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A Maha-Bhagavata

How to Develop Faith in Guru

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

My Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir Temple in Brooklyn NY

I work as a caregiver for devotee parents in Stratford, Connecticut, but I also like to go out and distribute books as much as I can. So this morning as I was on my japa walk when I met a gentleman whom I see every morning. He walks his dog by the beach. So I approached him and showed him a Gita. His reaction?

"Oh my God! A few days ago I was thinking, 'I have a copy of this book somewhere in my home,' but I couldn't find it!"

It was a nice surprise to hear that.

He continued, "This is just

Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada told us that the chanting means to address the Lord.
We talk to Him by calling His name.

But we may wonder, How does the Lord feel about those who chant? Does
He notice them?

Yes. Krsna notices chanters even if they don't notice Him - and He
thinks of them. As Srila Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakura said, "When someone chants the Lord's name, the Lord's mind dwells on him. Krishna thinks, 'This person belongs

Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Because of lack of transcendental knowledge, one is thinking, “Oh because of Krishna Consciousness, I will give up some happiness, like going to the movies at night.” Some kind of attachment is there.

There is a story about Sanatana Goswami’s servant. He asked Sanatana Goswami, “There is a party going on in the forest…there is a big festival. Could I go and participate?”

Sanatana Goswami said, “Festival?…in the middle of

Bhagavan. Bhagavan means the proprietor of all wealth, aisvarya, samagrasya. Not any limited amount, but samagra, everything. Krsna says that. Bhoktaram yajna..., sarva-loka-mahesvaram: "I am the proprietor of all the planets." Krsna says that. So you check Him, that "How He is the proprietor of all the planets?" Therefore He showed Visvarupa, the universal form, how everything is within Him.

So everything is Krsna's unlimited. So therefore all-unlimited means Krsna, all-attractive. That is the

Answers from

A Maha Bhagavata

Be Remembered by Lord Krishna

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

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

In continuation to the series “Perfect Answers”, this is a humble attempt at reproducing from a question and answer session during a lecture delivered by HDG Srila Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj in S

Marriage Ceremony

The marriage ceremony was yet another fire sacrifice. Many guests and visitors filled the temple room, including Yamuna’s Aunt Edna from Klamath Falls, Oregon. Janaki, Yamuna’s sister, had been running around making preparations and had brought margarine instead of butter to make the ghee used in the ceremony. To make things even more precarious, wood from fruit cartons was used instead of forest twigs and branches, so that during the ceremony the fire continuously sputtered, e

Question:
If Jesus Christ was a jagad-guru and his instructions are capable of bringing us deliverance, why do we need a spiritual master?

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada:
We accept both the universal spiritual master and the initiating spiritual master. By accepting only the jagad-guru, we may face many anarthas. If at present we want to follow Christ’s orders by accepting him as jagad-guru and we think we do not require an initiating spiritual master, we will certainly face doubt

Hare Krishna!!

Dear Suda Sing, Jessica and Sisza
Please accept our greetings and best wishes.

ISKCON KZN is holding a Maha Harinam today, Saturday, 02 March 2012 at 10:00 am, starting at the Durban City Hall through the streets of Durban.

The ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Harinam Party extends an invitation to your esteemed media to kindly cover this historic event.

Leading the Bhaktivedanta Harinam Party is Sri Natai Gaura Hari on Their magnificent and majestic Palanquin to celebrate Sri Krishna C

Answers from

A Maha-Bhagavata

How to Really Cure Disease ?

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

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

Recently I was going through the diary which contained my conversations with our beloved Gurudev, HDG Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj. I seek the permission of the devotees to allow me to share an excerpt

From Sivaram Swami, ISKCON Hungary GBC.
Dear Devotees

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

According to a local astrologer, by the Gregorian calendar Lord Caitanya was born on this day, February 27th, in 1486, 7 minutes after the Hungarian parliament passed the church, a law that retained the church status for ISKCON in Hungary. We are now one of only 32 recognized churches in the country--down from over 300. Legally, we have the same rights and standing as t

My Dear Friends in Krishna consciousness,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Here's an inspiring story about how Krishna consciousness can change things in this world.

There was a nuclear sub stationed off the coast of America during the sixties. They were just waiting for the command to launch the missles to get WW III going. One day they got a notice instead to come home. The war was cancelled.

The commander of that sub later read Srila Prabhupada's biog

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A Maha-Bhagavata

How to Handle Criticism ?

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

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

Recently I was going through the diary which contained my conversations with our beloved Gurudev, HDG Mahavishnu Gosvami Maharaj. I seek the permission of the devotees to allow me to share the contents

One should try hard to constantly chant the holy names of Krishna clearly and lovingly rather than trying to increase the number of rounds.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur

in ‘Harinama Cintamani’ as quoted in ‘Page No.109 of ‘Sri Bhaktivinoda Vani Vaibhava’.

 When faults in others misguide and delude you,  have patience, introspect, find faults in yourself. Know that others cannot harm you unless you harm yourself.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, discourse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1935.

So actually, Krsna has no birth. Krsna doesn't require. He can appear in any family. He... Just like Krsna appeared, matsya-avatara, in the family of fish. Kesava dhrta-mina-sarira, jaya jagadisa hare. Krsna took birth as a pig. Kesava dhrta-varaha-sarira, jaya jagadisa hare. Krsna is free. He can appear anywhere, everywhere. That is... Just like isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese arjuna tisthati [Bg. 18.61]. He's situated in everyone's heart. So He is with everyone's... Every living being has got

Just Hear about Krishna

(Part -2)

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

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

This is the concluding part of the transcription of a lecture delivered by HDG Srila Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj in September 2008 at Singapore on the verse 3.29.11-12.

mad-guna-shruti-maatrenaa / mayi sarva-guhaashaye
mano-gatir avicchinnaa / yathaa gangaambhaso 'mbud

Hare krsna

 Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There are so many scientists. They are discovering vitamin value from foodstuff. Now, what is the vitamin value in the dry grass? If there is no vitamin value in dry grass, how the cow is producing so much milk that is full of vitamins A and D? Nowadays the physician prescribes some artificial vitamins for maintaining your body. It is God's wish. Is there any brain of the human being who can produce fruits, grains, mil