By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Lecture given in New York City on Nov. 26, 1966
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu categorized all the teachings of the Vedic literature into three progressive stages.
veda-shastra-kahe – ‘sambandha’, ‘abhidheya’, ‘prayojana’
‘krishna’ – prapya sambandha, ‘bhakti’ – praptyera sadhana
“The Vedic literatures give information about the living entity-s eternal relationship with
On November 2nd, 1974, ex-Beatle George Harrison launched his North American tour in Vancouver, Canada. Since George was a follower of Krishna consciousness, the Vancouver devotees were eager to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books and magazines to local fans attending his concert. George was expected to play a number of hits from his latest record (“Living in the Material World”), which contained many songs of devotion to the Lord:
“I’m living in the material world
Living in the material world
I
If we don’t want to be cheated, we must accept one undeniable law of spiritual life.
One Saturday afternoon at the Krishna-Balarama Mandir in Queens, NY, toward the end of conducting a workshop in chanting (japa-yoga), I felt thankful as indeed I had on similar occasions to be able to present the participants with the kind and reassuring statement that Krishna Himself offered His Devotee Uddhava in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. And my auditors, whose sincerity and seriousness had become evident to me.
Teenagers ages 12 to 19 are invited to join Mahatma Dasa and his daughter, Syama Mandali Dasi, for an online weekend course exploring self-care from a Krishna-conscious perspective.
The Bhakti Self-Care Journey for Teens will help participants develop self-confidence and self-acceptance, better understand their emotions and beliefs, and establish healthy habits for long-term well-being. The course will also encourage teens to recognize their spiritual worth and support one another through shared
As devotees gather in New York City to mark ISKCON’s 60th anniversary, youth from the local community will present an original musical depicting the life and mission of Srila Prabhupada.
The Hare Krishna Musical, written and performed by ISKCON NYC youth, will combine music, drama, and dance to tell the story of ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya and the movement he established in New York City in 1966. Radhanath Swami will be among the honored guests attending the performance.
The musical begins promptly
Our bus drivers, of which there are four licensed, have had to struggle through rain and electric storms, gloomy skies from forest fires and swarms of shad flies (mayflies) during the night. Drivers like Krishnapriya are real heroes that take up such challenging tasks.
Meanwhile I'm having some of the best sleep in my life. I attribute this to the constant vibration of the bus's movement, the humming sound and the feeling of safety from the competent drivers.
Our show at the University of M
Srila Sanatana Gosvami, one of the intimate associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is a well-known personality in Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Mahaprabhu taught the sequence of advancement in devotional service through Sanatana Goswami.
Sanatana Goswami was the oldest and most venerable among the six Goswamis. He propagated the mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Sanatana Goswami appeared in 1488 AD and lived for 70 years. He spent 27 years in household life and 43 years in Vrindavan as a renunci
By Payonidhi Das
Prema vilasa about the disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami and how Srila Rupa Goswami was very much affected by his divine disappearance.
Srila Narrotama das Thakura has sung:
kaha mora svarupa-rupa, kaha sanatana
kaha dasa raghunatha patita-pavana (2)
2) Where are my Svarupa Damodara and Rupa Gosvami? Where is Sanatana? Where is Raghunatha Dasa, the savior of the fallen?
vairagya-yug-bhakti-rasam prayatnair
apayayan mam anabhipsum andham
kapambudhir yah para-duhkha-duhkhi
Today is Guru-purnima. Srila Prabhupada has explained that the system of honoring the spiritual master is current in all sections of Vedic followers. In the Mayavadi (impersonalist) sects, the disciples offer respect to the spiritual master every year on Guru-purnima. And in the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, the disciples offer homage annually on the appearance day of the spiritual master; this occasion is called Vyasa-puja, because the spiritual master represents Vedavyasa, the empowered incarn
Sri Sanatana Gosvami appeared in 1488, five years before Sri Rupa Gosvami, in a Sarasvata brahmana family in Bengal. Sanatana and his two brothers, Rupa and Anupama, were always absorbed in bhava bhakti from early childhood. Remembering Vrndavana, they named the forests in which they played after Vraja’s twelve forests (Talavana, Madhuvana, Kamyavana, Mahavana). They called their favorite bathing ponds Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda.
In his youth, Sri Sanatana dreamt that a beautiful brahmana boy
Radhanath Swami: “I was in Vrindavan in 1971, and I was among five or six other people sitting around Srila Prabhupada. He wasn’t my guru then; he was just one of the saints I was coming to visit. And Srila Prabhupada was in Vrindavan for a few days. Somebody asked him, ‘Are you the guru for the whole world?’ He didn’t say anything. I was really very excited with anticipation—what is he going to say? Most people would say, ‘Yes.’ And after he paused for a few minutes, he looked down to the grou
The appearance anniversary of Srila Vyasadeva, the compiler of the Vedic literature.
This event really is directed towards Srila Vyasadeva, thus in some sampradayas they refer to Guru Purnima as Vyasa Purnima. Traditionally it is the day when the guru is worshipped.
In the book Festivals, Fairs and Fasts of India (Shakti M Gupta. 1991. Clarion books. page 88-89.) It says: Guru Purnima "……is observed on the full moon day in the month of Ashadha in honour of the sage Vyasa, by keeping a fast, wor
Bhaktimarga Swami: Might you have spent ANY time in Canada from 1967 to 1977?
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By Atma Tattva Das,
Since early 2026, a free, in-person outreach initiative called Harinama Ananda has carried out public chanting of Hare Krishna, book distribution, and community visits to towns across Nigeria, with groups of 17 to 25 devotees spending four days at each location. Led by Yadhunatha Das, temple president of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Benin City, the initiative is built around harinam outreach. Its expansion this year reflects a broader effor
Radha Gopinatha temple in Bali is in a beautiful area in the Baha district. It is surrounded by coconut, mangoe, jackfruit and other auspicious fruit trees. Grhastha devotees live around the boundaries and regularly come for service.
I always visit to lead kirtan, give class, associate and take darshan of the deities. The atmosphere is peaceful and conducive for Krsna Consciousness. There are many ashrama and guest rooms where devotees live and come for a visit.
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It was "brush and flush" time, a common expression on the bus. Close to midnight, enroute to Thunder Bay, we were on the longest route in the remote north. Though we drove on the "main drag" of Canada, the Trans Canada Highway, road travel is almost nil.
There was, however, one busy open at this hour for the brush and flush routine, at Circle K, a convenience store. With one washroom it was an impossible task to be quick. The brushing of all the bus youth took place while waiting for the door
I was born in 1948 into a farming family. My uncle, my mother’s brother, was the family member who had more cows than the rest of us. All the family farms were simple in their operation and completely rural in their location. My uncle’s farm was the largest at 180 acres, and in the 1950’s and 1960’s I spent a considerable amount of time being, and eventually working there.
Uncle was primarily a dairy farmer who also grew 60 acres of tobacco as his cash crop, which kept him afloat as a farmer fo
By Caitanya Carana Dasa
There’s a particle more important than the Higgs boson, and we should be investigating it.
Does ‘the God particle’ disprove the existence of God?” a young man asked me after a recent talk, referring to the discovery of the Higgs boson.
“The so-called God particle,” I answered, “has zero charge, zero spin, and a near-zero lifespan; it exists for less than a trillionth of a second. Does that sound like God to you?”
“No, not really,” replied the questioner, taken aback.
“Exa
By Nitai dasa
Devotees often quote a lecture by Srila Prabhupada where he said that even if they were seventy percent surrendered; Krsna will still take them back to Godhead. During this lecture, Srila Prabhupada was speaking on how one has to be one hundred percent surrendered. At the end of the class, he noticed the devotee’s disappointment that they will not be able to make the standard. So Srila Prabhupada, out of his compassion, said that even if they were ninety percent Krsna conscious, th
On Instinct, Intuition, Paramātmā, and the Guidance That Moves All Living Beings
Jananivāsa Dāsa
This essay is a condensed version of a longer paper by the same
author, which treats the argument, its scriptural sources, and its
supporting cases in fuller depth.
“Knowledge given by Paramātmā from within the core of the heart
is explained by the modern scientist as intuition. They do not know
wherefrom the intuition is coming. And that is coming from God.”
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Le
