Srila Prabhupada’s Beautiful Poetic Preface to the Srimad Bhagavatam (Pre-USA Edition)
vata-vasana rsayah sramanah urdhva-manthinah brahmakhyam dhama te yanti santah samnyasino ‘malah vayam tv iha maha-yogin bhramantah karma-vartmasu tvad-vartaya tarisyamas tavakair dustaram tamah (bha. 11.6.47-48) “Great sages labouring hard under stringent regulative principles for salvation by suspending semina onwards and thus remaining naked, as well as successful mendicants who have attainedContinue Reading
The Truth is Always Coming Down to us from Krishna
As aspiring seekers of the truth, we must look for what is actually real by taking shelter of disciplic succession. “Taking shelter” means always following closely in the footsteps of our spiritual predecessors and whatever we say concerning this Krsna consciousness philosophy is identical with what we have submissively heardContinue Reading
“Who is Supreme?” -a Book Establishing the Supremacy of Lord Krishna
In the pandemonium of which among the 330 million demigods of the Vedas to choose and worship and India’s polytheism being one gambit of an anti-Hindu person’s unscrupulous attempts to put down Vedic culture (varnashrama dharma), this book written by Gokula Chandra Prabhu, the disciple of Tridandi Sannyasi Pramam PujyaContinue Reading
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