Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A lecture delivered at  the 1974 Ratha-yatra festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Ladies and gentlemen, devotees and all the sannyasis present, I thank you very much for kindly joining this Ratha-yatra festival. This festival has been going on in India for more than 2,000 years in the city of Jagannatha Puri. The name Jagannatha comes from two words -- jagat

[Lord Krishna to Arjuna]: Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa]...

Of all the sacrifices, the chanting of

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

is the purest representation of Krishna. Sometimes animal sacrifices are recommended, but in the sacrifice of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, there is no question of violence. It is the simplest and the purest.

(Bhagavad-gita As It Is 10.25)

Other yajïas prescribed in the Vedic literatures ar

Srimad Bhagavatam in one hand, Duster in the Other

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

H.G Sajjana Priya Prabhuji, in yesterday's granthraj posting, brought up this very nice point of the service attitude of King Prataprudra in Caitanya Lila. He had mentioned me in the posting, but sincerely speaking, I am unworthy of such description, as my actions are self-motivated and impure. But I do know that our revered

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Friendship in this world can be very genuine, very meaningful and also very superficial!

Superficial friendship is `you scratch my back and I'll scratch your back'. Superficial friendship is very selfish. Real friendship in this world is no selfish. Its' selfless. Superficial friendship in this world is meant only in times of prosperity. Real friendship is checked in times of adversity…A true friend his one who will divi

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Suppose you increase the span of life to many, many years. What is the use if the life is not properly utilized?  The trees are also living for many years. There are many living entities that are living many, many years more than you. So what is excellence on your part? "There are many animals that have got the facility of eating and sexual intercourse." How do we excel them? The modern civilization thinks they are adva

If one places himself in sunlight, there is no questin of darkness.  But if one places himself in artificial light, it may flicker and go out.  Krsna is just like sunlight.  Where He is present, there is no question of darkness and ignorance.  The wise men, the mahatmas, understand this.

aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam
budha bhava-samanvitah

"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds.  Everything emanates from Me.  The wise who know this perfectly eng

One day, a bee came and landed on sri radhika's malati flower garland...sri vrinda devi noticed it and then said to her very life sri radha rani............

o radhika..just see  what your lover the son of nand gopa is trying to do...as he himself has gone away for herding his cows, he has now sent his representative with the same name(madhusudana), same color complexion(blackish), and same clothes(yellow stripes) to you.....but alas! when will he understand that this form of shadbhuji vishnu(wit

Brochure on Damodara Program

Hare Krishna

Dear Devotee,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As you know, the auspicious month of Karttika is coming up soon, so the ministry has made a brochure to promote the "Damodara program".

Below you will find a link which will enable you to start the program and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

http://en.calameo.com/read/0012509209d5b95e99946

Start preparations for the Damodara month as soon as possible!!!

So the superior energy is dressed in two ways, as male and female. Because without male and female, there is no enjoyment. Therefore they have been dressed falsely by the material nature as enjoyer. Here, either a woman or a man, everyone is trying to enjoy. Nobody is trying to become enjoyed. Everyone is trying to enjoy. But he cannot. He or she... Everyone is she, but someone, some of them, are dressed like he. Because everyone is prakrti. But this mentality, that "I shall enjoy," that is fals

Be a SAGE

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

It was a very spiritually uplifting experience to participate in the Dwaraka Ratha yatra on 26.01.05 and the Rajkot Rath yathra on 28.01.05. The causeless mercy of their Lordships Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarakadish and Sri Sri Radha-Neelmadhav, the blessings of H.H. Mahavisnu Goswami Maharaja and the untiring, sincere loving efforts of the devotees made the yatras really s

Shaligram is god Vishnu himself. Saligrama or Sila(शिला) is worshipped by vaisnava and mostly in every hindu devotee home and  Temple. To please God vishnu any Shaligram or Specially Different form of Saligram is worshipped Ritually. Those who donot Find Saligram Form and Name or Saligram with chakra or without chakra(marks or design) ,One should think he is krishna himself. Saligram Mantra and Puja is done in various ways,small and ritual puja in most of the house and temple every day.

Shaligram

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The first condition is that anyone who comes to Krishna consciousness as a bona fide initiated member, he gives up all these abominable habits: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. They have given up even smoking cigarettes and drinking tea and coffee. After being qualified, they are accepted as vaisnavas and properly initiated. So they cannot

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Today before you think of saying an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Today before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Today before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Today before whining about th

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

When someone criticizes you, instead of attacking the other person(s) for their words and building a hostile atmosphere try to calm it down. Try to remain level-headed, open and figure out how this can help you. Even when someone blurts out something not too constructive like “Your work/blog/product stinks!” you might want to ask a few open-ended questions like:

- Why does it stink?
- How can I improve it?
- How can we sol

One who is situated in the consciousness that everything belongs to Krsna is an actual learned man.

isavasyam idam sarvam

yat kinca jagatyam jagat

tena tyaktena bhunjitha

ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam

"Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lrd. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong." (Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 1)

Bhaktivedanta College - Summer 2012

1) NEW DEGREE APPROVED - FEW MORE SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
A panel from the University of Chester, England, validated the new Educational degree course by Bhaktivedanta College. It means that Bhaktivedanta College now has the green light to launch its three-year course. The program’s first year will run from September 17th, 2012 until June 2nd, 2013, while the entire three-year run will end sometime in June 2015. Eleven students have already registered for the deg

Sri Hanumanji’s temple at Akbar’s Fort

Fort was been attacked by 10,000 Vannars who were from the time of Valmiki Ramyan (9,00,000 years back) True Incident with historical & place proofs.

Akbar invited Sri Tulsidasji at Delhi, he respected Tulsidasji & made him sit on a chair higher than his, with soft voice Akbar said We heard you made a dead alive at Kashi & on the way towards Delhi you transformed one Princess to a Prince. Proves you are a great Magician & so please show some of your magic tri

Excellent Answer by HDG Sripad Namanandi Kirtanchandra Aindra dasa Babaji Maharaj

Devotee: Aindra prabhu Haribol, how are you?

Aindra Prabhu: How am I? Well, I guess at least if we look at it philosophically, I'm Satcitananda. Not only that but my body is not the soul. But this body has been in Vrindavan for 25 years, and every 7 years every cell in the body changes. So that means my body is made out of Vrindavan prasad 3 times over. so is Vrindavan prasad material of spiritual?

Devotee: Spiritual!