Today we have a transcendental treat for our readers — Gopinatha! — one of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s most beloved Vaisnava songs. The accompanying photo is of Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha in Toronto during the 1970s. The translation is from the original Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas prayer book by Acyutananda dasa, 1972 edition. And the […]
Subject: Do what you can for Srila Prabhupada compiled by Padmapani dasa Over the years I’ve received numerous messages from readers expressing their dismay that they didn’t have a chance to see and serve Srila Prabhupada while he was physically present on the planet. My reply has always been that Srila Prabhupada is not limited […]
Dear Prabhus. Pamho,Agtsp. I very much appreciate Gauridas Pandita,s concerns about the Back to Godhead magazine. As he stated, Srila Prabhpada saw the BTG and Hari Nama Sankirtana as the back bone of the movement. I came across a BT G in late 72 and I was immediately mesmerised by its transcendental potency.My life changed […]
The Material Concoction That Infiltrated ISKCON BY: VIDURA MAHATMA DAS SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 — LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA The idea that one must approach or take shelter of a “living” guru is undoubtedly one of the biggest and most damaging of lies within the Krishna consciousness movement. This lie was started by a few deviated disciples […]
Subject: Srila Prabhupada: Follow the instruction. Then you are secure anywhere compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. If you don’t follow the instruction of guru, then you are fallen down immediately. That is the way. Otherwise why you sing, yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo **. It is my duty to satisfy guru. Otherwise I am […]
Srila Prabhupada Memories “Do Not Change My Words” Srila Prabhupada used to like to sit in his garden in Vrindavan especially in the mornings. He liked to hear his books read to him daily. One time Yasodanandan Prabhu was reading Sri Isopanisad when Srila Prabhupada stopped him and asked him to reread the last paragraph. […]
VERY RELEVANT TESTIMONY FROM CYAVANA SWAMI On September 6, 2017, Nityananda das received an email reply to questions he had put to Cyavana Swami, an very early Srila Prabhupada disciple who manages a preaching and gardening facility in Williston, Florida called Camp Garuda. The reply was: “Yes, I have stated this many times….. some understand […]
Below we have two separate quotes from Jaiva Dharma(Bhaktivinode Thakur) which should prove to everybody the folly of “bad association”. There is a common saying-“the road to hell is paved with good intentions” and it also applies to us devotees who are in ignorance of all the very subtle aspects of this great Vaisnava philosophy. […]
“I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 14th, 1969, and I have received a similar letter from Brahmananda also that you are finding some difficulty in keeping pace regularly with the routine work. My advice to you under the circumstances is that at least for one hour you must all go to have […]
Brahmi Devi Dasi My first memory of our beloved Srila Prabhupada was my discovery of him in a book I found in a secondhand bookshop called Krishna Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System. I also found Easy Journey to Other Planets. I was so intrigued by these titles that I bought them both. One paragraph made […]
