AS YEAR 2012 is coming to a close, I am reflecting on all the service rendered to Lord Krsna by the prison ministry, and I feel very grateful to all who have been involved in pleasing the Lord in this way.
In preparing more excerpts from inmates’ letters to share with the devotee community, I had to go over the ones that haven’t been published yet. Although a majority of them are from letters I have received in the course of the year, reading them again was as refreshing and
The following essay is an analysis of the modern, western, atheistic cosmology.
There is a Controller
At night the stars come out, and overhead are 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Beyond them are 1 trillion galaxies, each with 100 billion stars, planets and other flying balls. That is a total of 10^23 stars planets, moons etc. There are many star clusters in the universe. Each one is a circular ball composed of billions upon billions of stars, each star has its own orbit. And in each star-clu
The top of Mount Meru,
Brahmapuri.
Figure 1 shows a map of the bhumandala planetary system. Krishna has made it a thing of beauty. The bhumandala is shaped like a lotus-flower. The different dvipas (lit. between two waters, two (dvi) waters (pah)) or islands with their mountains and trees are like the petals of the flower.
The Lokaloka Mountain forms the outermost and highest ring of petals. The top of Meru (which has a diameter of 32,000 yojanas) is 84,000 yojanas above the plane of the bhumandal
Did you know that your distance to hell is 100.000 yojanas and the distance to the spiritual planets 5.555.555.555.250.000.000 yojanas?
We use yojanas because Krishna created the universe using these units (See subheading 108 later; then we see that the universe is created). And it is the metric unit of the gods. The Vedas (and the Srimad bhagavatam) is a scripture for gods.
The descriptions and numbers in this text are of the subtle level of the universe, as perceived by mystics and godly being
Radiation still so intense, the area is highly dangerous. A heavy layer of radioactive ash in Rajasthan, India, covers a three-square mile area, ten miles west of Jodhpur. Scientists are investigating the site, where a housing development was being built.
For some time it has been established that there is a very high rate of birth defects and cancer in the area under construction. The levels of radiation there have registered so high on investigators' gauges that the Indian government has now co
Early life:
Born on September 1, 1896, the day after Janmastami, one of the most important vaishnava holidays, in a humble house in the Tollygunge suburb of Calcutta, he was named Abhay Charan, “one who is fearless, having taken shelter at Lord Krishna’s feet.” Since he was born on the day of Nandotsava (“the celebration of Nanda,” Krishna’s father, a traditional festival in honor of Krishna’s birth) he was also called Nandulal. His parents, Sriman Gour Mohan De and Srimati Raja
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Montreal, July 22, 1968
Krsna conscious marriage should help devotees make progress
further and further towards spiritual realization of Krsna.
Prabhupada: Alola-candraka-lasad-vanamalya-vamsi-ratnaìgadam pranaya-keli-kala-vilasam [Bs.5.31]. In this verse, the description of Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given. Govinda is not impersonal, and is distinct
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When Krsna was on this earth, all the residents of Vrndavana loved Him. Indeed, they knew nothing but Krsna. They did not know whether Krsna is God or not God, nor were they disturbed by such thoughts as, "I shall love Krsna if He is God." Their attitude was one of pure love, and they thought, "He may or may not be God it doesn't matter. We love Krsna, that's
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Logic and reason are useful in the search for the Absolute Truth.
But they're not enough to obtain perfect knowledge,
we must overcome four basic human defects.
Ladies and gentlemen. I thank you very much for coming here and participating in this great movement. This evening I shall present before you topics discussed in the Bhagavad-gita between Krsna and Arjuna.
I thi
A spiritual movement is based not on management. It is not based on the principle of getting things done. No doubt utility is a principle. But ultimately the greatest utilitarian principle is when our relationships are based on love and trust. As a management technique we say one thing which isn’t what we really mean, to try to get somebody to do something that they don’t want to do, or you say various things which are not exactly the way it is so that you can get what you want form someone one
People of this world are so much conditioned to the news of the radio, the television and the newspapers where everything is based on the relative activities of conditioned souls and therefore we have a certain conditioned idea of what is possible and what is not possible. When we read history books about various wars and various discoveries and various political revolutions, they are all done by people who are influenced by material nature. Therefore what can such infinitesimal conditioned bein
A wandering ascetic- a truly holy man- reached the outskirts of a village. Weary and aching after his long trek, he sat down to rest under a tree.
A villager came running up to him and demanded, "Give me the stone, the precious stone!"
"Who are you, my friend?" asked the ascetic. "What stone do you seek?"
"Last night, God appeared to me in a dream," the villager explained to him. "He told me that a sanyasin would meet me on the outskirts of my village, and that he would give me a precious sto
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I am Indra, the god of war. I have decided to tell you the story of Narasimha. Vishnu has, yet again, come to the rescue. Forgive the sarcasm that you may be detecting. Vishnu has a habit of endearing himself to mortals by coming to their aid...all the time. Though Vishnu has taken many Avatar states to protect the integrity of the gods, he jumps at the opportunity to grac
Krsna claims, aham bija-pradah pita. Krsna has relationship not only in the human society, in animal society, in bird society, in plant society, in insect society, in demigod society. Aham bija-pradah pita, sarva-yonisu kaunteya [Bg. 14.4]. He doesn't claim that "I am interested with the Indians," or "the Hindus" or "the brahmanas," or "this." No. He claims all forms of body. So therefore these foreigners, so-called foreigners, they have got already relationship with Krsna. Nitya-siddha krsna-bh
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In the pastime of Ambarish Maharaj and Durvasa muni, when Durvasa muni finally approaches Supreme Lord and asks for forgiveness for offending Maharaj Ambarish, an unalloyed devotee of the Lord, and protection from the life threatening Sudarshan chakra, Lord Krishna very nicely glorifies the greatness of His devotees through the following verses in Srimad Bhagavatam. (SB 9.4.63 through 67)
aham bhakta-paradhino hy asvatan
