By Kripamoya Das

Lord Vamanadeva appeared within this world from the womb of Aditi, the mother of the gods. He appeared at midday on the shravan-dvadasi, the 12th day of the lunar month of Shravan when the moon is waxing.

There are many lessons for Vaishnavas to learn from the narration of His activities, as found in the 8th canto, 18th chapter of the Bhagavat Purana (Srimad Bhagavatam). Amongst the lessons are these:

1. That God comes to this world in many forms; not just once, in one form

Srila Prabhupada writes to one his disciples about Lord Vamanadeva:

Montreal 3 July, 1968

My Dear Satsvarupa,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 28, 1968, and I thank you very much for it. Regarding Bali Maharaja: He is born in the same atheistic family of Maharaja Prahlada. He happened to be the grandson of Maharaja Prahlada, and as his great grand-father, Hiranyakasipu was very powerful, and as there was animosity between the demigods and the demons,

By Radhanath Swami

The Appearance of Lord Vamana

“Bali Maharaj, very intelligent personality. He was the son of Virochana, grandson of Prahlad, great grandson of Hiranyakashipu, great grand-nephew of Hiranyaksha. A very mixed up type of family heritage!”

So he performed yajna to please his guru Shukracharya, and his guru-maharaj was very pleased with him. In fact he arranged for the descendents of Bhrigu Muni to come to perform this yajna. And his disposition, his good qualities, was so ple

Lecture by HH Radhanath Swami

Srila Prabhupada has told us that the culmination of all of our preaching in Krsna Consciousness is to induce people to wholeheartedly chant the holy names of Krsna. The chanting of the Holy names must continue. Srila Prabhupada said we can do without temples, we can do without everything. We don’t need money. If we can get it, we will use it. We don’t need property. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need vehicles. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need g

Brahma-vaivarta Purana
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Chapter Two
Sridama-Radha-kalaha-varnana
Description of the Quarrel Between Sridama and Radha

1-2 On whose request did Krsna come to the surface of the earth, what the Lord did before He returned to His own abode, how He removed the earth’s burden, and how He killed the demons, of all these I will, carefully thinking of what happened, tell you the story.
3 Listen and I will tell you of Lord Hari’s descent as a cowherd boy.
His arrival in Gokula, and Radha’s descent as g

Srila Prabhupada: (chants mangalacarana prayers) Today is birth, appearance day of Srimati Radharani, Radhastami. Fifteen days after Krsna’s birth, Radharani appeared. (pause) Radharani is Krsna’s pleasure potency. Radha-krsna-pranaya-vikrtir hladini-saktih. The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has got varieties of energies, as it is confirmed in the Vedic literature. Parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate [Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport]. Na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate. The Supreme Lord h

The ISKCON Deity Worship Ministry (IDWM) acts on behalf of the GBC to ensure that the worship in our temples and centres is done according to the standards as given by Srila Prabhupada. It also provides training for devotees interested in developing their skills and abilities as Pujaris and brahmanas. The Ministry is also presently compiling ‘position papers’ that address often asked questions related to worship. By closely studying and researching Srila Prabhupada’s books, conversations and let

By Anantacarya dasa [ACBSP 1972]

An early offering for Radhastami.

Srimati Radharani, the tenderhearted, feminine counterpart of Godhead, is that one person in all of existence who knows best how to express love for Krsna. She is the supreme container of love for Him, and, as such, She is known as the asraya category. Moreover, it is She who, like a mother, nurtures us in our devotional service.

Krsna, the object of Her love, comes once in a day of Brahma to display and enjoy His pastime mellow

By Satyaraja Dasa

The divine counterpart of Sri Krishna is known as Sri Radha. Together, according to the ancient Vaishnava tradition, this dual-gendered divinity is God-male and female dimensions of the Absolute Truth. Sri Radha is the complete energy, and Sri Krishna is the complete energetic source. They are nondifferent from each other, just as musk and its scent are forever merged, or as fire and heat are inseparable.

Radha and Krishna are one, yet They have assumed two separate forms to

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In the pandemic, it could get hard to have Devotee Association while staying at home. So I thought that Online sanga is the best chance I have for progressing. I joined a course by Amogh Lila Prabhu from IYF Dwaraka called SMA/ Spirituality for modern age course. It was a great experience for me, and I got to know a lot more about spirituality! The course was started in July and each week we used to cover a different topic on saturdays and Have a Q/A session on tuesdays. There

Below are more reflections from inmate David B., from a prison in Danbury, Connecticut.

When I got the Covid19 I felt physically terrible with severe joint pains, chest pain and uncontrollable shivering. Yet, I was so at peace, and not only did I manage to chant my twenty rounds every day but even during the worst I spent all my waking time chanting the maha mantra, grateful for such suffering and the focus it gives to what matters and all the mercy Krsna so kindly bestowed.

I was thinking back

Srila Prabhupada - "When Krsna wants to be attracted by a woman, He has to create such a woman from His own energy. That woman is Rādhārāṇī". (Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 31 text 38, Purport)

Love can only exist when there are "two or more" involved in loving reciprocations and exchanges.

Srila Prabhupada - ''We have got the propensity to love. Love means somebody else. Love cannot be "one" or love cannot be executed only one, there must be another one. I love somebody; somebody loves me, th

The Supreme Lord Bhagavan Krishna takes different forms as part of his sportive action to relieve Mother Earth from the burden. No one can really understand his powers, even Demigods have limited knowledge when comes to Lord's sportive actions and his powers.

Lord has taken 23 Leela avatars. Among these, the most powerful avatar is Bhagavan Shree Krishna avatar. The people, animals, plants, and land which came in contact with Lord are considered to be fortunate as they got a chance to interact an

।।श्री श्रीगुरु-गौरांगौ जयतः।।
नमःॐ विष्णुपदाय कृष्ण-प्रेष्ठाय भूतले।
श्रीमते भक्तवेदान्तस्वामिनिति नामिने।।

नमस्ते सारस्वते देवे गौर-वाणी-प्रचारिणे
निर्विशेष शून्यवादी पाश्चात्य देश तारिणे।

श्रीमद् भागवतम् - (भगवान का साहित्यिक अवतार) भौतिक दृष्टि से प्रेरित होने वाले समस्त धार्मिक कृत्यों को पूर्णतया बहिष्कृत करते हुए, सर्वोच्च सत्य का प्रतिपादन करता है, जो पूर्णतया शुद्ध ह्रदय वाले भक्तों के द्वारा बोधगम्य है। यह सभी के कल्याण के लिए मोह से विभेदित है। ऐसा सत्य तापत्रय को समूल नष्ट करने वाला है।मह

The marginal living entities, marginal potency or jiva-souls are ALWAYS found throughout the entire Spiritual Sky in four different ways.

1 - The jiva-souls associating with Krsna in Goloka-Vrindavana as a friend and four other different ways explained below.

2 - The jiva-souls serve Visnu/Narayana as the Supreme God on the Vaikuntha planets with great devotion and all in reverence worship.

3 - Being embodied (covered) in a temporary material bodily vessel in the material creation.

4 - And attemptin