Build Your Nations on the Spiritual Platform
The sage does not make any distinction on the basis of color, intelligence or species. He sees every living entity as a small particle of spirit soul.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on ~Featured~, Bhagavatam / Gita Classes
The sage does not make any distinction on the basis of color, intelligence or species. He sees every living entity as a small particle of spirit soul.
By Brahmananda Svami on ~Featured~, Book Distribution
The Sankirtana Safari is on. Chanting and dancing to the hypnotic beats of Hare Krsna, a few American sadhus are daily seen on the main streets of Nairobi and other towns in Kenya, East Africa.
By BTG Editors on Back to Godhead
The most potent method for self-realization in this age is to hear the transcendental sound vibration of Krsna’s name and glories from the lips of a pure devotee.
By BTG Editors on Letters
It is so unfortunate that in most parts of India we know very little about Lord Caitanya. All I knew was that He was a very great devotee; I knew very little about His pastimes and sankirtana movement.
By Acyutananda Svami on Krishna
O Gopinatha, Lord of the gopis, please hear my prayer. I am a materialistic rascal, always full of lust. I have no good qualifications.
By Hayagriva dasa on ~Featured~, Back to Godhead
Srila Prabhupada dropped a bomb no one was expecting. At the morning lecture, someone asked him about the significance of initiation, and he answered, “Initiation means you accept a spiritual master and agree to worship him as God.” There was a stunned silence.
By BTG Editors on ISKCON
AFRICA Nairobi Kenya c/o ISKCON, P. O. Box 28946 (E. Africa) THE AMERICAS Atlanta Georgia 24 NE 13th St./ (404) 892-9386 Austin Texas 9714 Dallum/ (512) 837-0085 Bloomington Indiana 1130 W. 6th St., Bloomington 47401 Boston Massachusetts 40 N. Beacon St./ (617) 254-7910 Buffalo New York 132 Bidwell Pkwy./ (716) 882-0281 Chicago Illinois 1014 Emerson, […]
By BTG Editors on Back to Godhead
Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, attracts the minds of the gopis, the goddesses of the fortune in the spiritual world, by playing His transcendental flute.
By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on Society
There is a movement afoot to correct the worldwide abuse of the English language. Reformers claim that our abuse of words is crucially linked with the moral decline of our society.
By Drutakarma dasa on ~Featured~, Devotees
Suddenly, a huge crocodile attacked the mighty elephant’s leg. Gajendra was uncommonly strong, but though he tried and tried, he could not get free. His wives felt aggrieved and began to cry.
By Rev. Norman Moorhouse on ~Featured~, Religion
My first impression of the Hare Krsna temple was, “Here is something that is very beautiful and lovely.” As far as the worship was concerned, it was the happiness of it, the joy of it, that I noticed.
By Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami on ~Featured~, Prabhupada Memories
I am trying to open a temple here because Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura wanted it. I think that after the temple has started, some men, even from America, may be available.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Religion
In America and India and so many countries all over the world, they have a “secular state.” The government leaders say they don’t want to favor any particular religion, but actually they are favoring irreligion.
By BTG Editors on Temples
In London on Soho Street just off Oxford Street, English devotees of Lord Krsna have opened a new cultural center that includes a temple, a theater, and a vegetarian restaurant.
By Madhudvisa dasa on ~Featured~, How I came to Krishna
I couldn’t find any reason for living the way people do. Because their death is just inevitable. They’re all just going to die anyway. And it makes everything kind of useless. All these things people are so caught up in—but they could just die at any second.
By Ramesvara Swami on Bhagavatam / Gita Classes
The original consciousness of the self cannot be awakened as long as it is contaminated by material affection. The soul in his pure state does not want anything material.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on ~Featured~, Yoga
You may hold unity conferences—hundreds and thousands. But the leaders will never unite, because they have no common platform. You are trying that’s nice. But it will never be successful. You can write it down in your notebook.
By Madhudvisa dasa on PDF
Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Srimati Radharami, Krsna’s pleasure potency and eternal consort, enjoy transcendental pastimes in the spiritual world.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on ~Featured~, Philosophy
There are many philosophers. Some of them think the Absolute Truth is impersonal, and others say it is personal. In India the impersonalists are known as Mayavadis and the personalists are known as Vaisnavas. So, here Lord Krsna resolves the controversy about whether the Absolute Truth is impersonal or personal.
By BTG Editors on Chanting
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Chanting is easy, and it works. In fact, it is the most effective means of God realization in the world. Here’s why. God is unlimitedly powerful, and His name is Himself. When we chant God’s names, God is totally […]