His Divine Grace Srila Sac-cid-ananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Appearance Day Lecture, London, September 23, 1969

So Bhaktivinoda Thakura is an ideal guru. He was not a sannyasi; he was grhastha, householder, living with family, wife, children. Still, he was guru. So anyone can become guru. Not that a sannyasi can become guru. A householder also can become guru, provided he knows the science. So today is a very auspicious day, Thakura Bhaktivinoda’s birthday. Here is the picture of Thakura Sac-cid-ananda Bhaktivinoda. He was one of the acaryas of this disciplic succession from Krsna. We have got ...Read More

Who Is God?

There are many conceptions of God ranging from one of a formless spirit to that of an old man with a beard sitting on a throne… Please click on the link below to open the linked website: Who Is God? There are a variety of names which the scriptures of many religions present as names of God. There are also many conceptions of God ranging from one of a formless spirit to that of an old man with a beard sitting on a ...Read More

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. All glories to the sankirtana movement. Param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, when He was only a sixteen-year-old boy, introduced this sankirtana movement five hundred years ago in Navadvipa, India. It was not that He manufactured some religious ...Read More

Interview with Religion Editor of The London Observer

DOWNLOAD 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 so many system of religions, but do they actually know who is the supreme controller? That is my question. Prabhupada: So you are observing our movement? Cline Cross: Yes, really for the first time at close quarters. Prabhupada: First time? We are here for the last seven years. Cline Cross: ...Read More

Universal Religion Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.19 Los Angeles, July 9, 1974 (MP3 Audio)

DOWNLOAD For the foolish person, This is Hindu religion, This is Christian religion, and This is Muhammadan religion. But religion is one. How it can be Hindu religion, Christian religion? No. Religion is one. God is one. Because religion means the law or the order given by God. That is religion. Simple definition. “Dharma [in the form of bull] asked: Madam, are you not hail and hearty? Why are you covered with the shadow of grief? It appears by your ...Read More

The Science of God — Bhagavad Gita 3.27 Lecture at the Town Hall, Melbourne Australia

DOWNLOAD It is very scientific movement, scientific movement because at the present moment we are all godless, forgotten what is God and what to speak of His name. There is no educational system about the science of God. This movement, Krishna consciousness movement, is teaching the science of God. Prabhupada: (leads chanting of “om namo bhagavate vasudevaya”) prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate Krishna says that all these living entities… We are all living entities… Actually, every one ...Read More

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. Dear sir, 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. ...Read More

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. The Gundica temple is situated two miles northeast of the Jagannatha temple. At the time of the Ratha-yatra festival, Lord Jagannatha goes to the Gundica temple from His original temple and stays there for one week. After one week, ...Read More

Maintaining the Routine Work

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. Delhi, 8 December, 1971 My Dear Patita Uddharana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of November 24, 1971, ...Read More

Ideal Householder Life–Better than Many Sannyasis

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. Montreal, 30 August, 1968 My Dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated August 24, 1968, with 2 pictures, photographs of our temple in Buffalo. You have written to say that Buffalo is doing ...Read More

Reading Srila Prabhupada’s Books

I am requesting all of my students to read my books very seriously every day without fail. In this way, if your mind becomes absorbed at least one or two hours daily… Los Angeles 13 June, 1972 New York My Dear Bhargava, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated May 31, 1972, and I have noted the contents. Our advancement in Krishna Consciousness is made possible in two ways, by Knowledge and renunciation, jnana and tyaga ...Read More

A God of Love? A God of Goodness?

From the Bilbe, Jesus is the Son of God. So we know that Jesus is from the God and goddness. If God is a God of goodness, a God of love why does he let people suffer so much? Thanks guys. — Haonan Many people, it seems, think there could be not be a God because this world is so messed up. I saw hundreds of postings on the internet after the bomb in the states that killed some ...Read More

Is Reincarnation a Religious Fantasy?

One of the most common issues of arguments of skeptics regarding reincarnation is that the case of children who claims to remember their previous lives comes from cultures or communities whose people believe in reincarnation. Thus they try to rationalize that it is a kind of fantasy which arises from hereditary belief. The other day in one of the article in Times of India, Sukhwant Singh challenged why so far there are not any case from Moslem community. Thanks ...Read More

Organised Religion

Sri Krsna manifest His eternal birth the pure cognitive essence of the serving soul who is located above all mundane limitations, King Kamsa is the typical aggressive empiricist, ever on the lookout for the appearance of the truth for the purpose of suppressing Him before He has time to develop. This is no exaggeration of the real connotation of the consistent empiric position. The materialist has a natural repugnance for the transcendent. He is disposed to link that faith in ...Read More

Sacred Cruelties

New York Times: WASHINGTON – Not long after Sept. 11, somebody scribbled these chillingly profound words on a wall in Washington: Dear God, save us from the people who believe in you. The atrocities and brutalities and repressions committed in the name of God fill us with a greater need for God, or some spiritual solace. Dark days – in New York, Washington, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Archdiocese of Boston – make us look inward and affirm the power ...Read More

Modernizing Traditional Religions [an Interview]

Thank You so much for helping me! This is an interview for a school project, just so you know. I am researching changes in religion throughout history. Shifa Ali:What are your thoughts on the modernization of traditional religion (not any specific one, but you can talk about specifically Christianity or Islam or Hinduism, etc.) in order to better fit today’s society, meaning, do you think it is right/okay/permissible/encouraged to change the rules or foundations or practices of a religion so that ...Read More

Allah and Krishna Are The Same Person

There is no meaning to religion without God and since the entire religion is build upon the idea of God so lets first look into conception of God as per Islam and Sanatan-Dharma. From the Article Comments System See also: Questions From A Muslim With Answers From Khan Hare Krishna Assalam-u-alaikum Kindly accept my obesiances unto your lotus feet. I would like to answer your questions as per my own limited capacity and unlimited grace of Gaudiya acaryas and Sri Sri Radha-Krsna ...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

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

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