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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Think about how often we all have conversations in the privacy of our own minds. It happens, practically nonstop, all day long, every day of our lives. We’re in the car thinking about something – a deadline, an argument, a potential conflict, a mistake, a worry, whatever. Or we’re at the office or in the shower, doing the very same thing – and it all seems so real.

When we are thinking, however, it’s easy to lose sight of

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Criticism is an extremely valuable element to success.  It is important to value the opinions of others and change your actions based on good feedback.  It is this feedback that helps us to achieve success. The first rule of accepting criticism is to understand the motivation behind the criticism. Understanding this motivation helps you decide how valid the criticism is, and whether to accept it or not.  Here are some o

N.E.T.W.O.R.K of Bhagavatam

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

The following is an excerpt from the lecture given by our loving Guru Maharaja H.H. Maha Vishnu Goswami on 12.12.2006 on Srimad Bhagavatam 11.7.1-3 at Sri Sri Radha-NeelMadhav Dham, Rajkot.

In the summary of this chapter Uddhava states that renouncing material things in a spirit of detachment is the source of the highest auspiciousness, but such re

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In a paper entitled Guru Nanak in Oriya Sources, author Raghubir Singh Tak describes an Oriyan palm leaf manuscript preserved in the Jagannath Temple Museum, which documents the point in history when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Guru Nanak were visiting the holy dhama at Puri Jagannath at the same time, along with other associates. Raghubir Singh Tak, formerly a Professor in the Department of Guru Nanak Studies, GNDU, d

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

We cannot accept anyone as an avatara unless he has the symptoms described in the scriptures. Nowadays it has become a fashion that any man can come and say that he is God or an incarnation of God, and some accept it: "Oh, he is God." We do not accept an avatara like that. We take evidence from the Vedas. An avatara must conform to descriptions in the Vedas. Then we accept him; otherwise no. For each avatara there is a

Sarva tyagi jivera kartavya kahan vasa

 Vraja'bhumi Vmdavana yahan -rasa.

He beckons to us; do we respond ????

"Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu asked, 'Where should the living entity live abandoning all other places?' Ramananda Raya replied, 'The holy place known as Vmdavana or  Vrajabhumi,where Lord Krishna performed His rasa dance' " (CC Madhva 8.254v.)."Materialists consider Vrindavana-dhama an unclean city because there are many monkeys  and dogs there, and along the bank of the Yamuna there is refu

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Historic celebrations in ISKCON Scotland

Dear Devotees,

Hare Krishna.

This year is very special in the history of the Hare Krishna movement in Scotland. Firstly, we are commemorating the 40th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's one and only visit to Scotland. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Karuna Bhavan project.

Moreover, for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON Scotland has been working over the last few years on a project called 'Krishna Eco Farm'. The farming area has been dev

The Goal of all Vedic Knowledge

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

We understand from Bhagavad gita that the aim of all the Vedas is to understand the Supreme Lord (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah). So studying scriptures is one of the imporant activities in devotional service and in any path of spiritual realization. However, when we make an academic study of the Vedas without focus on the Supreme Lord, then

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
       
My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.' I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on  voluminous paper sheet

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In the present age, a Bhakta can easily attain *Mukti* ( salvation) by just doing Nama-Japam. What Maharishis achieved by *Tapas* ( penance) in previous ages, can easily be attained now by very simple  *Nama-Japam*. All what we require is complete faith in Bhagavan Sri Krishna and a commitment to chant His Names constantly .

The power of *Nama-Japam* is infinite. Like fire, it burns all your sins. The Bhakta who performs

The Pancha Tattva

“There is no difference between the energy and the energetic in regard to the Lord’s appearance as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His four associates — Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadadhara, and Srivasa. Amongst these five diverse manifestations of the Supreme Lord (as the Lord Himself and His incarnation, expansion and energies) there is no spiritual difference. They are five in one Absolute Truth. For the sake of relishing transcendental flavors in the Absolute Truth, ther

         A ticket collector in a train found an old worn out wallet in a compartment full of many people. He looked inside to find the name of its owner. There was no clue. All that there was in it, was some money and a picture of  Bhagwan Sri Krishna. He held it up and asked,

'Who does this wallet belong to?'

An old man said, 'That's my wallet, please give it to me.' The ticket-collector said,

'You'll have to prove that it is yours. Only then I can hand it over to you.'

The old man smiled