Beyond the Formless Philosophies
By mental speculation one concludes that because material forms are temporary, spirit, to be eternal, must be formless. This reasoning, however, is illogical, like the conditioned thinking of a cow in a barn.
By Jayadvaita dasa on Philosophy
By mental speculation one concludes that because material forms are temporary, spirit, to be eternal, must be formless. This reasoning, however, is illogical, like the conditioned thinking of a cow in a barn.
By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on ~Featured~, Krishna
Seeing Krishna in the coils of the serpent Kaliya, Krishna’s friends the cowherd boys and the other residents of Vrndavana were stunned with fear. When they saw Him overpowered by the coils of the serpent Kaliya, they fell to the ground.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on ~Featured~, Prabhupada
Prabhupada arrived in Gainesville, calling it a remote corner of the world, thousands of miles from the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, to speak at the University of Florida. The local TV station arranged for this interview.
By BTG Editors on PDF
Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, dancing on the hoods of the demoniac serpent Kaliya.
By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on Guru / Initiation
Most people think they have no need for a spiritual master. In a sense, they are right. People interested only in an animal-like existence do not need a spiritual master. A spiritual master is required for a person who is inquisitive about transcendental knowledge.
By Dr. Diana L. Eck on ISKCON
The Krsna consciousness movement is part of an important tradition of devotional faith, the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, which began in the sixteenth century with Sri Caitanya, but which participates in a movement of devotion dating back to at least the second century B.C.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Education, War
Wherever we have a Hare Krsna center we should immediately establish a college for training people—first, according to their natural talents. Everyone will be elevated to spiritual awareness by performing the spiritual activities we prescribe
By Madhudvisa dasa on Becoming Krishna Conscious
First, set up an altar in your home at some convenient place. The altar is a place where you can perform meditation, offer devotion to the Lord, and receive the Lord’s love.
By BTG Editors on News
Recently, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness held a three-day festival in 115 cities worldwide. The celebration honored Janmastami (the day Lord Krsna made His advent in this world) and Vyasa-puja.
By Madhudvisa dasa on Society
Inflation is simply taxation. Sly, sneaky taxation. Afraid of increasing direct taxation (and spoiling their humanitarian image with the voters), our leaders spend at a deficit and slip their unbacked currency into the economy.
By Dhanurdhara dasa on Gurukul
The boys rise at 4 A.M., and at 4:30 they go to the temple to take part in chanting and dancing. First they sing prayers to the spiritual master, and then they sing the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. the names of the Lord. At 5 we all go for a walk, chanting Hare Krsna softly on our beads.
By Jayadvaita dasa on Not this Body
Attacked incessantly for one hundred years the five-hooded serpent began to lose his strength and Puranjana became extremely anxious. One may struggle against time for one hundred years, but eventually one’s vitality weakens, and one’s bodily limbs become feeble.
By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on ~Featured~, Prabhupada Memories
“His American church”—yes, Srila Prabhupada had hope and determination. There was life in his lectures and kirtanas (chantings), his morning and evening gatherings in the loft. At least he was acquiring a small, regular following. But from India there was no hope.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on ~Featured~, Modes of Material Nature
We see in the street that the cars are moving at high speed but they’re within their ‘orbits,’ their white or yellow lines of demarcation—because there is some brain, some management. So, similarly, with all these planets.
By BTG Editors on PDF
The Lord is Krsna, the Supreme Lord, who manifested Himself as the charioteer of the warrior Arjuna in the era of the Mahabharata war.
By Kirtanananda Swami on Gurus
Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, was brutally and irrationally attacked, struck on the head, and critically injured. Although he has apparently fully recovered by Lord Krsna’s grace, for several weeks he lay in an intensive care unit of a Pittsburgh hospital, partially paralyzed, lapsing into coma.
By Kundali dasa on ~Featured~, Lord Caitanya
Instructions to Rupa Gosvami. On the bank of the Ganges at Prayaga, Lord Caitanya revealed the ocean of devotional service.
By Visakha devi dasi on ~Featured~, Holy Places
Time has all but stopped in Navadvipa – or so you’d think, seeing the ancient-looking riverboats and temples. Five hundred years ago in this transcendental land. Lord Caitanya appeared and began His great spiritual movement.
By BTG Editors on Death
Birth and death apply to one’s embodiment in the material world. Fear is due to worrying about the future.
By BTG Editors on ~Featured~, Temples
The grand opening of ISKCON’s Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha temple drew 100,000 visitors, including leaders of the Afrikaans, English, black, and Asian communities.