Krishna Janmāsthami!
The appearance of the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna in this material world is not like the birth of ordinary human beings. Ordinary beings are forced to take birth in various situations due to their good or bad past activities. But the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna appears in this world simplyContinue Reading
When Srila Prabhupada Speaks of Ordinary Things He Never Becomes Ordinary
If we want to be successful in our spiritual endeavors, we can never minimize the ISKCON Founder Acharya, Srila Prabhupada. Try to understand what happens when someone surrenders to Krsna. The modes of nature disappear. Srila Prabhupada is not in this world, but has a direct one-on-one relationship with KrsnaContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada Samadhi Mandir,Vrndavana
26 August 2018 Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. KINDLY POST THIS ON YOUR TEMPLE NOTICE BOARDS. Caturmasya and Monsoon is upon us, and the Samadhi Dome is quite damp inside because there was leaking from the Kalash base at the top. We repairedContinue Reading
Mridanga, Kartala, that is Enough
So far your road-show is concerned, we are not meant for giving performances, we are simple kirtana men. There must always be kirtana going on wherever we travel, and nothing else. In this connection refer to the GBC letter which will be sent to you shortly by Karandhara and Syamasundara.Continue Reading
First Step
tatas te niryayur gopāḥ svaṁ svam ādāya go-dhanam śakaṭoḍhopakaraṇaṁ strī-bāla-sthavirāḥ śanaiḥ “After collecting their respective cows and loading their paraphernalia into their wagons, the cowherd men went out. The women, children and elderly persons gradually followed them.” SB 10.25.27 When I was little kid – almost every babushka onContinue Reading
‘Vaishnava Dress’ Really Exists and ISKCON Devotees Must Wear It
Prabhupada: Why your dress is not as a sannyäs? Tusta Krsna: The robes make people uncomfortable, Prabhupada. They see you as different and can’t relate. They won’t relax enough to listen when I wear robes. Prabhupada: But sannyasis must dress in saffron with robes and shaved head. Tusta Krsna: IContinue Reading
We Send Out Our Soldiers to Fight with Maya
“There is no doubt about it, to distribute books is our most important activity. The temple is a place not for eating and sleeping, but as a base from which we send out our soldiers to fight with maya. Fight with maya means to drop thousand and millions of booksContinue Reading
At My Most Desperate Hour, Krsna Came into My Life
I had never before in my life even heard of Krsna or Hare Krsna, nor had I ever seen a Krsna devotee, probably, because there weren’t too many temples back in 1969–about 11 only. Anyway, this book I was reading, The Wisdom of God, turned out to be about KrsnaContinue Reading
The Genius of Srila Prabhupada
Chant Hare Krishna, perform what is yours and do not pretend to be who you are not. Srila Prabhupāda never manufactured anything by his own. He always declared – that He gives only what is said in Scriptures, As it Is. Those who try to represent Srila Prabhupada as aContinue Reading
Please Don’t Deceive Me
(An address by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur to his audience at the onset of their departure after a Krishna Conscious festival held at one of his temples.) All of you came with the intention to serve Kṛṣṇa, and on that basis I became attached to you. Yet now I seeContinue Reading