• And finally he decided to send his old parents to the old age home. It was difficult for him to deal with them.
• Both were good friends since school days. But now one of them is a business magnate and the other one is just having a simple job in an office. It became difficult to sustain the friendship. Now they rarely meet. It’s verily said that friendship is possible only among the equals.
• 2 brothers lived together,played together and studied together. But now they are not living together. It’s pr

Way to Receive Bhagavatam

Radharani just wouldn't allow me put that hair piece on her body. It just wouldn't go on.

Around 1986 my wife Mohini Rupa regularly dressed Radha Gopinath. This was at the Kings Cross/Darlinghurst temple.

One morning she was feeling too ill to do the service, and she couldn’t get anyone by phone to replace her. She sent me at 4:00 am to dress Radha Gopinath.

I was not acquainted with where all the necessary items were kept. A Deity paraphernelia room can be quite complicated, with an order to it

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

WE HAVE COME TO THIS WORLD ON THE PROMISE THAT WE CAN BE HAPPY AND CAN ENJOY SEPERATELY FROM KRISHNA...MILLIONS OF LIVES HAVE PAST STILL UNDER ILLUSION WE ARE TRYING HARD TO ENJOY THE MATERIAL SENSES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,BUT SO FAR WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ONLY FRUSTRATION AND FURTHER AGITATION OF THE MIND.....

THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPOSE OUR LOVING PROPENSITY (WHICH HAS NOW TURNED INTO LUST)..IN THE SERVICE OF  KRISHNA..WHO IS THE ALL ATTRACTIVE LORD..WHO IS ALSO KNOWN AS RAMA BECAUSE HE IS THE RES

Realization of God through Bhakti.

From the teachings of Lord Krishna (The absolute consciousness) on Bhakti:

Heart is a combination of your Mind and Intellect….pure emotions and subtle understandings…you place both mind and intellect in me. Direct all your emotions towards me and also your understandings towards me…both should go together. If love for God is without understanding then it is incomplete and delusion, one may love certain form or some ideas about God without understanding, that is

The Change

By Mahatma Das

When devotees look at their obstacles to advancement in Krsna consciousness, they sometimes doubt whether they will ever be able to overcome all of them (for those of you who haven’t taken my seminar on prayer, we ask participants to make a list of obstacles they face in devotional service and formulate prayers to overcome those obstacles). It is easy to become discouraged and thus feel it may not even be worth praying to overcome obstacles. Or you may think that if you g

Association of Devotees

                bandhur atmatmanas tasya                  yenatmaivatmana jitah                 anatmanas tu satrutve             vartetatmaiva satruvat 

"For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy," (Bg. 6.6)

The purpose of the yoga system is to make the mind into a friend instead of a enemy. In material contact, the

                        arjuna uvaca            yo 'yam yogas tvaya proktah                samyena madhusudana          etasyaham na pasyami               cancalatvat sthitim stiram 

"Arjuna said: O Madhusudana, the system of yoga which You have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady." (Bg. 6.33)

This is the crucial test of the eightfold astanga-yoga system expounded h

Every thoughtful human being asks the fundamental question, "What is the purpose of life ?" Unfortunately, our difficulty in finding ultimate meaning is compounded by the fact that thousands of conflicting philosophies, religions, and ideologies and their proponents compete for our loyalty. Here Srila Prabhupada provides some simple and enlightening guidance.

Today's subject matter is our relationship with God. That is self-realization. The sankirta movement is the easiest process for self-realiz

Vedic Physics - The Nature Of Space, Time, And Matter

(Sadaputa das: Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy, Chapter 2)

  "By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal" (SB 1.1.1).   Our ideas of the nature of space, time, and matter are essenti

Location of Paramatman in heart

Narayana Shuktam ( Verse 8-16)

 adho nistya vitas tyan te nabhyam uparitisthati  /

hrdayam tad vijaniyad visvasya yatanam mahat(e) || 8 ||

"It should be known that the heart which is located at the distance of a finger span below the Adam's apple and above the navel is the great abode of the universe."

santatagm silabhistu lambatya kosasannibham /

hrdayam tad vijaniyad visvasyad yatanam mahat(e) || 9 ||

"The heart, like the bud of a lotus, is surrounded by arterie

So it doesn't matter whether one is rich, one is poor, the material condition, both of them will have to suffer. The material condition. So karmatmakam. If you continue to absorb your mind in fruitive activities, that "I shall work and I shall get the result and I shall enjoy," this is called karmatmakam. So if you do not fulfill your desire, then nature will give you next life another body to fulfill that desire. This is going on. So therefore it is parabhava. Your business is that to know that

Good to be a Servant of God

Our devotees regularly distribute books in the trains, and often many Muslims buy our books. They respond better than many Hindus.

Once, Nitai met a Muslim who purchased three books (Bhagavad Gita, Krishna book, and the Ramayana). The man wanted more books, so Nitai took a contact number. Finally, the Muslim asked our devotee's name.

"Nitai Dasa."
The Muslim was impressed and said, "Oh, it is very good that you want to become dasa. Many foolish people wish to become God."

Blessing in Disguise

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Narottama Dasa Thakura was a life long brahmacari.  He visited all the holy places and he was the best of pure devotees.  On the banks of the Padmavati river, in the town of Gopalpura lived King Krsnanada Datta.  His older brother was Purusottama Datta.  The wealth and fame of these two brothers was beyond compare.  King Krsnananda’s son was Sri Santosa Datta.  In the month of Magha, on the