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Deities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (center figure), and His associates grace the altar of the new Krsna temple in Laguna Beach, California.
Krsna Consciousness, A Gift for World Unity
As far as the Krsna conscious movement is concerned, there is really no such thing as East and West. For instance, the sun rises from the eastern horizon and sets on the western horizon, but the sun is the same. You cannot say “the eastern sun and “the western sun.”
“Global 2000″—Kali-yuga Report to the President
The President was informed that the earth and life on it are slowly dying. And that’s putting it euphemistically. The outlook is bleak. The report, entitled “Global 2000,” paints a landscape of a wasteland that makes T. S. Eliot’s portrait paradisal.
Dharma—Nature, Duty, and Divine Service
Srila Prabhupada often translates dharma simply as “religion.” But he indicates that he uses this particular translation for convenience and for want of a better single English term, and he expresses dissatisfaction with a translation that could be misleading.
Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out On Purity and Freedom
In our temples there are regular Krsna conscious programs so that one may be purified internally and externally. If you constantly remember the lotus-eyed Supreme Lord, you automatically become purified.
Laguna Beach Hare Krishna Temple Opens
Some three hundred devotees from the American West Coast recently celebrated the opening of the new Hare Krsna temple in this southern California oceanside town.
The Krsna Conscious Vision of Spiritual Equality
Attempts to establish equality among all people are naive and superficial unless supported by spiritual understanding. Materially, we are not equal. Some people are geniuses; others are fools.
The Wedding: The Biography of a Pure Devotee
Shortly after founding the first Krsna conscious temple in the West, Srila Prabhupada organized the first Vedic marriage ceremony, replete with fire sacrifice, garlands, exotic foods, and an intimation of the worldwide mission soon to follow.
The Sanskrit Yoga Dictionary
The Sanskrit language is rich in words to communicate ideas about spiritual life, yoga, and God realization. This dictionary will focus upon the most important of these (and, occasionally, upon relevant English terms) and explain what they mean.
How a Krsna Conscious Woman Achieved Liberation
Recently I was reading one of the many new books by women who feel they should make their miserable plight known to the world. The book read like a horror story. It told how nuptial love becomes a nightmare of neglect and abuse.
Chanting Hare Krsna is for Saints and Sinners — Notes from the Editor
The Vedic literature explains the power of chanting God’s name in the story of Ajamila, a great sinner who at the time of his death called out the name of God and was immediately purified of all sinful contamination.
The Sunday Feast
After the chanting (it usually goes for twenty minutes or so) there’s a talk on Bhagavad-gita. This is the basic book of spiritual knowledge the Hare Krsna devotees get their philosophy from.