Prahlad Maharaj was a boy who, at 5 years of age, preached to his school-fellows of their urgent need for taking to Krishna Consciousness without delay. Prahlad was the son of a very powerful atheist king, Hiranya Kashipu.…
Prahlad Maharaj
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!…
A Study in Mysticism
What is ego? I am pure soul, but with my intelligence and mind I am in contact with matter, and I have identified myself with matter—and this is false ego. I am pure soul, but I am identifying falsely.…
Beyond the Universe
There is not only an infinite number of habitable planets within the universe but there is also an infinite number of universes. And these universes are floating on and are produced of the Brahman effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Govinda, Lord Sri Krishna.…
The Hare Krishna Explosion
I'll never forget the first night I went to see Prabhupad. Four of my friends were sufficiently interested to attend his "class." When we began chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra for the first time that July night, I was reminded of the services of the monks up in Hardwar.…
Goverdhan Hill
It was the Lord's grace to perform the superhuman feat of lifting Goverdhan on His little finger, to act as an umbrella for His friends and kinsmen. He thereby showed that simply to follow the Lord's advice is better than following all the scriptural injunctions.…
Om, Kundalini, Reincarnation, the Astral World, and More
Om is a manifestation of the Supreme Lord in the form of sound vibration. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. So, Hare Krsna and om have practically the same value, but chanting Hare Krsna is easier.…
Bhakti Flows West
Indian spiritual culture has been spread throughout the world. What the Muslims could do only by the tremendous sword, and the Christians could do only with great financial resources and state power, has been done by one solitary man, without any ill effects.…
Paradise: An Endless Love
What do we do in paradise? What makes it such a desirable place to be? The dominant image of the kingdom of God I retained from childhood is of a sort of perpetual suburban Saturday spent on the back patio in an interminable family reunion with pious resurrected relatives.…
Chanting Hare Krsna—Only in Georgetown?
Pure Love Through Transcendental Sound
CHANT! Hare Krishna!
CHANT Hare Krishna!
Here Comes Jagannatha
The Lord of the Universe Comes to Washington D.C.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami & Allen Ginsberg
Sweet Waters Festival New Zealand 1982
Letters
I am a bit sad to hear how Srila Prabhupada and many of his disciples say that modern scientists are atheistic fools. I myself am a scientist and have studied seismology, plate tectonics, volcanism, etc., but I don't think that this has made me atheistic.…
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).…