His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acharya

Krishna Consciousness–The Yoga for the Modern Age

February 25, 2010 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Yoga

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.   ...Read More

The Year-long Lunch

February 22, 2010 by adapted-from-krsna-book  
Filed under Krishna

The Year-long Lunch


The cowherd boys were glad to be having lunch on the riverbank with their friend Krsna. How could they have known that a whole year later, the meal would still be going strong?   ...Read More

Lord Balarama and Yamuna Devi

February 15, 2010 by daily-devotions--dravinaksa-dasa  
Filed under Krishna

Lord Balarama and Yamuna Devi


Since the season was springtime, the breeze on the bank of the Yamuna was blowing very mildly, carrying the aroma of different flowers, especially the flower known as kaumudi. Moonlight filled the sky and spread everywhere, and thus the banks of the Yamuna appeared very bright and pleasing, and Lord Balarama enjoyed the company of the gopis there.   ...Read More

You will see the power of Hare Krsna movement in due course of time…

February 8, 2010 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Devotees, MP3 Audio

You will see the power of Hare Krsna movement in due course of time…


So the devotees of Krsna should be trained up both ways: not only to give protection to the devotees, to give them encouragement, but if need be, they should be prepared to kill the demons. That is Vaisnavism. It is not cowardism.   ...Read More

Seeing The Supreme Lord

January 3, 2010 by madhudvisa-dasa  
Filed under Krishna

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.   ...Read More

Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Celebrate the Siva-ratri Festival

December 25, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Krishna

Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Celebrate the Siva-ratri Festival


Once upon a time, the cowherd men of Vrndavana, headed by Nanda Maharaja, desired to go to Ambikavana to perform the Sivaratri performance.   ...Read More

Full Set of Prabhupada MP3 Audio & Video DVD’s at a special Price!

November 16, 2009 by madhudvisa-dasa  
Filed under Prabhupada

Full Set of Prabhupada MP3 Audio & Video DVD’s at a special Price!


The full set of Prabhupada’s audio recordings in MP3 format plus all the Prabhupada Videos in DVD format at a special reduced price.   ...Read More

Who is Krishna?

November 7, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Krishna

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.   ...Read More

Krishna Personally Carries the Necessities of His Devotee

November 2, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Devotees, Letters


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.   ...Read More

Joining Krishna’s Pastimes

October 26, 2009 by khan  
Filed under Krishna, Letters

Joining Krishna’s Pastimes


If one attains pure love of Godhead is it correct to say that at the time of death the soul is transferred to a planet in the universe(s) where Krishna’s pastimes are taking place?   ...Read More

Shri Chaitanya And The Koran

October 4, 2009 by vrin-parker  
Filed under Religion

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)   ...Read More

Who Is a Real Guru?

September 25, 2009 by back-to-godhead-magazine  
Filed under Guru

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…   ...Read More

Let There Be Calamities

September 21, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Devotees

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.   ...Read More

Lord Chaitanya Defeats the Buddhists

September 1, 2009 by stoka-krishna-dasa  
Filed under Caitanya

Lord Chaitanya Defeats the Buddhists


Having made their plot, the Buddhists brought a plate of untouchable food before Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and called it maha-prasada. When the contaminated food was offered to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a very large bird appeared on the spot, picked up the plate in its beak and flew away. Indeed, the untouchable food fell upon the Buddhists, and the large bird dropped the plate on the head of the chief Buddhist   ...Read More

Questions From A Muslim With Answers From Khan

August 27, 2009 by khan  
Filed under Letters, Religion

Questions From A Muslim With Answers From Khan


I downloaded Bhagvad Geeta from your site and read it. I am extremely impressed and moved by the teachings of Krishana Ji. But being a Muslim, some questions arose in my mind. If you could help me to finding their answers, I will be grateful to you.   ...Read More

The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple

August 4, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Caitanya

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.   ...Read More

When The Universe Was Dark

July 27, 2009 by madhudvisa-dasa  
Filed under Science

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.   ...Read More

Maintaining the Routine Work

July 23, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Letters, Temples


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.   ...Read More

Throughway to Happiness

July 22, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Introduction

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.   ...Read More

Ideal Householder Life–Better than Many Sannyasis

July 21, 2009 by srila-prabhupada  
Filed under Devotees, Letters


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.   ...Read More

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