Krishna Consciousness in Action
≻ Infected with Ticking Time Bomb Viruses I have infected, say, two, three kinds of disease, so I am suffering from one infection, again another infection. They come. They take time. Just like if you sow a seed, it not that immediately it becomes a big tree and fruits. No. It takes some time. Similarly, our papa-bijam, the seed of sinful activity, we take it, but immediately we may not see that it is fructified, but it will, in due course of time, it will. More
≻ Why do people want into this prison? DEVOTEE: Srila Prabhupada, if someone takes prasadam even once, is it true that they're guaranteed at least a human body in their next life? More
≻ “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s Your whole body requires food. That does not mean you have to supply food to the ears, to the eyes, to the nails, to the rectum, to the... No. You give food to the stomach; it will be distributed. So Krishna says, maya tatam idam sarvam. That we have already studied. So if you love Krishna, then your love will be distributed.< More
≻ Spiritual Progress Is Not Dogmatic In essence, when we examine the different presentations by the different avatars or incarnations, we see the same direction. Spiritual life is progressive. People tend to think it's like one dogmatic thing, but it's not. It's like education. We begin by making mud pies in kindergarten, and the teacher commends us, "Oh, that's very good, you're doing very nicely." But if your students were to start making mud pies, you'd think, "What is this?" Because they have advanced. More
≻ Inquiry, Submission, Service Knowlege begins when a person admits his shortcoming, and he goes to an authority. Just like when we have a legal problem, we go to a lawyer. ... In Bhagavad-gita there's a verse, tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya: Krishna says, "Just try to approach a spiritual master, a guru, inquire from him submissively, render him all kinds of service, [and] the self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you, because he has seen the truth." So three things are required for spiritual progress: (1) inquisitive, inquiry, (2) submission - you must be submissive; you can't come and say, "No, no, I don't believe that", challenging, and (3) ultimately service. More
≻ Soul Living, Body Dead! From the moment we come out of the womb we are wrestling against birth, old age, disease and death. Sometimes we celebrate birthdays - "Oh, I'm 18 years old now!" But actually, you are 18 years dead. You have died 18 years. Every day the sun comes up and goes down, that's gone. More
≻ Gotta Serve Somebody; No Exceptions! No matter how powerful, how wealthy, how famous or influential a person may be, there is always someone who is more powerful under whom he has to conduct himself. Just like in this classroom, the professor is the authority, but we know the professor also has an authority, and the Dean also has an authority over him. On and on. Even the President of the United States has some superior. We may not know who it is. It may be his wife... but the characteristic of every human being is that he is a servant. More
≻ Hare Krishna Mantra: Kirtan An essential part of or presentation in terms of philosophy and spiritual subject matters, is to precede it with kirtan. More
≻ The Meaning of Dharma - Hansadutta presents the science of Krishna Consciousness It's our tradition, or it's an essential part of the program to chant the Maha-mantra. ... The whole idea is to chant the maha-mantra for some time before we attempt to make a serious or meaningful presentation in terms of knowledge. More
≻ The Maha Mantra - Hansadutta presents the science of Krishna Consciousness The whole idea is to chant the maha-mantra for some time before we attempt to make a serious or meaningful presentation in terms of knowledge. The example is just like at the beginning of the class - at least when I was a little boy - the teacher wiped the whole slate clean, and then we were ready for a new day. So it's like that. It's meant to kind of clear your mind and make it more receptive and attentive and available to the subject matter. More
≻ KRSNA Food for Rich and Poor, for Everyone! To our eyes, the so-called poor man and rich man, they are all suffering, not that the simply poor man suffering and the rich man is not suffering. Therefore we give them prasadam or isha-sanga. More
≻ Duty and Discipline One has to sacrifice everything for the good will of the Supreme Lord, and at the same time discharge prescribed duties without claiming proprietorship. Arjuna did not have to consider the order of the Lord; he had only to execute His order. More
≻ Going for the Goal Those who are engaged in Krishna consciousness should not care for the so-called morality of the material world if that morality opposes the service of the Lord. More
≻ Futility or Utility of an Education If university education isn’t used to establish the supremacy of Krishna and goal of human society, which is to attain to Krishna consciousness or pursue it, then the education is actually a great detriment, and a person would be better off without it, because undergoing the ordeal of getting the education just for the sake of getting a job is not very important. More
≻ To Eat or Not to Eat If you want to control the senses, you have to control the tongue first of all. Then you will be able to control other senses very easily. So you give tongue the engagement of chanting Hare Krishna, and for tasting Krishna prasadam you'll find that your other senses are already controlled. More
≻ How much sleep do you need? The consideration is how to advance in the spiritual consciousness or Krishna consciousness. And if you make, I mean to say, considerable advance, then the eating and sleeping and sex demand or defense, these things will be negligible. More
≻ Dredging the Krishna A few months ago, I heard that that two former Hare Krishna ISKCON leaders affiliated with the GBC were going to great lengths, spending millions of dollars of investors' money to arrange for the dredging of the Krishna River. More
≻ Conservation Farming: more yield for less effort Simple village life saves time for other engagements like chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. More
≻ What about Actual Krishna Consciousness? You know, I am a simple German village boy, so to me, virtual reality is without virtue. More
≻ Prabhupada: rare color film: London 1973, w/ George Harrison Rare 1973 footage of Srila Prabhupada with disciples in London, leading the Rathayatra procession to Trafalgar Square, later performing the arati ceremony for London Ishvara at the Soho Street temple, taking prasadam in his quarters, visiting the "Bhaktivedanta Manor" generously donated by George Harrison for use as an ISKCON temple and ashram. More
≻ What are you praying for? When you say "prayers", what are you praying for? Everyone is actually praying at all times. When you go to the bank and ask for a loan, it's a prayer. "Sir, I need that fifty thousand dolllars"—it's a prayer.... The quality of the prayer is what we're concerned with. More
≻ In search of a spiritual experience I've often thought how lucky I was on my visit to India. Some Westerners wander around India for years—meeting various yogis and so-called gurus, shopping in bazaars, contracting diseases, and generally getting lost. More
≻ Feeding the sadhus Kitri is a sadhu's meal, because it's a combination of rice and dal and vegetables all cooked in one pot. The sadhus, the holy men in India, since they have no home, are generally wandering, living a very simple life, and they don't want to be bothered with cooking every day... More
≻ Whose Nature? When devotees cook, we cook with the idea that we are going to accept Krishna's nature — the fruits, the vegetables, milk, the grains. Everything we accept, we take the ingredients and prepare them in a special way and offer them to Krishna... More
≻ Tilaka What is tilaka? How to wear it? This YouTube video explains. More
≻ Practical Knowledge There are so many societies where the members seriously discuss Vedanta philosophy while smoking and drinking and enjoying a sensual life. More
≻ Jack Daniels ad gets it right Yesterday I came across the above ad for Jack Daniels that instantly reminded me of Srila Prabhupada’s analogy of a bottle of honey. More
≻ What is more elusive than gold? Unfortunately, on earth there is such a scarcity of gold that the governments of the world try to keep it in reserve and issue paper currency. More
≻ High Desert One day Srila Prabhupada asked two leaders in the field of book distribution, “What you will do when the cities are closed?” More
≻ The Shadow Maya analogously represented by the Fiat Money System "Why do we discuss mundane topics like finance, politics etc.? What is the value in discussing these things?" Good question. The answer is because everything in this world is a perverted reflection of the Krishna consciousness state. ISHOPANISHAD states we should understand the absolute truth and simultaneously understand the shadow of MAYA side by side. More
≻ Exploiters and Exploitees The point is that in any society there must be a leader, there must be directors, and there must be workers, but everyone should be so satisfied that they forget the difference. More
≻ Don't underestimate the value of Money The solution to the current economic debacle is to restore money to its true value: spend it in Krishna consciousness... More
≻ Idle Offerings to Deity I wish that the Balaji's estate, Balaji's money, should be spent for spreading Krishna consciousness, not for any other purpose. That is my request. More
≻ Devotee farm communities - Models for teaching and reaching out to the community Such a program could be an excellent tool for outreach into the local and world community, and a valuable opportunity for education, employment, or eco-vacation. More
≻ Vegan is not Prabhupada's teaching To adopt veganism is to adopt vegetarianism under a more atheistic philosophy - but masked by a purported "concern" for the suffering of the animals in the present system. It denies the purpose of the Lord behind HIS creation of the cow and bull in the first place. More
≻ Where is Krishna? Awakening our lost Krishna consciousness First of all, we cannot even understand Krishna; therefore there is no question of loving Him. If we do not understand someone, how can we love him? The love is very far away, but Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is so kind that He distributes krishna-prema, love of Krishna, to whomever will take it. More
≻ No Such Thing as Too Much Milk There is no question of waste of milk at any stage. One must know how to do it. So you can keep as many cows as possible and collect as much milk from them. You can utilize. More
≻ Welcome to New Talavan Yes all devotees are welcome here. Also there is a small rittvik center 1-1/2 miles from NT front gate. More
≻ Engaging Technology One may then justifiably ask, "How can I serve?" It is not simply a matter of meditation, which is just an activity of the mind, but of performing practical work for Krishna. In such work, we should leave no resource unused. Whatever is there, whatever we have, should be used for Krishna. We can use everything—typewriters, automobiles, airplanes, missiles. More
≻ Benefits of Holy Water: Ageless vs New Age ...Even one who has never done any pious activities—will become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God if he simply drinks the charanamrita which is kept in the temple. More
≻ Going vegetarian is not enough The plants, the grass, the trees, the fruits, the flowers, they have also life. They are not dead. So simply becoming vegetarian is no great qualification. More
≻ Offerings to the Deity through the via medium of disciplic succession One day, while we were offering aratrik, he pointed out that we were offering out of proper sequence. He remarked that this was also done all wrong in ISKCON, and that we should follow how it is done in the Gaudiya Math temples... More
≻ When important visitors come calling... It is said in the shastras that Durvasa Muni was always accompanied by sixty thousand disciples and that if there was a little discrepancy in their reception, he would be very angry and would sometimes curse the host. More
≻ Are dreams of the spiritual master valid? His teachings and instructions were given us by His Divine Grace to ensure that this sankirtan mission is always founded upon solid "scientific" knowledge that is shastrically verifiable and blessed by the guidance of our unblemished parampara. More
≻ How to become debt-free once and for all As soon as a man takes his birth, he is immediately indebted to so many sources. More
≻ Happy Cows In other farms the cows do not deliver as much milk as in our farms; because our cows know very well that we are not going to kill them, they are happy, and they give ample milk. More
≻ Hare Krishna Soldier Discharged, Plans Spiritual Mission Partha-sarathi dasa, a Hare Krishna devotee from New York City, separated from the US Army on Monday, January 26, 2009. He held the rank of Sergeant First Class. More
≻ Reducing Suffering Because people are being educated to become more bodily conscious, therefore their sufferings are increasing. Sufferings are increasing. And if you reduce this bodily concept of life, then suffering also will be reduced. More
≻ The Loving Approach to Temple Elephant Care Remembering that I had promised myself to make a difference in the life of an elephant, I accepted to bring this little female elephant to be engaged in religious services in Mayapur. More
≻ More to Yoga than Exercise The real purpose for practicing yoga is to realize that I am not this body. More
≻ Taking Unnecessary Risks - from the top down In the material world one has to work for the maintenance of the body and soul, but how can one perform such work in a way that is favorable for the execution of Krishna consciousness? More
≻ Orders from Above If we act according to our mental speculation or mental whims, then we are bound up by the reaction. And if we practice ourself to be active under the direction of the Supreme, then we are free. This is the art. This is the whole art of spiritual life. More
≻ The Transcendental Pastimes of Lord Krishna Everyone, in any condition of life, should be interested in hearing about Krishna and His activities because He is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. He is all-pervading; He is living within everyone's heart, and He is living as His universal form. And yet, as described in the Bhagavad-gita, He appears as He is in the human society just to invite everyone to His transcendental abode, back to home, back to Godhead. More
≻ When spending millions on propaganda is justified In ordinary political rallies, millions of dollars are spent for propaganda to elect an unknown man as leader. We are also making propaganda, but for the real leader—God, or Krishna. The Vedas say that God is the leader of all living entities. To make this fact known, we are prepared to collect unlimited amounts of money and spend it to glorify Krishna. More
≻ Let the throng burst into song What do football games, rock concerts, political rallies, boxing matches and revival meetings all have in common? The mass glorification of a person or persons engaged in extraordinary feats—a very exciting, even electrifying experience which can give incredible pleasure to large groups of people. This phenomenon is known as kirtan... More
≻ Who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil? GUEST: How does one find out that this act is pleasing Krishna or not? PRABHUPADA: Yes. GUEST: For example, a soldier fighting in a war... PRABHUPADA: Yes. Then you have got to talk with Krishna... GUEST: Or somebody... PRABHUPADA: Just like Arjuna talked. GUEST: No, I mean, for example, you know, somebody dropping bomb in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. How does he know...? More
≻ Vegetarianism is Not the Goal We are not advocating vegetarianism. We are advocating that "You take Krishna prasadam [food which has been offered to Krishna]." How perfect it is. We are not so nonsense that "Because we have become vegetarian, we are perfect." The goats are vegetarian. More
≻ Krishna consciousness vs unconsciousness It's just like there are two fish. One fish says, "Didn't you see the water?" And the other fish says, "No. Where is it?" More
≻ Something Rare Worth Finding Chanakya Pandit says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar in it, he says, one should take out the nectar and leave the poison. In the same way, if one finds gold in a filthy place, he should take it. More
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≻ Why do people want into this prison? DEVOTEE: Srila Prabhupada, if someone takes prasadam even once, is it true that they're guaranteed at least a human body in their next life? More
≻ “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s Your whole body requires food. That does not mean you have to supply food to the ears, to the eyes, to the nails, to the rectum, to the... No. You give food to the stomach; it will be distributed. So Krishna says, maya tatam idam sarvam. That we have already studied. So if you love Krishna, then your love will be distributed.< More
≻ Spiritual Progress Is Not Dogmatic In essence, when we examine the different presentations by the different avatars or incarnations, we see the same direction. Spiritual life is progressive. People tend to think it's like one dogmatic thing, but it's not. It's like education. We begin by making mud pies in kindergarten, and the teacher commends us, "Oh, that's very good, you're doing very nicely." But if your students were to start making mud pies, you'd think, "What is this?" Because they have advanced. More
≻ Inquiry, Submission, Service Knowlege begins when a person admits his shortcoming, and he goes to an authority. Just like when we have a legal problem, we go to a lawyer. ... In Bhagavad-gita there's a verse, tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya: Krishna says, "Just try to approach a spiritual master, a guru, inquire from him submissively, render him all kinds of service, [and] the self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you, because he has seen the truth." So three things are required for spiritual progress: (1) inquisitive, inquiry, (2) submission - you must be submissive; you can't come and say, "No, no, I don't believe that", challenging, and (3) ultimately service. More
≻ Soul Living, Body Dead! From the moment we come out of the womb we are wrestling against birth, old age, disease and death. Sometimes we celebrate birthdays - "Oh, I'm 18 years old now!" But actually, you are 18 years dead. You have died 18 years. Every day the sun comes up and goes down, that's gone. More
≻ Gotta Serve Somebody; No Exceptions! No matter how powerful, how wealthy, how famous or influential a person may be, there is always someone who is more powerful under whom he has to conduct himself. Just like in this classroom, the professor is the authority, but we know the professor also has an authority, and the Dean also has an authority over him. On and on. Even the President of the United States has some superior. We may not know who it is. It may be his wife... but the characteristic of every human being is that he is a servant. More
≻ Hare Krishna Mantra: Kirtan An essential part of or presentation in terms of philosophy and spiritual subject matters, is to precede it with kirtan. More
≻ The Meaning of Dharma - Hansadutta presents the science of Krishna Consciousness It's our tradition, or it's an essential part of the program to chant the Maha-mantra. ... The whole idea is to chant the maha-mantra for some time before we attempt to make a serious or meaningful presentation in terms of knowledge. More
≻ The Maha Mantra - Hansadutta presents the science of Krishna Consciousness The whole idea is to chant the maha-mantra for some time before we attempt to make a serious or meaningful presentation in terms of knowledge. The example is just like at the beginning of the class - at least when I was a little boy - the teacher wiped the whole slate clean, and then we were ready for a new day. So it's like that. It's meant to kind of clear your mind and make it more receptive and attentive and available to the subject matter. More
≻ KRSNA Food for Rich and Poor, for Everyone! To our eyes, the so-called poor man and rich man, they are all suffering, not that the simply poor man suffering and the rich man is not suffering. Therefore we give them prasadam or isha-sanga. More
≻ Duty and Discipline One has to sacrifice everything for the good will of the Supreme Lord, and at the same time discharge prescribed duties without claiming proprietorship. Arjuna did not have to consider the order of the Lord; he had only to execute His order. More
≻ Going for the Goal Those who are engaged in Krishna consciousness should not care for the so-called morality of the material world if that morality opposes the service of the Lord. More
≻ Futility or Utility of an Education If university education isn’t used to establish the supremacy of Krishna and goal of human society, which is to attain to Krishna consciousness or pursue it, then the education is actually a great detriment, and a person would be better off without it, because undergoing the ordeal of getting the education just for the sake of getting a job is not very important. More
≻ To Eat or Not to Eat If you want to control the senses, you have to control the tongue first of all. Then you will be able to control other senses very easily. So you give tongue the engagement of chanting Hare Krishna, and for tasting Krishna prasadam you'll find that your other senses are already controlled. More
≻ How much sleep do you need? The consideration is how to advance in the spiritual consciousness or Krishna consciousness. And if you make, I mean to say, considerable advance, then the eating and sleeping and sex demand or defense, these things will be negligible. More
≻ Dredging the Krishna A few months ago, I heard that that two former Hare Krishna ISKCON leaders affiliated with the GBC were going to great lengths, spending millions of dollars of investors' money to arrange for the dredging of the Krishna River. More
≻ Conservation Farming: more yield for less effort Simple village life saves time for other engagements like chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. More
≻ What about Actual Krishna Consciousness? You know, I am a simple German village boy, so to me, virtual reality is without virtue. More
≻ Prabhupada: rare color film: London 1973, w/ George Harrison Rare 1973 footage of Srila Prabhupada with disciples in London, leading the Rathayatra procession to Trafalgar Square, later performing the arati ceremony for London Ishvara at the Soho Street temple, taking prasadam in his quarters, visiting the "Bhaktivedanta Manor" generously donated by George Harrison for use as an ISKCON temple and ashram. More
≻ What are you praying for? When you say "prayers", what are you praying for? Everyone is actually praying at all times. When you go to the bank and ask for a loan, it's a prayer. "Sir, I need that fifty thousand dolllars"—it's a prayer.... The quality of the prayer is what we're concerned with. More
≻ In search of a spiritual experience I've often thought how lucky I was on my visit to India. Some Westerners wander around India for years—meeting various yogis and so-called gurus, shopping in bazaars, contracting diseases, and generally getting lost. More
≻ Feeding the sadhus Kitri is a sadhu's meal, because it's a combination of rice and dal and vegetables all cooked in one pot. The sadhus, the holy men in India, since they have no home, are generally wandering, living a very simple life, and they don't want to be bothered with cooking every day... More
≻ Whose Nature? When devotees cook, we cook with the idea that we are going to accept Krishna's nature — the fruits, the vegetables, milk, the grains. Everything we accept, we take the ingredients and prepare them in a special way and offer them to Krishna... More
≻ Tilaka What is tilaka? How to wear it? This YouTube video explains. More
≻ Practical Knowledge There are so many societies where the members seriously discuss Vedanta philosophy while smoking and drinking and enjoying a sensual life. More
≻ Jack Daniels ad gets it right Yesterday I came across the above ad for Jack Daniels that instantly reminded me of Srila Prabhupada’s analogy of a bottle of honey. More
≻ What is more elusive than gold? Unfortunately, on earth there is such a scarcity of gold that the governments of the world try to keep it in reserve and issue paper currency. More
≻ High Desert One day Srila Prabhupada asked two leaders in the field of book distribution, “What you will do when the cities are closed?” More
≻ The Shadow Maya analogously represented by the Fiat Money System "Why do we discuss mundane topics like finance, politics etc.? What is the value in discussing these things?" Good question. The answer is because everything in this world is a perverted reflection of the Krishna consciousness state. ISHOPANISHAD states we should understand the absolute truth and simultaneously understand the shadow of MAYA side by side. More
≻ Exploiters and Exploitees The point is that in any society there must be a leader, there must be directors, and there must be workers, but everyone should be so satisfied that they forget the difference. More
≻ Don't underestimate the value of Money The solution to the current economic debacle is to restore money to its true value: spend it in Krishna consciousness... More
≻ Idle Offerings to Deity I wish that the Balaji's estate, Balaji's money, should be spent for spreading Krishna consciousness, not for any other purpose. That is my request. More
≻ Devotee farm communities - Models for teaching and reaching out to the community Such a program could be an excellent tool for outreach into the local and world community, and a valuable opportunity for education, employment, or eco-vacation. More
≻ Vegan is not Prabhupada's teaching To adopt veganism is to adopt vegetarianism under a more atheistic philosophy - but masked by a purported "concern" for the suffering of the animals in the present system. It denies the purpose of the Lord behind HIS creation of the cow and bull in the first place. More
≻ Where is Krishna? Awakening our lost Krishna consciousness First of all, we cannot even understand Krishna; therefore there is no question of loving Him. If we do not understand someone, how can we love him? The love is very far away, but Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is so kind that He distributes krishna-prema, love of Krishna, to whomever will take it. More
≻ No Such Thing as Too Much Milk There is no question of waste of milk at any stage. One must know how to do it. So you can keep as many cows as possible and collect as much milk from them. You can utilize. More
≻ Welcome to New Talavan Yes all devotees are welcome here. Also there is a small rittvik center 1-1/2 miles from NT front gate. More
≻ Engaging Technology One may then justifiably ask, "How can I serve?" It is not simply a matter of meditation, which is just an activity of the mind, but of performing practical work for Krishna. In such work, we should leave no resource unused. Whatever is there, whatever we have, should be used for Krishna. We can use everything—typewriters, automobiles, airplanes, missiles. More
≻ Benefits of Holy Water: Ageless vs New Age ...Even one who has never done any pious activities—will become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God if he simply drinks the charanamrita which is kept in the temple. More
≻ Going vegetarian is not enough The plants, the grass, the trees, the fruits, the flowers, they have also life. They are not dead. So simply becoming vegetarian is no great qualification. More
≻ Offerings to the Deity through the via medium of disciplic succession One day, while we were offering aratrik, he pointed out that we were offering out of proper sequence. He remarked that this was also done all wrong in ISKCON, and that we should follow how it is done in the Gaudiya Math temples... More
≻ When important visitors come calling... It is said in the shastras that Durvasa Muni was always accompanied by sixty thousand disciples and that if there was a little discrepancy in their reception, he would be very angry and would sometimes curse the host. More
≻ Are dreams of the spiritual master valid? His teachings and instructions were given us by His Divine Grace to ensure that this sankirtan mission is always founded upon solid "scientific" knowledge that is shastrically verifiable and blessed by the guidance of our unblemished parampara. More
≻ How to become debt-free once and for all As soon as a man takes his birth, he is immediately indebted to so many sources. More
≻ Happy Cows In other farms the cows do not deliver as much milk as in our farms; because our cows know very well that we are not going to kill them, they are happy, and they give ample milk. More
≻ Hare Krishna Soldier Discharged, Plans Spiritual Mission Partha-sarathi dasa, a Hare Krishna devotee from New York City, separated from the US Army on Monday, January 26, 2009. He held the rank of Sergeant First Class. More
≻ Reducing Suffering Because people are being educated to become more bodily conscious, therefore their sufferings are increasing. Sufferings are increasing. And if you reduce this bodily concept of life, then suffering also will be reduced. More
≻ The Loving Approach to Temple Elephant Care Remembering that I had promised myself to make a difference in the life of an elephant, I accepted to bring this little female elephant to be engaged in religious services in Mayapur. More
≻ More to Yoga than Exercise The real purpose for practicing yoga is to realize that I am not this body. More
≻ Taking Unnecessary Risks - from the top down In the material world one has to work for the maintenance of the body and soul, but how can one perform such work in a way that is favorable for the execution of Krishna consciousness? More
≻ Orders from Above If we act according to our mental speculation or mental whims, then we are bound up by the reaction. And if we practice ourself to be active under the direction of the Supreme, then we are free. This is the art. This is the whole art of spiritual life. More
≻ The Transcendental Pastimes of Lord Krishna Everyone, in any condition of life, should be interested in hearing about Krishna and His activities because He is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. He is all-pervading; He is living within everyone's heart, and He is living as His universal form. And yet, as described in the Bhagavad-gita, He appears as He is in the human society just to invite everyone to His transcendental abode, back to home, back to Godhead. More
≻ When spending millions on propaganda is justified In ordinary political rallies, millions of dollars are spent for propaganda to elect an unknown man as leader. We are also making propaganda, but for the real leader—God, or Krishna. The Vedas say that God is the leader of all living entities. To make this fact known, we are prepared to collect unlimited amounts of money and spend it to glorify Krishna. More
≻ Let the throng burst into song What do football games, rock concerts, political rallies, boxing matches and revival meetings all have in common? The mass glorification of a person or persons engaged in extraordinary feats—a very exciting, even electrifying experience which can give incredible pleasure to large groups of people. This phenomenon is known as kirtan... More
≻ Who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil? GUEST: How does one find out that this act is pleasing Krishna or not? PRABHUPADA: Yes. GUEST: For example, a soldier fighting in a war... PRABHUPADA: Yes. Then you have got to talk with Krishna... GUEST: Or somebody... PRABHUPADA: Just like Arjuna talked. GUEST: No, I mean, for example, you know, somebody dropping bomb in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. How does he know...? More
≻ Vegetarianism is Not the Goal We are not advocating vegetarianism. We are advocating that "You take Krishna prasadam [food which has been offered to Krishna]." How perfect it is. We are not so nonsense that "Because we have become vegetarian, we are perfect." The goats are vegetarian. More
≻ Krishna consciousness vs unconsciousness It's just like there are two fish. One fish says, "Didn't you see the water?" And the other fish says, "No. Where is it?" More
≻ Something Rare Worth Finding Chanakya Pandit says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar in it, he says, one should take out the nectar and leave the poison. In the same way, if one finds gold in a filthy place, he should take it. More
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≻ The Wrong Brother
In Kiev 1982, I was sitting at a mental asylum. It seems to have been the Pavlov's hospital. It was then that I had to pass another exam on my illegal way of preaching in the USSR. More
≻ Vedas unlocked from Sanskrit The Vedic mantras are received not by learning Sanskrit, but by hearing from the authorized person. Therefore it is called shruti. It is in Sanskrit because there was no other language. Sanskrit was the only language. So now they're being translated into English. So it doesn't matter whether it is in Sanskrit or English, one has to learn it by hearing from the proper person. More
≻ Will Science Find the God Particle? "I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who, by one of His plenary portions, enters into the existence of every universe and every particle of the atoms and thus unlimitedly manifests His infinite energy all over the material creation." More
≻ Going to Prabhupada "Previously they were advanced, all of you. You are simply born because the mission was to be started. Just like in Yadu-vamsa Krishna ordered all the devotee demigods to 'Go and take birth there to help Me.' Similarly, you are also... You were born in Europe, America, to help this. Otherwise you were devotees in you past lives. I have explained that in my recent writings." More
≻ Sergeant Prescribes Krishna as Antidote for Combat Stress Last night, as we prepared for a mission, one of my soldiers went crazy. He loaded his M4 assault rifle, pointed it at my head, and yelled, "If I have to leave this base one more time, I will kill you, and then kill myself!" More
≻ Where is that most valuable thing? So that is very advanced stage, when one knows that everything is made of matter, so what is the value? Why you can't give more value to the stone, because originally everything is made of matter? There is one thing, panditah sama-darshinah [Bg. 5.18]. But that is when one has attained a very perfectional stage, not for the ordinary man. Ordinary man, you cannot say that "I treat a piece of stone and piece of gold the same way.' More
≻ Receiving the Name of Krishna In this Iron Age (Kali yuga) it is only the Name KRISHNA appearing on the lips of a PURE DEVOTEE who can lift the conditioned soul to the plane of the Absolute. As a matter of fact, even the scriptures also can only faintly express the Personality of Godhead. The mere study of the scriptures can convey no full knowledge of the Absolute as substantive entity. But the Name Krishna has power to put a person on the Absolute Plane and endow the words of the revealed scriptures with their living meaning. More
≻ Inmates' fav picks from Gita "From the first day I opened the Bhagavad Gita, I found the answers to the things I felt but could never put into words. The knowledge I am finding are the truths that transcends ordinary religious doctrine. It is in my hands most of the time." More
≻ Krishna Not a Hindu God, Rathayatra Not Owned by Hindus The cult of bhagavata-dharma can be spread in all circumstances, among all people and in all countries. Many envious people accuse the Krishna consciousness movement of spoiling the rigidity of so-called Hinduism. That is not actually the fact. More
≻ How to Take Advantage of the Holy Man A 'Sadhu' has to be recognized by the ear and not by the eyes. Chemical-Sadhu, magician-Sadhu, astrologer-Sadhu, smoker-Sadhu, beggar-Sadhu, mystic-Sadhu, worker-Sadhu, nurse-Sadhu, physician-Sadhu, politician-Sadhu and many other types of Sadhus which are generally met with by persons who do not hear the Sadhu and see them only are not 'Sadhus' in terms of the revealed scriptures. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness Movement - Cultural Presentation for the World At the present moment we have discovered so many services—national service, communal service, and this service, that service—but nobody is recommending service of God. More
≻ Bombs Over Baghdad Nothing more sobering than having to put some little child's brain matter back in their head while still trying to focus on speaking Krishna Katha to the dying child. More
≻ Transformation Under Lockup Dear Srila Prabhupada: Thank you for bringing fortune in the unlikely place like prison. More
≻ Can You See Where You're Going? The sun immediately dissipates mist or fog as well as darkness. As stated before, we should try to make the sun of Krishna rise within our hearts. More
≻ Invitation to Experiment Nor can anyone become a doctor by simply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. More
≻ Prescription takes precedence over books Back in 1975, when Srila Prabhupada was meeting with the GBC and they were having a discussion about drafting the pledge of allegiance, at some point there's discussion about whether to add also a line pledging allegiance or obedience to Srila Prabhupada's instructions in his books. And Srila Prabhupada says that his direct instruction supersedes the books. More
≻ Signs of Devotion: There's more to it than just a dot The test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. Not that "I am Hindu. I have got such a big tuft and so much tilaka, and I take bath daily in the Yamuna, Ganges. I am strictly vegetarian," and so on, so on, so on. But the result? "I am simply attached to my family." More
≻ On the Inside "Hare Krishna. I received the books you sent on Friday. I read Easy Journey to Other Planets and it really opened my eyes to Krishna consciousness knowledge." More
≻ Maya On a morning walk with Prabhupada in Stockholm, Sweden, we were suddenly blinded by what appeared to be the light of the sun. It was only the sun being reflected from a large glass window. Prabhupada stopped and pointed in the direction of the glare. "This is maya. More
≻ Part in relation to the whole Prabhupada could see everyone as he was, a part in relation to the whole. We're like screws to the part, separate from the machine. The self-realized soul can see "This part belongs here." More
≻ Prisoners Reaching Out We receive over 300-400 letters per month from inmates writing us for inspiration and asking for materials to be sent into the prisons. More
≻ Blind man, lame man Our knowledge in spiritual life and your help, material opulence, combined together, there will be great change in the whole world. Cooperate with us. There is no loss on your part, but there is great benefit to the whole world. More
≻ Holy Cows, Sacred Bulls The principal sign of the age of Kali is that lower-caste shudras, i.e., men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, will be dressed like administrators or kings, and the principal business of such non-kshatriya rulers will be to kill the innocent animals, especially the cows and the bulls... More
≻ Sweet balls In the early days of ISKCON, when there were hardly more than 30 devotees in all, there was a constant strain over prasadam consumption. More
≻ Seeing with Your Ears My Guru Maharaja used to say, "Don't try to see a saintly person by your eyes. You see a saintly person by the ear." More
≻ Prison Food Too Good to Leave Inmates of an Indian prison are reportedly refusing to apply for bail because the food is so good. More
≻ Inmates Appreciate Bhagavad-gita As It Is I requested inmates, who regularly write to me, to write down a few lines about how they received the 1st copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is and what they learned from the Bhagavad Gita and what are their favorite verses. More
≻ Skipping School Straight into Unlicensed Medical Practice Nor can anyone become a doctor by simply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. More
≻ Positive Engagement of the Senses We do not know how to control the senses. We do not know the real yogic principle of controlling the senses. More
≻ Loss of Culture the Cause, Not Effect India was so rich. But now how that India has become so poor? The same land is there. Why? Because they have lost that old culture, God consciousness. More
≻ Why Ask Anything from God? That is higher intelligence, that "Why shall I ask food from God? God is supplying food to the cats, dogs, ants, elephants, and I want little food, he will not supply me? And especially when I engage myself in His service? More
≻ Music Mischief It was a hot and dusty day in the west of Ireland. This town was a big one, and it was festival time, with accordian and fiddle music playing from speakers all over the place. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness is Not Hinduism One should clearly understand that the Krishna consciousness movement is not preaching the so-called Hindu religion. More
≻ Checking In to Check Out "Now it is settled that I am going to die. The time is fixed already. Within a week, I shall be dying. Now what is my duty?" More
≻ More Evidence for Rittvik Representative of the Acharya When you read the Bible, you are following the spiritual master. How can you say "without a spiritual master"? More
≻ A Guarantee Nobody Can Beat If they simply appreciate "It is very nice," then in the next life, human life is guaranteed. In a very nice family. Simply if he appreciates... More
≻ Support for First Ratha Yata in Iraq
I have received permission from my Commanding Officer to have 2 Ratha Yatra’s, on US Bases, one being Mosul then other being Talafar. Last time I was deployed I was given facility to have Bhagavat Gita classes, and do book distribution to the soldiers. I am requesting the devotees to adopt a brahmacari and help facilitate my preaching. Our Ratha Yatra is scheduled for August 15th, 2007. I am expecting 200 - 900 soldiers to participate. More
≻ Discriminating Against the Poor
But just consider: if a poor man is lying helpless in the street, can I kill him? Will the state excuse me? I may say, "I have only killed a poor man. There was no need for him in society. Why should such a person live?" More
≻ Press Conference - Zero Without God Religion means these four principles: What is God, what we are, what is our relationship with God, and act accordingly and achieve the goal of life. This is religion. So any religious system which does not consider all these things, that is not religion. More
≻ Don't blow on boils - operate! In the year 1931 there was a huge flood in the Mednapur district of West Bengal, destroying many villages and many people's livelihoods. At the same time Sarasvati Thakura was contemplating his "Theistic Doll Exhibition" and collecting donations for it. More
≻ Beyond Hardwired Psychological means mental plane. How he will understand soul from the mental platform? That is not possible. More
≻ Home-made lawyer You want to be religious, so you try to understand religious principles from God. Because if one is lawyer, if one wants to become a lawyer, he must learn laws which is given by the government. He cannot become a lawyer at home. More
≻ Take It or Leave It - No Compromise, No Argument It's not what Prabhupada taught us to do. He was like "Take it or leave it." Like a gold merchant. He has his shop, and if you want to buy gold, "This is the price. If you can go somewhere else and get it cheaper, let me know, and I'll buy some too." That's what Krishna consciousness is. More
≻ Who is Mischievous? If a person is devoid of God consciousness and yet has many good qualities, his good qualities are to be considered useless. More
≻ Servant of Dog I have no shame that I have become servant of dog and I refuse to be servant of God. More
≻ Thanks for the Video! I remember reading somewhere that Srila Prabhupada mentioned that any melody is acceptable for chanting the Holy Name. However I find that the original melody and rhythm is the easiest for everyone to follow. More
≻ Hare Krishna at Times Square Here is a link to the video of the Times Square Harinam on Saturday night which Locanananda spoke of. It's very amazing, alot of people on the streets join in to chant and dance, especially now that we have a mantra sign alot of people follow along. More
≻ Report from Times Square In our Times Square Harinam Sankirtana party, about 90% of our chanting is the Mahamantra, and about 90% of our chanting of the Mahamantra is Prabhupada's tune, the tune he would always chant in public. The public seems to be very familiar with this tune. It is easy to learn and allows the chanter to instantly experience transcendental ecstasy. More
≻ Devotion to God compared to a creeper One has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-lata, within his heart. As he regularly hears and chants, the seed will fructify and gradually grow into a mature plant and then produce the fruit of devotional service, namely love of Godhead... More
≻ Karma Yoga - Applying the Principles of Bhagavad-gita to Your Life The arrangement is so nice in the administration of nature that we shall get all our necessities of life by the grace of God, and our duty is to advance ourself in the right knowledge of our spiritual existence without unnecessarily engaging ourself for sense gratification. More
≻ Get Over the Obsession with Money Persons who are interested in going back home, back to Godhead, should not only engage in the service of realized souls but should give up the company of materialistic persons. More
≻ Shelter from the Storm Simply transferring wealth from capitalists to communists cannot solve the problem of modern politics, for it has been demonstrated that when a communist gets money, he uses it for his own sense gratification. More
≻ Elephant's bath undone If one considers the spiritual master an ordinary human being, one is doomed. His study of the Vedas and his austerities and penances for enlightenment are all useless, like the bathing of an elephant. More
≻ Where to, next time around? The other day you said that Govinda dasi, she had asked you if in general that we would have to take birth in India before going back home and you said yes. So we were wondering how that's possible that we have to take birth in India. Because we see that they're not very strict Vaishnavas there. So what is it... More
≻ What to Look for in Holy Places If we take simply the advantage of the pious river... but we don't care for the persons who are living there, very experienced, spiritually advanced persons, then we remain animals. "So we have gone to such holy place. I have taken bath in the Ganges and Yamuna. Bas [finished]. My business is finished." Then go to the shop, purchase some plate, toys, go back home. More
≻ Clothes Don't Make the Man "You are representing Dharmaraja. First of all, explain what is dharma. Then we shall understand that you are representative or order-carrier or servant of Dharmaraja." More
≻ Bed Bugs Sometimes we may artificially renounce the world, but as soon as the opportunity of sucking blood is there, we turn again into a bed bug. More
≻ No other recourse “I see that everyone but You is a deceiver, I accept that you have put me here where I am, for Your own reasons, and although I don’t know why, I accept it”. Total resignation, surrender. “I am here because of Your will, and I accept it. I have no other expectation, no second backup, no reservations.” More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 2 The more we hear from realized souls, the more we make advancement in our devotional life. More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 1 The devotees are actually saintly persons, or sadhus. The first qualification of a sadhu, or devotee, is ahimsa, or nonviolence. Persons interested in the path of devotional service, or in going back home, back to Godhead, must first practice ahimsa, or nonviolence. More
≻ More to Religion Than Stop-gap Measures Christ also taught, "You shall love God," but how can one love God by only "Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery"? Only don't, don't, don't. We, however, have so many DOs: "Do chant 16 rounds, do go out on sankirtan, do worship the Deity, do eat prasadam. Our religion is a DO religion; theirs is a DON'T religion. More
≻ Free from Anxieties It is a drug. It is oblivion. Sometimes, for sometimes we forget everything, but again when you come to your consciousness the same anxieties and same thing are there.More
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≻ Vedas unlocked from Sanskrit The Vedic mantras are received not by learning Sanskrit, but by hearing from the authorized person. Therefore it is called shruti. It is in Sanskrit because there was no other language. Sanskrit was the only language. So now they're being translated into English. So it doesn't matter whether it is in Sanskrit or English, one has to learn it by hearing from the proper person. More
≻ Will Science Find the God Particle? "I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who, by one of His plenary portions, enters into the existence of every universe and every particle of the atoms and thus unlimitedly manifests His infinite energy all over the material creation." More
≻ Going to Prabhupada "Previously they were advanced, all of you. You are simply born because the mission was to be started. Just like in Yadu-vamsa Krishna ordered all the devotee demigods to 'Go and take birth there to help Me.' Similarly, you are also... You were born in Europe, America, to help this. Otherwise you were devotees in you past lives. I have explained that in my recent writings." More
≻ Sergeant Prescribes Krishna as Antidote for Combat Stress Last night, as we prepared for a mission, one of my soldiers went crazy. He loaded his M4 assault rifle, pointed it at my head, and yelled, "If I have to leave this base one more time, I will kill you, and then kill myself!" More
≻ Where is that most valuable thing? So that is very advanced stage, when one knows that everything is made of matter, so what is the value? Why you can't give more value to the stone, because originally everything is made of matter? There is one thing, panditah sama-darshinah [Bg. 5.18]. But that is when one has attained a very perfectional stage, not for the ordinary man. Ordinary man, you cannot say that "I treat a piece of stone and piece of gold the same way.' More
≻ Receiving the Name of Krishna In this Iron Age (Kali yuga) it is only the Name KRISHNA appearing on the lips of a PURE DEVOTEE who can lift the conditioned soul to the plane of the Absolute. As a matter of fact, even the scriptures also can only faintly express the Personality of Godhead. The mere study of the scriptures can convey no full knowledge of the Absolute as substantive entity. But the Name Krishna has power to put a person on the Absolute Plane and endow the words of the revealed scriptures with their living meaning. More
≻ Inmates' fav picks from Gita "From the first day I opened the Bhagavad Gita, I found the answers to the things I felt but could never put into words. The knowledge I am finding are the truths that transcends ordinary religious doctrine. It is in my hands most of the time." More
≻ Krishna Not a Hindu God, Rathayatra Not Owned by Hindus The cult of bhagavata-dharma can be spread in all circumstances, among all people and in all countries. Many envious people accuse the Krishna consciousness movement of spoiling the rigidity of so-called Hinduism. That is not actually the fact. More
≻ How to Take Advantage of the Holy Man A 'Sadhu' has to be recognized by the ear and not by the eyes. Chemical-Sadhu, magician-Sadhu, astrologer-Sadhu, smoker-Sadhu, beggar-Sadhu, mystic-Sadhu, worker-Sadhu, nurse-Sadhu, physician-Sadhu, politician-Sadhu and many other types of Sadhus which are generally met with by persons who do not hear the Sadhu and see them only are not 'Sadhus' in terms of the revealed scriptures. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness Movement - Cultural Presentation for the World At the present moment we have discovered so many services—national service, communal service, and this service, that service—but nobody is recommending service of God. More
≻ Bombs Over Baghdad Nothing more sobering than having to put some little child's brain matter back in their head while still trying to focus on speaking Krishna Katha to the dying child. More
≻ Transformation Under Lockup Dear Srila Prabhupada: Thank you for bringing fortune in the unlikely place like prison. More
≻ Can You See Where You're Going? The sun immediately dissipates mist or fog as well as darkness. As stated before, we should try to make the sun of Krishna rise within our hearts. More
≻ Invitation to Experiment Nor can anyone become a doctor by simply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. More
≻ Prescription takes precedence over books Back in 1975, when Srila Prabhupada was meeting with the GBC and they were having a discussion about drafting the pledge of allegiance, at some point there's discussion about whether to add also a line pledging allegiance or obedience to Srila Prabhupada's instructions in his books. And Srila Prabhupada says that his direct instruction supersedes the books. More
≻ Signs of Devotion: There's more to it than just a dot The test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. Not that "I am Hindu. I have got such a big tuft and so much tilaka, and I take bath daily in the Yamuna, Ganges. I am strictly vegetarian," and so on, so on, so on. But the result? "I am simply attached to my family." More
≻ On the Inside "Hare Krishna. I received the books you sent on Friday. I read Easy Journey to Other Planets and it really opened my eyes to Krishna consciousness knowledge." More
≻ Maya On a morning walk with Prabhupada in Stockholm, Sweden, we were suddenly blinded by what appeared to be the light of the sun. It was only the sun being reflected from a large glass window. Prabhupada stopped and pointed in the direction of the glare. "This is maya. More
≻ Part in relation to the whole Prabhupada could see everyone as he was, a part in relation to the whole. We're like screws to the part, separate from the machine. The self-realized soul can see "This part belongs here." More
≻ Prisoners Reaching Out We receive over 300-400 letters per month from inmates writing us for inspiration and asking for materials to be sent into the prisons. More
≻ Blind man, lame man Our knowledge in spiritual life and your help, material opulence, combined together, there will be great change in the whole world. Cooperate with us. There is no loss on your part, but there is great benefit to the whole world. More
≻ Holy Cows, Sacred Bulls The principal sign of the age of Kali is that lower-caste shudras, i.e., men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, will be dressed like administrators or kings, and the principal business of such non-kshatriya rulers will be to kill the innocent animals, especially the cows and the bulls... More
≻ Sweet balls In the early days of ISKCON, when there were hardly more than 30 devotees in all, there was a constant strain over prasadam consumption. More
≻ Seeing with Your Ears My Guru Maharaja used to say, "Don't try to see a saintly person by your eyes. You see a saintly person by the ear." More
≻ Prison Food Too Good to Leave Inmates of an Indian prison are reportedly refusing to apply for bail because the food is so good. More
≻ Inmates Appreciate Bhagavad-gita As It Is I requested inmates, who regularly write to me, to write down a few lines about how they received the 1st copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is and what they learned from the Bhagavad Gita and what are their favorite verses. More
≻ Skipping School Straight into Unlicensed Medical Practice Nor can anyone become a doctor by simply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. More
≻ Positive Engagement of the Senses We do not know how to control the senses. We do not know the real yogic principle of controlling the senses. More
≻ Loss of Culture the Cause, Not Effect India was so rich. But now how that India has become so poor? The same land is there. Why? Because they have lost that old culture, God consciousness. More
≻ Why Ask Anything from God? That is higher intelligence, that "Why shall I ask food from God? God is supplying food to the cats, dogs, ants, elephants, and I want little food, he will not supply me? And especially when I engage myself in His service? More
≻ Music Mischief It was a hot and dusty day in the west of Ireland. This town was a big one, and it was festival time, with accordian and fiddle music playing from speakers all over the place. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness is Not Hinduism One should clearly understand that the Krishna consciousness movement is not preaching the so-called Hindu religion. More
≻ Checking In to Check Out "Now it is settled that I am going to die. The time is fixed already. Within a week, I shall be dying. Now what is my duty?" More
≻ More Evidence for Rittvik Representative of the Acharya When you read the Bible, you are following the spiritual master. How can you say "without a spiritual master"? More
≻ A Guarantee Nobody Can Beat If they simply appreciate "It is very nice," then in the next life, human life is guaranteed. In a very nice family. Simply if he appreciates... More
≻ Support for First Ratha Yata in Iraq
I have received permission from my Commanding Officer to have 2 Ratha Yatra’s, on US Bases, one being Mosul then other being Talafar. Last time I was deployed I was given facility to have Bhagavat Gita classes, and do book distribution to the soldiers. I am requesting the devotees to adopt a brahmacari and help facilitate my preaching. Our Ratha Yatra is scheduled for August 15th, 2007. I am expecting 200 - 900 soldiers to participate. More
≻ Discriminating Against the Poor
But just consider: if a poor man is lying helpless in the street, can I kill him? Will the state excuse me? I may say, "I have only killed a poor man. There was no need for him in society. Why should such a person live?" More
≻ Press Conference - Zero Without God Religion means these four principles: What is God, what we are, what is our relationship with God, and act accordingly and achieve the goal of life. This is religion. So any religious system which does not consider all these things, that is not religion. More
≻ Don't blow on boils - operate! In the year 1931 there was a huge flood in the Mednapur district of West Bengal, destroying many villages and many people's livelihoods. At the same time Sarasvati Thakura was contemplating his "Theistic Doll Exhibition" and collecting donations for it. More
≻ Beyond Hardwired Psychological means mental plane. How he will understand soul from the mental platform? That is not possible. More
≻ Home-made lawyer You want to be religious, so you try to understand religious principles from God. Because if one is lawyer, if one wants to become a lawyer, he must learn laws which is given by the government. He cannot become a lawyer at home. More
≻ Take It or Leave It - No Compromise, No Argument It's not what Prabhupada taught us to do. He was like "Take it or leave it." Like a gold merchant. He has his shop, and if you want to buy gold, "This is the price. If you can go somewhere else and get it cheaper, let me know, and I'll buy some too." That's what Krishna consciousness is. More
≻ Who is Mischievous? If a person is devoid of God consciousness and yet has many good qualities, his good qualities are to be considered useless. More
≻ Servant of Dog I have no shame that I have become servant of dog and I refuse to be servant of God. More
≻ Thanks for the Video! I remember reading somewhere that Srila Prabhupada mentioned that any melody is acceptable for chanting the Holy Name. However I find that the original melody and rhythm is the easiest for everyone to follow. More
≻ Hare Krishna at Times Square Here is a link to the video of the Times Square Harinam on Saturday night which Locanananda spoke of. It's very amazing, alot of people on the streets join in to chant and dance, especially now that we have a mantra sign alot of people follow along. More
≻ Report from Times Square In our Times Square Harinam Sankirtana party, about 90% of our chanting is the Mahamantra, and about 90% of our chanting of the Mahamantra is Prabhupada's tune, the tune he would always chant in public. The public seems to be very familiar with this tune. It is easy to learn and allows the chanter to instantly experience transcendental ecstasy. More
≻ Devotion to God compared to a creeper One has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-lata, within his heart. As he regularly hears and chants, the seed will fructify and gradually grow into a mature plant and then produce the fruit of devotional service, namely love of Godhead... More
≻ Karma Yoga - Applying the Principles of Bhagavad-gita to Your Life The arrangement is so nice in the administration of nature that we shall get all our necessities of life by the grace of God, and our duty is to advance ourself in the right knowledge of our spiritual existence without unnecessarily engaging ourself for sense gratification. More
≻ Get Over the Obsession with Money Persons who are interested in going back home, back to Godhead, should not only engage in the service of realized souls but should give up the company of materialistic persons. More
≻ Shelter from the Storm Simply transferring wealth from capitalists to communists cannot solve the problem of modern politics, for it has been demonstrated that when a communist gets money, he uses it for his own sense gratification. More
≻ Elephant's bath undone If one considers the spiritual master an ordinary human being, one is doomed. His study of the Vedas and his austerities and penances for enlightenment are all useless, like the bathing of an elephant. More
≻ Where to, next time around? The other day you said that Govinda dasi, she had asked you if in general that we would have to take birth in India before going back home and you said yes. So we were wondering how that's possible that we have to take birth in India. Because we see that they're not very strict Vaishnavas there. So what is it... More
≻ What to Look for in Holy Places If we take simply the advantage of the pious river... but we don't care for the persons who are living there, very experienced, spiritually advanced persons, then we remain animals. "So we have gone to such holy place. I have taken bath in the Ganges and Yamuna. Bas [finished]. My business is finished." Then go to the shop, purchase some plate, toys, go back home. More
≻ Clothes Don't Make the Man "You are representing Dharmaraja. First of all, explain what is dharma. Then we shall understand that you are representative or order-carrier or servant of Dharmaraja." More
≻ Bed Bugs Sometimes we may artificially renounce the world, but as soon as the opportunity of sucking blood is there, we turn again into a bed bug. More
≻ No other recourse “I see that everyone but You is a deceiver, I accept that you have put me here where I am, for Your own reasons, and although I don’t know why, I accept it”. Total resignation, surrender. “I am here because of Your will, and I accept it. I have no other expectation, no second backup, no reservations.” More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 2 The more we hear from realized souls, the more we make advancement in our devotional life. More
≻ Back to Godhead - Part 1 The devotees are actually saintly persons, or sadhus. The first qualification of a sadhu, or devotee, is ahimsa, or nonviolence. Persons interested in the path of devotional service, or in going back home, back to Godhead, must first practice ahimsa, or nonviolence. More
≻ More to Religion Than Stop-gap Measures Christ also taught, "You shall love God," but how can one love God by only "Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery"? Only don't, don't, don't. We, however, have so many DOs: "Do chant 16 rounds, do go out on sankirtan, do worship the Deity, do eat prasadam. Our religion is a DO religion; theirs is a DON'T religion. More
≻ Free from Anxieties It is a drug. It is oblivion. Sometimes, for sometimes we forget everything, but again when you come to your consciousness the same anxieties and same thing are there.More
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≻ Atheism Dressed Up in Drag Thanks for the article
on the Dalai Lama (Hare Rama). I happened to see an article on him in
your Smithsonian Institute Magazine. I read it and made comments in the
margin. The problem with Buddhist teachings is they are disguised
ATHEISTS... More
≻ Transcending Addiction: Engagement, Not Suppression You may stop one kind of willing, but you will adopt another kind of willing and another kind of satisfaction. More
≻ You cannot make a devotee Bhagavatam says Krishna is the cause and the effect, the Absolute Truth. Illogical, beyond logic. Only if Krishna reveals Himself, then you can become Krishna conscious. You cannot be Krishna conscious by your own endeavor... More
≻ Modern Education Missing the Aim of Life This Krishna consciousness movement is not any sectarian movement. It is practically postgraduate movement of all religion. Any religion, they have got some idea of God. But here, we are explaining what is God, how great He is, how you can establish your relationship with Him. More
≻ Nirvana and the Noble Path, Morality and Krishna The conclusion is that this material morality has no value. Spiritual morality. Spiritual morality means to abide by the order of Krishna. That is morality. More
≻ You Always Get What's Coming to You "You always get what's coming to you. No one can avoid the laws of destiny. Therefore I regret nothing, and nothing astonishes me. What destiny gives me, no one can take away." More
≻ Don't Miss the Opportunity It is my duty to satisfy guru. Otherwise I am nowhere. So if you prefer to be nowhere, then you disobey as you like. But if you want to be steady in your position, then you have to follow strictly the instruction of guru. More
≻ If you want to clear your doubts... You have to go to a spiritual master. And don't bother and waste my time in that way. You have got so many doubts. If you want to clear your doubts, then you have to surrender somewhere. You will keep yourself as you are, and I am meant for clearing your doubts. More
≻ Rise to your destiny "You are what your deep driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny."—Brihadnarayana Upanishad More
≻ Land, cow, man and God What gold is to minerals, milk is to food. LAND, COW, MAN and GOD. Simple living, high thinking (LAND, COW, MAN, GOD). More
≻ Aim to love The aim of life is to love Krishna. It is not necessary to know how Krishna is God. Just like the child loves mother and father. The child has no knowledge of what is or how it is that the parents are mother and father. It is simply love. More
≻ Vedic Knowledge Compressed into 16 Syllables The hundred-dollar bill is best, because the five-dollar bill and the one-dollar bill are included in the hundred-dollar bill. The power of all other mantras is included in the maha-mantra. More
≻ Success and failure Falldown for a devotee is certain. But his recovery is more important. Recovery is possible only when we have this progressive mood, understanding that however embarrassing, humiliating, difficult or awkward falldown may be, it has been created by Krishna just to push us and purify us so that we may advance and become free from the shackles of maya. More
≻ The Glories of Haridas Thakur The Krishna consciousness movement, therefore, is a cultural movement that does not care about local social conventions. Following in the footsteps of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Acharya, we can accept a devotee from any part of the world and recognize him as a brahmana as soon as he is qualified due to following the principles of Vaishnava behavior. More
≻ The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way Dr. J. F. Staal's statement that the Krishna cult is a combination of Christian and Hindu religion, as if something manufactured by concoction, is not correct. More
≻ The Greatest Barrier to Spiritual Life So long this conception of life will exist, that, 'I am this body, and anyone who is related with this body, they are my own men, kinsmen, relatives...' This conception of life is the greatest barrier for advancing in spiritual consciousness. More
≻ Loose Screws Anything that is not Krishna is not Krishna and will eventually dry up and fall away. Everyone is born with certain inclinations or propensities, and has to act on them. Just like Arjuna. He was a warrior, and his business was killing, and that’s what Krishna asked of him. More
≻ Practical Advice on Breeding Cows I found myself getting upset when I read recent posts about cows in devotee communities. It's too bad that after all these years the devotees can't learn from their mistakes with cows. More
≻ Love and Trust The only thing that has power, potency, substance is spiritual realization. Outside that is only endless hairsplitting and legal wrangling, none of which produces anything. Mechanical adherence to legal technicalities doesn’t give us a freeway. More
≻ Prayer Even in mundane circles, if we want to buy a house but haven’t sufficient funds, we apply for a loan. So the loan application is a kind of prayer. If we want to marry a certain woman, we propose. It is a kind of prayer. More
≻ Hearing from the Right Source There is television. There is radio. There are newspapers. There are so many things to hear about. But that is not the hearing that will help us to become self-realized. More
≻ Surrender is the Process The whole Bhagavad-gita was spoken just to convince Arjuna to surrender. The whole Bhagavad-gita has one focus, one target: to convince Arjuna to surrender to Krishna’s desire, which was to fight and kill. And by extension, the same principle is applicable to every one of us. More
≻ No Such Thing as Non-reality It is spiritual as soon as you become a devotee, spiritual. We are living in the spiritual world. That I explained last night. So ultimately there is nothing material. Material means when you forget Krishna. More
≻ Something's Missing In the beginning one is trained according to the principles of regulation under the guidance of the acharya or spiritual master, and gradually, when one is elevated, devotional service becomes automatic and spontaneous eagerness to serve Krishna. More
≻ Invest in Krishna For all these people, the people of Kali-yuga, Lord Chaitanya introduced this emergency shortcut concession, that okay, you don't follow anything, and you are living just like cats and dogs, eating and sleeping, or you are pretending, making a show, ringing bells. Never mind. Everything is overlooked. Just chant this holy name of Krishna... More
≻ Eternally vibrating everywhere... The vibration of Krishna's Holy Name (Krishna) is ETERNALLY VIBRATING EVERYWHERE. We need only to hear the vibration from the lips of a PURE DEVOTEE of Krishna, and then lend our body as an instrument for vibrating Krishna's Holy Name, exactly as the radio waves are always in the ether. We need only to turn on our radio, and the vibration is then made audible. More
≻ Beamed Up by the Rays of the Moon If, however, it is seen that a person has developed a high standard of devotion without having undergone even the regulative principles, it is to be understood that his status of devotional service was achieved in a former life.More
≻ Lord Buddha's Secret Mission His propaganda was to cheat the atheist class of men. Atheist class of men, they did not recognize existence of God, so He became one of them. More
≻ Wake Up to Your Real State of Consciousness When we're sleeping, we are not aware of the fact that we're sleeping. We think we're awake. More
≻ Manifesto—International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a movement aiming at the spiritual reorientation of mankind through the simple process of chanting the holy names of God. More
≻ Zen, Christian Teachings and Krishna Consciousness In order to get first-class experience of the perfection of life, you must approach guru. That is the Vedic injunction. Samit-panih shrotriyam brahma-nishtham. Now, who is guru? Whom shall I approach? More
≻ Allen Ginsberg with Srila Prabhupada Don't come to the ritualistic performances. Let them chant as far as possible and see the result. This is the easiest method of transcendental realization. More
≻ Nothing Else Needs to be Done We are living in a society that is based on something that is so fundamentally erroneous, as a result we are working for nothing, working for things we don't need. More
≻ Prayer and the answer to prayer... Unless one is completely disappointed in every relationship of love, friendship and society, it is impossible to be completely surrendered to the will of the Lord... More
≻ The disciple is expected to become a pure devotee... To worship Srila Prabhupada (Prabhupada in the centre) as the only Acharya means to first of all be an obedient disciple (discipline of 4 regs, 16 rounds). Simply to perform the ritual of guru-puja or mouth the appropriate prayers is not enough. There must first be OBEDIENCE and DISCIPLINE, then SERVICE, and that service must be to "do as he did." More
≻ Equal Opportunity, Equal Importance Prabhupada: Everyone should be expert. The leaders must be expert and the worker must be expert so that they may follow the instruction of the leader. If the leader says something and the workers, "Hm, I shall consider it, later on," then how the leader will execute his leadership? Both of them should be cooperating and know that "We are all working for Krishna." More
≻ Allegories - Lessons in Krishna Consciousness A landlord once had a sycophantic servant, who was only interested in grabbing something for his own sense gratification by flattering his master. One day the landlord asked the sycophant, Could you tell me what kind of vegetable is the potato? More
≻ Learn by Hearing, Not by Reading Shruti means Veda. Shruti is learned by hearing, not by reading. You can understand Vedic principle even though you are illiterate, provided you hear them, aural reception. God has given you the ear. And if you try to hear submissively, to receive something, then it will be fruitful. More
≻ Dirty Hearts and Dusty Brains In the material world, everyone is trying to become prominent. There is always a great competition or struggle for supremacy. As long as there is the desire to lord it over the material nature in order to exploit material nature for sense gratification, then miseries of material existence will continue birth after birth, because life is continuous. More
≻ Constitution of Association The objectives for which the Society is being established are: (A) To educate the greater human society in the techniques of spiritual life as the basis for a balanced psychic and biological development, and thereby achieve for the first time in human society a real peace and unity among the contending forces in the world today. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness: The Sankirtan Movement The International Society for Krishna Consciousness [popularly known as the Hare Krishna Movement and now carried on by disciples of Srila Prabhupada under the banner of The Bhaktivedantas and World Sankirtan Party] is a bona fide religious society strictly following the principles described in the Vedic scriptures and practiced in India for thousands of years. Our basic beliefs are as follows: More
≻ Radharani, the Pleasure Potency of Krishna Don't try to see Krishna. You cannot see Krishna with your material eyes. Neither you can hear about Him with your material ears. Neither you can touch. But if you engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, then He'll reveal Himself to you: "Here I am." That is wanted. More
≻ Radhastami, the Appearance of Sri Radha This hare, this word, is Radharani. Hara, Radharani. Radha or Hara: the same thing. So Hare Krishna. So we are praying to Radharani, "My Mother, Radharani, and Krishna." More
≻ The Point of Visiting the Holy Places It is not the journey but the method of its performance that really matters. Any journey that is performed under the lead of the sadhu is a spiritual function. No journey that is not so performed can have any spiritual value. More
≻ Redirect—Don't Repress—the Senses We cannot stop the senses from acting. We cannot stop the mind from thinking. We simply have to know the principle how to think and how to use everything for the service of Krishna. More
≻ Out from Delusion The process of surrender begins by approaching Krishna's representative, the bona fide spiritual master in the disciplic succession. We approach the representative of the Lord, and in this way we surrender to the Lord by surrendering to His agent. Just like a criminal, when he is tired of hiding and running away from the law, from the king, he surrenders to the agent of the king, the police officer, and then the process of reforming begins. More
≻ The Cause of Misery All our sufferings are due to lack of knowledge, ignorance. That knowledge can be achieved by association of good authorities. More
≻ The Pilgrimage Has Come to You We don’t go on pilgrimage. We go on harer nama sankirtan, or we go to the temple, chant Hare Krishna, or we go to read Bhagavad-gita. Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your money. Everything is right here. Krishna has come to you. What more do you want? Why looking some other place? He’s right here. He’s as near as your tongue chanting Hare Krishna. More
≻ Do's and Don'ts of Spiritual Life The basis for advancing in Krishna consciousness is hearing and chanting (shravanam kirtanam vishnoh). No one can go for even a minute without hearing or talking about something. Therefore hearing and talking are recommended, but especially hearing and talking about Vishnu. More
≻ Ignorance Means Separation; Finding Yourself and the Supersoul Krishna consciousness is a very important movement, because it teaches people how to live in the material world, but at the same time act on the spiritual platform. More
≻ The Soul of the Soul, How To See Everything With Equal Vision The seed of devotion is the holy name of the Lord: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The watering process is kirtan and japa, and we have to protect the plant by not committing any of the ten offences in the matter of chanting the holy name. More
≻ "Unless You Become Like Children…" One should rise early in the morning, one and a half hours before the sun rises. That is called the brahma-muhurta hour and is a time which is very beneficial for spiritual practices. More
≻ That's All I Gotta Do? By once chanting the name without any offence, a person becomes relieved of all sinful reactions--more than one is able to commit in hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. More
≻ Happiness At Last This Krishna consciousness movement is essentially a movement for renunciates. It is not a movement for improving material life. It is a movement for improving spiritual life, and whatever is destined to come to us due to our past karmic activity, we shall accept and not endeavor for more. More
≻ No One Can Save Himself No Matter How Hard He Tries We cannot begin devotional activities independently. Devotional activities can only be performed under the guidance of a pure devotee. We find it recommended again and again that one has to find a maha bhagavata (pure devotee). One has to find a pure devotee of the Lord and satisfy him by any means, and that alone can lead to success. More
≻ "Professional Spiritualist" - Followers Wanted This is a warning that the devotees of this Krishna consciousness movement should not neglect the real purpose of this movement and the real purpose of life, which is to become free from friendship, society and love. We have not given up our family and friends to come together for starting another arrangement of family, friends, love and society. We have come together just to help each other advance in Krishna consciousness. More
≻ Food for Life Vegetarianism is not a sign of piety. The sign of piety is preparing food for the satisfaction of Krishna and then, after offering it, partaking of the remnants. More
≻ Everything Belongs to Krishna Renunciation does not mean to renounce our car, money, wife and house. We should not give up everything—we should use everything to serve Krishna! More
≫ What is Hare Krishna All About? This movement is primarily spreading the teachings of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam and the chanting of the holy names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. More
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≻ Transcending Addiction: Engagement, Not Suppression You may stop one kind of willing, but you will adopt another kind of willing and another kind of satisfaction. More
≻ You cannot make a devotee Bhagavatam says Krishna is the cause and the effect, the Absolute Truth. Illogical, beyond logic. Only if Krishna reveals Himself, then you can become Krishna conscious. You cannot be Krishna conscious by your own endeavor... More
≻ Modern Education Missing the Aim of Life This Krishna consciousness movement is not any sectarian movement. It is practically postgraduate movement of all religion. Any religion, they have got some idea of God. But here, we are explaining what is God, how great He is, how you can establish your relationship with Him. More
≻ Nirvana and the Noble Path, Morality and Krishna The conclusion is that this material morality has no value. Spiritual morality. Spiritual morality means to abide by the order of Krishna. That is morality. More
≻ You Always Get What's Coming to You "You always get what's coming to you. No one can avoid the laws of destiny. Therefore I regret nothing, and nothing astonishes me. What destiny gives me, no one can take away." More
≻ Don't Miss the Opportunity It is my duty to satisfy guru. Otherwise I am nowhere. So if you prefer to be nowhere, then you disobey as you like. But if you want to be steady in your position, then you have to follow strictly the instruction of guru. More
≻ If you want to clear your doubts... You have to go to a spiritual master. And don't bother and waste my time in that way. You have got so many doubts. If you want to clear your doubts, then you have to surrender somewhere. You will keep yourself as you are, and I am meant for clearing your doubts. More
≻ Rise to your destiny "You are what your deep driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny."—Brihadnarayana Upanishad More
≻ Land, cow, man and God What gold is to minerals, milk is to food. LAND, COW, MAN and GOD. Simple living, high thinking (LAND, COW, MAN, GOD). More
≻ Aim to love The aim of life is to love Krishna. It is not necessary to know how Krishna is God. Just like the child loves mother and father. The child has no knowledge of what is or how it is that the parents are mother and father. It is simply love. More
≻ Vedic Knowledge Compressed into 16 Syllables The hundred-dollar bill is best, because the five-dollar bill and the one-dollar bill are included in the hundred-dollar bill. The power of all other mantras is included in the maha-mantra. More
≻ Success and failure Falldown for a devotee is certain. But his recovery is more important. Recovery is possible only when we have this progressive mood, understanding that however embarrassing, humiliating, difficult or awkward falldown may be, it has been created by Krishna just to push us and purify us so that we may advance and become free from the shackles of maya. More
≻ The Glories of Haridas Thakur The Krishna consciousness movement, therefore, is a cultural movement that does not care about local social conventions. Following in the footsteps of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Acharya, we can accept a devotee from any part of the world and recognize him as a brahmana as soon as he is qualified due to following the principles of Vaishnava behavior. More
≻ The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way Dr. J. F. Staal's statement that the Krishna cult is a combination of Christian and Hindu religion, as if something manufactured by concoction, is not correct. More
≻ The Greatest Barrier to Spiritual Life So long this conception of life will exist, that, 'I am this body, and anyone who is related with this body, they are my own men, kinsmen, relatives...' This conception of life is the greatest barrier for advancing in spiritual consciousness. More
≻ Loose Screws Anything that is not Krishna is not Krishna and will eventually dry up and fall away. Everyone is born with certain inclinations or propensities, and has to act on them. Just like Arjuna. He was a warrior, and his business was killing, and that’s what Krishna asked of him. More
≻ Practical Advice on Breeding Cows I found myself getting upset when I read recent posts about cows in devotee communities. It's too bad that after all these years the devotees can't learn from their mistakes with cows. More
≻ Love and Trust The only thing that has power, potency, substance is spiritual realization. Outside that is only endless hairsplitting and legal wrangling, none of which produces anything. Mechanical adherence to legal technicalities doesn’t give us a freeway. More
≻ Prayer Even in mundane circles, if we want to buy a house but haven’t sufficient funds, we apply for a loan. So the loan application is a kind of prayer. If we want to marry a certain woman, we propose. It is a kind of prayer. More
≻ Hearing from the Right Source There is television. There is radio. There are newspapers. There are so many things to hear about. But that is not the hearing that will help us to become self-realized. More
≻ Surrender is the Process The whole Bhagavad-gita was spoken just to convince Arjuna to surrender. The whole Bhagavad-gita has one focus, one target: to convince Arjuna to surrender to Krishna’s desire, which was to fight and kill. And by extension, the same principle is applicable to every one of us. More
≻ No Such Thing as Non-reality It is spiritual as soon as you become a devotee, spiritual. We are living in the spiritual world. That I explained last night. So ultimately there is nothing material. Material means when you forget Krishna. More
≻ Something's Missing In the beginning one is trained according to the principles of regulation under the guidance of the acharya or spiritual master, and gradually, when one is elevated, devotional service becomes automatic and spontaneous eagerness to serve Krishna. More
≻ Invest in Krishna For all these people, the people of Kali-yuga, Lord Chaitanya introduced this emergency shortcut concession, that okay, you don't follow anything, and you are living just like cats and dogs, eating and sleeping, or you are pretending, making a show, ringing bells. Never mind. Everything is overlooked. Just chant this holy name of Krishna... More
≻ Eternally vibrating everywhere... The vibration of Krishna's Holy Name (Krishna) is ETERNALLY VIBRATING EVERYWHERE. We need only to hear the vibration from the lips of a PURE DEVOTEE of Krishna, and then lend our body as an instrument for vibrating Krishna's Holy Name, exactly as the radio waves are always in the ether. We need only to turn on our radio, and the vibration is then made audible. More
≻ Beamed Up by the Rays of the Moon If, however, it is seen that a person has developed a high standard of devotion without having undergone even the regulative principles, it is to be understood that his status of devotional service was achieved in a former life.More
≻ Lord Buddha's Secret Mission His propaganda was to cheat the atheist class of men. Atheist class of men, they did not recognize existence of God, so He became one of them. More
≻ Wake Up to Your Real State of Consciousness When we're sleeping, we are not aware of the fact that we're sleeping. We think we're awake. More
≻ Manifesto—International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a movement aiming at the spiritual reorientation of mankind through the simple process of chanting the holy names of God. More
≻ Zen, Christian Teachings and Krishna Consciousness In order to get first-class experience of the perfection of life, you must approach guru. That is the Vedic injunction. Samit-panih shrotriyam brahma-nishtham. Now, who is guru? Whom shall I approach? More
≻ Allen Ginsberg with Srila Prabhupada Don't come to the ritualistic performances. Let them chant as far as possible and see the result. This is the easiest method of transcendental realization. More
≻ Nothing Else Needs to be Done We are living in a society that is based on something that is so fundamentally erroneous, as a result we are working for nothing, working for things we don't need. More
≻ Prayer and the answer to prayer... Unless one is completely disappointed in every relationship of love, friendship and society, it is impossible to be completely surrendered to the will of the Lord... More
≻ The disciple is expected to become a pure devotee... To worship Srila Prabhupada (Prabhupada in the centre) as the only Acharya means to first of all be an obedient disciple (discipline of 4 regs, 16 rounds). Simply to perform the ritual of guru-puja or mouth the appropriate prayers is not enough. There must first be OBEDIENCE and DISCIPLINE, then SERVICE, and that service must be to "do as he did." More
≻ Equal Opportunity, Equal Importance Prabhupada: Everyone should be expert. The leaders must be expert and the worker must be expert so that they may follow the instruction of the leader. If the leader says something and the workers, "Hm, I shall consider it, later on," then how the leader will execute his leadership? Both of them should be cooperating and know that "We are all working for Krishna." More
≻ Allegories - Lessons in Krishna Consciousness A landlord once had a sycophantic servant, who was only interested in grabbing something for his own sense gratification by flattering his master. One day the landlord asked the sycophant, Could you tell me what kind of vegetable is the potato? More
≻ Learn by Hearing, Not by Reading Shruti means Veda. Shruti is learned by hearing, not by reading. You can understand Vedic principle even though you are illiterate, provided you hear them, aural reception. God has given you the ear. And if you try to hear submissively, to receive something, then it will be fruitful. More
≻ Dirty Hearts and Dusty Brains In the material world, everyone is trying to become prominent. There is always a great competition or struggle for supremacy. As long as there is the desire to lord it over the material nature in order to exploit material nature for sense gratification, then miseries of material existence will continue birth after birth, because life is continuous. More
≻ Constitution of Association The objectives for which the Society is being established are: (A) To educate the greater human society in the techniques of spiritual life as the basis for a balanced psychic and biological development, and thereby achieve for the first time in human society a real peace and unity among the contending forces in the world today. More
≻ Krishna Consciousness: The Sankirtan Movement The International Society for Krishna Consciousness [popularly known as the Hare Krishna Movement and now carried on by disciples of Srila Prabhupada under the banner of The Bhaktivedantas and World Sankirtan Party] is a bona fide religious society strictly following the principles described in the Vedic scriptures and practiced in India for thousands of years. Our basic beliefs are as follows: More
≻ Radharani, the Pleasure Potency of Krishna Don't try to see Krishna. You cannot see Krishna with your material eyes. Neither you can hear about Him with your material ears. Neither you can touch. But if you engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, then He'll reveal Himself to you: "Here I am." That is wanted. More
≻ Radhastami, the Appearance of Sri Radha This hare, this word, is Radharani. Hara, Radharani. Radha or Hara: the same thing. So Hare Krishna. So we are praying to Radharani, "My Mother, Radharani, and Krishna." More
≻ The Point of Visiting the Holy Places It is not the journey but the method of its performance that really matters. Any journey that is performed under the lead of the sadhu is a spiritual function. No journey that is not so performed can have any spiritual value. More
≻ Redirect—Don't Repress—the Senses We cannot stop the senses from acting. We cannot stop the mind from thinking. We simply have to know the principle how to think and how to use everything for the service of Krishna. More
≻ Out from Delusion The process of surrender begins by approaching Krishna's representative, the bona fide spiritual master in the disciplic succession. We approach the representative of the Lord, and in this way we surrender to the Lord by surrendering to His agent. Just like a criminal, when he is tired of hiding and running away from the law, from the king, he surrenders to the agent of the king, the police officer, and then the process of reforming begins. More
≻ The Cause of Misery All our sufferings are due to lack of knowledge, ignorance. That knowledge can be achieved by association of good authorities. More
≻ The Pilgrimage Has Come to You We don’t go on pilgrimage. We go on harer nama sankirtan, or we go to the temple, chant Hare Krishna, or we go to read Bhagavad-gita. Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your money. Everything is right here. Krishna has come to you. What more do you want? Why looking some other place? He’s right here. He’s as near as your tongue chanting Hare Krishna. More
≻ Do's and Don'ts of Spiritual Life The basis for advancing in Krishna consciousness is hearing and chanting (shravanam kirtanam vishnoh). No one can go for even a minute without hearing or talking about something. Therefore hearing and talking are recommended, but especially hearing and talking about Vishnu. More
≻ Ignorance Means Separation; Finding Yourself and the Supersoul Krishna consciousness is a very important movement, because it teaches people how to live in the material world, but at the same time act on the spiritual platform. More
≻ The Soul of the Soul, How To See Everything With Equal Vision The seed of devotion is the holy name of the Lord: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The watering process is kirtan and japa, and we have to protect the plant by not committing any of the ten offences in the matter of chanting the holy name. More
≻ "Unless You Become Like Children…" One should rise early in the morning, one and a half hours before the sun rises. That is called the brahma-muhurta hour and is a time which is very beneficial for spiritual practices. More
≻ That's All I Gotta Do? By once chanting the name without any offence, a person becomes relieved of all sinful reactions--more than one is able to commit in hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. More
≻ Happiness At Last This Krishna consciousness movement is essentially a movement for renunciates. It is not a movement for improving material life. It is a movement for improving spiritual life, and whatever is destined to come to us due to our past karmic activity, we shall accept and not endeavor for more. More
≻ No One Can Save Himself No Matter How Hard He Tries We cannot begin devotional activities independently. Devotional activities can only be performed under the guidance of a pure devotee. We find it recommended again and again that one has to find a maha bhagavata (pure devotee). One has to find a pure devotee of the Lord and satisfy him by any means, and that alone can lead to success. More
≻ "Professional Spiritualist" - Followers Wanted This is a warning that the devotees of this Krishna consciousness movement should not neglect the real purpose of this movement and the real purpose of life, which is to become free from friendship, society and love. We have not given up our family and friends to come together for starting another arrangement of family, friends, love and society. We have come together just to help each other advance in Krishna consciousness. More
≻ Food for Life Vegetarianism is not a sign of piety. The sign of piety is preparing food for the satisfaction of Krishna and then, after offering it, partaking of the remnants. More
≻ Everything Belongs to Krishna Renunciation does not mean to renounce our car, money, wife and house. We should not give up everything—we should use everything to serve Krishna! More
≫ What is Hare Krishna All About? This movement is primarily spreading the teachings of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam and the chanting of the holy names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. More
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The Bhaktivedantas World Sankirtan Party - Krishna Consciousness in Action/