My View on Raja-Yoga

I am surprised at the condemnation of other methods of Yoga, especially Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. Are these methods not as divine as BHAKTI Yoga?… Dear Guruji, I have seen in many books published nowadays and have also heard about the method of attaining oneness with SHRI KRISHNA. That method is the method of BHAKTI. Attaining oneness with Sri Krishna is certainly NOT the method of Bhakti. Bhakti means love. To develop a loving relationship there has to be two people. You ...Read More

How One Should Perform Yoga–MP3 Audio Bhagavad Gita Class 6.11-21

DOWNLOAD 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… 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 ...Read More

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. To become serious about spiritual life first we must become disgusted with material life. While we are ...Read More

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. I first learned of Srila Prabhupada’s plan for a “heaven on earth” in Vrndavana, India in May of 1970. Vrndavana ...Read More

George Harrison, John Lennon and Yoko Ono from the Beatles Talk With Srila Prabhupada (MP3 Audio)

DOWNLOAD 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 On a cold December night in 1966, an elderly ...Read More

Spiritual Journey to India

Travel with Vaisnava monks to ancient temples and sacred sites. Take courses on meditation, bhakti-yoga, vegetarian cuisine and Indian musical instruments. Study Upanishads and other Vedic texts. Experience a simpler, healthier lifestyle. Related PostsEasy Journey to Other Planets Original Indian Edition PDF DownloadThis is a free PDF download of an extremely rare copy of Srila Prabhupada’s original booklet: Easy Journey to Other Planets. He published this booklet in India in the 1960′s b…Easy Journey to Other Planets PDF DownloadSrila Prabhupada originally ...Read More

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder of Hare Krishna Movement

Srila Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the Hare Krishna movement. This is his life story. His books include Bhagavad Gita As It Is. They constitute a library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture. Related PostsArticles by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaSrila Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the Hare Krishna movement. This is his life story. His books include Bhagavad Gita As It Is. They constitute a library of Vedic philosophy,…Reuniting Prabhupada’s FollowersOn July 20th, at the Toronto Rathayatra, a group of senior ...Read More

Temples to the Glory of God [Krishna] Worldwide

A true temple of God enables the general public to experience a truely transcendental, spiritual feeling and provides an atmosphere conducive for one to make spiritual advancement. This page looks at temples around the world. Related PostsA Global Sanga of Prabhupada DisciplesI have been discussing with Damaghosa, Gauridas Pandit, Yasodananda and others about starting some global sanga. It would be a loose confederation of independent groups or pre…Letter to Narayana MaharajaRevered Swami, we are a group of some of Srila Prabhupada’s ...Read More

Articles by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the Hare Krishna movement. This is his life story. His books include Bhagavad Gita As It Is. They constitute a library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture. Related PostsThe End of Chakra As We Know It…Chakra, the ISKCON web site, which has become famous for publishing articles which are offensive to the Founder-acharya of ISKCON, His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami P…New Hare Krishna Rural Life Web SiteWe would like to announce to all devotees about ...Read More

An Introduction to the Hare Krishna Movement

The Hare Krishna movement was brought to the West by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He arrived in Boston, USA in 1965 with seven dollers and in a few years built the world-wide Hare Krishna Movement. Related PostsKrishna the Reservior of Pleasure & Who is Crazy PDF DownloadThis booklet was published by Srila Prabhupada and his disciples in New York in 1969. It is one of the first publications Srila Prabhupada printed in the United States. It con…ORIGINAL [1968-72] ...Read More

Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Krishna means “the all-attractive person.” God is a person but, unlike us, He possesses all the attractive qualities in full. All knowledge, all wealth, all beauty, all fame, all strength and full renunciation. Related PostsKrsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead…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 …Why Doesn’t God Just Appear so we ...Read More

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in West Bengal, India five hundred years ago. He is Krishna Himself appearing in the mood of Srimati Radharani to distribute love of God to the world. Related PostsThe Glories of Srila Vrindavana dasa ThakuraNarayani eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born of her womb. Vrndavana dasa Thakura is Lord Nityananda’s favo…The Glories of Srila Vrndavana Dasa ThakuraAs Vyasadeva has compiled all the pastimes of Lord Krsna ...Read More

The Guru, Spiritual Master and Acharya

The Indian Vedic literature stresses that one must accept a guru if one wants to advance in spiritual life. This page gives the reader information to help distinguish a bona fide guru from a cheater. Related PostsDis. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura & Srila Gadadhara Pandita (fast till noon) June 29.03He reasons ill who tells that Vaisnavas die When thou are living still in sound! The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try to spread the holy name around!We should adore and w…Letter ...Read More

Disciples and Devotees

The Indian Vedic literature stresses that one must accept a guru if one wants to advance in spiritual life. The devotee or disciple must accept the guru as a representative of God. Related PostsThe Difference Between Useless Disciples and Useful DisciplesSome of the disciples strictly accepted the orders of the acarya, and others deviated, independently concocting their own opinions under the spell of daivi-maya. This verse by…Srila Prabhupada’s July 9th. Letter.An important point is that Srila Prabhupada’s final written instruction on ...Read More

The Vedas, India’s Storehouse of Transcendental Knowledge

The Indian Vedic literature stresses that one must accept a guru if one wants to advance in spiritual life. This page gives the reader information to help distinguish a bona fide guru from a cheater. Related PostsWhat Are The Vedas?Veda means knowledge, and there are two kinds of knowledge, one mundane and another transcendental. The Vedas are considered to be originally transcendental because they come …Dissapearance of Srila Madhavendra Puri–March 15, 2003Madhavendra Puri recited this verse again and again at the ...Read More

Meditation, Yoga, Karma and Reincarnation Explained

The Indian Vedic literature clearly describes the science of meditation, yoga, karma and reincarnation. This page puts it all into plain English. Related PostsThe Prabhupada Hare Krishna News NetworkInformation on India, meditation, reincarnation, yoga, karma and philosophy. Based on Bhagavad Gita As It Is by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada….Great Souls Sometimes Re-appear Can devotees appear, disappear and then re-appear? Well, in a way, all souls are re-appearing again and again by the process of reincarnation. This report is very different f…Harrison’s ashes ...Read More

Universial Religion–There is only one God.

There are so many groups trying to establish their idea of God. But God is one. This page explores the posibility of a universally accepted worl-wide religion. Related PostsInterview with Religion Editor of The London ObserverDOWNLOAD 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 s…Sacred CrueltiesNew York Times: WASHINGTON – Not long after Sept. 11, somebody scribbled these chillingly profound ...Read More

Social Problems and their Solutions

Western society is very advanced materially, but we are spiritually bankrupt. This page looks at ways of correcting this imbalance. Related PostsComments on Homosexuality by Srila PrabhupadaWhile working on ITV’s new Prabhupada DVD set, we have discovered and recovered a large amount of new footage ( 2.5 hrs). Not surprisingly, Srila Prabhupada comments on one of…Krishna.org Server ProblemsDuring the past few days we have been moving www.krishna.org to a new server and there have been some problems in accessing the site. ...Read More