The Best Years of my Life

By Svarupa dasa

The following is an interesting story I heard I would like to share with all the devotees -
“I first saw the devotees in 1967 on TV; I was in year eight at school and was immediately attracted. In 1970, while coming down from an acid trip, someone handed me a BTG. In 1971 I watched Srila Prabhupada arriving at Sydney also on TV and the next day was on my way to Sydney. Feeling unqualified, I went bush to mediate and chant Hare Krishna, I learnt the chant fr

The statements in the Bhagavatam and Mahabharata and the Puranas are all different historical incidents. Mahabharata is called, according to Vedic authorities, as the history of India. I do not know who first designated it as an “epic”. That is the cause of the fall down of Hindu culture. They did not believe in their Vedic literatures presented by Vyasadeva…

The facts that I am presenting in this article are nothing new. They have been presented many, many, many, times in the past and when I le

We are completely subjugated by of our senses. Our senses drag us in different directions and like a faithful servant we follow them.  Srila Prabhupada compares the material senses to a serpent. One cannot keep friendship with a venomous snake because it can kill us any time.  Similarly we should never keep friendship with our senses because it can cheat us and degrade us at any time. It is very difficult to control senses. Although we may succeed in controlling it for sometime but soon we get v

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Speaking about Bhagavan Sri Krishna is difficult because He transcends thought and word. Krishna is that truth, unable to explain which, thoughts and words return defeated. He is pure knowledge, pure bliss, pure love and the embodiment of *Vedic Dharma* —yet He is beyond all this as well.

Sri Krishna lived on this earth 5,000 years ago, but His message and work have equal importance in the present and the future. The rea

tapta-kancana-gaurangi
radhe vrindavanesvari
vrishabhanu-sute devi
pranamami hari-priye

I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vrindavana. You are the daughter of King Vrishabhanu, and You are very dear to Lord Krishna.

23rd September, is the glorious celebration of a special event, although it occurs annually. Every year it fills the hearts of the devotees with effervescent joy – The build up to another year of pomp and festivity, and

KRISHNA: HISTORY BEHIND THE MYTH

By N.S. Rajaram

Historical Krishna: a rational approach

            Having set the stage for our search by clearing some of the debris accumulated over a century and half, let me next take a look at the records that are available to us, and define also the problem of the Historical Krishna as I see it. The first point to note: I don't think it is advisable to try to decide the date of Krishna — or of the Mahabharata War — based on any single record. For instance, s

Memorial for "Mr. Rathayatra" - by Devamrita Swami

A memorial for the great ISKCON devotee Jayananda Prabhu, "Mr. Rathayatra," who departed in 1976 at the age of 38, has been a discussion topic at the GBC meetings in Mayapur. As Haridas Thakur wanted to leave this world before Mahaprabhu, so Jayananda, a master of selfless service and sacrifice, wanted to leave this world before Srila Prabhupada.

Kesava Bharati Maharaja tells how during the intense weeks preceding a San Francisco Rathayatra, he

Invisible all the year but visible once a year: The divine feet of Srimati Radharani

Radhastami, the appearance day of Srimati Radharani, was celebrated with great fanfare at Iskcon, Kolkata on 23^rd Sep, 2012. Devotees in large numbers started assembling in the temple since morning on this auspicious occasion. The program began with Mangala Arati at 4:30 a.m. Radhastami is the only day in the entire year when the devotees get an opportunity to take darshan of the beautiful lotus feet of Srimati

So the spiritual life is very delicate. We have to conduct the spiritual life very cautiously. Little deviation may create great havoc. Great havoc means again material life. And material life means suffering, bhayam dvitiyabhinivesatah, always in fearfulness. So long we are in this material life, there must be fearfulness. Bhayam dvitiyabhinivesatah syat. That is described here. Kalam eke yato bhayam. So long you are wrapped up within these twenty-four elements, under the influence of time fact

Facilitators:
Anuttama dasa
Jhanava-lila dasi
Yadunandana Swami

Topics covered in the course:

• Guru-tattva and the Guru-parampara System
• Srila Prabhupada ISKCON Founder Acarya and Preeminent Guru
• Types of Gurus
• Relationship between ISKCON Guru and ISKCON Authorities
• Gurus outside of ISKCON
• Guru-padasraya
• Selecting a Guru
• Following Initiation Vows
• Guru-puja and Vyasa-puja
• Worship of ISKCON Gurus
• Guru-vapu and vani seva
• Guru-tyaga
• Developing Cooperative Relationships in a multi Guru enviormen

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Above Hypocrisy and Anxiety

veda-sastra kahe 'sambandha,' 'abhidheya,' 'prayojana'
'krsna' prapya sambandha, 'bhakti' praptyera sadhana

"The Vedic literatures give information about what the living entity's eternal relationship with Lord Krsna is, how the living entity can revive this relationship and act accordingly, and how he will live when he has returned home, back to Godhead which is the ultimate goal of life." (Cait

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Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

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 the age of Kali

Venue: Guayana, Guayana katha, 2006, June 29. Parikshit Maharaja Ki Jai!! Hastinapur ki Jai!

So as now king Parikshit was ruling of kingdom, one day as he was on a tour, going around checking out, how is everything working? Then he noticed, hey! What’s going on here, at a distance he saw, someone Oh! He looks like a king, look he has a dress and crown, he has sword also, but what is he doing with the sword? There is a cow near him, he is trying to hurt the cow, he is the trying to

Umang Is the Festival for Youth [Boys] celebrated all over India across various cities, This time this National Level Event is getting organized at ISKCON Mira Road, Bhaktivedant Hall, Opposite Royal College, Miraroad (E), Mumbai under the guidance of H.G.Vanmali Prabhu.
Umang is the Festival of Joy which consist of
--> Short Lecture,
--> Drama,
--> Mantra Rock [DJ Party],
--> Cake Cutting,
--> Dinner.

For Registration Contact :
Revatipati Das
9004401158

So all this material scientific knowledge, they are simply interested with this body. But spiritual knowledge begins when you actually take seriously what Bhagavad-gita says or Srimad-Bhagavatam says or what the Vedas says. Vedas says everything, both the material and the spiritual. But for human being we are not only, we should not only be interested with the material science, but we should be interested... That is our main interest. Athato brahma jijnasa. Material science is going on. But you