Letter to a Buddhist about his “empty mind” philosophy
April 24th, 2022 | by Madhudvisa dasa
it is not possible for you to meditate and make your mind empty. As soon as you stop meditation there will be so much nonsense back to fill up your mind
April 24th, 2022 | by Madhudvisa dasa
it is not possible for you to meditate and make your mind empty. As soon as you stop meditation there will be so much nonsense back to fill up your mind
April 12th, 2022 | by Madhudvisa dasa
I have just read Prabhupada's original 1969 Sri Isopanisad for the first time. I have read Isopanisad many times before but this edition is very special
February 17th, 2022 | by Madhudvisa dasa
India's caste system has degenerated int recognizing men born in Brahmin families as Brahmins, even though they don't exhibit the qualities of Brahmins
February 16th, 2022 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Whereas Sankara, the greatest of the impersonalists, offers his due respects to Krishna, the foolish say that we need not surrender to the personal Krishna
October 29th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Sometimes Indians think that we are preaching Hinduism, but actually we are not. People should not think that we are preaching a sectarian religion. No
October 21st, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura
October 18th, 2021 | by Madhudvisa dasa
NASA Satellite images reveal a mysterious ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka. It is currently named Adam's Bridge
October 14th, 2021 | by hh-giriraja-swami
The Birla family was the richest in India. Prabhupada called them "the best organized family in the world," and said, "Nobody can measure their wealth."
October 9th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Bhaktivinoda Thakura is an ideal guru. He was not a sannyasi; he was grhastha, householder, living with family, wife, children. So anyone can become guru.
October 8th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
After reading an article on ISKCON in the LA Times, Srila Prabhupada begins correspondence with Dr. J.F. Stall, Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley
October 7th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Can meditation solve everyday problems? Is there life after death? Can drugs help us achieve self-realization? Srila Prabhupada discusses with a reporter
June 28th, 2021 | by satsvarupa-dasa-goswami
Preaching about God in a missionary spirit is not part of India's religion. It's something Christians introduced to India a few hundred years ago
June 27th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
What India is suffering from is not poverty of the means of material existence. She is suffering much more from the bankruptcy of her spiritual resources.
June 19th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Nowadays, we find yoga being taught in numerous courses and touted in mass-market books as a means to achieve health, lose weight, develop mental powers over others, achieve success in making money, or increase sexual potency. But real yoga is something entirely different
June 15th, 2021 | by Madhudvisa dasa
is a perversion of Krishna's system: "According to the three modes of nature, the four divisions of human society were created by Me."
June 8th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In this meeting I am the supreme person, in the state there is a supreme person, the president. Everywhere there is a supreme person. You cannot avoid this
June 5th, 2021 | by Madhudvisa dasa
The British in India held great power through the East India Company. They would arrange for monies being paid to temples to be paid to them as a tax
May 20th, 2021 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Once, Sri Madhavendra Puri traveled to Vrndavana, the holy place where Lord Krishna spent His childhood. There he came upon the hill known as Govardhana.
May 14th, 2021 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
To become big businessman is not ordinary thing. But the result, Krishna says, "Give it to Me." So there is no harm in earning money but give it to Krishna.
May 12th, 2021 | by srutakirti-dasa
In America they would have said, 'Hey, what are you doing. Get out of my car.' Possibly beat you. In India, still there is some culture.