Sri Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir

By the time Srila Prabhupada's dark limousine pulled up outside the temple, the men were chanting on the grass verge. Ladies lined the narrow walkway from the front gate to "Prabhupada House", their hands filled with flowers and rose petals, hastily distributed from a basket. As Prabhupada slowly walked up the path, his silver-handled cane tucked under one arm, he cupped his hands and humbly accepted the flowers. Prabhupada crossed the courtyard, slipped off his br

At 7.30pm, Srila Prabhupada came down to the temple to give class. He sat on a large, colourfully embroidered sky-blue cushion placed between two large matching bolsters. Prabhupada asked the devotees which part of the Gita they would like him to speak on. Guru Krpa Swami suggested the ninth chapter. Turning to verse one, Srila Prabhupada commented that this chapter contained the most confidential knowledge of Bhagavad-gita. In his long and thoughtful class, Prabhupada drew a distin

When Prabhupada entered the temple room at 2.30pm, he smiled approvingly at the beauty of the Deities. He also noticed that since his last visit the marble and onyx floor had been polished to a mirror finish. Elegant gold leafing now adorned the Deity room gates and the wall separating the Deity room from the temple was now elaborately hand painted with various auspicious symbols, such as the conch, club, disc and lotus flower. Prabhupada noted that the time was lat

Brainwash movement?

A notable feature of the 1976 Ratha-yatra parade was the presence of angry demonstrators. This type of animosity, of course, was not a new thing; angry Christians had tried to disrupt the Melbourne Ratha parade in 1974. Yet the latest opposition was far more organised and vehement. This time angry Christians were joined by a band of disgruntled parents. This particular group, calling themselves The Anti-Krishna Movement, followed the procession carrying banners announcing that

Srila Prabhupada's young disciple Hari-sauri had left Melbourne some months after Srila Prabhupada's May 1975 visit in search of a change of service. While in India, Hari-sauri was greatly fortunate to become Prabhupada's personal servant. His tenure began in late November 1975, and after five weeks of travelling with His Divine Grace, the party arrived in Bombay on the second-last day of December. Upon arrival in his room at Hare Krsna Land, Srila

Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

On eve of disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, we are happy to announce the release of a new website that will inspire you to do what was very pleasing to Srila Prabhupada – book distribution.

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Some devotees in Sydney, Madhudvisa explained, had been propagating the theory that since no one falls from Vaikuntha, the conditioned souls must have fallen from the Brahman effulgence.

When I arrived here in Sydney, I was asked the same question that Subal Maharaja asked you, and I proceeded to answer in your like fashion. This caused some disturbance amongst all the devotees, for previously Mohanananda, Upendra and others were teaching something else. That is, we never had an active relationsh

My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities,who is pure,expert,without cares ,

free from all pains,and not striving for some results is very dear to Me .

Srila Bhakti Charu Swami came to India

Two workers were approached by a reporter. The reporter asked the first worker, “What are you doing?” His response was to complain that he was virtually a slave, an underpaid bricklayer who spent his days wasting his time, placing bricks on top of one another.

The reporter asked the second worker the same question. His response, however, was quite different. “I’m the luckiest person in the world,” he said. “I get to be a part of important and beautiful pieces of architecture. I help turn simple p

You can work long and hard, be creative, clever, talented, and insightful – but if you fail to understand the importance of your own thoughts in the process of creation, it will all be for naught.

One very important factor of success, abundance, and the creation of prosperity comes from within yourself – your thoughts. A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances

You can acknowledge others in many ways. When someone calls you, acknowledge the call. When they send you something, remember to say thank you. When someone does a good job, say so. When they apologize, acknowledge that too. 

It’s especially important to acknowledge acts of kindness – doing so reinforces the act and encourages more of the same. We all benefit. 

Almost everyone loves to be acknowledged. We love to have our phone calls returned, to be told we are doing a great job, to be thanked for

One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It’s not and it won’t. When we make this mistake we tend to spend a lot of time complaining about what’s wrong with life. We commiserate with others, discussing the injustices of life. “It’s not fair,” we complain, not realizing that, perhaps, it was never intended to be.

One of the nice things about surrendering to the fact that life isn’t fair is

Prabhupada: Not martial. There is another word. Martial law is also one of the emergency law. So anyway, the nature's arrangement is like that. Just like children, they're allowed to play, but under certain condition. So we all, we are all children of God, Krsna. So we have come hear to enjoy, to lord it over the material nature. That is the tendency. So Krsna has given us the facility. Just like in the beach, there are many young men who are playing in the sea with surf, but still, the governme

Each person views the world differently

When someone acts in a way that seems strange to you, rather than reacting in your usual way, such as, “I can’t believe they would do that,” instead say something to yourself like “I see, that must be the way she sees things in her world. Very interesting.”

When you are genuinely curious about the way someone reacts or the way they feel about something, it’s unlikely that you will be annoyed. 

When you are interested in other perspectives, it doesn’t imply, e

'The Southernmost Part of this Globe', Part I -- Melbourne, 1976

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted that 'prthivite ache yata nagaradi grama'. He wanted that everywhere, in every nook and corner of this world -- every city, every town, every village, there should be the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Chanting should be preached. So by His grace it is going on. Now, in the remotest part of the world, even in Australia, the southernmost part of this globe, t