A conversation between A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Mr. Paul Valliere, an Instructor of Religion at Columbia University in New York City.…
The Search for the Divine – A Conversation
Nectar for the Swan Like Men
The swan is a beautiful creature. The swan has a wonderful ability, from a mixture of milk and water, she can drink only the milk, without taking any water.…
Lord Krishna’s Friend Sudama
Sudama Brahmana is gloriously received by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, and His eternal consort Srimati Rukmini.…
Lord Caitanya’s Mission and Precepts, Part One
The Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared on earth 500 years ago in the form of Lord Caitanya who is God Himself playing the role of a devotee of Godhead.…
Problems of the Present Age
The Vedas deal with the nature and practice of spiritual life thus offering the promise of deliverance of the eternal spirit from material nescience.…
The Sankirtaneros of Mexico
Before I came to Krishna consciousness my life was completely impure. I was confused and indecisive about spiritual life and couldn't help myself. But after I read that book, I lost my taste for materialistic activities. And now I understand that I was being cheated by maya, illusion.…
Today’s Scientists: Making Life or Taking Life
How have they created anything? They take the sand and mix it with some chemicals and make glass. They have not created the sand or the chemicals, they have taken them from the earth. How have they created anything?…
“Just HEAR Me” — Srila Prabhupada
So the first thing is that one should be searching after a spiritual master, just as when you search after some school, you must have at least some preliminary knowledge of what a school is.…
Reality, Life, and Quantum Mechanics
The idea that life can be reduced to chemistry and physics has become very prominent in the life sciences. According to this idea, all living organisms, including human beings, are simply aggregates of molecules interacting in accordance with chemical and physical laws.…
The Search for the Divine – A Conversation
Lord Krishna’s Friend Sudama
Lord Caitanya’s Mission and Precepts, Part One
Problems of the Present Age
New York City Festival Diary — Notes from the Editor
The Chariots Roll Again
Why Krsna Comes To This World
The Rathayatra Festival’s Inspiration
Knowledge? — Letters
Jnana is "book knowledge" or "theory" because it entails the renunciation of all work, the suppression of the senses, and the rejection of the world as false. Vijnana is realized knowledge because it does not come about by mental speculation and the cessation of actions but rather by engagement in active devotional service.…
85.5 Million Prabhupada Books in Print (1979)
Last year the printing total surpassed the previous year's total by thirty percent, and BBT books appeared for the first time in Danish, Greek, and Kannada (a South Indian dialect).…