Excerpt from the original manuscript, entitled “Who Is Crazy.“ By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
"All Vedic literature is imploring us, “Don’t sleep! Don’t sleep! Be awake! Be awake! Get up! Get up from this sleep! Utilize the boon which you now have. Don’t be foolish.”
People are working hard, and earning enough to eat. Especially in your country, there are sufficient means for eating, and nobody is starving. That’s all right, but they are still not satisfied. I have studied this very carefully...
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- 12 Jan 2023
Srila Prabhupada: “Write a letter to the Coca-Cola company and propose that they change the name of their drink to ‘Enjoy Hare Krishna’
Danavir Goswami: Prabhupada spoke to guests at the Sunday night programs. At the end of his lecture he asked if there were any questions, and one old lady cried out, "Why have you come so late?”
She was practically in tears that she had missed the opportunity to take to Krishna consciousness when she was younger. Prabhupada said, “Because you are so late.”
On another occ...
- 12 Jan 2023
It was the great 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant who pointed out that, rather than consciousness being located inside of space and time, it is space and time that are themselves part of consciousness (1781)....
- 12 Jan 2023
"The King said: O you, who are in the form of a bull! You know the truth of religion, and you are speaking according to the principle that the destination intended for the perpetrator of irreligious acts is also intended for one who identifies the perpetrator. You are no other than the personality of religion." (SB 1.17.22)
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No time to be personal? Then no time to spread the movement! (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Vaisesika Das in Mayapur....
- 12 Jan 2023
Time: Brahma Muhurta – Morning Hours of Goodness (8 min. musical video)
A melodic rendition of the Hare Krishna mantra professionally recorded by HH kadamba Kanana Swami.
- 9 Jan 2023
The Yaksha inquired, ‘What is it that makes one a true brahmana: birth, behaviour or learning?’
Maharaj Yudhisthir replied, 'It is behaviour alone that qualifies one as a true brahman. Thus, brahmanas must be very careful to exhibit exemplary behaviour. One whose behaviour is faultless will never meet with obstructions on the path of life. Teachers and students alike, who are addicted to sinful habits, should be considered illiterate, even though they may be very leaned in the shastra. Only one who ...
- 9 Jan 2023
Life – An Art of Dying.
Death is that grand test that determines our next destination. Srila Prabhupada once said that ISKCON teaches the Art of Dying. In Srimad-Bhagavatam, we can see that Bhismadev has set the best example of how to prepare oneself for that moment.
The quality of life determines the destination after death.
- 9 Jan 2023
Intricate Workings Of The Modes Of Material Nature (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Radhanath Swami
- 9 Jan 2023
Any more? Bring, bring, bring!
Lord Chaitanya was a strict renunciate in Puri - then why did He consume stored prasadam for 100 men ??
Srila Prabhupada recites this extraordinary lila!
Srila Prabhupada: Yes. It is for the devotee. A devotee can eat, as Caitanya Mahaprabhu was eating. Govinda, His servant, complained, “Sir, so many things are lying here, and everyone asks, ‘Whether Caitanya Mahaprabhu has taken my preparation?’ 'Oh, yes, He has taken.’ So I have to speak so many l...
- 9 Jan 2023
Humility of great souls
Radheshyam Dasa: “Humility of great souls is the purity within…” This statement reveals the humility of Srila Prabhupada. Although he is the Founder Acarya of a worldwide Organization, he never considers himself to be the best of the Vaishnavas; rather he considers himself unqualified and insignificant. This is one of the shining characteristics of great souls.
Great souls see smallness in themselves and greatness in others. Small souls consider themselves the best devotees. A Kanishtha Adhikari feels,...
- 7 Jan 2023
Iskcon: International Society for …Kofta consciousness :-)
This is the super positive feedback from a person after having a meal in the Govinda’s restaurant of the devotees in Australia.
Aniruddha: The positive reputation of ISKCON in Australia is built in good part on the good will created by the prasadam distribution of our restaurants and the vegetarian or bhakti yoga clubs in our universities. It is an essential element of connecting with the man on the street, especially in countries with small populations where you can’t sell a book to an individual every day of the week. They will ho...
- 6 Jan 2023
I am a big moralist!
Srila Prabhupada: What Krishna desires, if one dies, he’s above all this material. But it should not be manufactured. The thing is that our spiritual master wants to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and he has repeatedly stressed to distribute books, we shall distribute books by any means, that is good. That is good. And if you become moralist that, “Oh, they’re taking this means, that means for selling of book, so I’m big moralist. I’m bigger than him.”
- 6 Jan 2023
Spiritual world: Please consider yourself invited!
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was called ‘a vaikuntha man’. He loved the spiritual world, and sternly cautioned all thoughtful men to NOT accept the pale worldly reflection to be the Reality. His examples in this excerpt below are vivid, his application of the principles which these examples expose is forceful, and his compelling conclusions are NOT how ordinary pious souls view the world. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura insisted on exposing illusion, simply for the sake o...
- 6 Jan 2023
Character versus reputation (5 min video)
Mahatma Das: Your character is who you really are. Your reputation is who people think you are.
You may go somewhere with your reputation, but only character will keep you there.
- 6 Jan 2023
Co-operation - Srila Prabhupada’s key principle for ISKCON. Presentation by Vraja Vihari Prabhu in Iskcon Silicon Valley (2 parts)
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The Cowherd Boy
Once there was a little boy called Gopal who lived in a rural area with his mother, who was a widow. When he was five years old his mother sent him to school.
The road to the village school passed through a forest and seemed very long; at first the little boy thought he had lost his way. He walked on and on, until he saw the other village boys going to school and at once joined them on the path and finally reached the school.
- 6 Jan 2023
Transcribing Srila Prabhupada’s Words (13 min. video)
Harikesa das describes a somewhat difficult process to transcribe Srila Prabhupada’s dictations.
- 6 Jan 2023
Vaishnavas make sacrifices for the benefit of others (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Radhanath Swami today in Iskcon Mayapur
- 6 Jan 2023
Who we are and who we are not.
Prahladananda Swami: We have to remind ourselves again and again who we are and who we are not.
- 4 Jan 2023
Our abilities are our endowments, not our entitlements (Based on Gita 07.08)
Chaitanya Charan Das: We all have certain abilities that enable us to make a contribution and gain satisfaction.
- 4 Jan 2023
Who’s the Mother of Magic Realism?
Mukunda Goswami: In the Ramayana, the vanara Hanuman takes flight like a bird, and enters supra-mundane realms.
Sometimes it’s fun to take a retrospective—a look back at what was happening in the world a few years ago. The following article originally appeared in the Hindustan Times, New Delhi, on November 9th, 2005.
- 4 Jan 2023
Hariharan Iyer: The great sage Maitreya continued: Out of his causeless mercy, the exalted personality Lord Śiva, a great devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, continued to speak to the King's sons, who were standing with folded hands
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See, in this chapter also, Bhagavatam is telling the same thing. If we do all our activities for Krsna's pleasure and thus remember Him through all our activities, we can cut this tree of work (karma)
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