Kartik, or the month of Damodar, is considered the best of months and is most auspicious for spiritual advancement. In the Skanda Purana it is stated: “As Satya-yuga is the best of yugas, as the Vedas are the best of scriptures, as Ganga is the best of rivers, so KartikContinue Reading
[Translation from Hindi] News Desk, Amar Ujala, New Delhi, Updated Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:50 PM IST The name of ‘UDGAR’ festival organized to get rid of the evil addictions in the country has been recorded in the world record book. London’s World Book Records on Sunday honored Gopal KrishnaContinue Reading
Sri Radha Madhav Iskcon Temple in Rohini, Delhi, organised and held in its precincts an interfaith meet to celebrate the Holy Name Week. MONA MEHTA reports Talking in fluent Hindi, Divyaroopa Devi Dasi, Iskcon member from Ukraine, took us around the Sri Radha Madhav Temple in Rohini, Delhi. As sheContinue Reading
Isn’t it Lord Chaitanya’s desire and instruction that we disciples of Srila Prabhupada become gurus ourselves to explain and expand this great science, under the expert guidance of our beloved spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, to whomever we meet? This does not mean that we want to be worshipped ourselves orContinue Reading
At first, we may only philosophically understand the concept of submission to Krsna in devotional service, and in the beginning we may engage in the regulative principles of devotion only under the order of the bona fide spiritual master. But quickly one begins to taste the different mellows of Krsna’sContinue Reading
[TRANSLATED FROM HINDI], Amar Ujala, Mathura, Updated Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:31 AM IST The Member of Parliament of Mathura Hema Malini said that Braj was not just the playground of Radha Krishna but also their heartland. Every spec and rock here is inhabited by Radha Krishna. That’s why inContinue Reading
The simple message of the scriptures is to give a submissive aural reception to the words of a realized soul. It is all about hearing from he who is authorized to speak on behalf of Krsna. One who has the authority is the one who has Krsna; that is, theContinue Reading
Indian man: Historical judgment. Prabhupada: Yes. I was expecting to fight that case at least for some years, but by Krsna’s grace, he has given on the first day the judgment. Indian man: Was it argued on also? Prabhupada: No. Simply we presented our statement. I advised them that “YouContinue Reading
Please accept my blessings. Now you must arrange in each temple there must be sufficient stock of prasadam for distribution. You can keep first-class cooks, two or three, and they should be always engaged. Whenever any guest comes, he must get prasad. This arrangement must be made, that the cooksContinue Reading
Brahmananda das: Prabhupada designed the Krishna and Balarama Deities, the mudra. He made a drawing and gave it to Baradraj to have it made in Jaipur. There is no Krishna Balarama Deity like this with Balarama resting His arm on Krishna’s shoulders. There is no Deity like that, Prabhupada madeContinue Reading