Proud of your new “supercar”? (2 min video)
Sivarama Swami: A new Mercedes, BMW, Tesla or Porsche … will make us Happy? It’s a myth - let me explain.
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- 18 Feb 2023
Today is the auspicious Maha Sivaratri , a day to honor and pray to lord Siva. Lord Siva is known as Ashutosh, one who is pleased very easily, so somehow if we can please him on this Maha Sivaratri then we can make rapid progress in Krishna consciousness
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- 18 Feb 2023
“Those friends who show affection but are self-absorbed at heart are not friends in the truest sense. They simply play a part in mutual self-interest. They would never show their love unless there was some profit they could take advantage of. Oh slender-waisted gopis, others love without concern for what they have to gain from love or get back in return. Such people may be parents, friends or saints, but you can tell that they are truly friendly and wish everybody well. Still others don’t or can’t give back...
- 14 Feb 2023
Radhanath Swami: When I was young, no one called it Valentines Day, everyone called it Saint Valentine's day. You remember? Now they just call it Valentines Day because they don’t want to think about saints (laughter). Because it’s actually totally contradictory to the whole conception of what valentine’s day is all about. Who was saint valentine?
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- 14 Feb 2023
One Path, Many Paths.
HG Caitanya Caran das: When we start exploring life’s spiritual side, we may hesitate to commit ourselves to any particular spiritual path: “Won’t that make me close-minded and incapable of appreciating other paths?”
- 13 Feb 2023
The inside job!
Sutapa das: The ungrateful, inappropriate and irrational ways in which people act can infuriate us to no end. We deal with our anger by letting it loose (passionate and vengeful outbursts) or locking it up (emotionally disconnecting). Both expressions, however, are indicative of our own shortcomings. Allowing someone else’s negativity to displace our own consciousness, means there is still work to do. We seek emotional deposits from others because we haven’t become full in ourselves. But isn’t that natural? Aren’...
- 13 Feb 2023
How to remain determined in Krishna consciousness.
BB Govinda Swami: If there’s ever a question to do something conservative or to do something liberal, it’s always better to do something on the conservative side of Krishna consciousness. You know, being more conservative in our frame of mind may not be as expedient in terms of gratifying our senses. But if we have that focus to keep us closer to Srila Prabhupada, and His mood and His instructions, then you’ll be able to remain in your determination more. And then among yourselves, y...
- 13 Feb 2023
The Power of Prayer.
By Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami.
Atheists think that a prayer to God is sheer imagination. But for centuries, thousands of sincere practitioners have accumulated definite evidence of the positive results of prayer. The serious doubt regarding prayer is not whether God can hear and respond, but whether the things people pray for are worthwhile. According to St. Teresa of Avila. “More tears are shed in this world from prayers that are answered than from those that go unanswered.” Th...
- 12 Feb 2023
The Law of Large Numbers.
Vaisesika das: “In probability theory, the law of large numbers (LLN) is a theorem that describes the results of performing the same experiment a large number of times. According to the law, the average of the results obtained from a large number of trials should be close to the expected value, and will tend to become closer as more trials are performed.” (Wikipedia)...
- 12 Feb 2023
My Spiritual Journey towards Krishna - Rasapriya Devi Dasi (9 min video)
The beginning of our spiritual journey is often characterized by idealism. Everything is fresh and fascinating, a whole new world to explore...
- 12 Feb 2023
But why are the best things so hard to do?
Monday morning. It’s cold, wet and windy. It’s time to face the world. It’s another day on book distribution! I remember returning from my first day on book distribution and being advised to do the unthinkable – “go and have a cold shower!” What! I’d already been standing in the freezing cold all day! The logic was that a warm shower cleanses your physical body, but a cold shower cleanses your subtle body – all the negativ...
- 12 Feb 2023
Love is in the Details.
Radhanath Swami: Bhakti is about detail, little things. Big things are wonderful, but even more wonderful are the little things within the big things. And if you don’t have a big thing, equally wonderful is the little things.
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- 12 Feb 2023
Been serving for so long but still… not even the aroma of Krishna?
BB Govinda Swami: Sometimes devotees say: “Oh, He has forgotten us. Oh, I’ve been chanting Hare Krishna for five years, so much sincere service I’m doing, but still…. not even the aroma of Krishna. What to speak of seeing Krishna! Has He forgotten us? Is He hard-hearted? Is He indifferent? Why doesn’t he respond? Why doesn’t He reciprocate with us?
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- 11 Feb 2023
Radha’s Journey
By Sacinandana Swami
It is my great pleasure to share something with you today that is characteristic for Vrindavan: talk about Radha and Krishna. The topic is the journey of Radharani to meet Her beloved Krishna. It is very nectarean and dear to the vaisnava’s heart because in some ways it represents our own journey of eagerness to Krishna.
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- 11 Feb 2023
- 11 Feb 2023
HG Srutakirti Prabhu’s narration of some of his nectarine memories from the time he was Srila Prabhupada’s personal servant. Recorded in New Vrindavan, West Virginia, USA (video)
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- 10 Feb 2023
Practicing Love.
When we ask ourselves the question ‘Why do we exist?’ we begin the search for meaning in our lives. If we accept that we exist not just in this life span, but beyond, that question brings us to face the very core of ourselves.
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- 9 Feb 2023
Back to Godhead!
Srila Prabhupada once wrote of Back to Godhead magazine, “This paper is the beginning of my spiritual life.”
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Back to Godhead, we present Srila Prabhupada’s opening article of his first issue of the magazine, which he launched on the appearance day of his spiritual master in 1944. The world ...
- 9 Feb 2023
Life Of A Devotee - Hayagriva Das (video)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna maha-mantra gives liberation and at the same time......
- 9 Feb 2023
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta’s Appearance – Srila Prabhupada Explains His Poetry (23 min. video)
Dhruva Maharaja dasa: I put this slideshow/video together for a class on Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s Appearance day this Saturday at the Alachua Temple of Srila Prabhupada explaining his famous Vyasa-puja Offering poetry from 1936. I think devotees may appreciate Prabhupada explaining reasons for using various phrases in that offering.
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- 8 Feb 2023
- 3 Feb 2023
HG Jivanath Prabhu is sharing with us his memories before he met devotees and during being in the Sankirtana movement. (18 min video)...
- 2 Feb 2023
Mysteries of Sound - HH Bhanu Swami (video)
Srila Prabhupada: The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is always superbly effective, but it is especially effective in this age of Kali. All the great authorities of bhakti-yoga recommend the devotional process beginning with the chanting of the holy name of Krishna (tan-nama-grahanadibhih). (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.1.21 Purport)...
- 2 Feb 2023
Krishna has Justice and a Plan for Everyone!
Once there was a sweeper in a well-known Krishna temple and he was very sincere and devoted. Every time he saw thousands of devotees coming to take darshan of the Lord, he thought that the Lord is standing all the time and giving darshan and He must be feeling very tired.
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- 2 Feb 2023