By his brother, Carl Herzig.
Several years ago today (on the lunar calendar), we received the phone call informing us of the unexpected passing of my brother, Tamal Krishna Goswami, my only remaining immediate family member (besides “my own”) and one of the few of my extended family, in a car crash in India. Not a day goes by that I don’t’ think of him with gratitude, sadness, joy, appreciation, respect, and myriad emotions—but mostly, and especially, love. (I express some of my thoughts and memories in the essay “The Older Brother,&r...
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- 5 Jul 2026
Ambarisa Das: Srila Prabhupada was a true visionary. He always had very big ideas for the spreading of Krishna consciousness and the ideal Vedic culture.
One of Srila Prabhupada’s many gifts to his followers, and the entire world, was his detailed vision for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
Srila Prabhupada had a clear vision for the temple, and he expressed it on many occasions. He wanted a unique Vedic Planetarium to present the Vedic perspective of life, including a gigantic display of the material and spiritual worlds, whic...
- 17 Jun 2026
Guru Prasad Swami - If You are Krishna Conscious then Nothing Can Bewilder You (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam Class at ISKCON Chowpa......
- 17 Jun 2026
How I came to Krishna Consciousness - HH Bhakti Marga Swami
Lives are made up with the stories. Stories are meant to inspire, meant to transform and meant to change you for the better version. Watch this inspirational video of HH Bhakti Marga Swami about how he came to Krishna Consciousness and how he changed his life with positivity.
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- 17 Jun 2026
Our beloved Srila Prabhupada conforms to the sastric description of who exactly is a perfect devotee. His behavior is flawless, as his every word and deed is meant to glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna. He never deviates from that full attention to the Absolute Truth and he cannot be seen at any moment engaged in any frivolous talk or momentary material idleness. Each and every moment in a fully surrendered devotee’s life, even up to his last breath, is connected in some way to Krsna’s Name, Form, Instructions, or Pastimes.
Also, s...
- 22 May 2026
Results in Life’s Exams.
Q: This is my junior year in high school and like most kids in school, this has been my hardest year. The following question keeps coming back to me.
I work hard and I don’t get the results that I want. Do I beat myself up for it and get the results I want for the next time or do I just leave it up to fate? Or for example, do I plan that I want to do certain things so I get into the college of my desire or do I just leave it up to fate or Krishna’s mercy? Because I have noticed that when I don’t pay attention to...
- 6 May 2026
Vaisesika Das: Warning: cooking, offering and distributing these special pakoras may bring a surge of guests to your home, temple or to wherever you may be.
During Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja celebration, expert cook Sunanda Prabhu (ACBSP), told us a story about how he had prepared cauliflower pakoras for Srila Prabhupada. He had cooked them at Srila Prabhupada’s request one morning as Srila Prabhupada traveled on the Radha Damodar bus from New York to Gita Nagari, Pennsylvania. Srila Prabhupada had a chest cold and therefore wanted something hot for br...
- 6 May 2026
Is it wrong to want to taste Krsna? Wouldn’t that desire be sense gratification? Shouldn’t we just serve without any personal desire? These are important questions to address.
There is a difference between taste in Krsna consciousness and sense gratification, although they can seem similar, and thus difficult to distinguish. We discuss this difference, as well as the necessity of developing the proper taste for Krsna consciousness.
Mahatma Das: The Goal is to Gratify Krsna’s Senses
What is the motive behind sense gratification? It is simply to ...
- 26 Apr 2026
It is often difficult to keep secrets, especially about one’s health, so after due consideration, I am publically sharing that after preliminary tests, secondary cancer has been discovered in a swollen lymph node in my neck. There is at least one more test in conventional medicine that could be performed—a PET or full body scan—to try to find the primary cancer. Unfortunately, I have found that just mentioning the word cancer freaks everyone out, as if this is a death sentence. However, this is not necessarily so. There are many alternative treatments with a ...
- 25 Apr 2026
One of the first books that I read by Srila Prabhupada was Easy Journey to Other Planets. At the time UFO’s were a big thing. Television programs like Star Trek, The Outer Limits and Twilight Zone were all the rage. Everyone was talking about the latest sightings of flying saucers in their part of the country. As a youngster my imagination ran wild. I used to wonder what it would be like to transfer myself to another planet or dimension. It seemed within the realm of possibility.
Over the years humankind has made numerous attempts to reach the far galaxies and try t...
- 25 Apr 2026
Ramanavami-Pastimes of Lord Sri Rama (video)
Gauranga Prabhu Lecture on Ramanavami Lecture Pastimes of Lord Sri Rama ISKCON Chowpatty, Mumbai.
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- 25 Mar 2026
Disappearance Day of Sri Ramanujacharya
Ramanujacharya (1017-1137) was the principal acharya (spiritual teacher) in the Sri sampradaya, one of the four main lines of Vaishnava teachers and disciples. His Vedanta-sutra commentary — Sri-bhasya — establishes the doctrine known as Vishishtadvaita, “qualified nondualism.” A staunch proponent of the philosophy of personalism, he taught that although the Supreme Lord and the individual souls are qualitatively one, there is still a difference between them, for the Lord is infinite and the livi...
- 28 Jan 2026
Today is Advaita Acharya’s appearance day.
The foremost of all the Vaishnavas who reside at Navadwip is Sri Advaita Acarya, whose virtuous presence has made all the worlds blessed. He is the most preeminent preceptor in all fields including knowledge, renunciation and devotion. In explaining Krishna-bhakti he is like Lord Shankara (Shiva) himself, and whatever scriptures that exist within the three worlds he explains in the light of Krishna-bhakti.
- 25 Jan 2026
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Disappearance Day (Album of photos)
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Prabhupada, the spiritual master of Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, left this world in 1937 in Sri Gaudiya Math, Baghbazar, Kolkata. His samadhi mandir currently is located in Sri Mayapur Dham in Sri Chaitanya Math, which is the parent math of all the Gaudiya Maths. We were very fortunate to visit both the places and especially enter his room in Baghbazar Gaudiya Math where entry is restricted. We were able to photograph his belongings and the bed on which he departed. ...
- 7 Dec 2025
Disappearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (video)
Lecture by HH Bhakti Charu Swami at ISKCON Mayapur.
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- 7 Dec 2025
Bhagavad Gita from Bhismadeva's Perspective. Lecture about Gita-Jayanti by HG Radhika Ramana Dasa in ISKCON of New Jersey
Gita Jayanti is the auspicious day of the advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita. This is the day on which Lord Krishna imparted the essence of Vedic knowledge to Arjuna over 5000 years ago and enlightened him about the ultimate goal of life. This day is also called Mokshada Ekadashi. It generally comes in the month of December.
As stated in the Gita-mahatmya, if one properly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, one can be freed from all miseries and anxieties in this life, and one’s next ...
- 1 Dec 2025
Sivarama Swami: Thirty years ago I was doing the Prabhupada marathon at the Chicago airport. One afternoon, we devotees were so intoxicated by distributing books that we decided to show that one doesn’t have to speak to sell books, that book distribution just depends on our state of consciousness. So we didn’t speak.
...- 29 Mar 2025
Gaura Purnima; The Divine Appearance Day Of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
>Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appears when a devotee sincerely cries for His appearance. It is the urgent call of Draupadi that made the Lord appear and cover her with cloth. Similarly, it was Advaita Acarya’s calling in “a thunderous voice” that shook the Lord’s seat in Vaikuntha and made Him come down to the material world. On His own, He has no interest in this world – only when the devotee calls Him does the Lord come.
- 12 Mar 2025
- 16 Sep 2024
In the home of Kasyapa Muni and Aditi, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared in His four-armed Visnu form, with ornaments and weapons in His hands. Then, just like a theatrical actor, He assumed the form of Vamana, a brahmana-dwarf. Greatly pleased to see this incarnation of the Lord, the great sages placed Kasyapa Muni in front of them and then performed all the prescribed ritualistic ceremonies.
...- 14 Sep 2024
Feeling Separation From Krishna Is Necessary and Practical.
We have to wake up to the fact that our life is not in order. Yes, you might be liked by devotees. You might be a lecturer and other neophyte devotees may applaud you. Or mister guru! You may think you have so many disciples and thus you are successful in your life. Whoever we are, in whatever position or station of life we are, unless we wake up to the fact that “I really need Krsna”, we are emotionally invested in the wrong things. Our emotions should be with the real need, or as Srila Prabhupada put it “the Govinda necessity”. ...
- 29 Jun 2024
Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana - Disappearance.
Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana (Sri Govinda Dasa) appeared in the 1600’s near Remuna, Orissa. In his youth, he mastered Sanskrit grammar, poetry, and logic. After carefully studying the commentaries of Sankara and Madhva he took initiation in the Tattva-Vadi disciplic succession of Sripad Madhvacarya. Baladeva Vidyabhusana became a dig Vijaya Pandit (conqueror of all opponents) and began visiting the holy places. Wherever he went he defeated the local sages, scholars, and sannyasis.
The exact time and place of Sri ...
- 15 Jun 2024
Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini - Appearance.
She was the only daughter of King Naresanarayana of Puntiya in the district of Rajsahi (now in Bangladesh).
- 15 Jun 2024
Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini Appearance by Sivarama Swami (12 min. audio)
From her childhood Princess Sachi devi, the daughter of King Naresh Narayana of Bengal, showed unalloyed devotion to Lord Sri Krishna. She even refused to marry on account of her genuine attachment to Krishna. After her father’s demise she ruled the kingdom. But she soon renounced it to find a bona fide spiritual master.
- 15 Jun 2024