Imagine a tribal who drinks a stinking toxic liquid, goes crazy, shouts insensibly, topples into dirt, falls unconscious, returns to consciousness after several hours with severe headache and stomach upset and vomits helplessly in agony.

“How horrible,” we will exclaim, “What kind of people do such things? Why?” But isn’t that what an extra-terrestrial being will exclaim on seeing one of the most common – and most perverse – pleasures that we moderns delight in? Yes, we are talking about dri

If one is serious about liberation from the material bondage one has to understand the distinctions between the action, inaction and unauthorised actions as well.......hare krishna 

may we all be blessed by a kc day ahead

Simplicity……………….Nectarean Mellows

Once at New Dwarka Srila Prabhupada was in his nice quarters. There was even a little chandelier. It was not really opulent. It was just basically nice. And Prabhupada said to one of his followers “Do you remember my quarters at Radha Damodara”? And in those days it wasn’t like it is now, Radha Damodara, it has been really renovated. It was just really simple - back in the early seventies, very very simple, like a little cave practically. He said “Do you rememb

devotees are never discouraged

Every day Mother Ganges taught many lessons to Richard (now Radhanath Swami). One day Richard observed that although being in the swift current of the river, one is greatly affected but sitting on the bank, we can observe the flow with detachment. Similarly if we detach ourselves from the mind and the world, we too can observe life soberly and thus gain wisdom. One day he meditated on the millions of years of history that had been enacted on the banks of Ganges. From the age of Aryans to the med

The Jagannatha Rathayatra held at Puri is famous all over the world ever since Srila Prabhupada first initiated it overseas in San Francisco in 1967. In Puri, huge well decorated wooden rathas (chariots) moved on wheels are constructed and the Deities of the Divine siblings of Jagannatha (Krishna), Balarama and Subhadra are mounted and pulled through roads from Jagannatha Puri main temple to Gundicha temple, where They remain for a minimum of one week and return after nine days. It is an absolut

See it to believe it! The Lord Himself will make a public appearance in Singapore!

On 24th July 2011 Their Lordships Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra will be granting us their Divine darshan during an unprecedented festival of chariots (Ratha Yatra) at the Toa Payoh stadium.

All are invited to be a part of this grand celebration - a matchless feast for the eyes, ears and tongue.

Special feature: The Rath (chariot) of Their Lordships is made from pure silver and will be kindly lent to us for the o