brahmi--spiritual; sthitih--situation; partha--O son of Prtha; na--never; enam--this; prapya--achieving; vimuhyati--bewilders; sthitva--being so situated; asyam--being so; anta-kale--at the end of life; api--also; brahma-nirvanam--spiritual (kingdom of God); rcchati--attains.

TRANSLATION

That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not

Lord Nityananda is non - different from Lord Balarama, He is an eternal associate of Lord Chaitanya. In Treta – yuga He had appeared as Lakshman, the younger brother of Lord Rama.

Lord Nityananda, also known as Nitai, incarnated 500 years ago in Ekachakra, West Bengal, India. His father was Hadai Pandit and mother Padmavati. His childhood pastimes attracted the hearts of all the residents of Ekachakra. As a child He would take great pleasure in enacting the pastimes of Ramayan. He always preferre

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 Krishna and PAMHO to all devotees.

As you do know, leading a life of Brahmacharya is Lord Krishna's wish for us as it is stated in the Bhagavad Gita chapter 16 verse 21 : there are three gates leading to this hell – lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul. as well as in bhagavad gita chapter 4 verse 26 purport: 

Sex life, intoxication and meat eating are general tendencies of human society, but a regulated householder does not i

So this is the beginning of samsara. So there is attraction between man and woman, and as soon as the attraction becomes little intimate, they unite. Then they have children. Then they require money, apartment, so many things. This man became sinful.So in order to come back to our original position -- completely good, no bad thing -- we must come to Krsna consciousness. Otherwise we are gone; we are condemned. This is the purpose of Krsna consciousness movement, to bring him again to the platfor

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev!

The following is a humble effort to transcribe the class by HG Devakinandan prabhuji in Rajkot on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 1.17.18

na vayam klesha-beejaani / yatah syuh purusharshabha
purusham tam vijaanimo / vaakya-bheda-vimohitaah

"O greatest among human beings, it is very difficult to ascertain the particular miscreant who has caused our sufferings, because we are bewilder

the muster seed is the smallest seed if compared to others, yet springs up from seed to seedling and to a tree, finally, a super tree. If the muster seed is so faithful that faith will prove itself worthy, through believing , how much more if we set a standard , follow it through same faith and believe, accomplished by good practices, then you are a success and super success forevermore,It should be noted that we must give thanks to the lord for he does all things through his spirit as he wills

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

NITYANANDA PRABHU

Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) taken without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru of all the universes and serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and His Devotees. (In the ima

Verifiable Symptoms of an Advanced Vaisnava

Learn the verifiable symptoms of spiritual advancement as taught in the bonafide scriptures.

“Spiritual masters do not become perfect souls by the dint of their serving as initiating gurus. Neither do they become perfect simply because they are supported by zealous neophyte disciples. The only indication of a devotee’s degree of advancement is the presence of the discernible qualities that have systematically been described in scripture. Therefore one

there is a pain in my heart it hurt so deep 

that am yet to taste the nectar of which i am anxious

that i ask myself of what use is my existence

if i cant use it to serve you my LORD in this life time of mine

and still yet not have a taste of this nectar of your holy name

sometimes i wonder why we devotees find it had to chant and call upon your holy name

even when on harinam 

maybe it is because of the overfamiliarity with your name 

or what? i ask myself

 but madmen and and women

just by only hearing th

Kids Eco Morning at ISKCON Durban

By Divesh Maharaj

In a Srimad Bhagavatam purport (1.11.12), Srila Prabhupada wrote, “..human energy should be properly utilized in developing the finer senses for spiritual understanding, in which lies the solution of life. Fruits, flowers, beautiful gardens, parks and reservoirs of water with ducks and swans playing in the midst of lotus flowers, and cows giving sufficient milk and butter are essential for developing the finer tissues of the human body”.

With t

So in this way the material world is very, very entangled. And if we become Krsna conscious, then we become free from this entanglement. All these criticisms or the divisions are there for gramyaih. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu has advised, grama-katha na sunibe, bhala na khaibe na bhala na paribe. This is vairagya -- "Don't indulge in gramya-katha." Therefore we always advise, "Don't read newspaper. Don't read any other book," because it is full of gramya-katha, gramyaih. So to avoid it as far