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If we are attracted by the skin only, the beauty of the skin, we are bound to be dissatisfied because the person, I, the self, I am different from the body…

arjuna uvaca
aparam bhavato janma
param janma vivasvatah
katham etad vijaniyam
tvam adau proktavan iti

Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvan is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?

This is an unusual question for Arjuna to put to Krishna, because Krishna is the Supreme Personalit

THE CROWD TONIGHT is volatile like nitro. Intense polarization: ninety percent of the kids are totally into Shelter [The popular straightedge band Vic was part of before recently forming his new band, 108], heart and soul. The rest, dead set against us. The  mixture explodes as our music blares. Kids running and jumping around, urgently singing along.

At song’s abrupt end, silence envelops the hall. Ears perk to receive Kåñëa consciousness. Taking advantage of the quiet, those opposed launch a sh

Çréla Prabhupäda once told a priest in England that although the boys and girls in ISKCON seemed to have a variety of engagements, this did not mean they did not practise inner life. Çréla Prabhupäda replied that inner and outer activities are all “inner” in Kåñëa consciousness because they are within the realm of daivi-prakrti. If an iron rod is kept in the fire, it eventually becomes fire. Similarly, constant engagement in Kåñëa consciousness constitutes inner life. That said, I would still

Fifty centuries ago, during a fierce war, Lord Krishna and one of His pure devotees achieved a unique intimacy…

In the midst of the great battle, surrounded by the clash of arms, the pounding of hooves, the rattle of trappings, the shouts of warriors, and the screams of wounded men and beasts, where the dust churned up by the horses dimmed the sun and blood turned the earth to mud, Krishna suddenly stopped the chariot and sprang to the ground. Raising the wheel of a disabled chariot over His head

“Shri Krishna’s complexion is as polished as powdered eye ointment. It surpasses the beauty of a newly formed cloud and is softer than a blue lotus flower. Indeed, His complexion is so pleasing that it attracts the eyes and minds of everyone, and it is so powerful that it defies all comparison.” (Lord Chaitanya, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 15.64)

Question: “Is Krishna really blue?”

Answer: It certainly seems strange that followers of the Vedic tradition would worship a God who appears bluish. A

“The deep vibration of Krishna's flute surpasses the thundering of new clouds and attracts the aural reception of the entire world. Thus the inhabitants of Vrindavana rise and pursue that sound, drinking the showering nectar of Krishna's bodily luster like thirsty Chatak birds.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 19.42)

Question: “Krishna is often depicted holding and playing a flute. Is there any special significance to this flute?”

Answer: There are certainly different forms of the original Persona

Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!

Hare Krishna!

Motto:
 "Ante Narayana Smrthi"

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada incorporated the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1966 with seven explicit purposes. This list of purposes (below) was one of the official documents incorporating ISKCON as a charitable organization. At the time, the movement had few followers in the West and was operating out of a rented storefront in New York City. One of the pressing needs at the time was to facilitate donors who wanted to give tax-deductible donations to

The heart of Hinduism is God-Love, or devotional worship of the Divine Person. And such worship finds its greatest raditional expression in the devotional love relationship between Krishna, the Avatar or Divine Incarnation, and the gopis, the cowherd-maidens of the village of Brindaban. Krishna, the very embodiment of Bliss and Love on Earth, is said to have lived in ecstatic play with hundreds of gopis for a number of years. As their spiritual master and lover, he taught them the es

Living in Mayapur, what a gift!

 Regularly senior devotees visit Mayapur and are eager to share their knowledge and experiences. It is the hub for seminars focused on spiritual growth.

We were lucky to have H.G. Mahatma prabhu with us for a short while He is an experienced preacher and senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada who is extending his compassion the residents of Mayapur by presenting these seminars.

In sharing a few statements from my notes on these seminar topics I hope that some of you

The sweet, attractive transcendental form of Krsna is so

nice. Just try to understand it. Even a fractional understanding of Krsna's

beauty can merge all three worlds in the ocean of love. He attracts all the

living entities within the three worlds.

Ornaments caress that body, but the transcendental body of Krsna is so

beautiful that it beautifies the ornaments He wears. Therefore Krsna's body is

said to be the ornament of ornaments. Despite the wonderful beauty of Krsna,

there is His three-curved styl