Chanting
When we go chanting Hare Krishna outdoors, under the blue sky, with drums and cymbals through the streets, who can measure the essence of that?
Some Questions to Lord Krishna
Swamiji says You always wear A peacock feather In Thy Hair And that Thy Feet And colored red And leave a lotus Where’er You tread
Chanting
When we were chanting Hare Krishna My pleasure was so great I was afraid lest I be swept to heaven and given a chariot ride down the length of the rainbow.
The Advent of Lord Krsna
Arriving at the ocean shoreline, They offered the Purusa-sukta prayer. No response from Ksirodakasayi-Visnu Caused Brahma to sit in meditation there.
Chant (Part 2 – 4 Poem about Lord Jagannatha)
This second part is addressed to Jagannatha Svami (literally, “Lord of the Universe”), the Supreme Lord Krsna as He specifically appears in the Deity manifestation carved hundreds of years ago by Visvakarma, the sculptor incarnation.
Munificent Lord Caitanya
The most sublime opportunity You’ve given to us, the fallen souls To quit this material connection And accept our eternal roles.
Knowledge of the Absolute
In the Seventh through the Twelfth chapters Krsna gives an elaborate description of the Supreme Personality Himself, His nature and manifestations.
Attaining the Supreme
The Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita begins with a series of seven questions. Arjuna asks, “What is Brahman?” “What is fruitive activity?” “What is the material manifestation?” “What are the demigods?”
The Unconditioned State
Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is not conditioned. When He speaks, it is from the Absolute level. He is within the heart of the hearer. In that position, His words cannot be false.
Sankhya-yoga
In the Sixth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna is explaining how to practice yoga by meditation. Although the Lord is recommending the eightfold yoga system here, we will also see that in the end it is rejected in favor of karma-yoga.
Poem by Kirtanananda
Govinda, Krishna—awaken me, I plead. Cut off these ears, Pluck out these eyes, That I might hear and see indeed. Take all I have, my brief life, And then I shall live in Thee.
Krishna: the Divine Lover
Krishna is our Lover. We are His creation, and He is the Lover of the creation. Like the clever Lover that He is, He hides Himself from us at times so we may long for Him and call to Him.
Karma-yoga-Action in Krsna Consciousness, Part 5
As the Fifth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita opens, Arjuna is asking Krsna practically the same question he asked at the beginning of the Third Chapter, namely whether there is a difference between renounced action and inaction or between knowledge and devotional service.
Poem by Kirtanananda
Thy Name, Dear Krishna, is music. They Name is holy food. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
Poem by Kirtanananda
O Savior of the Lotus Eye, I am unworthy of Thy Form Divine, Whisper but Thy Name sublime, Govinda, Govinda, Govinda.
Tho’ I wait days, months, years
O Prabhupada, When will flowers of my devotion bloom And be worthy to place As an offering before thee?
O Glorify the One Who to Krsna is so Dear
When will I have eyes to see you And to concentrate my attention on you? Your Divine Grace, our very lives Are dependent on your mercy.
Transcendental Knowledge, Part 4
In the Fourth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita Krsna explains two main topics to his disciple Arjuna: the first has to do with the nature and activities of the Lord, and the second has to do with the activities of the living entity.
CHANT (Part 1) — The Activities of Srila Prabhupada 1965-1969
Part One traces the activities of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, from his landing in New York in 1965 to the end of 1969, four short years packed with transcendental events so numerous that only the most memorable are recorded.
Two Poems by Bhaktivinode Thakur
He reasons ill who says that Vaishnavas die When thou art living still in Sound! The Vaishnavas die to live and living try To spread the holy life around!