अहं ब्रह्मास्मि 
Aham Brahmāsmi 
- I am Brahman - I am Spirit Soul - 

Aham Brahmasmi: (Sanskrit: अहं ब्रह्मास्मि aham brahmāsmi) "I am Brahman" I am Spirit Soul.

Brahman means: spiritual, and aham-brahmasmi means: I am a spirit soul. I am not this body."The symptoms of the self-realized person are given herein. The first symptom is that he is not illusioned by the false identification of the body with his true self. He knows perfectly well that he is not this material body, but spirit soul, the frag

Krishna was hungry. He wanted milk and so he went to his mother. Mother Yasoda was churning butter at that time. When she saw Krishna, she immediately understood that he was hungry and so she started feeding him. Meanwhile a pot of milk which was getting boiled on the oven started overflowing. Mother Yasoda kept Krishna aside and rushed to attend the boiling milk on the oven. Seeing that Mother Yasoda had stopped feeding him the milk, Krishna became angry. He hit the pot of churning butter with

"This too shall pass!"

lets we chant

Hare Krishna hare Krishna

Krishna krishna 

hare Hare

Hare Ram Hare Ram

Ram Ram

Hare Hare

 and be happy to all my friend

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna—this sound is transcendental. Krishna means the highest pleasure. All of us, every living being, seeks pleasure. But we do not know how to seek pleasure perfectly. With a materialistic concept of life, we are frustrated at every step in satisfying our pleasure because we have no information regarding the real level on which to have real pleasure.

We have to understand the fact that, we are not this body; we are c

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Chintaa Se Chaturaai Ghate

H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj would quote the below couplet

chintaa se chaturaai ghate / ghate rang rup vaan chintaa badi abhaagini / chintaa chitaa samaan

"Worry destroys our intelligence, charm and eloquence. Worry is a very unfortunate thing. Infact it is like funeral pyre - since it burns us alive. "

Maharaj says that funeral pyre burns only dead bodies whereas worry burns us even when we are alive. Since worrying about the problem does not in any way help us in findi

Back To Basics Creation

The Vedic version of creation clearly explains step by step how it takes place and it is important to know at least the principal sequence. As you will see from the information given below, creation starts with the topmost spiritual planet, eternally manifested by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and ends with the manifestation of the lower, material energy. In other words, the model is exactly the opposite of present day scientists who claim that everything come

Krsna advised, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. This sarva-dharman includes all our material activities. So, but people could not understand. The instruction is still standing, Krsna said, sarva-dharman parityajya, "Just simply surrender unto Me." But nobody is doing that. God says that, "You surrender unto Me; I shall give you all protection." There is assurance. But we are so unfortunate that we cannot believe or cannot be assured on the words of God also. We do not

Faith

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

In our day to day normal life, we have faith on our wife, sons, servant and friends etc. When we have even a tinge of doubt in these material relationships, then we have lot of quarrels with them, lose our peace of mind and ultimately

ISKCON Prison Ministry

IPM Volunteer Leaves His Body in August 2012

by Bhakti-lata dasi

Hare Krsna dear devotees,

            On August 24, 2012, long time IPM volunteer, Bhakta Jerry, left his body in Chicago. IPM is nothing without his volunteers and supporters, and Bhakta Jerry was very attached to this service, despite his personal challenges. For many years he was putting together and mailing the monthly Freedom Newsletter for the inmates. He was also corresponding with and sendin

Glories of Kartika

Recognising Supremacy of Lord

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Gaund Ke Laadoo

In the winter season to provide energy and extra calories to Shree Thakurji, prepare this special GAUND KE LAADOO, a very simple and long lasting sweet, very healthy and fights joint pains, back pains.

Additional Info
Ingredients:
250 gms - Wheat flour.
250 gms - Pure Ghee.
1/2 cup chopped Almonds.
1/2 cup Edible gum / gaund / gunder.
1 tablespoon black pepper.
2 tablespoons Saunth powder [ dried ginger powder]
1 cup Sugar Powder.
Preparation Method:
Heat ghee in a wok / kadhaii, and fry