So actually, that is the position of all living entities within this material world. Encaged by maya, illusion, they have forgotten what is the self-interest. The self-interest is: go back to home, back to Godhead. That is real-self interest. So every intelligent man should first of all see to his self-interest, how to become free from this repetition of birth and death and go back to home, back to God. That is self-interest. And if we do not know, we do not execute in that way -- that means Krs

A survey conducted by Sunday Times of India (March 6, 2011) threw up a surprise.  Contrary to the perception that young people in India are becoming disinclined towards spirituality the survey shows that younger people are more & more becoming interested in spirituality.

A person may be a billionaire, own palatial bungalows & fleet of cars, and may have all the comforts of this world but still he may feel hollow from within.

Suppose that we take a fish out of water & place it in a beautiful golden

Mercy for Gujaratis at a Garba

by Minakshi-devi Dasi

* Gujarati Garba Event *

On Saturday, October 13th, we had the opportunity to do book distribution at the Ontario Soccer Centre, where there was a Garba Event. Imagine LOUD P-U-L-S-I-N-G LIVE MUSIC, with hundreds of people dancing with dandiya sticks and us, Srila Prabhupada's book distributors, trying to deliver these souls. The sankirtan warriors included Mayur Prabhu, Vijay Patel Prabhu, Radhapriya, and me.

I had approached a couple of older me

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Being true and sincere to onself is too important ,Krishna afterall only sees our bhava our pure love for him it is our honesty which matters the most.It is not easy to develope pure love for Krishna but atleast it is easy to b sincere and strict with oneself ,if our motives are sincere ultimately Krishna will help us to achieve pure prema for him but first of all we must b sincere aand disciplined in his service .If we make a habit to b sincere and strict then it can be just wonderful. bad habi

So not only in these activities, in every activity we are very busy with material activities. And we do not know that on my back side death is standing. He will take everything, what I have got. Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuh sarva-haras ca aham. The death is also Krsna. He said, aham, mrtyuh sarva-haras ca aham: "I am death. You cannot see God. You are very much proud of your eyes. Now you see I have come. I will take away everything, what have you got. Now you protect yourself and you

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Our maturity in devotional service does not depend upon the number of years we practise bhakti, but it depends upon how we are genuinely seeing Krishna in everyone and remembering Krishna in all our activities. In order to achieve this stage Srila Prabhupada delineates three fundamental requirements of self realization or Krishna consciousness. His Divine Grace gives the wonderful definition of self realisation in such a

International Bhakti-Vriksha Convention 2013

Dear Prabhu's and Mataji's:

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

Attached you will find the information for the next Bhakti-vriksha convention to be held in Sri Mayapur Dham.

Please mark your calendar and book your rooms quickly. Since the convention will be right after Gourapurnima, we encourage you to make your arrangements as soon as possible. Please note that due to the Gourapurnima festival, you may not be able to boo

Honouring Srimati Yamuna Devi Dasi

In honour of Srimati Yamuna Devi Dasi on her first disappearance anniversary her samadhi was established here in Sri Vrindavan Dham at the Bhaktivedanta Swami Goshala gardens and her sacred ashes were immersed into the Yamuna river at Kesi Ghat. The fuction was held over 2 days and attended by many senior devotees and residents of the Saranagati community in Cananda. Yamuna is well know for singing the Govindam prayers  which is played daily in every ISKCON temp

Today many of the so called scholars often ridicule the Vedic literatures and claim that they denigrate women. In fact these days it has become a fashion to deride the Vedic literatures to champion ones modern outlook. Timeless Vedic literatures have always held high regard for women.

Below are quotes from the scriptures, it can help us to understand Vedic perspective on women.

• A Woman must be honored and adorned by their fathers, brothers, husbands, and brothers in law, who desire their own welf

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Today before you think of saying an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Today before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Today before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Today before whining about the

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

So actually, that is the position of all living entities within this material world. Encaged by maya, illusion, they have forgotten what is the self-interest. The self-interest is: go back to home, back to Godhead. That is real-self interest. So every intelligent man should first of all see to his self-interest, how to become free from this repetition of birth and death and go back to home, back to God. That is self-interest. And if we do not know, we do not execute in that way -- that means Krs

Mine was a typical Arranged marriage... My parents found a well educated and well settled match for me, and for them the reason that I want to marry a devotee was not "practical enough" to say no to this marriage. After marriage I discovered that my husband loves eating non-veg food, drinks alcohol quite frequently, smokes occasionally and is agnostic spiritually. These were certainly not the qualities I had ever imagined my life partner would have. I felt quite helpless and didn't know what to

I Want to be Happy as You

I remember when my ex-husband cheated me and threw me out of my own house on the street, and sold it by evil, I was completely lonely. Nobody wanted to speak to me, even friends and relatives, nobody could help, understand. I was so afraid alone. But because I already knew Krishna, I prayed to Him. Only doing sankirtana from morning to evening I could maintain myself and be happy. My calamity was so big that only sankirtana leaded by Lord Caitanya could pacify me and hel