Matchless Gifts

Like so many downtown New Yorkers, we had been reading books on Eastern philosophy and religion, burning lots of candles and incense and taking ganja, peyote and LSD as aids to meditation. Actually it was more intoxication than meditation; meditation was a euphemism that somehow connected our highs with our readings. I walked around the corner with him, and he pointed out a small storefront building between First and Second Streets, next door to a Mobil filling station. It had ...Read More

BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy

The BBT could not allow Srila Prabhupada to teach that Jagannatha Dasa Babaji actually *initiated* Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, for that would indirectly sanction Srila Prabhupada *initiating* for many generations to come simply via his transcendental knowledge, with the ‘formal initiation’ administered via the Ritvik system that he set up. We highlighted previously in newsletter No. 20, how Bhakti Caru Swami’s Bengali translation of the Srimad Bhagavatam had omitted a very key verse from Srila Prabhupada’s original version. The omitted verse in ...Read More

Lecture at St. Pascal’s Franciscan Seminary Melbourne Australia

DOWNLOAD Father Greene hinted the common platform of religion. Common platform is not very difficult to understand because religion means to know God and abide by the orders of God. That is religion. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that religious systems cannot be manufactured by man. No. Man-made religion is not religion. Religion means God-made religion. Lecture at St. Pascal’s Franciscan SeminaryMelbourne, June 28, 1974 Prabhupada: (chants mangalacarana prayers) Father Greene and all other Fathers and Ladies and Gentlemen, I ...Read More

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. In these Western countries, when someone sees the cover of a book like Krsna, he immediately asks, “Who is Krishna? Who is the girl with Krishna?” etc. The immediate answer is that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada Addresses The World Health Organization

DOWNLOAD So we can produce enough quantity of food grains all over the world. And if we actually produce food grains, we can feed ten times of the population which are at present. But unfortunately, we are not producing food grains. That is the problem. It is not the problem of overpopulation. It is the problem that we are not producing food grains. Lecture at World Health Organization Geneva, June 6, 1974 Prabhupada: So Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very ...Read More

Krishna Personally Carries the Necessities of His Devotee

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. Los Angeles 14 July, 1970 Province Town, Massachusetts My Dear Sridama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9th July, 1970, and I thank you very much for your check for $2,000. It is a great help to me because in this month I have paid about ...Read More

MP3 Audio Lecture by Srila Prabhupada Los Angeles, February 2, 1968

DOWNLOAD God realization depends on God, because God, you cannot oblige God by some force. Just like if you have got money, oh, you can do anything nowadays. If you have got strength of wealth, you can have any power, you can do anything. But that does not mean that you can purchase God. No. Prabhupada: vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga- siksartham ekah purusah puranah sri-krsna-caitanya-sarira-dhari krpambudhir yas tam aham prapadye This verse was composed by Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. You know Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya? You have not heard? ...Read More

The more the books are distributed, the more the ignorance of the Age of Kali will be smashed.

The world is feeling the weight of this Hare Krishna Movement, especially in your country. We have to increase this book distribution work more and more to firmly establish this Movement, which is the only hope for the suffering living entities. Vrindaban 23 November, 1976 Atlanta My dear Balavanta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated November 5 and 9. I am very glad to hear how the book distribution is increasing more and more. ...Read More

We Are Not These Bodies

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 this body, but of actually realizing it. This is not as simple as it may seem at first. dehi nityam avadhyo ‘yam dehe sarvasya bharata tasmat sarvani bhutani na tvam socitum arhasi “O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada’s Original Krsna Book Now On-Line

O Lord Krsna, please protect Me and maintain Me. O Lord Rama, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Krsna, O Kesava, killer of the Kesi demon, please maintain Me. We have the great pleasure of announcing Srila Prabhupada’s original Krsna Book is now available for reading on the internet at http://www.krsnabook.com Reading Krsna Book is very important and we simply present a few quotes from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the necessity and great ...Read More

Who Is Representing Srila Prabhupada Now?

The ISKCON living gurus are advising their disciples: You can’t understand Prabhupada’s books or classes, you have to hear from me instead. You can’t understand Prabhupada… So that’s hardly being Prabhupada’s representative. “Each temple will be an ISKCON property and will be managed by three executive directors. The system of management will continue as it is now and there is no need of any change.” (Srila Prabhupada’s will) What was the system of management when Srila Prabhupada was physically present? How ...Read More

Preaching–First Become and Ideal Devotee

Lord Caitanya said that one should first make himself perfect and then attempt to instruct others. There is no point in telling another man to stop smoking if you yourself are smoking cigarettes. Hyderabad, 23 April, 1974 Glasgow, Scotland Dear Niranjana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 9th April from Scotland. You are asking what should your preaching work be now that you are attending the university. So the first preaching work is that ...Read More

United Nations Organization and World Health Organization

They have invented the United Nations and world health organizations. But all these attempts are exactly the same process as to water the leaves and the twigs. They don’t know the missing point: Krishna. Los Angeles 15 August, 1969 My Dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter of August 11th, 1969, and I am so pleased to learn that your activities in San Francisco are going on nicely in cooperation with Jayananda and Cidananda. ...Read More

Letter to Hayagriva dasa

As you are remembering our old meeting days on the second avenue, when I first started my lectures there, similarly I also remember the incidents and speak to so many friends and disciples. So our meeting was Krishna’s desire. Apparently it was accidental but actually it was Krishna’s plan. Los Angeles 18 November, 1968 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Nov. 12, 1968, and I am very much pleased to note ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada Writes to George Harrison

By the grace of Krsna, you have already realized to some extent about the necessity and importance of Hare Krsna movement in the world. Similarly, if John also does so, it will be a great event. Los Angeles, 16 February, 1970 Sriman George Harrison c.o Apple Record Co. London England My Dear George, Please accept my blessings. I am so much obliged to you for your valued cooperation in spreading my movement of Krsna Consciousness throughout the whole world. I beg ...Read More

Spreading the Holy Life Around (A Report From France)

Now that they’ve seen everything from bad priests to bogey yogis, the French are more than a little embittered. But when they see people living the authentic life of devotion to God, they feel enlivened. By 6:00 P.M. on a chilly September day, rural France has already slipped into darkness. Passing swiftly through villages and towns in our Citroen van, we look out at row upon row of churches silhouetted against the moonlit evening sky–flimsy bastions against the forces of ...Read More

Calcutta Ratha Yatra – The Biggest Ever

The huge parade was just about to begin moving when something amazing happened. A white dove immediately descended from nowhere and landed on the main float which had a deity of Srila Prabhupada, and suddenly perched itself at Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet. Ratha-Yatra Festival at Jagannatha Puri The world famous annual Calcutta Ratha-Yatra was held on July 3rd on a bigger and better scale than ever before. The preparations for this mammoth affair actually began in March since it takes ...Read More

The Prabhupada Hare Krishna News Network

Information on India, meditation, reincarnation, yoga, karma and philosophy. Based on Bhagavad Gita As It Is by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Related PostsAnnouncing the Launch of the Sampradaya Sun. On July 12th, 2005 the Sampradaya Sun began publication as a daily news website and independent reporting organization for the Vaisnava community. On July 12th, 2005 the Samp…The Krishna.org WebsiteYour views are not biased, and one sided. They are on Srila Prabhupada’s side. You give Srila Prabhupada’s quotes and no one elses, which is how ...Read More