Ananda Vrindavaneswari: When I was young we spent time at our aunt’s farm in the south of Ireland. She had 5 milking cows, all had names, and when she sat and milked them in the morning and evening, great conversations would be had. With the cows that is.

Srila Prabhupada’s lilas and lessons.

Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami in ISKCON Delhi

Sound is the most powerful energy we will contact in our lives. It is powerful because it affects our consciousness. Whether we remain immersed material sound or spiritual sound will determine the development of our consciousness.

HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami: It is important to know what, when and how to speak!

Disagreement over issues is not as disruptive as disagreement over the importance of the disagreements (Based on Gita 18.22)
When we see disruptive disagreements among friends who share our faith, we feel distressed. Why? Because we practice our faith to experience peace, not strife. Indeed, the specter of religious conflicts drives fence-sitters towards agnosticism, atheism or even anti-theism.

Srila Prabhupada: Lord Krishna stresses the importance of remembering Him. One‘s memory of Krishna is revived by chanting the maha-mantra, Hare Krishna. By this practice of chanting and hearing the sound vibration of the Supreme Lord, one’s ear, tongue and mind are engaged. This mystic meditation is very easy to practice, and it helps one attain the Supreme Lord. (Bhagavad-Gita 8.8 Purport)

Srimad Bhagavatam class given by HH Bhanu Swami at ISKCON New Govardhana Temple.

Becoming immune to Kali-yuga by realizing the Lord’s presence.
Srila Prabhupada: There is nothing in the world with which the Lord is disconnected. The only thing we must learn is to excavate the source of connection and thus be linked with Him by offenseless service. We can be connected with Him by the transcendental sound representation of the Lord.

Three most important rules for chanting Hare Krishna.
HH Sacinandana Swami: Our spiritual practice should nourish us, it should supply us with a taste that is better than the taste that material activities and sense gratification provide us with. When our spiritual practice lacks this taste, the temptation of material life which then allures us with a seemingly greater taste is always close to us. And at that time we are in danger. However, if we can find taste in our spiritual practice we are safe on the spiritual platform.

Srila Prabhupada taught us that for cooking, clarified butter, known as Ghee is the only oil to use. At Henry Street Radha Govinda temple the cooks strictly followed that instruction. To make ghee you take unsalted butter–not vegan butter or margarine and slowly let it simmer for many hours. Eventually, the pure butter oil or ghee collects at the bottom of the pot and the impurities float to the top.

Perspectives on Time and Space.
What do the Bhagavatam and Srila Prabhupada have to say about these universal concepts? At the beginning of his first book, Easy Journey to Other Planets, Srila Prabhupada writes, “Dedicated to the scientists of the world.” Perhaps it was Lord Krishna’s special plan that Srila Prabhupada’s first book be related to science, and space in particular. By this dedication, Srila Prabhupada is inviting scientists and any inquisitive thoughtful people to explore the s...

Behind The Mask: Hungry For Happiness (video)
UniMelb Bhakti Yoga Club “Event Happiness” presentation at Melbourne University by HH Devamrita Swami.

All yogis are careful about what they eat…or at least they should be. Food is not only connected to our physical well being but also our karmic footprint. In general, we tend to be rather neglectful of karma, nature’s law of action and reaction. As humans, we imagine ourselves above the law, different from nature, and somehow immune to its rules.
But indeed, every single thing we do, every move we make, is not without its impact on our lives - now and in the future. Eating is an obvious and easy way to track this. We eat irresponsibly,...

When a bum named Robert knocked on the door of the New York temple (10 min. video)
Hamsarupa Prabhu narrates the story of his encounter with this stinking and dirty bum who turned out to have seen and served Srila Prabhupada in New York before anybody else!

a Dasa: Most systems of Indian philosophy endorse the notion that, in some sense, all living beings are one with God. Some would say that spiritual philosophy in general – East and West – is based on the premise of oneness, suggesting an ontological unity for all that is. The reasoning is straightforward: Since everything emanates from God, and since God is absolute, then His emanations partake of His essential nature, even if they exist in temporary forgetfulness.* Thus, ultimate spiritual vision, according to this line of thought, b...

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.G. Radhika Raman Prabhu at ISKCON Vrindavan

Sacinandana Swami: The influence of maya is very difficult to overcome. In our scriptures, the material energy is therefore compared to an ocean. When you sail the ocean you never know when the weather will become stormy and high waves will make it impossible for you to continue your journey. Material life is similar – you never know when difficulties will shake you. Krishna explains this fact to Uddhava and then says: “Devotees are like a strong boat that comes to rescue those persons who are repeatedly rising and falling in the fearful ocea...

In answer to your several questions, first; what is meant by conditioned soul? Conditioned soul means one who has accepted something illusion as reality. Conditioned means that due to imperfect desires the spirit soul becomes dependent on material conditions for his satisfaction

Srila Prabhupada was not just another Eastern scholar, guru, mystic, yoga teacher or meditation instructor. He was the embodiment of an entire culture and implanted that culture in the West.

Mundane Rasa vs. Bhakti Rasa. Bhakti means “Devotional service”. Every service has some attractive feature which drives the servitor progressively on and on. Every one of us within this world is perpetually engaged in some sort of service, and the impetus for such service is the pleasure we derive from it.

Can one who has sinned be a saint?
Sometimes people think that once a person has performed sinful acts, especially acts that are grievously sinful, he must be regarded as a sinner forever. This notion runs contrary to Vaishnava philosophy.

If the violent communication is from the both, take the responsibility from your part and express and then the best is you dont repeat it, the best apology is change your behavior and change behavior requires something inside not just outside, so i am an imperfect being making this apology, i may make the same mistake again because i am an imperfect being and I am acknowledging my mistake and i am acknowledging my shortcomings. I earnestly and honestly will try to improve. If you want to be in mode of goodness instead of passion and ignorance be in th...

Visakha Devi Dasi ACBSP: Be personal. Honor each individual for who he or she is. This principle was repeatedly exemplified by Srila Prabhupada throughout his time with us. As he saw how everyone is spiritually equal and should have an equal opportunity to participate in his movement according to his or her qualifications and propensities, so can we. As he encouraged everyone, so can we. In the world today, there’s a dire need for this cutting-edge, spiritual vision, a vision that’s resonant with Krishna’s teachings, that’s attrac...