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Giriraja Swami's advice to us

A few evenings ago, our traveling sankirtan entourage was blessed with the audience of His Holiness Giriraja Swami. This association was just like nectar as our four-week trek came to a close.

First of all, I think I made spiritual advancement just by observing him and his movements. He gave us maha-prasad and then imparted transcendental knowledge into our hearts in the form of sankirtan instructions. The points I remembered are as follows:

1) Throughout the conversat

A devotee's departure

The news that Srila Prabhupada had decided to live spread quickly through the ISKCON world. Especially in Vrndavana, the devotees became more light-hearted and thankful. One afternoon, later in the month, Hari-sauri came into Prabhupada's room with good news. "I was in Delhi yesterday, Srila Prabhupada. I spoke to one of the temple presidents in Australia, and he gave me a very encouraging report. He said that all the Indian Gitas that we got just recently are almost complet

In this material life there is a fire always. Bhava-maha-davagni. Davagni means the forest fire, the fire in the forest. Nobody goes to set fire in the forest, nobody has got any business to do that. But still, there is fire. It takes place. Everyone knows. Automatically, by the collision of dry branches of bamboo and others there is electricity and dry leaves that set fire, in this way, a big fire. So similarly, in this material world nobody wants that there may be fire and we all burn. No, nob

HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja's visit to Southern California

We are very happy to inform you that Guru Maharaja will be coming to the Los Angeles/Orange County area in the next few weeks.

Here is the tentative itinerary:

A Change of Heart

It was a particularly challenging day for book distribution at North Carolina State University. Very few students seemed to have any care to even begin to consider the books I tried to show them. I prayed to Guru and Krishna for help, knowing that I am most likely at fault for being selfishly disposed.

As my resolve weakened, I walked toward a science building where I thought I might take a break to read a little bit. My legs ached and the cold wind taunted my miserable acceptanc

Krishna helps in amazing way

Laguna beach temple, USA - History 1980

In 1977, an article in the local paper announced that the city was going to fine ISKCON for having religious services in a commercially zoned building.

“One day, an Iranian gentleman dropped by,” Shuddhi recalls. “He said, ‘I read about your predicament and I have just the opposite problem! I bought a property for commercial purposes, but they told me it was zoned as a church. So what do you say I give you the church, and you give

Final Lila

Although Srila Prabhupada now had a permanent secretary -- Tamal Krsna Goswami -- he still wanted to have his GBC men regularly associating with him for a month at a time. Hari-sauri had arranged to be with Srila Prabhupada for the month of October. On the last day of September 1977, Hari-sauri arrived in Bombay.
 

Before he entered Prabhupada's room however, Tamal Krsna warned him. "Prabhupada's changed a lot since you last saw him because he's not eating any solids now." As Hari-sauri

Srimati Sita Devi

Srimati Sita Devi is the daughter of the Earth goddess, Bhumi Devi, and central figure of the Ramayana. InMaharishi Valmiki's own words, Ramayana is known as the noble story of Sita "Sita-ayah Charitam Mahat".

Her glories are sun by the poet-saint Thyagaraja in his "Sri Janakatayane"

Oh daughter of Janaka, the blessed souls of refugees! Oh Consort of Sri Raghu Rama, bedecked with shining gem-ornaments! Pray, protect me always! You are the wind that destroys the clouds of demon

Depend Only on Krishna

HH Bhakti Charu Swami

Krsna gives chance to everyone. If you want to forget Krsna, Krsna will give you such intelligence, you will talk so intelligently that "Krsna is not God. And if you want to know Krsna, then He will give you such intelligence, you will know that "Here is Supreme Personality of Godhead." This is Krsna's busin... If you want to forget Krsna, Krsna will give you chance to forget Him forever. And you suffer. Because forgetting Krsna, one is not benefited. By knowing Krsna is one benefited.

By H.D.G.

Disrespect Leads to Downfall

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Flow with Krishna

Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

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

Generally we feel that when a person is chanting the holy names of the Lord, studying Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, worshipping the deities of the Supreme Lord, hearing the scriptures, wearing the Vaishnava dress, observing the vaishnava festivals and ceremonies, then that person is Kr

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once during the Sankranti Festival, Draupadi happened to be in Lord Krishna's residence. Lord Krishna was enjoying and sharing with them fresh sugar cane of the season. While cutting a piece of cane, his little
finger got injured. Blood began to ooze out. 
The queens ran to their apartments and started frantically searching their wardrobes for a piece of
coarse cloth to bandage the wound. But Draupadi, who was seated at the

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A temple-goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go
to temple every weekend.
"I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 discourses. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the Swamiji are wasting theirs by giving discourses at all."
This started a real controversy in th

So by the grace of Krsna, you have first-class intelligence, those who have taken to Krsna consciousness. Now try to continueit. Don't give it up. Don't be foolish, mudha. Continue. Then you will be happy, and all problems of life will be solved.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

The following was taken from “Our Merciful Mother Ganga” (page 377):
Ganga-saptami or Jahnu-saptami appears in the month of Vaisakha (Vaisnava month of Madhusudana-April/May) on the 7th day of Sukla-paksa, or the waxing fortnight of the full moon. After the Ganga descended onto the Himalayas, the river entered the sacrificial arena of Jahnu Rsi and disturbed his mediation.

As stated in the Padma Purana (Patala-khanda 85.49):
“Formerly on the seventh day of the bright half of Vaisakha, Ganga was d

Don't Grow

Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

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

Our beloved spiritual master H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj has deep love and affection for the young children and he always encourages them. When children recite the verses from Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, Maharaj becomes extremely pleased. So many parents took to Krishna consciousness just bec