https://www.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/in-pics-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-tallest-temple-640967.html Speech of President of India: https://presidentofindia.nic.in/speeches-detail.htm?357 Vrindavan, 16 November 2014 The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee attended the Anantha Sthapana Puja at the Chandrodaya Mandir being established by ISKCON at Vrindavan today (November 16, 2014). Speaking on the occasion, the President said India is one of the oldest and culturally rich civilizations in […]

HARE KRSNA–THIS MESSAGE DELIVERED BY OUR SRILA PRABHUPADA MANY YEARS AGO TO HIS GODBROTHERS IS STILL VERY RELEVANT TODAY AMONGST ALL OF US.   KRSNA’S MERCY CAN ONLY BE  REACHED BY THE MERCY OF THE GURU, AND OUR GURU, SRILA PRABHUPADA, WRITES BELOW HOW TO RECEIVE THAT MERCY.     PHALGUN KRISHNA PANCAMI By His Divine Grace A.C. […]

Prabhupāda: Yes. Sometimes the Māyāvādī philosophers, they give this example that “As all the rivers come down to the ocean, and then business is finished.” But our philosophy is not so scanty. We do not wish to mix with the ocean, we want to go deep into the ocean. They give this example, nirākāra. Because ocean is, it is not nirākāra but it is, still they say nirākāra. Ocean is ākāra, we see around […]

Panca Dravida: Prabhupāda, why is it that a devotee falls down, that he wants to surrender to Kṛṣṇa and again he falls back to the material world to become a false enjoyer? Prabhupāda: He’s more sinful. Yeṣām anta–gataṁ pāpam. He has not yet finished his sinful activities; therefore it takes some time. Neither he surrenders fully. Just like somebody said, “I want to enjoy material world.” Just see. That is sinful. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Kṛṣṇa will protect any living entity […]

Conv Mayapur March 10 1976 Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He’s saying that sometimes the brahmacārīs, even thesannyāsīs, they may have a very strong aversion towards association with women and/or householder life, things of this nature. And sometimes the gṛhasthas will criticize the sannyāsīs and brahmacārīs that “This is fanaticism,” or it’s, to the other end, “It’s just […]

A devotee who tries to preach, who has compassion upon innocent persons who have no knowledge of Krishna, is a superior devotee.   SB 4.17.26

So we have to learn how to chant. Therefore in the śāstras, in thePurāṇas, the ten kinds of offenses are described. And Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has given very much stress to avoid these offenses. Śuddha-nāma. In the beginning we cannot chant pure form of the (holy) name, because we are accustomed… But still, by chanting process, then it becomesnāmābhāsa, almost pure. Ābhāsa means just like before sunrise, you find the darkness is off, but it is not sunlight. It is different from […]

Below we have compiled many verses, mostly from SB and BG For Understanding why “good and bad” things happen to us,and more specifically how each of us individually reacts to such events as devotees or Vaisnavas. The ultimate goal of all action, according to our philosophy is to only act for the satisfaction of God, […]

Must see God to be guru 1.) A spiritual master must have seen Krishna. Without seeing, he cannot be spiritual master. SB lect, LA, Jan 12, 1969 2.)  Recorded on December 7, 1973,On the shores of the Pacific Ocean Near Los Angeles  Śrīla Prabhupāda is accompanied by Dr. Singh, Dr. W. H. Wolf-Rottkay and another student. (Life […]

Somebody was talking that “Your Deity is just like trying to talk with me.” Prasanna–vaktra. Yes. He is here to talk with you, but He is waitingwhether you‘re interested to talk with Him. That’s all. Kṛṣṇa says that teṣāṁ satata–yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti–pūrvakam, buddhi–yogaṁ dadāmi tam [Bg. 10.10]. He talks, but with whom? Teṣāṁ satata–yuktānām. One who is twenty-four hours engaged with love and faith in the service of the Lord. To whom? Just like if you want to talk with some big man, then you must have qualification. Is it possible that if you want […]