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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

You can be annoyed by problems in life; think about how unfair and awful they are, complaining about them with others. You can remind yourself, over and over again, how difficult life is and how this problem is yet another justification for why you “have a right” to be upset! You can tighten up. Unfortunately, this is the way many people approach their problems.

When you think of your problems as speed bumps on a road, h

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The people we remember to thank, in person, with a thoughtful note or gesture, or a phone call, are infinitely more likely to help us again than those we take for granted or neglect to thank. It’s so obvious, yet so few people really understand how this works.

People love to be acknowledged, admired, and thanked. People love to be thanked, not out of any selfish need but simply because it feels good to be acknowledged.

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

People panic about practically everything—missed deadlines, orders not received, comments by others, fear of mistakes, negative trends. You name it and someone has panicked about it. Yet I’ve never seen even a single instance where the panic actually helped to solve the problem. Instead, panic is neutral at best and greatly interferes at worst. Panic tends to bring out the worst in everyone. It makes others (and you) fe

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

King Kamsa not only occupied the kingdoms of the Yadu, Bhoja, and Andhaka dynasties and the kingdom of Surasena, but he also made alliances with all the other demoniac kings, as follows: the demon Pralamba, demon Baka, demon Canura, demon Trnavarta, demon Aghasura, demon Mustika, demon Arista, demon Dvivida, demon Putana, demon Kesi and demon Dhenuka. At that time, Jarasandha was the king of Magadha province (known at present as Bihar state). Thus by his diplomatic policy, Kamsa consolidated the

he Legend
Young Krishna is known to be very playful and mischievous. The story goes that as a child, Krishna was extremely jealous of Radha's fair complexion since he himself was very dark.

One day, Krishna complained to his mother Yashoda about the injustice of nature which made Radha so fair and he so dark. To pacify the crying young Krishna, the doting mother asked him to go and colour Radha's face in whichever colour he wanted.
In a mischievous mood, naughty Krishna heeded the advice of

Radha Rani Radhe Radhe Kahat hee, sab Biyadha mitjay koti janm kee aapada, shri Radhe kahe se kat jay Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lordi Krishna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord . She is the chief associate and devotee of Lord Krishna, and topmost of all goddesses Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Goddess. She is

New Conference

In recent years, there has been a growing interest by the Vaishnava Community in learning the science and art of Pastoral Care (aka: Spiritual Care, crisis ministry, palliative care, etc.), as a means of accompanying its members (both temple residents, congregational members, hospice care-givers, etc) with healing and hope.

I have spent the past 13 years pondering how to translate our Vaishnava lifestyle and religious experience into language and practice that makes sense in the wes

Invitation to Baroda's 31 annual Jagannath Rathayatra 21-6-12

Home Base: ISKCON Baroda

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

This is to cordially invite you all to the 31st annual Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Baroda (Gujarat), organized by ISKCON.

The following ISKCON India leaders have confirmed their participation in the Rathayatra:

Bhakti Vikas Swami, Mahaman Prabhu, Braja Hari Prabhu, Rasaraj Prabhu, Narahari Prabhu (Juhu), Sulochan Prabhu, Radha Ranjan Prabhu (Kanpur/

Maharaj tells a Funny Story

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

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Raghunandan Goswami

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The central point of allVaisnava philosophy is to accept the inconceivable potency of Lord Vishnu. What sometimes appears contradictory from a material viewpoint is understandable in connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He can perform contradictory activities by dint of His inconceivable potencies. Modern scientists are puzzled. They cannot ev

The Means of Conquest

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

The following is an excerpt from the lecture given by our Guru Maharaja H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami on 10.12.2006 at Sri Sri Radha-NeelMadhav Dham, Rajkot.

Maharaja began by advising us to always recite verse from Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.4. before reading Srimad Bhagavatam.

naaraayanam namaskrtya
naram caiva narottamam
devim sarasvatim vyaasam
tato jayam udiray

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A Sincere Soul

I saw a girl sitting on the grass and studying and was going to approach her, but for some reason I talked to some other people instead. Yet I felt that Krishna really wanted me to offer her a book. The people I talked to took books, which ended up being the last books I had in my bag. However, later that day when I had more books I saw her again, and she waved at me to come and talk to her. I proceeded to say hello and offer her some books and she joyfully introduced herself and t

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