The Hare Krishna’s in 1970 — CBS Word News interviews Rupanuga dasa

The Hare Krishna chant. As you walk the streets of some of America’s larger cities you will occasionally come upon a group of people garbed in apparel which makes you think of India. The heads of the men will be shaven with just one streamer of hair remaining. The group will be carrying out a slow, shuffling dance to the tune of the Hare Krishna chant. The International Society for Krishna consciousness is one of a number of new religious experiences ...Read More

ISKCON: From the Absolute Truth to Insanity…

Srila Prabhupada has given us the greatest gift. The absolute truth. Krishna consciousness, pure love of Krishna. He explains in great detail the simple and beautiful philosophy of Krishna consciousness. It is this beauty, perfection and simplicity of the timeless philosophy of Krishna consciousness so perfectly presented by Srila Prabhupada which attracted me to Krishna consciousness. Over the years, to my great dismay, I have seen ISKCON systematically reject, misinterpret and now, with the book changes,  change the teachings of Srila ...Read More

Why Do Devotees Have a Negative Outlook on the Material World?

The actual fact is that this material world is a miserable, negative place, full of danger at every step. It is a temporary abode of death, birth, disease and old-age, home of suffering and pain only. To come to this platform of understanding of things as they are, is not a very common thing, and therefore such persons who attain to it, they are described as great souls: Los Angeles 30 April, 1973 Lynne Ludwig 15163, Sylmar, California 93142 My dear Lynne Ludwig, ...Read More

Leaving Vrindavan (July15th 1977)

Serving Srila Prabhupada personally in Bombay, Hrishikesh and Vrindavan were the best days of my life. I had entered India on a three month tourist visa. I had applied for an extension but since I was already granted one and that was the limit, I was denied the extension. I considered just staying past my expiration date so I could remain with His Divine Grace because he said that he would I had packed all of my belongings and loaded ...Read More

The ISKCON Krishna Consciousness Handbook (1970) PDF Download

This is the first annual edition of The Krishna Consciousness Handbook. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and is now becoming firmly established, with centers in thirty major cities around the world and world headquarters in Los Angeles, California. The goal of the Society’s members is to attain love of God by following the principles of bhakti-yoga, as taught by the Vedic scriptures and the disciplic succession ...Read More

How to type Sanskrit diacritics in Mac OS X

The following instructions make it very easy for you to type Sanskrit diacritical characters on your Mac computer running OS X. 1. Download “DiacWinUnicode.keylayout” at: http://krishna.org/diac/DiacWinUnicode.keylayout 2. Move “DiacWinUnicode.keylayout” to “/Library/Keyboard Layouts/“ 3. Click apple icon in upper-left corner of screen -> “System Preferences” -> “Language & Text” -> “Input Sources” 4. Check “DiacWinUnicode” box 5. Click Input Source icon (i.e. American flag icon for U.S.) near upper-right corner of screen -> check “DiacWinUnicode“ 6. Now you can type Sanskrit characters (ā ḷ ṇ ś ḍ ṁ ṛ ṭ ḥ ṅ ...Read More

Fault-Finding:The Nature of Rascals [MP3 Audio Morning Walk]

DOWNLOAD Just try to understand what is the mentality of these rascals, that The good things do not come to your notice. If something is bad, Oh, here is… That means they are not even a Vaisnava. You see? Indian man: (break) …my weekly visits, that Jyoti Swami showed me that incident at Japan(?), and he asked me, “Have you seen…?” Prabhupada: Dosam icchanti pamarah. Dosam icchanti pamarah. Maksika bhramara icchanti…(?) Maksika, these ordinary flies, they find out where is sore, ...Read More

The Glories of Haridasa Thakura

One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu met Haridasa Thakura as usual, and in the course of discussion He inquired as follows.’My dear Thakura Haridasa, in this age of Kali most people are bereft of Vedic culture, and therefore they are called yavanas. They are concerned only with killing cows and brahminical culture. In this way they all engage in sinful acts. How will these yavanas be delivered? To My great unhappiness, I do not see any way. From this statement by Sri ...Read More

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 After leaving his home Haridasa Thakura stayed for some time ...Read More

The Greatest Barrier for Advancing in Spritual Consiciousness

DOWNLOAD 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. arjuna uvaca drstvemam svajanam krsna yuyutsum samupasthitam sidanti mama gatrani mukham ca parisusyati vepathus ca sarire me roma-harsas ca jayate gandivam sramsate hastat tvak caiva paridahyate Translation: “Arjuna said: My dear Krsna, ...Read More

Advancement of Civilization Means Advancement of Sense Gratification. Bhakti Means the Opposite

DOWNLOAD Everyone in this material world is engaged in sense gratification. This is material world. And spiritual world means there is no question of sense gratification. Simply they want to satisfy Krsna. Just like Vrndavana. Vrndavana means there mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja, Radharani, the gopis, the cowherds boys, Sridama, Sudama, the land, the water, the trees, the birds–everyone is trying to satisfy Krsna. That is Vrndavana. Nitai: “Thus consciously engaged in devotional service in the association of devotees, a person gains ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada MP3 Lecture Archive Now On Line

We have recently completed uploading over 1,700 of Srila Prabhupada’s lectures to the website located at http://www.harekrishnatemple.com. These lectures are in MP3 format and can be downloaded or listened to by anyone with a computer, speakers, and an Internet connection. The archive includes all Srila Prabhupada’s recorded lectures, morning walks, conversations, classes, etc. Please spread the word and encourage your devotee friends and family to listen to Srila Prabhupada everyday. Please click on the link below to open the linked ...Read More

On Chanting Hare Krishna Booklet Original Edition PDF Download

On Chanting Hare Krishna is a small booklet originally published by ISKCON in 1966 in New York City and was distributed widely at peace marches and other similar gatherings in the 60′s. It contains four sections: * Biography of the Spiritual Master. * On Chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra. * What is ISKCON? * Sri Sri Siksastakam Prayers. To download On Chanting Hare Krishna please click on the book cover image on the left. The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krisha, ...Read More

The Serpent Kaliya–The Hidden Meaning

The banishment of Kaliya from the lake of the Yamuna has a most important spiritual significance. Those who have a purpose to create trouble among the pure devotees of Krishna by infecting their nature with their own malicious dispositions meet with a certain degree of initial success in their nefarious undertaking. This emboldens them to make a direct attack on Krishna Himself when He appears on the scene of their depraved activities in order to restore the living faith of ...Read More

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The message of the Vedas, India’s ancient spiritual and philosophical texts, is that the human form of life is meant for reviving our original God consciousness through the practice of spiritual discipline. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide, nonsectarian movement dedicated to propagating this message for the benefit of mankind. The Society was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who had come to the United States a year earlier on ...Read More

Dialectic Spiritualism – A Vedic View of Western Philosophy – PDF Download

Srila Prabhupada discusses Western philosophy with disciples Hayagriva dasa and Syamasundara dasa. The idea for the book Dialectic Spiritualism emerged in 1973 when Srila Prabhupada began asking his secretary, Syamasundara dasa, about Western philosophy. Syamasundara would try to state succinctly the major ideas of certain philosophers, and Srila Prabhupada would give the Vedic view. As Srila Prabhupada traveled throughout the world preaching Krishna consciousness this process continued, until finally, in 1976, Prabhupada’s editor, Hayagriva dasa (Professor Howard Wheeler), supplied further questions ...Read More

Rare Picture of Balaji

This is a very rare picture of Balaji from the famous South Indian temple. Related PostsKrishna Conscious ArtYes, 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. Los Ange…Spiritual Advancement–The Simple MethodSometimes it appears very difficult to make advancement in Krsna consciousness, and we become impatient. If we expect immediate results and they aren’t forthcoming, we can eas…New Krishna ...Read More

Joining Radha Damodara Traveling Sankirtan Party

The day after Rathayatra I had packed my bags and was walking out of the hall on my way back to Seattle when I was stopped by Tamal Krishna Goswami. He asked me if I would like to see Srila Prabhupada in his room saying that if I joined their party I could. I said that I was not ready to join at that time and he then made another proposal Dear Prabhus, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada’s Direction of Management

As we have increased our volume of activities, now I think a Governing Body Commission (hereinafter referred to as the GBC) should be established. I am getting old, 75 years old, therefore at any time I may be out of the scene, therefore I think it is necessary to give instruction to my disciples how they shall manage the whole institution… (PDF File — free reader available at www.adobe.com) Please click on the link below to open the linked website: Srila Prabhupada’s ...Read More

Sri Shrinivas Acarya–The First Book Distributor

Shrinivas Acarya is one of the most important acaryas in the generation immediately following Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He was an illustrious disciple of Gopal Bhatta Goswami and Jiva Goswami. His achievements include leading the very first book distribution party in the history of Gaudiya Vaishnavism; converting a king and his entire kingdom to the Vaishnava religion, originating the Manohar Shoy style of kirtana, developing elaborate techniques of Manjari-sadhana and co-organizing the first Appearance In a small village of ...Read More

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