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Dear Prabhu

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am engaged in writing a dissertation to conclude my MA in Study of Indian Religions which seeks to reflect upon and analyse the development, from 1969 to the present day, of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in the United Kingdom, ISKCON UK, popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement. This analysis will be conducted with specific reference to several ISKCON inspired ‘hit’ records, which regis

Microwave test

It has been known for some years that the problem with microwaved anything is not the radiation people used to worry about, it's how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not recognize it. Microwaves don't work different ways on different substances. Whatever you put into the microwave suffers the same destructive process. Microwaves agitate the molecules to move faster and faster. This movement causes friction which denatures the original make-up of the substance. It

Here is a wonderful story of a wonderful devotee name Suchi, she's one of my friend. I came to know her through facebook, she told how she was transformed to a devotee being an atheist. Its a very amazing story, worth reading.

She said,

          "I was born with a skin disease, and it was really bad. I couldnt eat a lot of things, and I looked horrible. haha, anyways i had a different childhood then others,

So wherever Krsna's pure devotees are there and when the pure devotees chant, Krsna is there. This is the secret. Tatra tisthami narada yatra gayanti mad-bhaktah. So we, if we keep ourself pure devotee, without any other desire, material desire, then you should know that Krsna is present there. And as soon as Krsna is present there, then, on account of His presence, all opulences are there. Krsna is Madhava. Madhava means the husband of the goddess of fortune, Radha-Madhava. So try to keep Krsna

Hari Smriti 2/3

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

Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and Gurudeva

This is in continuation of the previous mail, posting a few of the points from the wonderful class taken by H.G. Svayam Sphurathy Krishna prabhu, on the constant remembrance of Lord Hari. Herein the reasons for us not bei

Hari Smriti 3/3

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

Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!

This is in conclusion of the previous mails, posting a few of the points from the wonderful class by H.G. Svayam Sphurathy Krishna prabhu, on the constant remembrance of Lord Hari. When Hiranyakashipu asked his son Prahlada, from whom he

Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By sincerely practicing the joyful process of  Bhakti-yoga ( devotional service) , we align ourselves with the supreme God , Bhagavan Sri  Krishna. The more we take steps toward trusting Krishna to be our maintainer and guardian, the more we will see how everything that happens in our life is designed to transform our consciousness from material to spiritual. Krishna expertly arranges events in Devotees' lives to help

Dear Devotee friends

This Gaur purnima , Spiritualnectar email group wishes you an auspicious and
fully vibrant krishna conscious gaurabda year.

pls accept a small beautiful gift of Krishna.

Compiled beautifully Satsvarup Maharaj presents Srila Prabhupada's beautiful
description of each of Krishna's wonderful qualities.


haribol

Download Qualities of Sri Krishna (pdf)

Hari Smriti 1/3

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

Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!

For all of us who are aspiring to be devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the constant challenge is how to constantly remember the Lord in the midst of all the chaos, calamities, commitments and comforts of the material world. I

Sri Giti-guccha - Vaishnava Songs

Hare Krishna ,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to shrila Prabhupada.

We all know and have experienced that regular reading of Shrila Prabhupada's books are certainly one of the best ways to learn and grow in our sadhana . I have tried to keep a diary to note down the books i am reading with entries of my realizations on that reading, and It has helped me a lot to plan my reading, and refer to it later also. Let us share here what are we reading, our realizations on that reading and

Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.


Recently, I read a book "Salted Bread", which speaks about difficulties and struggles of Krishna's devotees in the early days of our movement in the former Soviet Union. "Salted Bread" is a great source of inspiration for all book distributors who are daily meeting different challenges. It is especially effective for preaching to our rascal, ever complaining mind, because we can understand tha

The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and several of his disciples took place in June 1974 in Paris.

Devotees: A man came to the temple a couple of days ago and argued that we really can’t say for sure that there’s life after death, so why worry about it? Better to build a more prosperous society. At least this we can understand, and it would be a meaningful accomplishment.

Sr

Fearlessness in

Material Existence

Part - 2

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev.

We are continuing on the topic of becoming fearless in material existence based on verse 4.29.51 from Srimad Bhagavatam.

sa vai priyatamas caatmaa / yato na bhayam anv api
iti veda sa vai vidvaan / yo vidvaan sa gurur harih

"One who is engaged in devotional service has not the lea

Srila Prabhupada [hearing the bells and music from a passing ice cream truck]: What is that?

Disciple: An ice cream truck, Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada: Oh, ice cream. [Laughter.] You are taking ice cream? Huh?

Disciple: No, Srila Prabhupada. Sometimes they make it with eggs or slaughterhouse by-products or who knows what. But anyway, the trucks go up and down the street.

Srila Prabhupada: Canvassing?

Disciple: Yes.

Srila Pr

Disciple: Srila Prabhupada, once you said, “The tractor—this is the cause of all the trouble. It took all the young men’s farm work. It forced them to go into the city and become entangled in sensuality.” You said people had to leave the country and the simple life of goodness and God consciousness. And so they went to the city and got caught up in the anxious life, the mode of passion.

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. In the city, peo

Lord Chaitanya is the Supreme Person, Krishna, appearing as His own worshiper. He is the combined form of Krishna and Krishna's most dear devotee, Srimati  Radharani . He came to experience the love She feels for Him, and to show by example how to fully surrender to Krishna.

He exhibited symptoms of love of God to the highest degree, and emphasized chanting the holy names of Krishna as the best means to attain love of God.

References:

• Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.13-14, purport—Lord Krishna Chaitanya is K

"It would certainly be a very laborious task to pick the fruits and distribute them alone, and still I suspect that some would receive them and others would not."

"Therefore I order every man within this universe to accept this Krsna consciousness movement and distribute it everywhere to everyone."

"I am the only gardener. If I do not distribute these fruits, what shall I do with them? How many fruits can I alone eat?"

"By the transendental desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wate

"It would certainly be a very laborious task to pick the fruits and distribute them alone, and still I suspect that some would receive them and others would not."

"Therefore I order every man within this universe to accept this Krsna consciousness movement and distribute it everywhere to everyone."

"I am the only gardener. If I do not distribute these fruits, what shall I do with them? How many fruits can I alone eat?"

"By the transendental desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wate

For 36 years, Abdul Rashid, a 58-year-old Muslim, has been making clothes adorned by the deities at the ISKCON temple; he is now designing pink outfits embellished with silver zari for the idols for Rang Panchami
 

In India, religion dominates people's lives to a great extent that at times, it dictates people's professions too. However, there are a few times when devotion is not constrained by religion. Abdul Rashid is such an example. The 58-year-old designer is the man behind the beautiful clo