Hare Krsna–Winter seems over here for us, bulbs and flowers are popping out of the ground, rhubarb is coming up, the weather is mild, and I am beginning to clear out from the gardens what is left from over wintering plants. Below is a tray of purple brussel sprouts (very high in anti oxidants)and the […]
Philosophy discussions-Srila Prabhupada about Bergson-with Symasundar Śyāmasundara: So someone can understand, someone can know what the life force is going to do in the future, how it will manifest itself in the future? Prabhupāda: The future, because he is eternally servant of God, so now he has forgotten. He wants to become master, and the […]
Compiled by Yasoda nandan das Today is the disappearance day of Sri Madhvacarya, who is the sampradaya-acarya of our Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya. Srila Prabhupada: “Srila Madhvacarya is the original acarya for those who belong to the Madhva-Gaudiya-sampradaya.” (Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.1.40.purport “… This Madhva-Gaudiya-sampradaya is also known as the Brahma-sampradaya because the disciplic succession originally began from […]
Hare Krsna Below we have two separate letters from Srila Prabhupada regarding how Vrndavana and New Vrndavana should be developed. Both should be a village like atmosphere where simple living goes on, just the it was 5000 years ago when Krsna and Balaram was there. Today we have a totally different picture developing and even by the […]
Hare Krsna-This is a very instructive story Srila Prabhupada tells to us about a yogi and a businessman who tried to cheat him. It is directly related to sadhana bhakti and how we cannot light the fire of KC by having only smoke-instead of fire. In other words, if we cheat, change the process, or […]
1. Do not create your own process for worshipping Deities “The greatest danger to our movement will come when we manufacture and create our own process for worshiping the Deities. So don’t ask any more new questions, whatever is going on, follow it just to the exact standard as I have given you, that’s all…” Srila Prabhupada […]
Discipline and association, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and of God or Krishna I practice Krishna consciousness since 1984, the spiritual life is very simple, one has a spiritual master representative of God, follow his instructions and the result of this is that one lives with him and […]
Śrīla Prabhupāda, our eternal Dīkṣā guru “I am the Spiritual Master of this institution, and all the members of the Society, they’re supposed to be my disciples. They follow the rules and regulations which I ask them to follow, and they are initiated by me spiritually.” (Śrīla Prabhupāda Radio interview – San Francisco, March 12, […]
Immortal Charity: Srila Prabhupada’s Gift to the World By Narasimha das Text 41 O spotless one, your answers to all these questions will grant immunity for all material miseries. Such charity is greater than all Vedic charities, sacrifices, penances and so on. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.7.41) Purport “The highest perfectional work of charity it to give people […]
Srila Visvanatha Cakravari Thakura Tirobhava Tithi [disappearance] Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Sei Raghunatha dasa Goswami Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Sri Raghunandana Thakura Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Srimati Vishnupriya Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Compiled by Yasoda Nandana dasa Srila Prabhupada glorifies Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura Lectures : Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures : Canto 7: Lectures : SB 7.12: Lectures […]
