Devotees Pray for Peace

IPOH: As the world was busy celebrating Christmas, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) of Ipoh was praying for world peace.

About 70 devotees of the Hare Krishna movement took part in a parade here recently to spread the message of peace and to promote racial harmony. Some of the devotees were from England, Australia and Russia.

The devotees, dressed in colourful traditional Indian costumes, sang and danced in the streets, following the Sri Jagannath

Real guru is he who instructs what Krsna has said. It is not that you maufacture your teaching. No. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There is no need of manufacturing. The instruction is already there. You have simply to say, "This is this." That's all. Is it very difficult task? Father said, "This is microphone." A child can say that "Father said this is microphone." He becomes guru. Where is the difficulty? The authority, father, has said, "This is microphone." A child only can say, "This is micro

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced fisherman, the other wasn't. 

Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever the inexperienced fisherman caught a big fish, he threw it back. 

The experienced fisherman watched this go on all day and finally got tired of seeing this man waste good fish. 

 "Why do you keep throwing back all the big fish you catch?"

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

(1)  Never think or speak negatively about yourself.
 
(2)  Meditate on your God-given strengths and learn to encourage yourself, for much of the time nobody else will.
 
(3)  Don't compare yourself to anybody else.  So don't settle for being a copy.
 
(4)  Focus on your potential, not on your limitations.  
 
(5)  Have the courage to be different.  Be a God pleaser, not a people pleaser.

(6)  Learn to handle criticism.  Let it d

Therefore to create a first-class man, it requires great endeavor. It is not that you go to a school, colleges, and learn and smoke and do all nonsense, and you become elevated. It is a fourth-class, fifth-class... The modern educational system is producing not only fourth... Fourth class is also gentle, fifth-class, sixth-class. Fifth-class, sixth-class... The education means... What is the education? What is the symptom of education? That is described by Canakya Pandita, matrvat para-daresu. T

When he climbed the 1^st step he started thinking about the 100^th step. When he reached the 2^nd step he looked back and then looked up again worrying about the 100^th step. At the 3^rd step he started sweating, at the 4^th panting and while climbing 6^th he lost his balance and fell down. Throughout the ordeal his coach kept on encouraging him and warning him. He encouraged him to climb up and warned him not to worry about the 100^th step. He kept shouting - Don’t look back or worry about the 100^th st

An ode to Kali Yuga on the special occasion of the “New Year” 2013

Hey Kali, be happy,

A number changes,

In a calendar,

Seconds tick away,

In a clock,

People drink,

Loose control.

People dance,

Loose control.

Whatever you do,

MUST loose control !

Hey Kali, be happy !

Loose control, is what you want !

Everyone says,

Happy New Year !

Everyone knows,

There is nothing new,

Everyone knows,

There is no happy thing,

Still,

Everyone says,

Happy New Year !

Keep the illusion going folks !

Keep the show going, as they say !

Hey Ka

But there is no culture. There is no attention. Therefore the whole world is in chaotic condition. But if we accept the Vedic civilization which is in nutshell -- everything is there in the Bhagavad-gita -- then the whole world will be Vaikuntha. You haven't got to go in the Vaikuntha. Here you'll have Vaikuntha. And next life will be Vaikuntha. Janma karma ca divyam me yo janati tattvatah. Krsna is giving the civilization, Vedic civilization. And if we thoroughly understand it, then we are fit

The International Kirtan Festival Mumbai

Friday 15th February

Bhajan Sandya & Adhivaas: 3pm - 8pm

(Dinner Prasad at 8pm)

Saturday 16th February

Kirtan: 8am - 10pm

Opening Ceremony Speech By HH Radhanath Swami at 8am

(Breakfast: 7:00am, Lunch: 1pm, Dinner: 7pm)

Sunday 17th February

Kirtan: 8am - 10pm

(Breakfast: 7:00am, Lunch: 1pm, Dinner: 7pm)

Venue:
Bhaktivedanta Mission School
Shastri Nagar
Off Link Road
Near Laxmi Industrial Estate
Andheri (W)
400 056
The following sanyassi’s and senior devotees will be pa

Nature’s ecological balance is so perfect that the scientists get bewildered. Scientists often envision the idea of manufacturing symbiotic factories i.e. the factories which will support each other. For e.g. if there are two factories then the waste product of factory ‘A’ becomes the raw material for factory ‘B’ and the waste product of factory ‘B’ becomes the raw material for factory ‘A’. If this is achieved then it will revolutionize the world. The factory would generate almost 100% profit as

Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter Get Mercy

I was outside the Govinda's at New Dwarka (Los Angeles), thinking about how I was unable to go out to distribute books. That's when I saw a girl sitting not far away from me. I started to chat with her. Quickly our conversation moved to the topic of chanting, and I showed her how to chant on beads. We decided to meet a little later during the day. We tried kirtan, and she started to express how over the years she'd met sankirtan devotees and collected l

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Today is 01 Jan 2013, an important vaishnava tithi of Disappearance Day of HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasavti Thakura,  spiritual master of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON. On this holy day, as a service to the vaishnava community, we are happy to announce the release of our latest website - www.harekrishnaquotes.com

This website has more than 2500 important vaishnava quotes categorised and tagged

If you actually want santi, peace, then you try to understand only three things. What is that? Sarva-loka-mahesvaram: Krsna is the proprietor of everything. Just like we ask every day, "Who is the proprietor of the sea?" They do not know. Theories. But Krsna said, "I am the proprietor," sarva-loka-mahesvaram, "not only of this sea." This Pacific Ocean is only one, insignificant. There are millions of Pacific Ocean flying in the sky. So who is the proprietor? Sarva-loka-mahesvaram. Krsna says, "I

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (1874 – 1937), was a preacher of Gaudiya Vaishnavism throughout India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He was born as Bimal Prasad Dutta in the seaside pilgrimage town of Jagannath Puri, Orissa, India. His father was the Vaishnava scholar Bhaktivinoda Thakur, the first to present the teachings of Chaitanyite Vaishnavism to the English speaking world.

In 1918, Siddhanta Sarasvati accepted the ren