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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Many of us are reluctant to learn from the people closest to us—our authorities, colleagues, staff and friends. Rather than being open to learning, we close ourselves off out of embarrassment, fear, stubbornness, or pride. It's almost as if we say to ourselves, "I have already learned all that I can [or want to learn] from this person; there is nothing else I can [or need to] learn."

It's sad, because often the people cl

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The Lord is so friendly to the living entity that He remains within the heart so that one can always contact Him without difficulty. One can do this simply by devotional service. As soon as one hears of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one immediately comes in touch with the Lord. Therefore there is no difficulty in coming in contact with the Supreme Lord. On the other hand, going to hell requires great endeavor. If

The Supreme Lord, by His plenary portion, is sitting in everyone's heart, and by meditation and concentration one can perceive this form.  Not only is He within everyone's heart, but He is situated also within every atom of the creation.  This Paramatma realization is the second stage.  The third and last statge is the realization of Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Because there are three main stages of realization, the Supreme Absolute Truth is not attained in one birth.  Bahunam

An interview with Radhanatha Prabhu

While visiting the ISKCON center in Kansas City, Missouri (the locals call it "misery"), I had the good fortune of associating with one of the greatest inspirations in ISKCON, Radhanatha Prabhu. He joined in 1975, in Philadelphia, and shortly after joining he contracted a disease that put him in crutches and then a wheel chair. Last year he had his legs amputated. Despite all this, he has been enthusiastically distributing books for the past twenty-eight years

Therefore Krsna says... How to become Krsna conscious? Yat karosi: "Whatever you do," kurusva tad mad-arpanam: "the result you give Me." Then it will be Krsna consciousness. You always think that you are doing for Krsna. Of course, by the order of Krsna or by His representative, not whimsically. If you do something nonsense and if you think that "I am doing for Krsna," that will not be accepted. It must be verified by the acceptance of Krsna and Krsna's..., or Krsna's representative. Arjuna did

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

If you want to be a happier, less-stressed person, there is no better place to start than with becoming aware of “anticipatory thinking,” or an imagined future.

Essentially, this type of thinking involves imagining how much better your life will be when certain conditions are met – or how stressful, or difficult something is going to be at some point down the road. 

Typical anticipatory thinking sounds something like this

Pictures of Krishna Janmastami 2012 - Queens, New York

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"In attempting to openly present my personal inspirations as I have done, I intend not that the rea

Lord Caitanya is an incarnation of Krsna who appeared 500 years ago to teach that the best way to achieve spiritual perfection in the present Age of Quarrel is to chant the holy names of the Supreme Lord. The following article recounts the miraculous dancing and transcendental pastimes performed by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He personally took part in the Ratha-yatra festival in Jagannatha Puri, India. The article is an excerpt from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila, Chapters 13-14), a wor

While Lord Chaitanya was at the temple to see the deity of Jagannatha, thousands of people were in front of Him also seeing the deity. Suddenly, a woman who was unable to see Jagannatha through the crowd, climbed the column of Garuda that was just in front of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, placing her foot on His shoulder to get up. Govinda, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's personal secretary, hastily got her down. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, however, chastised Govinda for this. When the woman came to her senses, she be

The Smile Of A Krishna Conscious Person

“That is the way of Krishna consciousness.  Pure devotees are so absorbed in thought of Krishna that they have no other engagement; although they may seem to think or act otherwise, they are always thinking of Krishna.  The smile of such a Krishna conscious person is so attractive that simply by smiling he wins so many admirers, disciples and followers.” (from purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.22.21)

Full text and purport 

Srimad Bhagavatam By His Divine Grace

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Regardless of who you are or what you do, you are going to run into (and have to deal with) at least some amount of incompetence in your work life. Why not learn to take it in stride, and not let it bother you so much?

This acceptance of the way things really are will probably allow you to say (or think) something like, “Of course it’s going to be like this from time to time.” Rather than focusing on the most dramatic an

Those who are trying to enter higher planets can go there, and those who are trying to qualify to enter into Goloka Vrndavana, the planet of Krsna, can also enter there by the process of Krsna consciousness.  Before going to India, we may acquire a description of what the country is like; the hearing of a place is the first experience.  Similarly, if we want to get information about the planet where God lives, we have to hear.  We cannot immediately make an experiment and go there.  That is not

Kirtan Mela 2012 - Last call from HH Sacinandana Maharaja

Kirtan Mela 2012 - Last call

Only a short time is separating us from the second International Kirtan Mela 2012 in Germany. We would like to cordially invite you to join us now for an unforgettable experience in Krishna consciousness!

You are sure to expect 5 days of deep absorption into the Holy Names for 12h a day - or as many hours as you wish - with some of the most accomplished kirtaniyas of our movement. True transformation is awaiting

So this devotional service, this line of action, is so nice that if we practice, if we make advance, then even in this material world, staying, there will be no more suffering. That is called jivan mukta. Jivan mukta means although he is in this body, but he is not suffering the bodily miserable condition. It is a question of absorption of thought. I have read in some paper that Mr. Stalin, the communist leader, he had to undergo a surgical operation of operating on the belly. But doctor wanted

Sahyadri Ksetra is a vedic village community being developed by His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaj at Hebri near Udupi, Mangalore, India.

Nature is God's amazing gift to mankind. God Himself maintains it by generously supplying pristine waters, fresh air, tempered heat and illuminating light. We at Sahyadri Ksetra are convinced that people can become happy and safe only by living under the shelter of God, in harmony with His creation. If you feel inspired to assist us in this endeavor, pl

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sadly, many of us keep convincing ourselves, “Someday I’ll be happy.” We tell ourselves ‘I’ll behappy when I will be a president, when I will be doing so and so service, get a particular mobile phone’ etc. We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, then another, then another, on and on and on we go with our wish list.

Meanwhile, life keeps moving forward. The truth is, there’s no better time to 

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Different shifts were assigned for kirtana parties in Srila Prabhupada's room. Hari-sauri volunteered for one such shift and entered Srila Prabhupada's room upstairs on the back section of the roof. Hari-sauri noticed how Srila Prabhupada had grown extremely thin, even since he last saw him. He now appeared like a great ascetic. Srila Prabhupada asked how everything was in Australia, especially the book distribution. Hari-sauri gave his report, outlining some recent arrangements to

Srila Prabhupada's health was poor and Bombay in May was hot. The monsoons would soon come and make things worse. Prabhupada had occasionally talked of travelling to a place better for his health, but nothing definite had ensued. One gentleman suggested Hrsikesa, on the banks of the fast-flowing Ganges river, and Prabhupada took the advice seriously. Within a week, he and his party were situated in the heavenly, idyllic setting. But not for long.

After one week, a vio