A need was felt to be more sensitive to the feelings of the public. Therefore an endeavor was made to inculcate a different mood, and present Krsna consciousness in a light considered respectable by the mudhas. As a result, our public lectures and temple classes nowadays tend to be mild. Full-fledged attacks on material life have become unfashionable, being perceived as a sign of immaturity or lack of intellectual development. Our movement has b
If there is one most precious thing in this material world ,I would say it is vaishnava association. Sadhu sanga lifts us up from the most fallen condition and quickly fills our mind and soul with happiness, faith and hope for the future. I have experienced the causeless mercy of vaishnavas over the past 8years ever since coming to ISKCON . Now, I cannot imagine life without them nor what would have been my fate had I not found them.
Not only have they helped me in overcoming spiritual problems b
I have been moved by this particular sentiment which Maharaj and other senior vaishnavas often express in many of the lectures. Tad Dhenu Kampam verse has been repeatedly extolled by great acharyas as the guaranteed way to attract Lord's mercy.
But it is in the practical aplication of this lofty principle, which I implicitly endorse wholeheartedly, that I find myself falling short. Very often a fear of the unknown takes a powerful grip on the mind and interferes with unconditional surrender and s
His Holiness Gopala Krishna Goswami appeared on 14th August, 1944 in New Delhi, India. The day was the eleventh day of the waning moon, the auspicious day of Lord Hari - Annada Ekadashi.
Why should one be a fanatic? If one has got brain, one has got logic, why should he be a fanatic? Fanatic means dullheaded rascal.
However, the term "fanaticism" should not be misunderstood. Srila Prabhupada defines fanaticism as a manifestation of religion without philosophy. "Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism." (Bg. 3.3 purport.) If a devotee has realization and is preaching according to sastra, even if his pre
