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Life’s Only Goal

May 31st, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Visnu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the goal of everything. Doing everything for His satisfaction is the way to liberation from the cycle of karma.

From Folly to Defeat

May 30th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The dog is thinking, ‘I am this body,’ and the cat is also thinking, ‘I am this body.’ So if a human being thinks like that, then he remains in ignorance

“I am not this Body.” Easy to say…

May 9th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa

We need to realize we are not the body and accept that no matter how much we try to satisfy the senses we will not get any satisfaction in the long term

Vanaprasta Means Back in the Book Van

May 7th, 2024 | by

Prabhupada says after reaching 50 one should go to the forest, or vana. I strongly believe that in our tradition he really means the book distribution van

Honoring the Pure Devotee

April 9th, 2024 | by

As news reports from around the world become increasingly disturbing, it's quite natural to wonder just where the joy of life has gone for so many people.

The Richest Frog in the World

April 1st, 2024 | by

A story told by Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati illustrating how one can become proud of a little material opulence and lose perspective of the reality of life

Aerosmith Gets A Book

March 25th, 2024 | by

Steven Tyler, lead singer with the big rock band Aerosmith had just walked past us. I nipped over and gave him a book. He seemed to appreciate it

Spreading the Holy Life Around (A Report From France)

February 12th, 2024 | by

The devotees in our party are enthusiastic to interest the French people in the life of Krishna consciousness. And the French are a receptive audience.

Srila Prabhupada on Book Distribution

January 8th, 2024 | 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 Trial of the Hare Krsna People in Germany 1978

December 27th, 2023 | 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

Jesse Jackson Gets Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-Gita!

December 17th, 2023 | 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

1976 Book Scores Conversation — Nine Million Books Distributed

December 8th, 2023 | 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?

December 5th, 2023 | 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!”

November 29th, 2023 | 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!

November 25th, 2023 | 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

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

November 18th, 2023 | 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!