A 2000-09-07 education Madhudvisa dasa >The King of Education > We see so many educational institutions in this world, so many universities, colleges and schools. Every variety of education is available. If we analyse all these educational institutions we find they are all only imparting knowledge concerned with the material body. It's all knowledge meant for fulfilling the animal instincts of the body.
A 2000-09-05 chanting IRM Adridharana Dasa >Harinama Revived in World Famous Times Square > A regular harinama party has been resurrected in Times Square, New York City. The famous Time Square Harinamas of the 70's were long ago abandoned by ISKCON despite Srila Prabhupada's order to never stop them. These high profile harinamas were the foundation of ISKCON worldwide and our most important service to save all humanity and ourselves and to please Srila Prabhupada.
R 2000-09-06 krishna Srila Prabhupada >The Spiritual World--Room Conversation, 1969, New York (RealAudio) > The material world is simply a shadow of the spiritual world. So real life, real variety, real beauty, real knowledge, everything in reality is there in the spiritual world. This material world is only reflection. Just like if you create a clay doll, a very nice beautiful girl. But it is imitation. It is shadow of the real beautiful girl.
A 2000-09-06 religion Srila Prabhupada >Christ and Krishna - the Name is the Same > When an Indian person calls on Krishna, he often says, Krsta. Krsta is a Sanskrit word meaning attraction. So when we address God as Christ, Krsta, or Krishna we indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Jesus said, Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name, the name of God was Krsta or Krishna.
A 2000-09-05 preaching IRM Madhusudana dasa >Aerosmith Gets A Book > Steve Tylor, lead singer with the big rock band Aerosmith had just walked past us. He stopped a few shops on from us to buy some candy for his kids. As he was waiting for his candy I nipped over and gave him a book. He seemed to appreciate it.
A 2000-09-04 preaching Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja >Message of His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja > His Divine Grace Sree Sreemad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj the celebrated Acharya (Spiritual Head) of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas spoke the following few lines as His Message just a few days (23rd December, 1936) before His passing away from this mortal world.
A 2000-09-04 temples PSS Kapindra Swami >Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga Mandir of Manhattan Now Expanding > With our tiny storefront temple on Avenue B we haven’t been able to take care of the people properly. However, by Lord Caitanya's grace that can now be dramatically changed. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has just made the next door strorefront available to us doubling our size.

L 2000-09-02 % Srila Prabhupada >Why should you remarry? Rather you should take sannyasa... > There is a certain kind of laddu which has such a taste, that anyone who has tasted it once, he laments, oh how I would like to taste again. And anyone who has never tasted, he also laments, oh I have never tasted. So one who has tasted, and one who has not tasted, both are lamenting. Wife is like that.
R 2000-09-02 society Srila Prabhupada >Sex in a Palace and Sex on the Street--the Taste is the Same (RealAudio Morning Walk) > Enjoyment is there in the cats and dogs. When you enjoy sex in palace and the dog enjoys sex on the street, the value is the same. The taste does not increase or decrease. But you are thinking to enjoy sex in big palace is advancement. That is your foolishness. Actually sex enjoyment in the palace or on the street is the same. It has no difference of taste.
A 2000-09-01 society Madhudvisa dasa >Abortion. No--It's A Child!! > Nowadays there is very little regard for the life of a child within the womb of the mother. Most people are concerned about their own pleasure. Many want the right to have sex with anyone and then kill the child resulting from that sex life. Therefore so many young children are being murdered under the name of abortion.
A 2000-08-30 religion A Christian >Modern Day Miracles--Jesus Christ, God, and PRABHUPADA are NOT Dead! > A friend sent me these - they're all about God and miracles... thought they might make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
R 2000-08-30 % Srila Prabhupada >The Real United Nations Organization (UNO) Srimad-Bhagavatam RealAudio Class > Better close the United Nation organization because it has not had any practical effect. But talking about Krishna, just see how it is giving practical effect. You are assembled here from Europe, America, and Africa, Canada, and practically all over the world, but you are united nation. You are united nation simply by talking about Krishna.
L 2000-08-29 temples Srila Prabhupada >All glories to Sankirtana, Prasadam and Srimad-Bhagavatam > I think this policy of Sankirtana, Prasadam and Srimad-Bhagavatam has been successful in all the centers. Please therefore follow this transcendental policy with heart and soul and make your center as spiritually opulent as far as possible.
R 2000-08-29 devotees Srila Prabhupada >Must All Devotees Live in the Temple? (RealAudio Morning Walk 1975, Hawaii) > Follow the instruction. Wherever you remain, it doesn't matter. You are secure. Follow the instruction. Then you are secure anywhere. I saw my Guru Maharaja not more than ten days in my life, but I followed his instruction. I was a householder, I never lived in the temple. It is practical.
A 2000-08-28 religion Srila Prabhupada >The Hindus and the Muslims in India > Five hundred years ago in India Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was preaching the Hare Krishna movement. At that time India was being ruled by the Mohammedans who were Muslims. The following narration is a description of their attempts to stop the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra by the Hindus.
R 2000-08-27 ISKCON Srila Prabhupada >Yamaraja--The Lord of Death--One of Krishna's GBC's (RealAudio Srimad-Bhagavatam) > Yamaraja is a GBC, but he made a little mistake. He was punished to become a sudra. So those who are GBC's, they should be very, very careful to administer the business of ISKCON. Otherwise they will be punished. As the post is very great, similarly, the punishment is also very great. That is the difficulty.
A 2000-08-27 ISKCON Adridharana Dasa >BBC Glorifies Srila Prabhupada to the World > It really is amazing what faith in Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet can do. It can move mountains. Here we are in the midst of ISKCON's worst publicity nightmare--with the movement facing a 400 million dollar lawsuit for child abuse--and the world's largest and most famous media organisation approaches an IRM follower to broadcast the glories of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to the world!
L 2000-08-26 temples Damaghosa das >Seattle Festival Update > On Janmastami day, I met a young Indian lady and I asked here if she knew what this day was and she said promptly, it's Janmastami!! She then asked me if I was fasting? At which point I knew this was a good candidate to invite to our temple. Turned out their family was from the Vrndavana area in India--talk about Krishna's mercy!!!!

A 2000-08-26 chanting Hansadutta dasa >Kirtana--The Song of Ecstasy, The Dance of the Soul > The singing and dancing of Hare Krishna is known as kirtana. My spiritual master Srila Prabhupada said, This is not ordinary dancing; this is the dancing of the soul, a soul awakened to his original consciousness, Krishna consciousness.

A 2000-08-25 science Madhudvisa dasa >Artificial Intelligence--Getting Computers to Think > How do we get a computer to think? The only way I can think of is the use of neural nets. Almost learning by trial and error, much like a small baby does. I think their has been research into this, but I'm not sure what the current situation is with this... Anyone any ideas? Mike Warren.
A 2000-08-17 science Satsvarupa dasa Goswami >Man On The Moon--A Colossal Hoax that Cost Billions of Dollars > Although many believe man first reached the moon in July, 1969, we have information from a very reliable source, the Sanskrit Vedic scriptures, that the astronauts never actually went to the moon. The manned moon landing was a colossal hoax.
R 2000-08-24 guru Srila Prabhupada >Sri Vyasa-puja Hyderabad, August 19, 1976 [RealAudio] > So anyone of you, you can become guru. It is not that I am an extraordinary man, an extraordinary god coming from some mysterious place. It is not that--it is very simple thing. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says yare dekha tare kaha krsna'-upadesa. So I request you follow the Caitanya Mahaprabhu's instruction that you also, you become a guru at your home.
R 2000-08-23 guru Srila Prabhupada >Sri Vyasa-puja Lecture London, August 22, 1973 (RealAudio) > One who is doing this humble service of preaching work, Krishna consciousness, nobody is dearer than him to Me [Krishna]. So if you want to become recognized by Krishna very quickly, you take up this process of becoming spiritual master, present the Bhagavad-gita as it is. Your life is perfect.
A 2000-08-21 guru Pita dasa >Sri Vyas Puja The Most Blessent Event August 24,2000 > Dear Srila Prabhupada I offer Your Divine Grace my most humble obeisances and want to Thank you for your continual help in getting me out of material consciousness which I still cling to.
A 2000-08-21 guru Srila Prabhupada >PHALGUNA KRISHNA PANCAMI (Srila Prabhupada's 1961 Vyasa-Puja Offering > A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura. Presented on the commemoration of his appearance, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, at the Radha-Damodara temple, Vrindavana, India, in 1961.
A 2000-08-20 introduction George Harrison >George Harrison Interview: Hare Krishna Mantra--There's Nothing Higher (1982) > The Hare Krishna Mantra by George Harrison and London Radha-Krishna Temple devotees was featured four times on England's most popular television program, Top of the Pops, after rising to the Top 10 throughout England, Europe, and parts of Asia.

R 2000-08-20 society Srila Prabhupada >The Whole World is Fighting for Sense Gratification (RealAudio Morning Walk) > I must have nice eating, I must have nice sleeping, I must have very good sex, and I should be defended by bank balance, by military soldiers, by police force, by atomic weapons. Rascal does not understand that, in spite of all these things, I will have to change the body...
R 2000-08-19 India Srila Prabhupada >Prabhupada Speaks to the Birlas, India's Richest Family (RealAudio) > To become very big businessman is not ordinary thing; it requires very great labour, brain. But the result, Krishna says, Give it to Me. So there is no harm to become very big businessman, earning money. That is all right--but you give it to Krishna. Then in any position you can remain Krishna consciousness.
A 2000-08-18 society Srila Prabhupada >Seeing the Aim of Human Life > At present human society is being mislead by leaders who are blind, for they do not know the aim and objective of human life, which is self-realization and the reestablishment of our lost relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Krishna consciousness movement is trying to enlighten human society in this important matter.
L 2000-08-17 religion >You are not eternally conditioned. You are eternally liberated... > Yes, Lord Jesus was jiva-tattva. He is not Visnu tattva. When a jiva-tattva becomes specifically empowered by the Lord, he is called saktyavesa avatara. Lord Buddha and Lord Jesus Christ were in this group of saktyavesa avatara.. But they were not in conditioned state when they appeared; they came to teach here.
R 2000-08-17 Krishna Srila Prabhupada >Incarnations of God From Lord Krishna to Buddha and Jesus Christ (RealAudio Caitanya-caritamrta) > In the list of incarnations you'll find Lord Krishna's name also, Lord Rama's name also, Lord Buddha's name also. Lord Buddha is mentioned. Do not think that the Hindus have disregard for Lord Buddha or for Lord Jesus Christ. No. They have all regard.
L 2000-08-16 devotees >Love In the Material World > Regarding love affairs in the material world: they are only shadows or reflections of the real love with Krishna. If you love Krishna in any capacity, you shall never be frustrated because everything in Krishna is perfect, eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge.
R 2000-08-15 devotees Srila Prabhupada >What Happens to a Fallen Yogi or Devotee? RealAudo Bhagavad-gita 6.40-44 > As we have sometimes heard the proverb, that Failure is the pillar of success, so especially in spiritual life, this failure is not discouraging. This failure is not discouraging. Krishna says that: Even one fails in completing his spiritual course, still, there is no loss on his part.
R 2000-08-13 yoga Srila Prabhupada >How One Should Perform Yoga--RealAudio Bhagavad Gita Class 6.11-21 > In India there are some selected places, very sacred place, and the yogis, generally, they go there and sit there alone in a sacred place and as prescribed in the Bhagavad-gita and perform there. Yoga-asana cannot be executed in a public place...
A 2000-08-12 society Srila Prabhupada >Getting Out of the Material Mire > We have created a humbug civilization. Every year so many cars are being manufactured, and for that purpose so many roads have to be excavated and repaired. This creates problems after problems, and therefore it is illusory happiness. We are trying to manufacture some way to be happy, but we only succeed in creating other problems.
A 2000-08-11 science Madhudvisa dasa >Dr. Frog Ph.D. > Dr. Frog has spent his whole life in a well. But he has seen so much through the hole in the top of his well! Dr. Frog has experienced many things, he's seen so much. As a result of all of his observation he has been able to come up with his own particular universal view... He doesn't know there is any more than he has seen.
A 2000-08-10 guru Madhudvisa dasa >Questions About Initiation and Preaching > When someone is initiated they have received transcendental knowledge and their past karma is burned up, they must be a bit like a new born baby. Why is it they still appear and behave the same and even fall down, where has that divine knowledge gone?
A 2000-08-09 temples Baradraja dasa >Spirit From Stone--The Story of the Krishna-Balarama Deities of Vrndavana > About two A.M. I was awakened by a terrific uproar. All the peacocks in Vrndavana seemed to be trumpeting their piercing cries, producing waves of sound that swept across miles of holy land to the other side of town, echoing back and forth. I rose, dressed, and went outside to see what was going on. Lo and behold, the truck with Krishna and Balarama had pulled in!

A 2000-08-08 preaching Gauridas Pandit dasa >If Only the Busses Were Still Running... > We were dancing so much Sukadeva, the temple president was worried about the floor caving in. What a way to go! I'd never stayed at the temple before but since it was so late I decided to do so...

R 2000-08-07 religion Srila Prabhupada >Interview with Religion Editor of The London Observer > Religion, as it is explained in the dictionary is accepting a supreme controller. Is it not? So do the people accept a supreme controller? Do they accept? There are so many system of religions, but do they actually know who is the supreme controller? That is my question.
R 2000-08-06 guru Srila Prabhupada >Knowledge is the solution--First Find A Bona Fide Guru (RealAudio from 1966) > For knowledge we have got to go to the right person, one who has actually seen or experienced the Absolute Truth. Unless we find such a person who has actually seen the Absolute Truth or who has in his experience what is Absolute Truth, there is very little chance of our spiritual advancement.
A 2000-08-05 temples HH Gurudasa Swami >Prabhupada's Vrndavana Krishna-Balarama Temple--How It All Began > Srila Prabhupada wanted to feature Krishna and Balarama because the area of Raman Reti where the temple was to stand was where Krishna and Balarama played as cowherd boys with Their friends. Raman Reti means enjoyable sands. There's a nice park near the temple dedicated to Their dancing. It has an overwhelming feeling and is a wonderful place to chant Hare Krishna.
R 2000-08-04 science Srila Prabhupada >Morning Walk With Scientist -- Inconceivable Mystic Power > Research means you admit that you are all fools and rascals. Research meant for whom? Who does not know. Otherwise where is the question of research? You do not know. You admit that. So so many mystic powers are there. You do not know how it is being done. Therefore you have to accept inconceivable power.
R 2000-08-03 devotees Srila Prabhupada >Real Spiritual Life Means Joyfulness. Material Life Means Anxiety (RealAudio SB Class) > If I am not jolly that means maya has attacked me. A devotee shall never be not joyful. Always joyful. If he is actually in contact with Krishna, how he can become morose? No. If he is morose, if he is unhappy, that means maya has attacked him. This is the test.
A 2000-07-31 Prabhupada IRM Adridharana Dasa >City of New York To Honour Srila Prabhupada > 34 years ago the worldwide Hare Krishna movement was inaugurated by Srila Prabhupada under a certain tree in Tompkins Square Park, New York City. There he led a public Kirtan that was to engulf the neighbourhood at the time, and then grow into a movement that was to make 'Hare Krishna' a household word.

A 2000-07-30 society Madhudvisa dasa >Life in Sydney and Life in Vrndavana > There is a contrast between the Vedic way of life and the Western way of life. It's a great contrast. Vrndavana is the holy city where Krishna spent His childhood five thousand years ago. It's not far from the Taj Mahal so if you're ever in India at the Taj Mahal you should remember, Let me go to Mathura, let me go to Vrndavana.

A 2000-07-29 temples IRM Adridharana Dasa >Srila Prabhupada's Temple in Bangalore > Spread over 8 acres of land atop a hill, in the heart of Bangalore is ISKCON's largest temple complex in the world. Also known as the Hare Krishna Hill, this is home to 5 temples of various forms of Lord Krishna: Sri Sri Radha Krishna-Chandra, Sri Krishna Balarama, Sri Nitai Gauranga, Sri Prahlada Narasimha and Sri Srinivasa Govinda.
R 2000-07-28 guru Srila Prabhupada >The Importance of Receiving the Guru (RealAudio Arrival Address Los Angeles) > Spiritual master is the official collector. This is the Vedic system, to receive knowledge through the transparent medium, guru, and to receive Guru means the honor goes to Krishna. So this is necessary. This is not an artificial thing, but spiritually it is necessary.
A 2000-07-27 science Madhudvisa dasa >Urey/Miller Experiment. Life from chemicals? > Urey and Miller followed the scientific method. Chemical compounds used by biological organisms were created using conditions simulating primordial earth, strongly suggesting that this method could eventually produce all the necessary compounds to allow the life force to settle in this realm.
R 2000-07-26 religion Srila Prabhupada >Universal Religion Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.19 Los Angeles, July 9, 1974 (RealAudio) > For the foolish person, This is Hindu religion, This is Christian religion, and This is Muhammadan religion. But religion is one. How it can be Hindu religion, Christian religion? No. Religion is one. God is one. Because religion means the law or the order given by God. That is religion. Simple definition.
A 2000-07-25 India Madhudvida dasa >The Indian Caste System > Although many Hindus subscribe to the belief that one is born into a certain caste this belief is not supported by their scriptures. The caste system in India has degenerated into a system falsely recognizing men born in Brahmin families as Brahmins, even though they don't exhibit the qualities of Brahmins. This has caused so many problems.
R 2000-07-24 science Srila Prabhupada >The Science of God -- Bhagavad Gita 3.27 Lecture at the Town Hall, Melbourne Australia > It is very scientific movement, scientific movement because at the present moment we are all godless, forgotten what is God and what to speak of His name. There is no educational system about the science of God. This movement, Krishna consciousness movement, is teaching the science of God.
R 2000-07-23 society Srila Prabhupada >Perfect Civilization Vs. Modern Civilization (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.24 RealAudio) > Modern civilization is in the opinion that if they can improve their material condition of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, that is advancement of civilization. But that is not advancement of civilization. Advancement of civilization means brahma-darsanam. That is advancement. As long as we do not come to the platform of understanding that I am spirit soul, I am part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, we are in the ignorance.
A 2000-07-22 guru Madhudvisa dasa >The Power of Krishna Consciousness and the Power of Offending a Pure Devotee > We have to engage in service. We have to become humble. We have to bow down at the lotus feet of our spiritual master and pray to him, ask for his mercy. This is the process. We have to become humble, we have to become submissive to the spiritual master. We have to accept him. The worst thing we can do in our spiritual life is to blaspheme a Vaisnava...
A 2000-07-21 ISKCON Urdhvaga dasa >Is this a solution to the ritvik debate? > Srila Prabhupada's ritvik instruction, outlined in his letter of July 9, addressed to all devotees is self-explanatory and anyone can understand it whose brain substance is not contaminated by bogus philosophy preached by Iskcons false successor acaryas.
A 2000-07-20 ISKCON Urdhvaga dasa >Corruption At The Highest Levels Of ISKCON > The lack of character and moral responsibility in our top leaders created an atmosphere in which child abuse flourished and was allowed to continue unabated. Child abuse is the tip of an iceberg of improper behavior that has led to massive lack of confidence in ISKCON and its leaders, and mass desertions.
R 2000-07-19 science Srila Prabhupada >Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.47 Dallas, July 29, 1975 > These are very scientific things. The whole world is unaware of these scientific things, this is animal civilization; and this Krsna consciousness movement is trying to elevate them to the standard of human beings.
A 2000-07-18 preaching IRM Adridharana Dasa >Bangalore Tops World Book Distribution > Unfortunately ISKCON has seen a huge decline in book distribution: For the whole of 1999, only 2 million books were distributed throughout the whole world. There are no more than 50 temples that regularly distribute more than 50 books a day. 50% of all books are now distributed in India, and 50% of all books are now distributed by just 10 temples.
R 2000-07-17 temples Srila Prabhupada >Morning Walk Establishing the College of Vedic Science (RealAudio) > We have to present an ideal institution, not that we make compromise with everybody. That is not our business. We don't want stars. We want moon. What is the use of millions of stars? Get one moon. That is sufficient. We can not expect everyone to become brahmana. That is not possible.
A 2000-07-16 Prabhupada BBT >Srila Prabhupada: A Brief Biography > In the last ten years of his life, in spite of his advanced age, Srila Prabhupada circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours that have took him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, Srila Prabhupada continued to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.
A 2000-07-15 krishna.org Madhudvisa dasa >About KRISHNA.ORG > Our main goal at KRISHNA.ORG is to assist Srila Prabhupada in his personal preaching on the internet. We also hope to help his disciples and aspiring disciples come together and provide a forum for them to associate with each other and preach the pure message Srila Prabhupada has given to us to the world.
A 2000-07-14 science Svarupa Damodara Dasa Ph. D. >Perceiving the Existence of the Supreme Scientist, Lord Sri Krishna > From the submicroscopic realm of the atom to the expanding reaches of the galactic objects, this material universe is running like intricate, well-oiled clockwork. Scientists have made a few spaceships, whereas Krsna effortlessly produces gigantic spaceships, such as planets and stars, which are perfectly equipped and maintained.
R 2000-07-13 science Srila Prabhupada >Room Conversation with Scientists July 2, 1974, Melbourne (RealAudio) > Therefore we first of all give stress, the creative faculty, that the watchmaker is doing nice work, but who has made that watchmaker? Who is that creative faculty? You are a scientist, you have good brain, but you cannot manufacture the brain. But who has manufactured your brain?
A 2000-07-12 ISKCON Urdhvaga dasa >ISKCON -- The Sad Story. General Background Information > In order to properly understand where the movement went wrong, we therefore have to distinguish between the Founder and some of his over-ambitious disciples and secretaries who did not follow his orders and teachings. Please do not lump in Srila Prabhupada with his bogus successor-disciples!
R 2000-07-11 preaching Srila Prabhupada >RealAudio Press Conference at Airport July 28, 1975, Dallas > This is good literature. It should be encouraged. People will become sane, understand what is his constitutional position. If this literature is distributed and people read it carefully, there will be no more crime.
A 2000-07-10 devotees Madhudvisa dasa >The Invisible Hand of the Lord > Krishna, I know this material desire is not befitting me, but still I have the desire for a wife, so will You please make an arrangement for me to get a wife. I know quite well that the process of asking benedictions from You, asking You to give me something for my sense gratification is a nonsense proposal. I should only be asking to be engaged in Your service...
A 2000-07-09 books Srila Prabhupada >An Introduction to the Vedas and Vedanta > Vedavyasa was not satisfied even after compiling many Puranas, Upanisads, and the Vedanta-sutra. His spiritual master, Narada, then instructed him to explain Vedanta. Vyasadeva himself wrote the perfect Vedanta commentary, Srimad-Bhagavatam. Ramanujacarya has a commentary, and Madhvacarya has one. People are under the wrong impression that Sankaracarya's is the only Vedanta commentary.
R 2000-07-09 religion Srila Prabhupada >Lecture at St. Pascal's Franciscan Seminary Melbourne Australia > Father Greene hinted the common platform of religion. Common platform is not very difficult to understand because religion means to know God and abide by the orders of God. That is religion. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that religious systems cannot be manufactured by man. No. Man-made religion is not religion. Religion means God-made religion.
A 2000-07-08 temples IRM Adridharana Dasa >Big Breakthrough For Krishna In Singapore > The history of Krishna Consciousness in Singapore has been fraught with immense difficulty. Even whilst Srila Prabhupada was on the planet, the authorities were very hostile. They refused to register the society, and Singapore was the only country to have refused Srila Prabhupada entry into the country. Even communist Russia did not refuse Srila Prabhupada entry.
A 2000-07-08 Krishna Srila Prabhupada >Who is Krishna? > Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is an historical person who appeared on this earth in India 5,000 years ago. He stayed on this earth for 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were unparalleled.
R 2000-07-07 society Srila Prabhupada >Srila Prabhupada Addresses The World Health Organization > So we can produce enough quantity of food grains all over the world. And if we actually produce food grains, we can feed ten times of the population which are at present. But unfortunately, we are not producing food grains. That is the problem. It is not the problem of overpopulation. It is the problem that we are not producing food grains.
A 2000-07-06 preaching Yogesvara dasa >Spreading the Holy Life Around (A Report From France) > Now that they've seen everything from bad priests to bogey yogis, the French are more than a little embittered. But when they see people living the authentic life of devotion to God, they feel enlivened.
R 2000-07-06 introduction Srila Prabhupada >Srila Prabhupada On Chanting Hare Krishna (RealAudio) > Krsna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived.
A 2000-07-05 chanting Hansadutta dasa >Kirtan: Ancient Medicine for Modern Man > 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 kirtana.
R 2000-07-04 devotees Srila Prabhupada >Krishna Hypnotizes His Devotees (RealAudio Srimad-Bhagavatam Class) > Narada is astonished, "What kind of hypnotism you do, I do not know. In spite of being placed in so much inconveniences, the Pandavas love for You has increased." This is Krishna consciousness. The pure devotees, if they are put into difficulty they take it, Oh, it is Krishna's grace.
R 2000-07-04 Krishna Srila Prabhupada >RealAudio Lecture by Srila Prabhupada Los Angeles, February 2, 1968 > God realization depends on God, because God, you cannot oblige God by some force. Just like if you have got money, oh, you can do anything nowadays. If you have got strength of wealth, you can have any power, you can do anything. But that does not mean that you can purchase God. No.
R 2000-07-04 introduction Srila Prabhupada >George Harrison, John Lennon and Yoko Ono from the Beatles Talk With Srila Prabhupada (RealAudio) > In September 1969 Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, arrived as a house guest at Tittenhurst Park, John Lennon's estate in England. 1969 was for John Lennon a year of intense search for social and personal liberation. He had already been to the Maharishi and later would enter primal therapy and left-wing politics. He was in a major transitional period; he had married Yoko Ono in March, and the Beatles were about to break up.
A 2000-07-03 festivals IRM Adridharana Dasa >Calcutta Ratha Yatra - The Biggest Ever > The huge parade was just about to begin moving when something amazing happened. A white dove immediately descended from nowhere and landed on the main float which had a deity of Srila Prabhupada, and suddenly perched itself at Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet.
A 2000-07-02 Prabhupada Hayagriva dasa >Matchless Gifts > Like so many downtown New Yorkers, we had been reading books on Eastern philosophy and religion, burning lots of candles and incense and taking ganja, peyote and LSD as aids to meditation. Actually it was more intoxication than meditation; meditation was a euphemism that somehow connected our highs with our readings.
A 2000-07-02 ISKCON IRM Adridharana Dasa >BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy > The BBT could not allow Srila Prabhupada to teach that Jagannatha Dasa Babaji actually *initiated* Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, for that would indirectly sanction Srila Prabhupada *initiating* for many generations to come simply via his transcendental knowledge, with the 'formal initiation' administered via the Ritvik system that he set up.
A 2000-07-01 guru Madhudvisa dasa >Who Is Representing Srila Prabhupada Now? > The ISKCON "living gurus" are advising their disciples: "You can't understand Prabhupada's books or classes, you have to hear from me instead. You can't understand Prabhupada..." So that's hardly being Prabhupada's representative.
A 2000-07-01 guru Madhudvisa dasa >The Guru Is A Pure Devotee! > During Srila Prabhupada's physical presence there was no confusion in ISKCON over the qualifications and qualities of a bona fide guru. Srila Prabhupada was personally present and he exhibited all the qualities perfectly and all the devotees understood the spiritual master was a pure devotee.
A 2000-07-01 yoga Srila Prabhupada >Yoga and the Master of Yoga > Yoga means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures. Lord Sri Krsna is that Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Being, therefore, the ultimate object of yoga, Krsna's name is yogesvara, the master of yoga.
A 2000-07-01 books Madhudvisa dasa >Srila Prabhupada's Original Krsna Book Now On-Line > O Lord Krsna, please protect Me and maintain Me. O Lord Rama, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Krsna, O Kesava, killer of the Kesi demon, please maintain Me.
A 2000-07-01 introduction Srila Prabhupada >We Are Not These Bodies > "I am not this body but am spirit soul" is an essential realization for anyone who wants to transcend death and enter into the spiritual world beyond. It is not simply a matter of saying "I am not this body," but of actually realizing it. This is not as simple as it may seem at first.
A 2000-07-01 Caitanya Srila Prabhupada >The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple > Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu washed and cleansed the Gundica temple with His devotees and associates. In this way He made the temple as cool and bright as His own heart, and thus He made the place befitting for Lord Sri Krsna to sit.
A 2000-06-30 guru Srila Prabhupada >His Divine Grace Srila Sac-cid-ananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Appearance Day Lecture, London, September 23, 1969 > So Bhaktivinoda Thakura is an ideal guru. He was not a sannyasi; he was grhastha, householder, living with family, wife, children. Still, he was guru. So anyone can become guru. Not that a sannyasi can become guru. A householder also can become guru, provided he knows the science.
A 2000-06-29 temples PSS Madhavananda dasa >Prabhupada Sankirtana Society: Chanting Hare Krishna and Distributing Books In the Big Apple. > Here in Manhattan, New York there many places to go and things to see. In the Bhagavad Gita the Lord says "Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor."
A 2000-06-28 yoga Srila Prabhupada >Krishna Consciousness--The Yoga for the Modern Age > Nowadays, we find yoga being taught in numerous courses and touted in mass-market books as a means to achieve health, lose weight, develop mental powers over others, achieve success in making money, or increase sexual potency. But real yoga is something entirely different.
A 2000-06-27 science Madhudvisa dasa >When The Universe Was Dark > Many of us appreciate the beauty of nature, we are interested to hear of the wonderful and amazing creatures living in the tropical rain-forests, in the depths of the ocean and even in outer-space. We feel if these natural places are spoiled or destroyed as a by-product of industry it will be a great loss for us and future generations.
A 2000-06-26 Krishna Madhudvisa dasa >Seeing The Supreme Lord > Once, Sri Madhavendra Puri travelled to Vrndavana, the holy place where Lord Krishna spent His childhood. There he came upon the hill known as Govardhana. This hill was very important to Krishna and the cowherd boys because it provided such nice grass for their cows.
A 2000-06-25 Caitanya Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura >Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: His Life and Precepts > The moon was eclipsed at the time of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's birth, and the people of Nadia were then engaged, as was usual on such occasions, in bathing in the Bhagirathi [Ganges] with loud cheers of Haribol!
A 2000-06-24 krishna.org Srila Prabhupada >Srila Prabhupada's Back to Godhead Magazine > I have got the clue of going "Back to Godhead" just after leaving my present material body and in order to take along with me all my contemporary men and women of the world, I have started my paper "Back to Godhead" as one of the means to the way.
A 2000-06-23 introduction Srila Prabhupada >Throughway to Happiness > Every one of us is searching after happiness, but we do not know what real happiness is. We see so much advertised about happiness, but practically speaking we see so few happy people. This is because so few people know that the platform of real happiness is beyond temporary things. It is this real happiness that is described in Bhagavad-gita by Lord Krsna to Arjuna.
A 2000-06-22 temples PSS Madhavananda dasa >Activities of Prabhupada Sankirtan Society New York. > In Manhattan New York at the Lower Eastside is our humble temple of Their Lordships Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga. We daily practice devotion to the Lord by following the program given by His bonafide representative, our spiritual master Srila Prabhupada.
A 2000-06-21 books Madhudvisa dasa >Book Review: Srila Prabhupada's 1969 Sri Isopanisad > I have just had the great pleasure of reading Srila Prabhupada's original 1969 Sri Isopanisad for the first time. Of course I have read Sri Isopanisad many times before, but this edition is very special. It is a photographically reproduced version of the original book. It's printed on first-class paper, it has nine beautiful color prints and perfectly clean, clear and crisp text. The original books couldn't have looked any more attractive when they were first printed in 1969!
A 2000-06-20 devotees Madhudvisa dasa >Haridasa Thakura and the Prostitute > She exposed part of her body to his view and sat down at his doorstep. She spoke to him in very sweet words, "My dear Thakura, O great preacher, great devotee, you are so beautifully built and your youth is just beginning. What woman could control her mind after seeing you? I am so eager to be united with you. My mind is greedy for this. If I don't obtain you I shall die."
A 2000-06-19 Prabhupada Srila Prabhupada >Srila Prabhupada on Gurukul > The children should be trained in early rising, attending mangal arati, some elementary education: arithmetic, alphabet, some of our books, like that. They should go to bed by 8 p.m. and rise by 4 a.m. for mangal arati, getting 8 hours sleep. If they take 8 hours sleep, they will not fall asleep during arati.
A 2000-06-18 Prabhupada Madhudvisa dasa >If you ever get money--Print Books! > Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu desired this chanting of Hare Krishna and dancing in ecstasy be spread all over the world. He predicted one day the whole world will dance in ecstasy to this chanting of Hare Krishna. Until His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada left India for the United States in 1965 no one in India could imagine how the prediction of Lord Caitanya could come true.
A 2000-06-17 science Madhudvisa dasa >The Universe and Time > You have tried to calculate Lord Brahma's age by using some figure the scientists "think" is correct for the age of the earth. But their figures and their "thinking" is not very useful. The problem is they work with information they perceive through their senses and their senses are imperfect. The whole process of science, which is observation and experiment, is flawed because all our observations are perceived through our imperfect senses.
A 2000-06-16 Krishna Srila Prabhupada >Subduing Kaliya > When He understood that the water of the Yamuna was being polluted by the black serpent Kaliya, Lord Krsna took action against him and made him leave the Yamuna and go elsewhere, and thus the water became purified.
A 2000-06-15 devotees Srila Prabhupada >Let There Be Calamities > I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.
A 2000-06-14 introduction Madhudvisa dasa >Liquid Beauty > Once upon a time a prince met very beautiful young girl. He visited her house to see her but she was very chaste. The prince wanted to marry this beautiful girl but she didn't want to marry him. So she said to him, "You want to marry me, you are attracted by my beauty, so I will distill my beauty in the next ten days, I will distill my beauty into liquid form and then you can come and see this distilled form of my beauty."
A 2000-06-13 India Srila Prabhupada >Krishna Consciousness--Hindu Cult or Divine Culture? > Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, but actually we are not. People should not think that we are preaching a sectarian religion. No. We are simply preaching how to love God. We are giving a spiritual culture that can solve all the problems of life, and therefore it is being accepted all over the world."
A 2000-06-12 introduction Madhudvisa dasa >Changing Bodies > We are not these material bodies, we are the spiritual force, the spiritual spark, the soul within. These bodies are simply an outward dress only. As I change my clothes yet still remain the same person so I also change my bodies but I am still the same person.
A 2000-06-11 guru BTG Editors >Who Is a Real Guru? > "Among the na�ve , of course, one may pass for a spiritual master by wearing robes and a beard, bearing a twinkle in one's eye, performing some magic tricks, or speaking riddles. But intelligent people won't settle for these outer trappings..."
L 2000-07-17 temples >Letter On Constructing the Vrndavana ISKCON Krishna-Balarama Temple > I am pleased to hear how you are completely absorbed in the project of our Vrindaban temple and taxing your brain how it can be carried out. I am also always praying to Krishna that He may give you intelligence to carry it out rightly.
L 2000-07-16 ISKCON >Prabhupada's Godbrothers AVOID THEM! [Gaudiya Matha] > My Godbrothers have no life for preaching work. All are satisfied with a place for residence in the name of a temple, they engage disciples to get foodstuff by transcendental devices and eat and sleep. They have no idea or brain how to broacast the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
L 2000-07-15 science >Letter to Scientist -- Life Comes From Life > If we can prove that life comes from life, or the soul is from the supper soul, then all other things can be brought into serious consideration. So you try to prove that chemical combination can never bring about life, this is our main argument. If we can prove this, gradually we can prove that vedic knowledge is perfect.
L 2000-07-14 books >Krishna Conscious Art > Yes, I would ilke each and every one of our books to have pictures as many as possible. That is my desire. Our KRSNA book with pictures has been very much attractive.
L 2000-07-13 temples >Turn the Churches Into Temples... > Gradually you should buy all the churches and make them into temples. There are so many churches actually they should give us these churches free, if they were God-conscious. But they are sectarian.
L 2000-07-12 science >Letter: Scientists Vast Research and Display of Intelligence Misplaced > We are discussing Darwin and other scientists. Because they have missed the central point that we are not the controllers of nature, rather we are controlled by nature, and because they do not see that there is a Supreme Controller, therefore their vast research and display of intelligence is only so much waste of time.
L 2000-07-11 society >Democratic Government > The so called democratic government means some of the sudras, rascals without any knowledge of the highest aim of life. By hook and crook they get some votes and get the responsible chair in government. Naturally they can whimsically enact any law which is against the interest of the people in general.
L 2000-07-10 society >The International Congress for Cultivating Human Spirit, Japan 1961. > Present advancement of material civilization, in the opinion of the Indian sages, is going in the wrong way because it has neglected the spiritual side of human constitution. All living beings are spiritual sparks covered by material encagement. In his pure spiritual form a living being eternal, cognizant and blissful...
L 2000-07-09 devotees >If I see our leaders are enthusiastic, that gives me more enthusiasm. > You propose to induce the American people to surrender to Lord Caitanya by expansion of book distribution, that is wanted. When you come to that, that is success. Then you can take charge of the government. And, as soon as in America the Krsna conscious boys are in power the whole world will be changed.
L 2000-07-08 devotees >Brahmana Means Pandita. Therefore I Am Suggesting Examinations. > I have also suggested for the GBC's consideration, that we introduce a system of examinations for the devotees to take. Sometimes there is criticism that our men are not sufficiently learned, especially the brahmanas.
L 2000-07-07 devotees >Following the Path of the Gopis > As for your desire to follow the path of the gopis, that can only be done by following the rules and regulations of devotional service in the association of devotees.
L 2000-07-06 religion >Vedanta, Impersonalists and Buddhists > The impersonalists masquerade as Vedantists, but actually they are defying Vedanta. All the Vedas affirm it vehemently that the Supersoul and the soul are two different identities, although qualitatively one. But the impersonalists they accept Vedas as authority, but they go against the verdict of the Vedas.
L 2000-07-05 temples >Hare Krishna In Every Town And Village > So far a Temple place is concerned, even there is no place, we can sit down underneath a tree and chant as I did in New York. Krsna will give a nice place.
L 2000-07-04 devotees >Krishna Personally Carries the Necessities of His Devotee > Let us all believe in the words of Krsna and serve Him to our best capacity and thus we will come out victorious in every field of action.
L 2000-07-03 preaching >We Want to Unite the Nations > The Krishna Consciousness mission is not sectarian. We want to do what the United Nations has failed to do.
L 2000-07-02 books >The more the books are distributed, the more the ignorance of the Age of Kali will be smashed. > The world is feeling the weight of this Hare Krishna Movement, especially in your country. We have to increase this book distribution work more and more to firmly establish this Movement, which is the only hope for the suffering living entities.
L 2000-07-01 devotees >Plain Living and High Thinking > It is my ambition that all devotees may remain self independent by producing vegetables, grains, milk, fruits, flowers, and by weaving their own cloth in handlooms. This simple life is very nice. Simple village life saves time for other engagements like chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
L 2000-06-30 chanting >Kirtana [chanting Hare Krishna] in Every Town and Village > If you vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce their ears and enter their hearts, and then their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived.
L 2000-06-29 preaching >Preaching--First Become and Ideal Devotee > Lord Caitanya said that one should first make himself perfect and then attempt to instruct others. There is no point in telling another man to stop smoking if you yourself are smoking cigarettes.
L 2000-06-28 preaching >Srila Prabhupada Writes to George Harrison > By the grace of Krsna, you have already realized to some extent about the necessity and importance of Hare Krsna movement in the world. Similarly, if John also does so, it will be a great event.
L 2000-06-27 society >United Nations Organization and World Health Organization > They have invented the United Nations and world health organizations. But all these attempts are exactly the same process as to water the leaves and the twigs. They don't know the missing point: Krishna.
L 2000-06-26 devotees >Letter to Hayagriva dasa > As you are remembering our old meeting days on the second avenue, when I first started my lectures there, similarly I also remember the incidents and speak to so many friends and disciples. So our meeting was Krishna's desire. Apparently it was accidental but actually it was Krishna's plan.
L 2000-06-25 yoga >Yoga and the Master of Yoga > I can challenge all these so-called yoga societies in the western countries that they are not standard in terms of Vedic yoga system. The preliminary processes of yoga system is to control the senses... But none of them practice like that, generally they are attracted by the bodily exercises only, haphazardly.
L 2000-06-24 books >George Harrison's Assistance in Printing Krsna Book > Sriman George Harrison has certainly done an unique service by contributing $19,000 for publishing my Krsna book. When I was in London, he saw me four times and he was very submissive and devout and he was not at all proud of his very well-to-do material position.
L 2000-06-23 temples >Maintaining the Routine Work > This routine work, such as chanting, speaking, rising early, cleaning, cooking and offering prasadam, arati, reading books--these activities are the backbone of our Society, and if we practice them nicely in a regulative manner, then our whole program will be successful. If we become slack or neglect these things, then everything else we may try will fail.
L 2000-06-22 devotees >Ideal Householder Life--Better than Many Sannyasis > I am so pleased upon you that you are showing the example of an ideal householder. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura was also a householder, but he lived in so perfect Krishna Consciousness that he is better than many Sannyasis like us.
L 2000-06-21 books >Reading Srila Prabhupada's Books > I am requesting all of my students to read my books very seriously every day without fail. In this way, if your mind becomes absorbed at least one or two hours daily in the transcendental subject matter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, and other books then very easily you will make your advancement in Krishna Consciousness.
L 2000-06-20 society >Perfect Communism > Your great founder of your nation, Mr. Nikolai Lenin, was very much intelligent, and he could understand that people become united only under the guiding principles of a commonly accepted philosophy or standard of truth. But if we examine the course of history, we must conclude, with Mr. Karl Marx, that this so-called standard of truth constantly changes.