An Introduction to the Vedas and Vedanta

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s subject matter is the teachings of the Vedas. What are the Vedas?   ...Read More

Vedanta, Impersonalists and Buddhists

The impersonalists masquerade as Vedantists, but actually they are defying Vedanta. All the Vedas affirm it vehemently that the Supersoul and the soul are two different identities, although qualitatively one. But the impersonalists they accept Vedas as authority, but they go against the verdict of the Vedas.   ...Read More

Compilation of Prabhupada’s Teachings on Sannyasa Asrama Part 1/5

A sannyasi has to be alone without any support or guarantee of support, he has to depend on the mercy of Krishna. If he thinks, After I leave my connections, who will protect me? He should not accept the renounced order of life.   ...Read More

Rascals are concerned with the grammar.The actual workers are concerned with the thoughts.

The thoughts and the effects of such revolutionary literature are required. Not the grammatical. The so-called rascals, they are concerned with the grammatical. But those who are actually worker, they are concerned with the thoughts…   ...Read More

What 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 from the platform which existed before the creation. This transcendental knowledge was impregnated in the heart of the first created living being, and then he distributed the knowledge both for material and spiritual purposes.   ...Read More

Yoga For The New Century

In order to fully understand what a real yoga process is, let’s look into the ancient Vedas. The true science of yoga is taught in the ancient Vedic scriptures. “Veda” means knowledge. In ancient times man had the ability to comprehend much more information then he can today and all knowledge was spoken and remembered.   ...Read More

The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way

After reading an article on the Krishna consciousness movement in the Los Angeles Times, Srila Prabhupada begins an unusual correspondence with Dr. J.F. Stall, Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley…   ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada: A Brief Biography

In the last ten years of his life, in spite of his advanced age, Srila Prabhupada circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours that have took him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, Srila Prabhupada continued to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.   ...Read More

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?…   ...Read More

The Moon and the Sun…

Srila Prabhupada has the strength to have complete faith in Krishna, in his spiritual master and in the Vedas. That is his unique qualification. Unfortunately most so-called devotees of Krishna today prefer to put their faith in the theories of modern science, rejecting the Vedic version. Such devotees have no faith and will never be able to understand the real imports of the Vedic knowledge as this requires absolute faith in the Lord and the bona fide spiritual master.   ...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   ...Read More

Mahabharata: Some of the Essential Facts

The statements in the Bhagavatam and Mahabharata and the Puranas are all different historical incidents. Mahabharata is called, according to Vedic authorities, as the history of India. I do not know who first designated it as an “epic”. That is the cause of the fall down of Hindu culture. They did not believe in their Vedic literatures presented by Vyasadeva…   ...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.   ...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.   ...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.   ...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.   ...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.   ...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.   ...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.   ...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.   ...Read More

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