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More Accurate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta List of Changes

June 27th, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

A comparison of the 1975 original edition of Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrta with the new BBT revised edition highlighting all the changes

It is Very Difficult to Escape from the Material World

June 23rd, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Krishna says it is very difficult for us to escape from the material world. But it is very easy to enter the spiritual world if one surrenders to Krishna

Srila Prabhupada on Book Distribution

June 22nd, 2017 | by Prahlad-Nrsimha dasa

I am very glad to hear the book distribution is increasing. The more the books are distributed, the more the ignorance of the Age of Kali will be smashed

The Universe is Not Chandelier Shaped

June 21st, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

This nonsense chandelier does not show anything at all. It is wrong, a joke. This is a 60 million dollar mistake. The biggest mistake ISKCON has ever made!

The Trial of the Hare Krsna People in Germany 1978

June 9th, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Religious Persecution In West Germany. The raid . . . the media barrage . . . the courtroom encounter. A half-million-dollar effort to snuff out the Hare Krishna Movement

“Chaste Harlots” on gay monogamy in ISKCON

June 7th, 2017 | by danavir-goswami

The term "gay monogamy" is used to argue that homosexuality with a single partner is of a superior quality compared to ordinary homosexual behavior.

Better to Die in Vrindavan — Srila Prabhupada

June 6th, 2017 | by Gauridas Pandit dasa

Things were ecstatic in Hrisikesh until Prabhupada said: "Tomorrow we will go to Vrindavan; better to die in Vrindavan." All of the sudden there was a storm.

Ramesvara 1981 Interview on History of ISKCON — Full Text

June 5th, 2017 | by Ramesvara dasa

Ramesvara was manager of the BBT publishing Srila Prabhupada's books and this interview contains a great deal of information and history of

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

June 1st, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a worldwide, nonsectarian movement to propagate the message of the Vedas for the benefit of mankind

Jesse Jackson Gets Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-Gita!

May 28th, 2017 | by Prahlad-Nrsimha dasa

"Excuse me sir, these books are 5000 years old about God, the soul, consciousness." Right as he took the book the television people pushed me aside

Manifesto of Krishna Consciousness — Press Release

May 25th, 2017 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

ISKCON is aiming at spiritual reorientation of mankind through the chanting Hare Krishna. Human life is for ending miseries. Society is not peaceful

1976 Book Scores Conversation — Nine Million Books Distributed

May 20th, 2017 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Total BTG 7M, small books 740K, medium books 319K, other titles: 280K, hardbound books: 1M. So the total sold last year is Nine million. Just English

Why Doesn’t God Just Appear so we Can See Him?

May 17th, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Why is it that God does not just manifest Himself? Wouldn't that end all the disbelief in the Lord? Wouldn't that end atheism completely

Srila Prabhupada Writes to George Harrison: “Preach to John Lennon!”

May 11th, 2017 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

You have already realized the necessity and importance of Hare Krishna movement in the world. Similarly, if John also does so, it will be a great event

WATER — This Taste is Krishna!

May 7th, 2017 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

O Arjuna, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras. I am the sound in ether and ability in man

The Final Order–A Very Misleading Paper

May 5th, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Krishna Kant misrepresents Prabhupada on one point. He has attempts to prove Prabhupada did not intend any of his disciples to become initiating gurus, ever

The little-known secret to Advancement in Krishna Consciousness

May 3rd, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

One can not understand Krishna consciousness by austerities, following regulative principles, chanting a certain number of rounds nor even by reading books

I’ve Been Looking for Bhagavad-gita My Whole Life!

April 30th, 2017 | by Prahlad-Nrsimha dasa

One young man was so grateful and excited to get Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita that he became overwhelmed. He could not believe that these original 5000 year old texts that hold secrets to all life, the mind and consciousness are still there, for him to read!

Prabhupada Memories

A Hard Sell — Krishna Consciousness in the 60’s

April 29th, 2017 | by Swarup das Hebel

Vietnam was raging and the peace movement growing, Prabhupada arrived preaching that Krishna chastises Arjuna for being a pacifist and orders him to fight

Book Changes

Perfect Questions Perfect Answers Original 1977 Edition Cover

ISKCON’s Changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Perfect Questions Perfect Answers (PQPA)

April 25th, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

ISKCON published a new version of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's book, 'Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers' in 1993.The original book is slashed from 99 pages to 77 pages! Also the text has been heavily edited and the whole mood of the book has been completely changed