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Question: How to Inculcate Love of God in my Child?

I would like to inculcate God lovingness in my daughter who is 2 1/2 years old. In my childhood I had respect for God, but I was a God fearing person. It was told to me that if I misbehaved, God would be annoyed with me and so on. But I want my daughter to love God, and feel satisfied that God is our real savior and supreme well-wisher. We do take her to satsangas (spiritual gatherings) and narrate Krishna's pastimes to her, but still someti

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Because Krsna consciousness means to understand Krsna. That's all. Krsna is everything. Krsna is the origin of everything. If this much we can understand, that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is the cause of all causes, He is the source of everything, these three, four things if we can understand, if we can understand... If we can understand one thing, we understand everything.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Nothing Belongs to Us - 2/6

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

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Look at the word responsibility -- "response-ability" -- the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

Reactive people are

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Rather than trying to avoid criticism, expert performers welcome it. They seek out coaches and advisors who can give them constructive, sometimes even painful feedback. They then use this feedback as a guide for steady improvement.

Here are some steps you can take to handle criticism effectively:

1. Acknowledge Your Error - Acknowledging a mistake is not the same as acknowledging that you are an inferior person/a failure.

Benefits on doing Bhakti Vrksa in your area

1. Enables systematic training of new devotees with a set curriculum for 64 weeks.

2. Trains devotees to level where they are committed to serving Srila Prabhupada’s Iskcon, and understand the qualities of a guru and a disciple within a year.

3. Based on Devotee Care Principles - Spiritual, Emotional, Social, and Physical.

4. Trains devotees to lead their own groups within 64 weeks and also keep advancing through continued guidance and support fro

संस्कृत बनेगी नासा की भाषा

Updated on: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:13 AM (IST) आगरा [आदर्श नंदन गुप्त]। देवभाषा संस्कृत की गूंज कुछ साल बाद अंतरिक्ष में सुनाई दे सकती है। इसके वैज्ञानिक पहलू का मुरीद हुआ अमेरिका नासा की भाषा बनाने की कसरत में जुटा है। इस प्रोजेक्ट पर भारतीय संस्कृत विद्वानों के इन्कार के बाद अमेरिका अपनी नई पीढ़ी को इस

Nothing Belongs to Us - 1/6

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

   Recently a friend asked a simple yet profound question.   Why do I worship Krsna?  And , how is He any different than any other God ?  It gave me food for thought and made me think how I could articulate my reasoning.  To be honest usually I just tell people its not something you can explain with words.  It's more an experience one must have for themselves...  Perhaps it was a copout but, that's usually how I handle this situation.

   Being from the west it is sometimes difficult for our famil

So to become Krsna conscious, even if you fail in this life, in one life, there is no loss. There is no loss in this way that you get another chance. But if you are not Krsna conscious, there is no certainty whether you are getting next life human form of life or cat's or dog's. There is no... That will be decided according to your karma. Therefore we should take to Krsna consciousness seriously and try our best to complete it in this life. Not waiting for another life. Although there is chance.

The Scientific Worldview-Truth or Consequences?
By Dhanesvara Das
Finding the Truths with Science


In a relative world, such as the one we live in, how does one find truth? That quest is undertaken by many young adults as they try to make sense of the world, and I was one such seeker in my youth. My experiences in college played an important role in guiding my search, providing a proving ground on which to test different concepts as I came across them. The Arts almost immediately failed my lit

 By Madhava Smullen
Mar 2012


Several hundred devotees are expected to attend the Vyasa-Puja, or birthday celebrations, of the late influential ISKCON guru Tamal Krishna Goswami, held this June 23rd and 24th at the Dallas ISKCON temple that served as his base.

While the annual Vyasa-puja for the beloved ISKCON figure is always well-attended, this year will draw an even larger crowd from across the USA and overseas. The special attraction is the book launch of Goswami’s PhD thesis, A Living Th

Nectar on

Chaturshloki Bhagavatam - 4/4

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

Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita: yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Krsna says that "A little flower, little water, little fruit, that's all, if somebody offers Me with devotion and love, then I eat." Krsna is not hungry. Krsna is not hungry. He is self-satisfied, purna. But if His devotee offers Him something with love and affection, then He accepts. So do not think that "We have made such nice, sumptuous plate for Krsna. Krsna must eat." No. There

So here, everywhere, simply danger. But if we take shelter of the Vaikuntha, Krsna... Samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam. It is just like the boat for crossing over a furious, dangerous ocean. Krsna's lotus feet is compared with very sound, secure boat. And boarding it, you can cross over the ocean of nescience. Bhavambudhir vatsa-padam. Bhavambudhih. Ambudhi means sea, and bhava means repetition of birth and death, birth and death. Just like in the ocean you are struggling. Sometimes you are drow

Nectar on

Chaturshloki Bhagavatam - 3/4

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,

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

This mail is in continuation of the series - "Gurudev Nectar on Chaturshloki Bhagavatam" based on transcription of class given by our beloved spiritual master HDG Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj in Mal

Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

When one goes to prison he has to put aside his usual dress and take the prison dress. Similarly, anyone who comes into this material world has to take a material body. This is the law. Unless you have this material body, how can you feel pleasure in material sense enjoyment? It is just like performing on stage: if you are going to play a certain part, you have to dress accordingly. Therefore, this material body is com