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O'er the neue Jahr weekend maid, me and mom landed in Vrindavan. I'd been wanting to go there a while, and it was strange that in all these years in Delhi, I never had. The first sight, isn't pretty. There are animals all around like the cows and pigs you see in India, blocking traffic, jumping from one open drain to another, feeding on food from open garbage dumps- which are visible in every galli and kucha. And that's not pretty, you could call me snobbish, but seriously.

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hough the issue of freedom has long since revolved around government’s restriction of it, the real yearning for liberty comes from within the spirit soul, who cannot even act out its natural propensity when residing within a large body and having a giant field to run on. Only through the proper outlets is the natural love found within the heart allowed to be set free, to run in every which direction without exhaustion. For a soul constantly in touch with the divine consciousness, a liberated ind

Prabhupada: ...He was traveling in South India. He saw one brahmana reading Bhagavad-gita. And persons who knew him, that "That man was illiterate," it was not possible for him to read Bhagavad-gita... But still, he was trying to read it, and crying also. So while others were criticizing, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to him, "Brahmana, what you are reading?" So he could understand that "This person, He's not come here to criticize me. He's serious." So he talked seriously, "Sir, I am reading Bhagav

Bhakti Caru Swami learns Sanskrit

Once I [Bhakti Caru Swami] expressed a desire to learn Sanskrit to Srila Prabhupada. But Srila Prabhupada discouraged me asking, "Why you want to learn Sanskrit?" I gave him various reasons but Srila Prabhupada said, "No, there is no need to learn Sanskrit." But then he finally said, "You read my books and you will learn Sanskrit." But then he elaborated, "What is the point in learning Sanskrit? There are so many Sanskrit scholars but what are they doing? They ar

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:41 PM PDT

“Do you think you’ll have peace just because there’s no war?” Prabhupada asked at one lecture. “How can you ever have peace as long as there’s birth, old age, disease, and death?” From “Vrindaban Days” by Hayagriva Prabhu

Poverty means poverty of knowledge

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Poverty means poverty of knowledge. Prime minister Canakya Pandit used to live in a thatched house or cottage but he was the dictator of India in the days of Emperor Candra Gupta. Mahatma Gandhi your political Guru voluntarily accepted the ways of the so called poor Indians and still he was the dictator of India’s destiny. But was he actually poverty sticken on account of his plain living with the primitive charkha? He was always

The Kali begins with this animal killing. That is Kali-yuga. Meat-eating. Therefore, to avoid the influence of Kali we have to give up this habit. The four things are Kali's disciple, friends. We have already discussed this. So one friend is this meat-eating problem, the butchers, Kali's friends. And the liquor distiller, he's also Kali's friend. And the gamblers or the gambling house maintainer. And prostitute house maintainer. These are friends of Kali. Now you will find all over the world the

Bhanu Swami was born in Canada and holds a BA in Oriental fine arts history from the University of British Colombia. He joined the Hare Krishna movement in India in 1970. Initiated in 1971 by Srila Prabhupada, he took sannyasa vows in 1984. Bhanu Swami was personally instructed in the art of Deity worship by Srila Prabhupada, and within ISKCON he has become an authority on the topic.

Bhanu Swami has been a GBC member since 2003. His zonal assignments cover South India, and he is co-GBC for Japan.

Srila prabhupada tells story of Origin of onion and garlic

From Transcendental Diary by Hari-sauri Prabhu

December 22 1976 - Poona

The Malhotras are the owners of Weikfield Products food company, which was established twenty years ago. They have a very large modern house, Malhotra Bhavan, situated on several acres of well kept land at 116 Koregaon Park, which, unusual for India, even has a moderately sized swimming pool. At the house Srila Prabhupada was introduced to the wives of all three brother

Cool Your Anger


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



Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva!

Our dear Maharaj, HDG Srila Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, used to say that
anger is just one letter short of danger. So anger is a just one step before danger.Therefore one should control his anger. In the 4th canto 11th

So everyone in this material world, he does not know what is the aim of life. Unnecessarily he is making plan, this plan, that plan, this plan, that plan. And all plan is being frustrated by the laws of nature. Daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14]. Every plan will fail. And those who are plan-making persons, they are all rascals. They do not know that what kind of plan should be made. The plan should be made that everyone should be God conscious. Then every plan will be successfu

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There was a king who was a great devotee of Mother Goddess.
Once, a big army attacked his kingdom. Out of fear, he prayed to the Mother Goddess.
Goddess Parashakti appeared before him and blessed him with a sword.
The king, instead of using that powerful sword, said 'O, Mother, I cannot fight'.
Parashakti said, 'I will bless you with physical energy, go and fight'. The king still refused.
This went on until the Goddess finall

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A disciple after learning and being with his Guru for few years was allowed to carry on doing the sadhana or spiritual practises on his own.
The next day he came and asked his guru - "Oh, my revered master, what are you doing, closing your
eyes?"
His Guru replied - ''I am thinking about you and your progress. I am pondering as to how you will succeed in your endeavor"
The disciple said - "why do you bother about me? Give it

Anger is Danger


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

In Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, verse 4 while explaining about the nature of demoniac people Lord Krishna says



dambho darpo 'bhimaanash ca / krodhah paarushyam eva ca
ajnaanam caabhijaatasya / paartha sampadam aasurim



"Pride, arrogance, conceit,
anger, harshness and ignorance — t

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In the beginning, there was only one Purana. The sage Vedavyasa divided this original Purana into eighteen mahapuranas. The mahapuranas have four lakh shlokas all together and their names are as follows.

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There are different methods of donating alms.

One of the most sacred is known as tulapurusha. In this, a pair of scales is used. The person who is donating the alms ascends on one side of the scales and gold is placed on the other side until the scales are exactly balanced. This is the amount of gold that has to be donated if punya is to be acquired.

A second sort of donation is known as hiranyagarbha. In this , a pot full

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The greatest punya is acquired from donating wealth to brahmanas. Or from providing them with employment.

Another performer of good deeds is one who gets a pond digged.

Punya is also acquired by building temples dedicated to Vishnu. The best temple is one that is made of gold. Progressively lower down the ranking are the ones that are made of copper, crystal, stone, bricks and wood.

He who maintains a pond, a temple or a vi