Difficult times for new Bhaktas…

Krishna consciousness is a lifestyle which is about as different as possible from the lifestyle we have been trained up to lead in the West. To make the transition training is required. So Prabhupada created ISKCON where he could train his disciples to live a life centered around Krishna and where they could practice pure devotional service… Hare Krishna My Dear Madhudvisa dasa Please accept my utmost respect and devotion for your kindly preaching this Krishna consciousness movement. Your articles ...Read More

First-class devotee (Mahabhagavata, uttama-adhikari) does NOT fall down

You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact. A Spiritual Master must be liberated. Madhya 22.71 It should be understood that a madhyama-adhikari, a second-class devotee, is fully convinced of Krsna consciousness but cannot support his convictions with sastric reference. A neophyte may fall down by associating with nondevotees because he is not firmly convinced and strongly situated. The second-class devotee, even though he ...Read More

Sri Vaisnava Acharya Rules with Love

The Vaisnava acharya is always situated in his original spiritual nature. He is situated in permanent liberation, as said in Srimad Bhagavatam: Liberation is the permanent situation of the form of the living entity after he gives up the changeable gross and subtle material bodies. Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.6 Pure souls always come to the same conclusion Sri Vaisnava Acharya is always in agreement with all other acharyas and self-realized souls, who are free from all contamination of material logic. Pure souls always ...Read More

Ritvik–Representative of the Acharya, For the Purpose of Performing Initiations–Both First Initiation and Second Initiation

His Divine Grace has so far given a list of eleven disciples who will act in that capacity… Madhya 24.330 Similarly, a disciple’s qualifications must be observed by the spiritual master before he is accepted as a disciple. In our Krsna consciousness movement, the requirement is that one must be prepared to give up the four pillars of sinful life-illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. In Western countries especially, we first observe whether a potential disciple is prepared to follow ...Read More

The Future of the Krishna Consciousness Movement is in Srila Prabhupada’s Disciple’s Hands

DOWNLOAD So we have got this message from Krsna, from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, from the six Gosvamis, later on, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Bhaktisiddhanta Thakura. And we are trying our bit also to distribute this knowledge. Now, tenth, eleventh, twelfth… My Guru Maharaja is tenth from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I am eleventh, you are the twelfth. So distribute this knowledge… Prabhupada: (airport noises) (leads Prema-dhvani; says “Los Angeles bhakta-vrnda ki jaya!”) So my dear boys and girls, about six years ago I came to your ...Read More

The Importance of the Formal Initiation Ceremony

My child, your initiation ceremony happened on the same day when you heard my Gayatri tape. Now by the mercy of our Lord, you could see your initiation ceremony. I changed your previous initiated name because that was not proper initiation. You must spread the mission of Lord Caitanya and re-establish the Ritvik System of Initiation which we initiated.—Srila Prabhupada. Tue, 12 Mar 2002 Respected H. G. Gauridas Pandit Prabhu, Dandavat Pranam. Jai Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna. Prabhuji, this ...Read More

Letter from Srila Prabhupada’s Servant–Gauridasa Pandit Prabhu

If ISKCON accepts the ritvik initiation system as instituted by His Divine Grace all those who have taken on the role as giving diksa will declare that they should of done it on behalf of His Divine Grace. They may be accepted as ritvik representatives of the Acharya, Srila Prabhupada. If they don’t like this system they may do as they desire in their own temples. Srila Prabhupada said in front Dear Akincana-priyabandhu Prabhu, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories ...Read More

WHAT IS INITATION?

This seems like a simple question since so many devotees have taken initiation. But I have asked a few devotees and they seem not to really understand what is real initiation. So this is my humble attempt to try to understand what is real initiation. It seems that initiation is two fold, but that’s when we look at it from the material point of view. First we have the initiation ceremony or ritual. The ceremony seems fairly simple to understand that ...Read More

Danavir Maharaja Misrepresents the Ritviks

Danavir Goswami has published an excellent article on Chakra which quite conclusively establishes that Srila Prabhupada desires his disciples to become qualified gurus and accept disciples. He gives a number of conclusive quotes from Srila Prabhupada on this point and also states that he and all the other disciples of Srila Prabhupada understood Prabhupada was training them to become future spiritual masters during his physically presence on the planet. For an honest reader of Srila Prabhupada’s books it is impossible to ...Read More

Replacing Srila Prabhupada?

I am confussed by the state of affairs, today, when leading godbrothers are trying to replace the position of my only beloved spiritural master? Are we so quickly enlinghtened, that we can replace a great acharaya. It’s Mayas illusion. Dear Prabhu Please accept my humble obesiences, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! I have been disasociated form the devotees since Srila Prabhupada’s dissapperence. For no reason other than I could not tolerate seeing my godbrothers picturtures on the Vyasasaan. I thought it was ...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

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

Preaching the Message of Love of God Worldwide

The only shortage in this world is of God consciousness. Otherwise we have plenty of technology and food. This page explores ways of reintroducing that God consciousness into a godless world. Related PostsWhat Movies Have Devotees Appeared in Since 1990?ITV is planning to update its original Hare Krishna in the Movies video which was released in 1990. We request that if you know of any films which had scenes with devotees or…Letter to Narayana MaharajaRevered Swami, we are a group ...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

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