Maya means the condition in which I enjoy material sense gratification. That is called maya. Maya japatiya dhare. Japatiya dhare means catches, catches: "All right, come on." There are two things: light and darkness. If you remain in light, there is no darkness, and if you prefer to remain in darkness, there is no light. Two things are there. So maya is darkness, and Krsna is light. That is our motto in the Back to Godhead. "Godhead is light and darkness is nescience. Where there is God, there i

ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards in 2012

Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept our sincere obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Guru-parampara ki jaya!

We are pleased to introduce you to eleven devotees receiving the third ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards (IEEA): http://www.eurorgb.com/content/iskcon-europe-excellence-awards-2012

On behalf of Euro RGB,
Your servant,
Dinadayal dasa
Secretary for the Euro RGB

• Suresh was advised by the      doctor to smoke just 2 cigarettes per day.
• Father told Arvind, if he      scores pass marks in mathematics then he would gift him a bicycle.

Do the above examples show that the doctor is promoting smoking and the father discouraging his son from scoring 100% in maths?

Absolutely Not. Suresh was a chain smoker and Arvind an irresponsible student. So to bring them on right track they gave them a means by which they can improve themselves. Suresh does not have to smoke d

So what to do at the time of death? One has to change. Death means change of this body. The modern civilization, they do not know it. That is the first understanding of spiritual knowledge, that we change our body. I am spirit soul, every one of us, spirit soul, even the animals and the trees and plants and aquatics, any living being. There are 8,400,000 different forms of living being. Of all of them, the human form is considered the best. Best means it has got..., the human form has got develo

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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German pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) thought that nirvana, (freedom from suffering) means becoming desireless putting an end to our will. But His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada disagrees….

Arthur Schopenhauer

Hayagriva dasa: Arthur Schopenhauer was a nineteenth-century German philosopher who took some of his ideas from the Indian Vedic

The Prabhupada Marathon

Dear Vaisnavas,

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

That most auspicious time of the year, the Prabhupada Marathon, is coming to us very soon. The Prabhupada Marathon is total bliss. Why? Because this sankirtan movement is as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "anandambudhi vardanam" it is an ever expanding ocean of bliss. It's an oportunity to imerse ourselves in giving Krsna to others. Srila Prabhupada very nicely says in a purport of the Srimad

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

At present, we are concerned primarily with two things: one, ourselves; and the other, the place where we live. In other words, we are concerned with two objects: namely, everything that is related to our gross and subtle bodies; and the world at large, with all its paraphernalia. But there are others above us, the transcendentalists, who are concerned not only with their body and mind and the world at large, but also wi

Book Devotee Special : Nidra-Devi Dasi in Denver

As many of you know, my service in ISKCON is to travel worldwide to inspire devotees to distribute Prabhupada's books, but quite often when I visit temples, someone inspires me. I recently experienced this in Denver. Nidra Dasi joined in 1976 and has been distributing since that time. She made a vow to distribute books every day.

She has the most dedicated devotional schedule that I've ever seen. She starts her day at 2:00 A.M. every morning and ch

So long we are in the jurisdiction of three modes of material nature, up to that time we shall disagree with one another and there will be trouble. Therefore the Vaisnava religion is meant for the peaceful person. No trouble. Samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhaktim labhate param [Bg. 18.54]. Those who have come to the stage of seeing everyone on the equal terms... Equal terms means spiritually. That we invite everyone. There is no discrimination. We don't care for the designations. We invite everyone

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sometimes Bhakti is observed as similar to the activities of the karmis, but there is difference. One is bhakti, one is going back to home, back to Godhead; and the other is going forward to the hellish condition of life by the same activities. This is the technique. How it is possible? It is possible. By practical example, it is said in the sastras... Just like if you take more quantity of milk preparation, you get diarrhea. But the same milk preparation, yogurt, is there. It will stop diarrhea

Dear all,

We hope that you are doing very well in your family and career.  

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada  

Better close the United Nation organization because it has not had any practical effect. But talking about Krishna, just see how it is giving practical effect. You are assembled here from Europe, America, and Africa, Canada, and practically all over the world, but you are united nation. You are united nation simply by talking about Krishna.

mauna-vrata-sruta-tapo-’dhyayana-sva-dharma-
vyakhya-raho-japa-samadhaya apavargyah
prayah param puru

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada