“Although Thakura Haridasa happened to take his birth in a Muslim family, he was elevated to the post of namacarya by Lord Caitanya due to his rigidly attended principle of chanting three hundred thousand holy names of the Lord daily: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,Continue Reading
Participants: Brahma Muhurta Dasa, Dravida Dasa, Garuda Dasa, Kalachandji Dasa, Naresvara Dasa, Nrsimhananda Dasa, Radhika Ramana Dasa, Urmila Devi Dasi Facilitators: Brahma Tirtha Dasa, Vraja Vihari Dasa Srila Prabhupada wrote to Malati Devi Dasi on January 7, 1974: “I have already written to [name] and [name] about their difference ofContinue Reading
In this world, one will find two types of prison houses. First one is concentration camp where a person is practically tortured in the prison and given all kinds of severe punishments so eventually he died. The purpose is to kill him. The second one is ordinary jail where aContinue Reading
Join this event on Facebook Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His veryContinue Reading
For an ordinary man, worship of Sri Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu or the Panca-tattva is easier than worship of Radha and Krsna. Unless one is very fortunate, he should not be induced to worship Radha-Krsna directly. A neophyte student who is not sufficiently educated or enlightened should not indulge inContinue Reading
The article below was originally published by the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium website. Here is a sample of the relief panel work of Krishna and Balarama, along with all his cowherd boyfriends, who are jubilantly herding all the cows of Vrindavan. This is only one of the four reliefContinue Reading
While we are preaching, opposing elements sometimes argue, “If all living entities were delivered by the Krsna consciousness movement, what would happen then? The universe would be devoid of living entities.” In answer to this, we may say that in a prison there are many prisoners, but if one thinksContinue Reading
Some days ago a certain document was published in the internet (we don’t classify the document as there is neither a date nor a place and name of it, the signers are five persons). In the document some zonal secretaries of Russian GBCs have resolved to ban preaching of BalaramacharyaContinue Reading
What is DHARMA? His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, the founder Acharya of ISKCON, says, “dharma means the orders given by the supreme personality of godhead. That is dharma. You can not manufacture dharma. Just like nowadays many so-called dharma are being manufactured. These are not Dharma. DharmaContinue Reading
Indian man: Swamiji, most of our Hindus accept Lord Krsna as our Supreme Being, as God. Yet in the Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna won’t fight his brothers, but Lord Krsna encouraged this, to fight his own brothers, to kill his own brothers, to shed blood. Isn’t this condoning violence? Yet Hinduism doesn’tContinue Reading