Sutapa Das: With genuine spiritual advancement comes the capacity and capability to have friendly relationships with one and all. Equipped with spiritual vision that penetrates beyond externals, one remains undisturbed by annoying idiosyncrasies, ideological differences, unpredictable personalities, and sticky character traits. We’re able to see something deeper, see the spirit, the underlying sincerity. We can see the heart. At this stage, we have no enemies, even if others view us as such. I

I worked as a senior flight attendant with a good salary and roamed freely around the world. I had a beautiful pregnant woman and everything seemed complete, but in my heart I felt a terrible emptiness.
The world had no attraction, as nothing made me happy. I started to smoke marijuana and take drugs. The grass and drugs made me feel better for a while, but finally began to make me feel worse. With all my strength I tried to abandon drugs, but I could not. The grass held me in her arms, and I d

One of the features of the Krishna Balaram Mandir is that everyday Mangal Arati is packed with devotees, including in the sunken courtyard and all the way by the front entrance. Not only that, but there is usually a big crowd for the 4:10 am Arati for Srila Prabhupada in his samadhi. If you don’t go early, you’ll probably have to stand outside.

On some days during Kartik, you literally cannot even enter the temple room. Devotees are spilled outside, some watching Mangal Arati on the monitors t

Krishna-valley in Somogyvamos, Hungary is one of the fastest growing villages in the area. In the past two decades, due to the hard work of the devotees, the 275 hectars of land has become Europe’s largest eco-village. 

At the moment, Krishna-valley has 150 inhabitants, and there are an additional 30,000 people yearly who visit there or participate at religious festivals.

People gathered in front of the new school building.

There are 50 children living in Krishna-valley, who, by know, outgrew

Dear disciples of Srila Prabhupada,
I am the son of your Godsister Jusaniya Devi Dasi, and I am writing you this message on her account to inform you that in the very early hours of yesterday morning my mother passed from this world, here in Phoenix, due to complications from the cancer she had been struggling with, on and off, for the past six years.
My brother, Yudistira, and myself were at her bedside as she passed, taking her last breaths, with the Holy Names sung softly to her and our praye

When we think calmly and carefully about this wonderful universe, we can see that everything is working under the control of a supreme brain. The arrangements in nature are perfectly ordered. Things would be at random without the careful planning of a scientific and engineering brain. It is a common understanding that there is a cause behind each action. A machine cannot run without an operator. Modern scientists are very proud of automation, but there is a scientific brain behind automation

Most devotees (and people in general) are married, grhastha, and further, the grhastha asrama is the basis of all other asramas—and of the lives of our children. So we want the grhastha asrama to be as strong as possible. Recently, from December 18 to 20, we held a Couples’ Weekend in Durban, facilitated by Arcana-siddhi and her husband Karnamrita. All the participants felt enlivened by the experience. Here is my address on the opening day:

When I first joined ISKCON in 1969, we all were qui

We need the blessings of the spiritual master. It is said that we should try to please the spiritual master. This is when we look at it from the disciple’s perspective. Now, I was thinking about it from the guru’sperspective – the disciple has to please the guru, so what does that mean!? Does that mean that the gurujust has to act pleased when the disciple has served up to a reasonable level which is commonly understood as acceptable behavior for a devotee? Should the spiritual master be pleas

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23 Students from different parts of the world successfully completed their Teachers Training Course-1 (TTC-1). In TTC1 is students will learn fundamental educational principles and practical training in interactive teaching.

The VTE Teacher Training Course I is open to all devotees interested in Krsna conscious education. The course has been professionally developed by VTE (Vaisnava Training and Education) to help fulfill ISKCON's educational purposes.

TTC1 is the first of a series of several cour

My dearest friends,

நிமாய் நிதாய் தாஸ் (சென்னை இஸ்கான் ) மறைவு

மறைந்து விட்டார் நிமாய் நிதாய் தாஸ்

அழைத்து கொண்டு விட்டார் கிருஷ்ணா அவர் பாஸ்

இஸ்கான் சென்னைக்கு எத்தனை பெரிய லாஸ்

முக்கியமாக எனக்கு

மிகப்பெரிய இழப்பு

தேஜஸான அவர் முகம்

நெற்றியில் வைணவ திலகம்

தாமிரக் குடுமி குஞ்சலம்

கனல் போன்ற காவி வஸ்த்ரம்

கால் முதல் தலை வரை பவித்ரம்

காண முடியலாம் கிருஷ்ணரை

காண்பது எளிதல்ல அத்தனை

அவரை போன்ற எளிய பக்தரை

இஸ்கான் சென்னை என்று சொன்னால்

நிமாய் உருவம் தான் வரும் கண் முன்னால்

இவ்வுலகத்தில் அவர் பிரவேசம்

ஐரோப்பாவின் பிரான்சு தேசம்

இங்கிலாந்து

The whole purpose of Vedic civilization and of reading the Vedas is to attain the perfect stage of devotional service in the human form of life. According to the Vedic system, therefore, from the very beginning of life the brahmacarya system is introduced so that from one's very childhood—from the age of five years—one can practice modifying one's human activities so as to engage perfectly in devotional service. – Srimad Bhagavatam 7.6.1 Purport

The rarest love of Golok, which was never given to anyone even upon asking for multiple lives, was distributed freely to the most fallen by Nitai, even without asking for it. This love of Golok was unattainable for even the most exalted personalities of this universe before the advent of Nitai. All logic failed during the deliverance pastimes of Nitai. Be it the children, or be it the ruffians, or be it anyone, all got love at the hands of Nitai. Nobody was left out. There was no discrimination.