Saradiya: Swamiji? When we go to Krsnaloka to be with Krsna…
Prabhupada: Just see this girl, little girl, is aiming for going back to Krsnaloka. Just see.
(Srila Prabhupada lecture, Montreal, June 16, 1968)
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Prabhupada: How you are feeling, Saradiya? Nice?
Saradiya: I’m fine.
Prabhupada: You are going to Europe? No? You have got to attend your school? That’s nice.
(Srila Prabhupada conversation, Montreal, October 27, 1968)
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Saradiya: Simply by Your Divine Grace, on Krsna’s appearance day in S
Devotional Psychology by Ananta Gauranga Das
The demon king Ravana - the quintessence of an intelligent fool had expert knowledge of the Vedas. However, he abused his knowledge because his selfishness and lack of EI and S.I stole his wisdom. As a result, he exploited his subjects. People with high I.Q more book knowledge and low E.I and S.I result in characters without character. When we engage in spiritual subject matter it should not just enter into our heads. Rather it should penetrate our
His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind President of India and his wife Savita Kovind visited the temple of ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines in the afternoon on October 20th, 2019.
This was the President’s first visit to the Philippines and devotees were jubilant about being able to host him.
What made Ram Nath Kovind’s visit truly auspicious is that it happened during the month of Kartik, which is considered to be a special period of t
Before I took to my American Airlines flight to Los Angeles, and then on to Argentina, I just had to get some footsteps in at 3:00 a.m. I ventured off to the Chinese farm enclave near the ISKCON temple in Burnaby. It was quiet for sure, favourable for stepping out and mantra meditating.
Hare Krishna!!
By the mercy of Sirla Prabupada , my guide my mentor Sh. Giriraji Dasa and all senior Vaishnavs, I strongly desired to share this amazing practical gem from our revealed scriptures with you.
On the auspicious occasion of Kartik thorugh my Spiritual guide Sh. Giriraj Dasji highlighted very important point which I urged strongly to share with all my friends. Well, we all had heard the story of Damodara Lilla in which mother Yashoda tried to tie Krishna with rope but everytime rope is
[During a lecture Srila Prabhupada interrupts his discourse on the Srimad-Bhagavatam verse when he notices some of his disciples leaving the
lecture, apparently to attend to other services] Srila Prabhupada: Why they are going? They are busy in some other work? Eh? Ugra-karma.
Without hearing, what will he do?
Nonsense? Sravanam kirtanam, this is our main business. If you don’t hear, what will you do? You will simply
do sense gratification. That’s all. So this is the difficulty, that we are not
1. One should never kick cows, for one who does so will have to suffer in hell for a hundred lives. Cows are the abode of all auspiciousness. For this reason, they always deserve worship.
2. Bullocks should never be struck harshly with a goad or whip.
3. One should not proceed through the midst of cows.
4. When cows are grazing or lying down, one should not disturb them in any way.
5. When cows are thirsty and are refused water [ because a person is obstructing their access to a water tank or r
In Memoriam.
HG Kurma Das: My Godsister from Australia Mekhala devi dasi has passed away.
In the picture, left to right: Mekhala dasi, Satyavati dasi (white sari) Padmavati dasi (wife of Vegavan dasa), Sukla dasi Shari Zielinski (between Padmavati and Sanaka), Sanaka dasa, Stavros Steve Vergis Dhaumya dasa, Krishna Premi dasi, Cittahari dasa (with hair, behind Krishna Premi), Kurma dasa
This photo was taken in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday 6 April 1972, Hare Krishna Temple @ 14 Burnett Street,
Many people in the world think they live only once. With only one life, how does this affect lives and society? How is a one-life concept going to affects ambitions, goals and outlook? There is one-life spirituality and multi-birth spirituality – which of these enable a full understanding of the soul, and why good or bad things happen? Is God to blame, or us? If there is no God, why do people lament the loss of loved ones if they are simply bags of chemicals?
With only one life, there must be a
Please, Tulsi Gabbard, please distance yourself from us (Hinduism/Hare Krishna/Sri Chaitanya).
Your status as a #1 champion of killing the unborn is an embarrassment for those who follow the teachings of Sri Chaitanya. You make us look like hypocrites (claiming to respect and revere all life "we're vegetarians!", yet supporting killing the unborn).
"We are all God’s children", you tweeted on October 25, 2019.
Yet your record clearly shows that you are for the killing of the unborn... you have a 100
The second annual Diwali celebration at the Bhakti Center in New York City not only drew around 350 festivalgoers including 200 new guests, but was also covered by the CBS News New York television station.
Since the Bhakti Center is the only temple with Radha Krishna Deities in Manhattan, it was an obvious choice for Diwali. A CBS News camera crew filmed first on Thursday October 24th, before the event, and then again on Diwali day itself, Monday October 27th.
The first
When I first met Akincana Krishna dasa Babaji, I didn’t know what to say. I simply offered my respects and said, “Srila Akincana Krishna dasa Babaji Maharaja ki jaya!”
Maharaja saw that I had a tape recorder in my hands, and without my having to say anything, he closed his eyes and started tapping his hands together and sang his mangala-carana before singing Sri Krishna Chaitanya. When he started singing the Hare Krishna mantra, it was like going into another world. He was chanting so beautiful
There is a slippery dynamic to the roads which run through the village of Saranagati. Ride offers were given by motorists but I insisted on using my legs. The few destinations I reached were ridiculously short in distance, in any case. I do love this village of residents who are all bhakti yogis, but if I would offer one criticism, people here should do more trekking between their homes. These rural homes are not set particularly close to each other, yet they are close enough that walking be
From Back to Godhead
By Kesava Bharati Swami
ARE YOU READY to hear about a miracle? Don’t worry, I won’t bore you with yet another story about some pseudo-miracle-worker. This story is about a seventy-nine-year-old woman completely set in her ways who, at the most difficult time of death, had a change of heart that brought her from the brink of terror to tears of joy.
The woman was my mother. Born Nadine Alma Eastlack, she was conservative to the extreme. Her early life read like a chapter from
The Early Days
During the early days of the Hare Krishna movement, spiritual life was perceived as meaning to live in the temple as a full-time devotee. The word “devotee” referred to someone who was living in a temple and engaged in temple activities full time. Those who lived outside were referred to as “karmis”. That early phase of ISKCON was probably unavoidable. Srila Prabhupada had just started the movement in the West where practically no one had any idea about Krishna Consciousness or d
