Ajamila came upon a lusty low-class man kissing a prostitute. They were drunk, and smiling. The prostitute's dress was loose. When Ajamila saw her, the lusty desires in his heart awakened.…
The Deliverance of Ajamila
Cow Protection – Practical Necessity for a Peaceful Society
We milk the cows at two o'clock, and as soon as we're done milking, we go into the temple and attend the morning functions. We're busy all the time this way, and we don't fall down to a mundane level.…
Reincarnation—The Soul’s Journey on the Wheel of Birth and Death
The wheel of reincarnation carries the soul on its journey through 8,400,000 species of life. At the top of the wheel is human life, which, if spent wisely, can liberate the soul from the bondage of birth and death.…
Crime: Why and What to Do
Criminals struck every three seconds in the United States as crime rose a dramatic eighteen percent in 1974. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada discusses the problem with Chicago Police Department media relations expert Lt. David Mozee.…
Life Comes from Life
The whole world of science and technology is running on the false idea that life is born from matter. We cannot allow this nonsensical theory to go unchallenged. Life does not come from matter. Matter is generated from life.…
The Special Kindness of Lord Caitanya
The Buddhists began to chant the holy names of Krishna, Rama and Hari in unison. Soon the Buddhist scholar regained consciousness and also began to chant the holy name of Lord Hari, much to the astonishment of the onlookers.…
Africa’s Bright Future: Independence through Krishna Consciousness
The African mission is the same as everywhere in the world: to go out and present Krishna consciousness and to convince people that Krishna conscious is the solution to their problems.…
How the Hare Krishna Movement Came to Africa
The story of how the Hare Krishna movement came to Africa starts in 1971 in the United States when I received a letter from my spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, instructing me to go immediately to West Pakistan for preaching work.…
Sankirtana
This Age of Kali is an ocean of faults. But in this age there is one great advantage—simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, one can be freed of all material contamination.…
Cow Protection – Practical Necessity for a Peaceful Society
Reincarnation—The Soul’s Journey on the Wheel of Birth and Death
Life Comes from Life
Africa’s Bright Future: Independence through Krishna Consciousness
Chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra
Sankirtana
In Berkeley, California, and around the world ….
Street Sankirtana
Letters: On Materialism and Detachment
Your society recently acquired a twelve-story temple building near Columbus Circle in New York City. Isn't using a facility like this somewhat hypocritical for an organization that professes detachment from material things?…
A Taste of the Full Nectar
By Krishna's mercy, He sends His devotees from door to door, from person to person, to distribute knowledge of Him. Such devotees have no other thought than how to deliver the fallen souls back to Godhead.…