>Krsna has many pastimes, of which His pastimes in Goloka Vrndavana are supreme. He also has pastimes in the Vaikunthas, the spiritual world, as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
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- 21 Sep 2020
Romapada Swami: Is there anything that exists that we can say is ours? We can’t say that the body is ours because it can be taken away. Our mind is not ours because it is not under our control. Our possessions are certainly not ours. Even the soul itself is the property of Krsna. So what can we say is ours? Our acharyas give us the answer: the one thing we can say is ours is our relationship with Krsna. It can’t be taken away from us, just like the free-will of a living entity. Our relationship with Krsna is constitutionally given to us. So on...
- 21 Sep 2020
[A disciple of Prakasananda Sarasvati to an assembly of disciples]: “In this age of Kali, one cannot attain liberation without taking to the devotional service of the Lord. In this age, even if one does not chant the holy name of Krsna perfectly, he still attains liberation very easily.”
- 21 Sep 2020
Even when a person becomes an offender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he can still be delivered simply by taking shelter of the Holy Names of the Lord: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In other words, the chanting of Hare Krishna is beneficial for eradicating all sins, but if one becomes an offender to the Holy Names of the Lord, then he has no chance of being delivered.
...- 21 Sep 2020
One time an Iskcon devotee met an older guru of the Sankaracarya sampradaya (impersonalists).
Being respectful the devotee offered his pranams, as the etiquette is. The guru started giving him advice and initially said that he should read the Bhagavad-gita as this would certainly strengthen him.
The devotee respectfully brought the point about the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. After thinking for some time the guru said: “yes, this chanting would make you physically healthy”
The devotee again indicated the great expa...
- 21 Sep 2020
Samapriya devi dasi: Betrothed by Srila Prabhupada the holy name to wed, vowing not to put another in His sacred bed. You rest upon my tongue, taking me a journey far, throughout the worlds and inner space revealing who You are.
...- 21 Sep 2020
Nondifferent from Krishna. Feared by fear personified will free immediately by even unconsciously chanting it!
...- 21 Sep 2020
- 21 Sep 2020
When Lord Krsna wanders in the forest of Vrndavana with His friends on an equal level, there are innumerable cows grazing. This is one of the Lord’s blissful enjoyments. When He plays on His flute, all living entities-including trees, plants, animals, and human beings-tremble and are saturated with jubilation. Tears flow constantly from their eyes.
...- 20 Sep 2020
Kadamba Kanana Swami: The essence of the process that we are following in this movement is the chanting of the holy name. This process is the yuga dharma – the dharma (religion) for this age of Kali. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has made this chanting of the holy name widely available to us and also added his extra mercy. The holy name has been chanted widely throughout the millennia but in this particular millennia, there is the added mercy of the Lord himself. Therefore, now it is very easy and quick for us to chant Krsna’s name and attain the res...
- 20 Sep 2020
- 20 Sep 2020
Sukadeva GosvamI said to King Pariksit, “For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoofprint. His goal is Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.”
...- 20 Sep 2020
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Bhagavat Ashraya Prabhu, Sun, 09.02.20 in ISKCON Sydney
...- 19 Sep 2020
- 19 Sep 2020
- 19 Sep 2020
The gopis would sing of Krsna as He played His flute in Vrndavana forest: “Blessed are all the foolish deer, for they have approached Maharaja Nanda’s son, who is gorgeously dressed and is playing on His flute. Indeed, both the doe and the bucks worship the Lord with looks of love and affection.
...- 18 Sep 2020
Srila Prabhupada’s greatest desire was to spread the chanting of the Holy Names all over the world. To fulfill this desire, the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON established World Holy Name Day to commemorate Srila Prabhupada Arrival anniversary to the west, during Srila Prabhupada’s Centennial in 1996. World Holy Name Day, along with many other Centennial programs was a tremendous success.
...- 18 Sep 2020
Bhaktimarga Swami: Our team of three stayed at the ISKCON Centre, Montreal, overnight. I kept myself clear of any space where incense lingered as it agitates or aggravates my sinuses at present. I have some throat issues. I mentioned to the head priest that it might be something for him to think about and take action on. “We use incense in our services but we might consider cutting down. Some Buddhist monks were found to have lung cancer because of large doses of incense.
...- 18 Sep 2020
- 18 Sep 2020
- 18 Sep 2020
As Bhismadeva lay on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, mortally wounded, he remembered Krsna’s pastimes there and prayed as follows: “Sri Krsna is the intimate friend of Arjuna. He has appeared on this earth in His transcendental body, colored bluish like a tamala tree. His body attracts everyone in the three planetary systems. May His glittering yellow dress and His lotus face, covered with paintings of sandalwood pulp, be the object of my attraction, and may I not desire fruitive results.
...- 17 Sep 2020
Who was Srila Prabhupada? What did he do, why did he come, and where did he go? A session with Bhakti Charu Swami in which he speaks about who Srila Prabhupada is and why he came to this planet, as part of our Spiritual Voyager retreat during the 2020 lockdown.
...- 17 Sep 2020
The master of the goddess of fortune resided happily in His capital city, Dvaraka, which was endowed with all opulences and populated by the most eminent Vrsnis and their gorgeously dressed wives. When these beautiful women in the bloom of youth would play on the city’s rooftops with balls and other toys, they shone like flashing lightning.
...- 16 Sep 2020
O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord.
...- 16 Sep 2020