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Hell-bent to go to Hell

Sometimes people argue that hell does not exist and that there is no track of whatever sins we are doing.

But 3rd Canto 30th Chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam clearly explains the existence of hell, how far it is from earth, how the living entity travels after he leaves his body, what are the various types of punishments he undergoes there. Verses 25 through 27 in particular give us a sample glimpse of the various kind of punishment the living entity has to undergo if he leads a

Do Not Judge

Sometime ago we came across the following nice article which insists on the importance of not passing comments or judging people.

A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted. "Dad, look the trees are going behind!" Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old's childish behavior with pity. Suddenly he again exclaimed. "Dad, look the clouds are running with us!" The couple couldn't resist. They thought that he is mentally challenged person an

If you think of Krsna twenty-four hours, then you'll become fully Krsna conscious, and your life is successful. Don't allow anything. This requires little practice, abhyasa-yoga-yuktena cetasa nanya-gamina [Bg. 8.8]. I should not allow my mind to go, to think of any other subject than Krsna. Now we have got so many books. So whenever you find time... You must find time. There is so much time. So read all these books or chant. But when you are hungry, you take prasadam. When you are sleepy, nap.

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The installing of telex communications for our main temples is not required. Then they will gossip more through the telex. (Letter to Gurudasa, 5 February 1977.)

Never waste your time in any other talks. I think our students have already developed this attitude and they are not interested in idle talks. Ambarish Maharaja set a nice example by engaging his mind always o

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada

When out of aversion to the service of the Supreme Lord the living entities become conditioned, sense gratification then becomes their only goal of life. Conditioned souls are fully absorbed in gratifying their senses. The speech of conditioned souls is confined to material names, forms, qualities, and activities suitable to their sense gratification. Therefore, since the

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Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

Those who have come to the matha, to the guru's asrama, should not develop bodily consciousness. Don't talk about anything but Krishna. If you speak things like, "Oh, this is nutritious food, if you eat it then your health will be nice," that is prajalpa. Give up allprajalpa. Only speak krsna-katha. There should be no prajalpa in the matha. One should be very, very careful. Don't be

How does one understand Krsna's birth and activities in truth? This is explained in the Eighteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita:

bhaktya mamabhijanati
yavan yas casmi tattvatah
tato mam tattvato jnatva
visate tad-anantaram

"One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service.  And when is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." (Bg. 18.55)

The story we are about to hear begins with Arjuna, seated under a tree on the bank of the Yamuna, expressing a desire to his friend Krishna. He wants to know secrets even Shiva and Brahma do not know. How many gopis are there? What categories do they belong to? What are their names? Where do they live? What do they do? What is their age? How do they dress? And where does Krishna revel with them in seclusion? These are some of the things that Arjuna wants to know.

As usual, Krishna responds more t

Surrender means in any condition you'll remain surrendered. That is surrender. Not that I put my own condition, and if you satisfy me, then I shall... That is business. That is not surrender. Surrender means in any condition, fully surrendered to Krsna. Without hankering. What is hankering? Why shall I be hankering? I know, Krsna will give me all protection. So then why shall I hanker? Without hankering. Simple. No duplicity. Simple. The worldly men, they are duplicatous (?), speaking something,

The Srimad Bhagavatam speaks of a great king named Yadu. Once when he was travelling through a forest he saw an Avdhut, a person who apparently was a social outcaste. He was laying in the forest like a python. From a material and from a social consideration, he was a failure. But Yadu, being a religious man, could see the person was bright faced and happy, more happy than anyone he had ever met. So he asked, “How is it that despite the poverty, you are so happy? Who is your guru? Where did you l

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Brahma-vaivarta Purana

Canto four, chapter seventeen, texts 217-220

tasya namantaram vrnda tad idam ca tapo-vanam

tena vrndavanam nama pravadanti manisinah

Another name of Tulasi is Vrinda. For this reason, the wise say that Vrindavan is named after Tulasi because she performed austerities there.

athava te pravaksyami param hetv-antaram srnu

yena vrndavanam nama punya-ksetrasya bharate

Please listen and I will tell you stil

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Do not accept paper currency. It must be gold or some metal worth. Just like one dollar, it must be worth one dollar metal. Then the economic problems are solved. But the government wants to cheat, so how can these problems be solved? Because if I pay you one dollar, I must pay you value for one dollar. But the cheating process is going on, "I pay you one dollar, a pi

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

I am so pleased to hear from you that the book distribution has increased five times than before! Similarly, I have heard from Chicago and other places also that they are increasing five times than before. That is very encouraging to me. You are, I can understand, very enthusiastic to endeavor for big things on Krishna's behalf, and all of the new students there at our

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami

Krishna has many forms:

avatara hy asankhyeya hareh sattva-nidher dvijah

athavidasinah kulyah sarasah syuh sahasrasah

The incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water. [Bhag. 1.3.26]

In Brahma-samhita 5.46 it is said,

diparcir eva hi dasantaram abhyupetya

dipayate vivrta-hetu-samana-dharma

yas tadrg eva hi ca visnutaya vibhati

govindam adi-puru

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami

Garuda Meets Hanuman

In Dwarka, Krishna once sent for Garuda and told him, "Go and call Hanuman." So Garuda went to Hanuman and told him, "Lord Krishna is calling you to Dwarka." Hanuman was busy chanting rama-nama, "Rama, Rama, Rama, Rama." He didn't pay any attention to Garuda. Garuda repeated himself two or three times, "I have come from Dwarka. Lord Krishna has sent me. He is calling you.

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami

The Supreme Form

During his travels in South India, Mahaprabhu had some discussion with the tattva-vadisin Udupi. Although he didn't agree with the tattva-vadis,

Mahaprabhu accepted the Madhva sampradaya, which is known as the tattva-vadi sampradaya.

Why did he accept it?

sabe, eka guna dekhi tomara sampradaye

satya-vigraha kari' isvare karaha niscaye

— [Cc. madhya 9.277]

Mahaprabhu told them, "Yo

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami

The Conclusions of Mahaprabhu

aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam

ramya kacid-upasana vrajavadhu-vargena ya kalpita

srimad-bhagavatam pramanam-amalam prema pumartho mahan

sri caitanya mahaprabhur-matam-idam tatradaro nah parah

It is the conclusive opinion of Lord Chaitanya that the most worshipable form of the Lord is that of Sri Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. Vrindavan-dh

Should we suppress or express our emotions of sorrow when our fellow-devotees pass away in sudden tragedies?

By H.g.Gauranga Prabhu Chowpatty June 12, 2012

*Question*: When our fellow-devotees pass away in sudden tragedies, should we express or suppress our emotions of sorrow? Won’t expressing such emotions indicate that we have not understood that they are not their bodies and have actually not died? At the same time, won’t suppressing our emotions make us hard-hearted?

*Short Answer*: The path of