BBT Manager Ramesvara dasa 1979 Interview

What follows is a very important unpublished interview with Ramesvara Prabhu (Swami at that time) and BaladevVidyabusana Prabhu for the Lilamrita recorded sometime in 1979. This interview covers a period of years when Ramesvara was traveling with Srila Prabhupada and when he was working as the Manager of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. What we read now after all these years would have helped solve some of the burning questions that have plagued our society. Recently this interview was uncovered by accident ...Read More

Original Letters from Srila Prabhupada PDF Download

We are releasing for the first time scanned copies of Srila Prabhupada’s original letters. We do not have all the original letters, we have a few thousand of them, and hope that in the future Bhaktivedanta Archives will release scans of all the original Prabhupada letters. So by downloading the PDF files below you can see and read the actual original letters that Srila Prabhupada sent to his disciples and others. This is an on-going program and we will add the additional ...Read More

Prabhupada Vani Samadhi Microfiche from Bhaktivedanta Archives

Original Transcripts of Prabhupada’s Lectures and Conversations The Prabhupada Vani Samadhi DVD-ROM is a copy of a microfiche archive of the Bhaktivedanta Archives collection of typed and hand written transcriptions of Srila Prabhupada’s lectures and conversations. It was produced in 1983 in a few copies only on microfiche. It contains 38,085 original scanned pages and is organized by year and month starting from November 1966 and ending in November 1977. We are presenting this ‘as it is’ and have preserved it ...Read More

The Case Against Changing Prabhupada’s Books Part III

While planning to print the unabridged version of the Bhagavad-gita, Srila Prabhupada often referred to it as the revised and enlarged edition. When the BBT published its unauthorized adulterated Gita years later, they would henceforward refer to the 1972 printing as the original edition while calling theirs the revised and enlarged edition. This appears to be a subtle act of deception meant to validate the irreverent practice of changing Srila Prabhupada’s Books… The remainder of this article will focus mainly on ...Read More

The Power of Prabhupada’s Books [Science of Self Realsation]

Granny was saying that this was not some ordinary book… I was very surprised. She said that we should listen to what Prabhupada said and chant Hare Krishna because that was the religion for this age. There was a lot of talk about how Christianity was no more and no one was following the Bible, but what Prabhupada said was pure and perfect… Dear Sivarama Swami, Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I hope you ...Read More

Change the Public Not the Philosophy

Our process is to show Krishna Consciousness as it is, not as others want to see it. By showing KC in this way, you are making the thing less important. It is not that we should change to accommodate the public, but that we shoud change the public to accommodate us. Bombay 28 December, 1971 Brooklyn My dear Yogesvara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter of 17 December, 1971, along with copies of your advertising work, slides, ...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

Teachings of Lord Caitanya PDF Download

The Teachings of Lord Caitanya is one of Srila Prabhupada’s most important books. It is a summary study of the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and contains the life and teachings of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who appeared in West Bengal around five hundred years ago and who is Lord Krishna Himself appearing in the mood of a pure devotee of Krishna. To download Teachings of Lord Caitanya please click on the book cover image on the left. In the Kali Yuga the Supreme Lord ...Read More

The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way PDF Download

On January 11, 1970, an article appeared in the Los Angeles Times on the Krishna consciousness movement. What follows are excerpts from the article and the unusual correspondence that ensued between the two authorities, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and Professor Staal. To download The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way please click on the book cover image on the left. Excerpt from the Los Angeles Times article: “…Dr. J.F. Staal, professor of philosophy and Near Eastern languages at UC Berkeley and an ...Read More

On The Way To Krishna PDF Download

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 Krishna to Arjuna. To download On The Way To Krishna please click on the book cover image on the left. Happiness ...Read More

Transcendental Broadcast — a Television Interview with Srila Prabhupada PDF Download

Newton Minnow, former director of the F .C. C., described the world of T.V. viewing as a “vast wasteland.” But when a pure devotee of Krishna (God) appears on television, the whole performance becomes surcharged with bliss. When television, with its complex technological setup for reproducing a picture in thousands of T.V. sets, is used for the purpose of glorification of the Supreme Lord by a pure devotee, it becomes spiritualized. Whoever sees and hears a pure devotee talking about ...Read More

KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead PDF Download

Srila Prabhupada’s original ISKCON Press 1970 KRSNA Book. KRSNA, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the story of Krishna’s life. It starts with His birth in the prison house of King Kamsa and follows the adventures of Krishna throughout His life including His escape from being killed by cruel King Kamsa, His childhood in Vrindavan and His loving pastimes with all the residents of Vrindavan including His parents, His cowherd boyfriends, His gopi girlfriends and all the other residents of ...Read More

Elevation to Krishna Consciousness (1973) PDF Download

For Krishna there is no difference between material and spiritual energy. For Him, it is all the same. Sometimes electricity works for cooling purposes, and sometimes it works for heating purposes, but the energy generated from the electric powerhouse is all the same. To download Elevation to Krishna Consciousness please click on the book cover image on the left. Similarly, Krishna’s energy is always spiritual, but it is acting in different ways. In a town there may be a department of welfare ...Read More

Nectar of Devotion (Original 1970 Edition) PDF Download

The Nectar of Devotion is a summary study of Bhakti-rasamrta­ sindhu, which was written in Sanskrit by Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhu­pada. He was the chief of the six Gosvamis who were the direct disciples of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When he first met Lord Caitanya, Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada was engaged as a minister in the Mohammeden government of Bengal. He and his brother Sanatana were then named Sakara Mallik and Dabir Khas respectively, and they held responsible posts as ministers ...Read More

Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers (1977) PDF Download

On an ancient island in Bengal, between the waters of the Ganges and the Sarasvatl, a young Peace Corps worker began a mystical, inner journey into a new and deeper reality…. To download Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers please click on the book cover image on the left. I began to ask my questions. Inadvertently, I had approached a guru, or spiritual master, in the prescribed way-by submissively asking questions about spiritual life. Srila Prabhupada seemed pleased with me, and over the next ...Read More

The Nectar of Instruction (1976) PDF Download

The Nectar of Instruction, contains eleven lessons in the ancient science of bhakti-yoga. Across five centuries and half the globe comes this com­pact guidebook of essential spiritual teachings. How to choose a guru, how to practice yoga, even where to live–you’ll find it all in this invaluable work originally written in Sanskrit by Srila Rupa Gosvami, the greatest spiritual genius of medieval India. To download The Nectar of Instruction please click on the book cover image on the left. Now translated and illuminated ...Read More

Back to Godhead No. 38

An Ancient Science for Modern America–His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Karma-yoga–Action in Krishna Consciousness–Kirtanananda Swami, True Happiness Must be Eternal–Upendra dasa Adhikari, Sankirtana in Sydney, Australia–Photos, The Spiritual Master: Emissary of the Supreme Person–Hayagriva dasa Adhikari, Temple Worship [Many Photos]–Satsvarupa dasa Adhikari Click On Page to View Larger Version Related Posts60 Years of Back To Godhead Magazines on a DVD-ROM!60 Years of Back to Godhead Magazine is a collection of BTG issues, from 1944-2004, viewable with ...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

Letters From Srila Prabhupada PDF Download

For many years the letters Srila Prabhupada wrote to his disciples were hidden from the devotees but in 1987 some devotees got access to a microfiche copy of all of Prabhupada’s letters and they produced a limited edition [500 copies only] of five volumes containing all of Srila Prabhupada’s letters to his disciples. You can download PDF files of Srila Prabhupada’s original letter books here. Prabhupada Letters Volume 1 Prabhupada Letters Volume 2 Prabhupada Letters Volume 3 (1970-1972) Prabhupada Letters Volume 4 (1972-1975) Prabhupada Letters ...Read More

Beyond Birth and Death (1972 Edition) PDF Download

PDF download of Srila Prabhupada’s first edition (1972) Beyond Birth and Death. To download Beyond Birth and Death PDF file please click on the book cover image to the left. The very first step in self-realization is realizing one’s identity as separate from the body. “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 ...Read More

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