At a university in Los Angeles, a student with a walker came straight away to my book table and declared, “I know the Bhagavad-gita, and let me tell you this is not a book of rainbows and fairy tales. Arjuna wanted to save the bodies of his family members. He did not know that Krishna...
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- 19 Apr 2022
It was a little quiet at my book table, so I was reading a verse from the Gita for inspiration. And then I hear someone saying, “Haribol! Haribol!“ I looked up. It was this super-favourable scientist and gentleman named Leo, from China. He met devotees 25 years ago in Shanghai and became a vegetarian. Devotees...
- 19 Apr 2022
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“Srimati Radharani is as fully spiritual as Krishna. No one should consider Her to be material. She is definitely not like the conditioned souls, who have mental bodies, gross and subtle, covered by material senses. She is all-spiritual, and both Her body and mind are of the same spiritual embodiment. Because Her body is spiritual,...
- 18 Apr 2022
ISKCON RELIEF FOR UKRAINE Week 7 ISKCON Relief – Figures Devotees from Europe and even other parts of the world have tirelessly continued their sincere endeavors to help devotees and refugees from Ukraine to find shelter, care and support. The following figures are for week 7. Food For Life – Prasadam Distribution for Week 7...
- 18 Apr 2022
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All glory to Lord Krsna, Govinda, the Supreme Godhead! Glory to His eternal blissful spiritual youthful body! Glory to Him who is the origin and prime cause of all! Glory to Gokula, His supernal abode! Glory to the lotus of a thousand petals sprung from a part of His infinitude! Glory, all glory to Srimati...
- 18 Apr 2022
My Dear Dr. Bigelow: Please accept my greetings. Recently I have read an article in the Gazette by Rae Corelli entitled “Heart Surgeon Wants to Know What a Soul Is,” and it was very interesting. Your comments show great insight, and so I thought to write you on this matter. Perhaps you may know that...
- 18 Apr 2022
WINDSOR A world-famous Canadian heart surgeon says he believes the body has a soul which departs at death and theologians ought to try to find out more about it. Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow, head of the cardio-vascular surgery unit at Toronto General Hospital, said that “as a person who believes there is a soul” he...
- 18 Apr 2022
by Karandhara Dasa Krsna consciousness means God consciousness. We all have consciousness or awareness, but of what are we aware? For example, if you are pinched you will feel it that is consciousness. In our normal everyday activities we are conscious of so many things like our stomach, our dress, our relationship with others, and...
- 18 Apr 2022
“We are all originally situated on the platform of Krsna consciousness in our eternal personal relationship of love of Krsna. But due to forgetfulness we become familiar with the material world or Maya. As soon as one chants the Hare Krsna Mantra with sincerity and without offense (you know there are ten kinds of offenses...
- 17 Apr 2022
Govardhan Ecovillage, a project of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is a holy place of pilgrimage or Dhama – The holy abode of Lord Krishna. We are committed to practicing and sharing the lifestyle based on devotional principles of Bhakti coming in the lineage of -The Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition....
- 17 Apr 2022
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- 17 Apr 2022
The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee greets other people with tolerance, compassion, friendship, and equality. Srila Prabhupada’s translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.11.13 (spoken by Svayambhuva Manu)...
- 16 Apr 2022
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Yesterday we had a wonderful Rathayatra in Phoenix, Durban. It was cold, but the devotees’ hearts were warm, and everything was a great success. Find them here: https://bit.ly/3OhTLVy...
- 16 Apr 2022
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“Regarding your first question, is it offensive to think of Krishna’s Pastimes while chanting, I think you should know that it is not offensive, but rather it is required. One must try for the point when he simply hears Krishna and immediately all of Krishna, His Pastimes, His Form, His Quality, are in his thoughts....
- 15 Apr 2022
by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami The followers of Krsna consciousness are aware that at present the universe and the earth are in the age of Kali. Vedic culture calculates the long duration of time between the creation and annihilation of the cosmos according to repeated cycles of the following four seasons: Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga and Kali-yuga....
- 15 Apr 2022
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited the sacred abode of Gaya, in the state of Bihar. The history of Gaya goes back to Satya Yuga, when Lord Visnu placed His lotus foot on the chest of Gayasura, a redeemed demon who had turned into stone. That footprint has been worshipped by devotees since that time. Five...
- 14 Apr 2022
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After receiving a super inspiring, mercy-filled email from His Holiness Giriraj Swami, encouraging book distribution, we went out on books to cash in on the mercy. A nice young engineer approached our book table with many questions. He asked, “I’m confused in life, even though I’m very successful materially, so please recommend a book that...
- 14 Apr 2022
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In the Vaisnava (Krsna) literature of India there are innumerable scriptural injunctions encouraging sankirtana the chanting and singing of the names of God as an efficacious means to attain God realization or as a glorious end in itself. Yet many Westerners, perhaps justifiably skeptical, might ask, “If sankirtana is so all-encompassing, so potent and effective,...
- 14 Apr 2022
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada As long as we have the desire for material sense gratification or the desire for material liberation there is no possibility of developing transcendental bliss in Krsna consciousness. Bhukti is the desire for material sense gratification, and mukti is the desire, after being frustrated, for liberation. Real mukti or liberation however, means...
- 14 Apr 2022