Who is Sri Advaita Acharya
Today is the most auspicious and sacred day. It is the day of the divine appearance anniversary of Srila Advaita acarya – one of the divine members of the Pancha Tatva. It is said in Caitanya-Caritamrita “panch tattvatmakma Krishnam bhaktarupsvarupkam bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam namami bhyaktasaktikam”. This means that Lord Sri Krishna appeared in this Kali Yuga, the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, in five features.
The appearance of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprab
Question: How to Know that Gita is Authoritative? |
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The Bhagavad-gita was spoken to Arjuna by Lord Krishna 5,000 years ago on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Srila Vyasadeva, the compiler of the Vedic wisdom, is an incarnation of God and thus has the divine power to perfectly kn |
On June 20th 2011, a large group of students, researchers, professionals and enterpreneurs gathered at Harvard University to meet and hear from a renowned scholar & spiritual leader -Radhanath Swami. Recently formed university wide Harvard India Student Group arranged a talk on "Ethics in Leadership and Management" for aspiring leaders and managers in Kennedy School auditorium.The speaker using scientific, historical, economic, business, political, philosophical, academic and spiritual perspecti
Syamasundara Das: How can the Vedic principle of receiving guests that you mentioned be practically applied in today’s day and age, because people will take undue advantage. . . .
Maharaja: Yes, the society has become so degraded in a way it may be difficult to practice, but in the ideal situation Prabhupada is saying that after the offering is made, the householder would go out on the street and
loudly announce that if anyone is hungry please come and be my guest. In a society like that there can
The Importance of Guru Puja
Observation
After the class we came down to take Prasad am. We waited by the lotus waterfall, as a few devotees got the Prasad am ready. After a while the Temple President comes and invites us for Prasad. But we were stopped by devotees saying that the line is too long.A long line for Prasadam!!!!!!!!. That’s nothing new. But where did all these people come from. During Guru-puja there were just few devotees in the temple room. Is prasadam more important that SrilaPrab
On Commitment
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unfores
Would you please explain me how can a karma kanda follower be Krishna conscious?
Do we have to be above the level of naiskama karma yoga to get full bhakti?
Can we get full bhakti or surrender at naisakama rather than karma kanda?
Dear Devotees, please read below information regarding when to eat fruits. Courtesy: Krsna Gyan.
We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit. What's the correct way to eat fruit?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER A MEAL! FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for w
CHANT FOR CHANGE --SESSION II
VENUE: ISKCON PANDARPUR, SESSION II: THE VISION, OBSTACLES AND PLANNING FOR THE HOLY NAME
FIVE POINT PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
This is like some project management. There is a five point program to organize a project, plan the project on local, regional, global level. It has five steps of planning. We had applied this to our Srila Prabhupada’s centennial 1996 project. Of course, we started planning in 1992 and the celebration was in 1996.
CHANTING PROJECT – FOR CHANGE:
So wha
Hare Krishna!
I would like to invite evryone to attend Vancouver's 38th Annual Jagannatha Ratha-Yatra.
Sunday August 14th
http://chariotfestivalofindia.com
Your aspiring Servant
Jaya Govinda Dasa
By Bharat Chandra das
The present civilization is clearly a “Slaughterhouse Civilization”! There is an act of murder in every fibre of it’s construction. Ever increasing greed for economic gains is the goal. We all know, this experiment has been disastrous. The rebelliousness on the values and culture of a sustainable past propagated by scientists and leaders combined has entered the blood of every citizen of the modern world. It has taken
