Perfect Civilization Vs. Modern Civilization (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.24 MP3 Audio)
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. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)

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. (Letter from 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. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

The Evolution of Spiritual Science
If the reader carefully considers, it will be found that the spiritual science gradually evolved from ancient times and became more simple, more clear and more condensed. The more impurities arising from time and place are removed, the more the beauties of the spiritual science brightly shine before us. This spiritual science took birth in the land of kusha grass on the banks of the Sarasvati river in Brahmavarta. As it (Article by Bhaktivinoda Thakura)

What Happens to a Fallen Yogi or Devotee? MP3 Audo 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. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)

Shri Chaitanya And The Koran
The following is from the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Lila, Vol.7. The Chapter is titled Lord Caitanya's Visit to Sri Vrindavan. It clearly presents the Gaudiya Vaisnava conception in regards to the Koran and Islam. (Verses 159 thru 213) Related Articles (Article by Vrin Parker)

Our Neanderthal Ancestors?
Modern humans do not have Neanderthal ancestors in their family tree, a new DNA study concludes. The DNA extracted from the ribs of a Neanderthal infant buried in southern Russia 29,000 years ago was found to be too distinct from modern human DNA to be related. Related Articles (Article by BBC)

DARWINISM--A Crumbling Theory
Charles Darwin stood on a very slippery slope when trying to explain how something as biologically and biochemically complex as even the simplest form of life could have spontaneously generated itself from organic molecules and compounds loose in the early Earth's environment. Because that part of Darwin's theory has always been glaringly specious, moden Darwinists get hammered about it from all sides, including from the likes of me... Related Articles (Article by Lloyd Pye)

Yogis Behaving Badly
For millennia, the intricate techniques of yoga were passed down from teacher to student in a sacred exchange. But today, in the booming yoga industry, it's dog-eat-dog. You can't take it anymore. The greed, corruption, and selfishness of the business world have broken your spirit. You need inner peace. Everyone's walking around with a yoga mat these days, so you fly to Los Angeles, yoga capital of America, hoping for a (Article by Paul Keegan)

Prabhupada on his Disciples Becoming Gurus
It is not that you have become a student and you'll remain student. No. One day you shall become also guru and make more students, more students, more. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission, not that perpetually... Yes, one should remain perpetually a student, but he has to act as guru. That is the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

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. Related Articles (MP3 Audio by George Harrison)

The Story of Haridasa Thakur and Ramachandra Khan
A landholder named Ramachandra Khan was the zamindar of that district. He was envious of Vaisnavas and was therefore a great atheist. Unable to tolerate that such respect was being offered to Haridasa Thakura, Ramachandra Khan planned in various ways to dishonor him. (Article by Stoka Krishna Dasa)

Srila Prabhupada On Chanting Hare Krishna (MP3 Audio)
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. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)

Srila Prabhupada on Initiation [compilation of quotes]
Please be happy in separation. I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction. So we should all work together for satisfying Lord Krishna and in that way the feelings of separation will transform into transcendental bliss. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

Who Is a Real Guru?
Among the naïve , 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... Related Articles (Article by BTG Editors)

Book Distribution Is the Hare Krishnas Most Important Activity
There is no doubt about it, to distribute books is our most important activity. The temple is a place not for eating and sleeping, but as a base from which we send out our soldiers to fight with Maya. Fight with Maya means to drop thousand and millions of books into the lap of the conditioned souls. Just like during war time the bombs are raining from the sky like anything... Related Articles (Letter from Srila Prabhupada)

Why do Bad Things Happen to Us?
From your views Why do 'bad' things befall us? How does all that come into play? Is everything karma or can anything just happen? How would a KC devotee deal with let's say he's on the road preaching and someone stabs him badly, how would you view that? Or would you say that while in KC it would not be possible to be stabbed because Krishna is watching over us, especially (Letter from Madhudvisa dasa)

Close Encounters With Another Kind
Of the 8,400,000 species of life enumerated in the Vedas, two confront each other on the broad Australian plains. The feathered and the unfeathered biped regard each other across the great gulf that seperates their kinds. (Article by Photo by Amogha dasa)

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. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

Ticket to a World Without Death--An ancient science provides the perfect vehicle for the ultimate journey.
If TWA were selling tickets for a flight to a newly discovered planet where no one grew old, no one suffered disease, and no one ever died, who wouldn't want to purchase a ticket to go there, at any cost? (Article by Giri-Yadava dasa)