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

कृपया मेरा विनम्र प्रणाम स्वीकार करें !

(Please accept my humble obeisances)

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय हो !

(All Glories to Sril Prabhupada)

हे प्रभु, हे वसुदेव पुत्र श्रीकृष्ण, हे सर्वव्यापी भगवान, मैं आपको सादर नमस्कार करता हूँ। मैं भगवान श्रीकृष्ण का ध्यान करता हूँ, क्योंकि वे परम सत्य हैं और व्यक्त ब्रह्माण्डों की उत्पत्ति, पालन तथा संहार के समस्त कारणों के आदि कारण हैं। वे प्रत्यक्ष तथा अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से सारे जगत से अवगत रहते हैं और वे परम स्वतंत्र हैं, क्योंकि उनसे परे अन्य कोई कारण है ही नहीं।

कृपया मेरा विनम्र प्रणाम स्वीकार करें ! (Please accept my humble obeisances)

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय हो ! (All Glories to Sril Prabhupada)

अध्याय तेरह – श्रीमद भागवत की महिमा (12.13)

1 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: ब्रह्मा, वरुण, इन्द्र, रुद्र तथा मरुतगण दिव्य स्तुतियों का उच्चारण करके तथा वेदों को उनके अंगों, पद-क्रमों तथा उपनिषदों समेत बाँच कर जिनकी स्तुति करते हैं, सामवेद के गायक जिनका सदैव गायन करते हैं, सिद्ध योगी अपने को समाधि में स्थिर करके और अपने को उनके भीतर लीन करके जिनका दर्शन अपने मन में करते है

Thank Krsna I have had my two jabs of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine that now allows me to travel and tell others about Krsna.

The vaccine is free.

Hundreds are dying every day and sadly all those who are dying are unvaccinated.

So save your life and get vaccinated so you can travel and preach about Kṛṣṇa, and please avoid anti-vax ignorant people with their nonsense big pharmacy is after your money nonsense, most are stupid conspiracy theories.

Remember the vaccine in free.

Krsna helps those who do everyth

अध्याय बारह – श्रीमदभागवत की संक्षिप्त विषय-सूची (12.12)

"भगवान हरि उस व्यक्ति का सारा कष्ट स्वयं हर लेते हैं, जो उनकी महिमा का श्रवण/कीर्तन करता है ।"

1 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: परम धर्म भक्ति को, परम स्रष्टा भगवान कृष्ण को तथा समस्त ब्राह्मणों को नमस्कार करके, अब मैं धर्म के शाश्वत सिद्धान्तों का वर्णन करूँगा।

2 हे ऋषियों, मैं आप लोगों से भगवान विष्णु की अद्भुत लीलाएँ कह चुका हूँ, क्योंकि आप लोगों ने इनके विषय में मुझसे पूछा था। ऐसी कथाओं का सुनना उस व्यक्ति के लिए उचित है, जो वास्तव में मानव है।

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At Bhaktivedanta Manor, ISKCON’s flagship centre in the UK, Srila Prabhupada’s 125th anniversary theme was: Srila Prabhupada offers enlightenment to the world through his books.

For the occasion, the stage in the new Haveli was decorated with dozens of candles symbolizing the light of knowledge that Srila Prabhupada brought to the world through his spiritual teachings. Throughout the morning of Vyasa Puja, Srila Prabhupada’s disciples and grand disciples expressed their gratitude to him and app

Janmastami, the sacred occasion of Lord Krishna's appearance, (celebrated on August 30th this year) is a special day that is extremely powerful and inspirational for bhakti practitioners. Devotees often remember their early Janmastami festivals as a foundational experience. Here, three generations of devotees recall some of their favorite Janmastami memories:

Ksamesvari Dasi, 25, USA:

One of my favorite parts of Janmastami has always been going through Village of Vrindavan in Alachua, where eve

By Madhava Smullen 

ISKCON of Washington D.C. held a three-day Bhumi Puja (ground-breaking) event from August 20th to 22nd, preceding a new 22,000 square-foot temple for Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan, Sita Rama Lakshman Hanuman, and Gaura Nitai.

The event took place at the current D.C. temple property, which is situated on eleven acres of rolling wooded terrain with a creek running through it. The same property will also be home to the new temple, while the old building will be converted for other p

The Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes is Lord Krsna who expands as Karanodakshayi Visnu (Maha Visnu) into the material creation.

From the four armed Bodily form of Maha Visnu, all the billions material massive universes (Brahmandas) originate from the pores of His skin and His breathing.

In this way Maha Visnu creates all the material universes (Brahmandas) that take up 1/4 of the Spiritual Sky.

The other 3/4s of the Spiritual Sky is the Vaikuntha planets and Krsna's central ab

Srila Prabhupada - "I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

So if we approach Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī, through the mercy of Rādhārāṇī, then it becomes very easy.

If Rādhārāṇī recommends that "This devotee is very nice," then Kṛṣṇa immediately accepts, however fool I may be. Because it is recommended by Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa accepts.

Therefore in Vṛndāvana you'll find a

अध्याय ग्यारह – महापुरुष का संक्षिप्त वर्णन (12.11)

1 श्री शौनक ने कहा: हे सूत, आप सर्वश्रेष्ठ विद्वान तथा भगवद्भक्त हैं। अतएव अब हम आपसे समस्त तंत्र शास्त्रों के अन्तिम निर्णय के विषय में पूछते हैं।

2-3 आपका कल्याण हो, कृपा करके हम जिज्ञासुओं को लक्ष्मीपति दिव्य भगवान की नियमित पूजा द्वारा सम्पन्न की जानेवाली क्रिया योग विधि बतायें। कृपा करके यह भी बतलायें कि भक्तगण उनके अंगों, संगियों, आयुधों तथा आभूषणों की किन विशेष भौतिक वस्तुओं से कल्पना करते हैं। भगवान की दक्षतापूर्वक पूजा करके मर्त्य प्राण

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Historic Moment Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ji Released ₹125 Special Coin on the occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary of ISKCON Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada 

First Photo of Special Commemorative Coin ₹125 for 125th Birth Anniversary of ISKCON Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada released by PM of India Shri Narendra Modi  ji - Govt of India.

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Actor Ed Asner passed away today. Back when deprogramming was in the news and devotees were negatively portrayed as cult members, he and his popular T.V. show defended a person’s right to become a devotee of Krishna.
This is from the first year of the Lou Grant television series, and some of it was filmed in the New Dwarka Temple in Los Angeles. That scene begins at 14:58.
On his T.V. show he spoke to an enormous audience of millions in a positive manner about chanting Hare Kri