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Preach to an enthusiastic audience

"For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me."—Bg. 18.68

Dear Prabhus and Maharajas,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who gave us the sacred mission to spread Krishna consciousness to the best of our ability.

I'm writing to invite you to preach to an audience eager to hear about Krishna consciousness: the readers of Back to Godhead. F

Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami

Entering the grihasta ashram is not just for sense enjoyment, but it is to have a son like Dhruva Maharaja, a son like Bhaktisiddanta Prabhupada, a son like our Prabhupada so that you can also be transferred to the kingdom of God. It is very important. You should train your children, especially if you have a son it is your duty to train your son to be a perfect brahmacari from the very childhood. Not that he should be entangled in this material world any longer. It i

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.

Many a times we all must have come across people who actually become happy when others are in distress. Or may be their happiness lies in only seeing others in distress and unhappiness. I personally have witnessed such crooked smile which enlightens one's face after giving some trouble to a person who has never counteracted. Some people are very much satisfied to see that peopl

One particularly illuminating lesson from the forest comes in the form of the Himalayan musk deer. The musk deer is referenced in Sanskrit poetry and philos

Tomorrow you become a big preacher, don’t take the credit, give it to Guru and Krishna.
Whenever we would go to Prabhupada and thank him and glorify him for the
service he had done he would say, ‘I have done nothing. This is all happening
due to the mercy of my Guru Maharaj and Krishna’.(Bhagavad-gita 7.3 ), Moscow,
19.05.2001

-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

Took a bath despite to the type of whether,

Waking up when the Sun was not there.

Oh, yes! Before swept cleanly the floor,

Meditating that God will love me for.

Wearied my sari and put tilak,

Also kajal, decoration to my eyes and hair.

Opened Altar to meet my Lord there,

Or correctly, to be seen by Him here.

Paid obeisance with lots of prayers,

Which I copied from Acharias previous.

"Oh Lord! You are only shelter…" and so on,

"Please, don't neglect Your child alone!"

Sang Samsara with held up ha

The narration of Govardhana’s Avirbhava, or appearance, in this world and the receiving of the name of "Giriraja" is described in the second chapter of the Vrndavana-khanda of the Garga-Samhita, by Sri Gargacaraya. In a counsel of wise and elderly gopas of Vraja that included Nanda Maharaja and his brother Sananda amongst the discussion, the previously mentioned topics were debated upon. Pandu and Bhisma raised the questions for discussion, and the narration was then told by Sananda to Nanda Ma

Offer a prayer to the holy name that describes your aspirations to best serve the holy name, to go deeper into your relationship with the holy name. In order to help you with this exercise, I am including a prayer I wrote at the end of one of the Japa retreats. 

My Dear Holy Name, 

Please allow me to taste Your nectar, to fully experience Your presence, to feel joy and enthusiasm when I meet You. Please allow me to become attracted to You, to always hanker for your association, and to never become

The truth may hurt, but the truth has to be spoken. The
qualification of a Sadhu is that he does not look to flatter his audience,
unlike a politician who goes to a place and finds out what the problem is, and just speaks on that line. Freedom by surrender

-By H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

Hare Krishna Devotees

PAMHO!!!

AGTSP!!!

You all are invited for Netrotsava of Lord Jagannath, Baldev & Subhadraji on 2nd July 2011, Saturday. Please come and take the blessings of Lord Jagannath.....

Thanking You

Your Servant

Mayapur Vasi Das

ISKCON, Mira Road

Sometimes our devotees say that I have been exploited or that I have been overused, but there is no question of spiritual exploitation, whatever service one has done stays to one’s eternal spiritual credit, otherwise the whole Bhagavad-Gita would become false.

(His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami, Freedom by surrender)

The Importance of Character: BT Swami

Bhishmadeva: "Dharma (religiosity), integrity, right action, and morality are the watch words of a king."

Nothing is more powerful than dharma and integrity. When we fail to follow dharma, we lose integrity. Death is approaching each of us at every moment. What we planned to do tomorrow must be done today. Death is ruthless. It will not wait until our projects are complete. Readiness is important. The world is but a passing parade. We are born alone and di