The nature of a Mahatma
By Gour Govinda Swami“The Western world means countries where the people are gross materialists, who have no Krsna consciousness, no God consciousness at all. Therefore, who is able to spread Krsna...
View ArticlePrasadam via Amazon!
By Svavasa DasaA wonderful thing just happened. Tadit and I had a meeting with a rep from Amazon.com. They are launching a new program for their Prime Amazon customers in So. Cal. for take out food. We...
View ArticleSharing Faith
By Saunaka Rsi DasThe word conversion can bring images of determined zealots haranguing a fallen soul to turn to God or images of profound change, deep truth, joy, and connection. In the Vaishnava...
View ArticleAssumptions…
By Vraj Vihari dasa Our minds are constantly making assumptions. We assume things about ourselves, about others, about our environment. With the help of Vraj Vihari dasa and instructions from the...
View ArticleObserving Janmastami
By Madhavananda das The observance of Janmastami is accepted as a regulative principle in three ways: 1) the Supreme Lord becomes pleased when one observes it; 2) there are special sastric injunctions...
View ArticleSri Krishna Janmastami
By Gour Govinda SwamiThe Bhagavata says, to hear this transcendental lila-kahani of Bhagavan Krsna is all-auspicious. If you hear with full faith and concentrated attention, all of the material...
View ArticleHow to Celebrate Janmashtami
By Krishna dasWhere Vaishnava temples exist, festivities begin before dawn and extend all day until midnight, the exact moment of the anniversary of Krishna’s appearance. Events include kirtan, singing...
View ArticleThe Appearance of Lord Krishna
By Giriraj Swami Personally, He has nothing to gain. But He comes out of His mercy, to deliver us. The material world is compared to a prison house, and we, conditioned souls, are the prisoners. We are...
View ArticleWhy Krsna Comes To This World
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila PrabhupadaLord Krishna: "One who knows the transcendental nature of My advent and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in...
View ArticleSrila Prabhupada and some of his disciples talk about Janmastami, Montreal,...
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila PrabhupadaSo today is that auspicious day, Janmastami, when Lord Krishna appeared five thousand years ago in India, Mathura. Those who are Indian...
View ArticleKrishna’s invitation needs an immediate attention
Purushottam Nitai Das: How many of us remember our days in our mother’s womb? Although we spent 9 months there but we remember nothing.Read More...
View ArticleSweetest Description of Janmastami-lila
By Srila Kavi Karnapura Cymbals, damru drums, bherries, and big drums vibrated auspicious sounds hi specific melodies. A celestial concert of precise poetical meters, proper rhythms, and metrical...
View ArticleThe Gifts of His Divine Grace
By Jayadvaita SwamiIn just a dozen years, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada gave the world a legacy that will last forever. Generally speaking, gross material accomplishments win...
View ArticleA Vaisnava Soldier Departs
By Radhacaran dasWhat a more auspicious day than Janmastami day to leave this mortal world, surrounded by loving family, devotee friends and the holy names of Krishna. This is the atmosphere in which...
View ArticleAppearance day of HDG Srila Prabhupada
By Prabhupada LilamrtaAn excerpt from the Prabhupada Lilamrta about Srila Prabhupada's mother, Srimati Rajani Devi. Abhay’s mother, Rajani, was thirty years old when he was born. Like her husband, she...
View ArticleHonoring Srila Prabhupada
By Radhanatha Swami When Srila Prabhupada began his book distribution he was the only distributor. He would take his magazines and just go from tea shop to store at his old age trying to convince...
View ArticleA Special Recipient of Srila Prabhupada’s Mercy
By Giriraj SwamiFor Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja this year, I wish to tell you about his dear friend and staunch devotee Mr. P. L. Sethi. May this story inspire you in Srila Prabhupada’s service—in...
View ArticleA Child Sent by Krishna
By Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami In a little house in the Tollygunge suburb of Calcutta, a male child was born. Since he was born on Nandotsava, the day Krsna's father, Nanda Maharaja, had observed a...
View ArticleO Lord, I am just like a puppet in Your hands!
By Giriraj SwamiToday is Srila Prabhupada's divine appearance day. Here is my offering to him: In Los Angeles in 1968, on the disappearance day of your guru maharaja, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati...
View ArticleSrila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja Pack
By Kamala Sundari devi dasiAll of the followers of Srila Prabhupada for generations to come adhere to the guidance, association and serve the mission of His Divine Grace, while deepening one's...
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