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The Holy Cow:- The sacred Ness of the cow is a central and crucial element in Hindu belief. The cow is supposed to be the living symbol of Mother Earth. For the early migrants the cow was an indispensable member of the family. As agriculture was the occupation of the migrants, the cow provided them with milk and its byproducts and also necessities of life such as fuel, manure for the farm, etc. During this time the Aryans prayed to their numerous gods through ‘yagna’ (from ‘yaj’, to worship). Th

Bhakti means to be free from the attachment of this material world and to become attached to Krsna. Because you have to attach to something. You cannot become unattached. That is not possible. So, in order to become attached to Krsna or to enter into the devotional service of the Lord, one has to become detached from this material affection. That is wanted. Ordinarily, they go to Krsna for maintaining the attachment with this material world. Just like, "O God, give us our daily bread." That mean

Run to Krishna 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 offering on the topic, "Run to Krishna", transcribed based on our beloved Guru Maharaj's lecture delivered in Durban in December 1994. Maharaj explained the pastime of Parikshit Maharaj being attac

Hare Krsna Maharajas and Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here is a wonderful opportunity for you or some of your disciples and/or followers:

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Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once, there was a pristine green field that was alive and lush, amidst the extraordinary bloom of springtime. Next to it happened to sit another field. This one was full of weeds, dirt and rough edged stones. This field was a testament to mediocrity and an acute lack of care. 

Through the operation of nature's laws, the seeds of the weeds from the mediocre field were slowly blown over to the lush field. And so, day by d

Venue: Vrindavan, 2004

Some time I still saying that during Krishna’s time if there were photographers and video graphers then we could have watched the video of Krishna’s pastime video live as it is, we could have seen the photographs of those times. But there as then I was listening to Radhanath Maharaj speak, it was just like watching the video no need of these machine (devotees laugh).  Maharaj gets into  quite a few intricate details of the pastimes that he paints a beautiful and complete pi

Welcoming each other and one of them also saying I surrender “sarnagatam” please give me shelter or I take shelter of you  OH ! Krishna.

“varnyatam tata”

“saumy?gatah? kaccit, sv-?gatam? bhadram” ( S.B 10.39.4)

You are such a gentle  personality, we welcome you, how’s uncle Kamsa? Enquires are being made here but we would like to know, what’s anything we could do? Is there any definite purpose of your visit this time, we would like to know? And then

Sri Suka uvacha like Akrura uvacah ,Akrura is spea

   I grew up in an abusive home.  It took me many years and mistakes to be where I am today.  From the moment I heard the Mahamantra and saw the beautiful form of our dear Lord a sense of peace pervaded my whole being.  If not for Krsna in my life I honestly do not think I would be here now.  For the first time in my life I knew what true unconditional love is and knew I was not alone...

   I wrote this poem a couple of months ago.  It came to me after doing Japa.  It was as if I was seeing a vis

Krsna's arrangement is very complete. Purnam idam purnam adah purnat purnam udacyate [Isopanisad, Invocation]. Krsna has given us everything in complete. There is no question... Although we have come to this material world for undergoing some tribulation on account of our rebellious attitude towards Krsna... Krsna, we are meant for serving Krsna, but we have rebelled: "Why shall I serve Krsna? I shall serve my senses. I shall remain independent without Krsna." This is our folly. That is not poss

Run to Krishna 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 Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!

This is in continuation of the previous offering of our beloved Guru Maharaj’s lecture delivered in Durban in December 1994. Maharaj explained the pastime of Parikshit Maharaj being attacked by the fiery weapon released by Ashwatha

Hare Krsna Prabhus,

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

Some devotees wrote to me asking what happened with the lady who sent the letter complaining about her experience with a book distributor. I found out who had distributed books to her, and it turns out he's a very nice devotee whom I've known for many years. As with all of us, there is room for improvement in his service. He wrote a letter to her apologizing for what she found to be unacceptable for a per

I once stopped an old lady on the street in the center of Zagreb, Croatia, and offered her "A Second Chance." She immediately said, "I'm eighty-five years old, too old for that stuff," and then prepared to leave.

With a smile I pointed at her body and said, "Madam, this body of yours is eighty-five years old, but you are a soul, eternally young." The old lady smiled sweetly at this and went away, and I continued with sankirtan. But she soon returned and, with a smile on her face, said, "Nice

Introduction

durena hy avaram karma

buddhi-yogad dhananjaya

buddhau saranam anviccha

krpanah phala-hetavah

O Dhananjaya, keep all abominable activities far distant by devotional service, and in that consciousness surrender unto the Lord. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers.

The Right course of action

One who has actually come to understand one's constitutional position as an eternal servitor of the Lord gives up all engagements save working in Krsna consciousness. As already exp

Run to Krishna 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!

We are all spiritual aspirants who are leading a material life. Hence always the question comes in front us as to how to balance this equation. Our beloved Guru Maharaj very lovingly guides us regarding this, in his inimitable style,

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,