A historic culinary moment!
Kurma das: Dipak had volunteered for the service of cooking lunch for Prabhupada during his visit to Melbourne. Yet Dipak, usually a proficient cook, was today not his usual confident self. He was … Read More
Lecture, Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] Chant. [prema-dhavani] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] [25:43] [sings] Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **. cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa- lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs. 5.29] [I worship Govinda, the … Read More
Who’s the Mother of Magic Realism?
By Mukunda Goswami In the Ramayana, the vanara Hanuman takes flight like a bird, and enters supra-mundane realms. Sometimes it’s fun to take a retrospective—a look back at what was happening in … Read More
Gita Yoga in Bali, Indonesia – Gita Jayanti National
By Nila Kamala das On Sunday 16th December, devotees in Bali, Indonesia celebrated one of the biggest events of the year. Gita Yoga was the event and preparation for this event had taken … Read More
When nothing is worth fighting for, anything can provoke a fight
By Chaitanya Charan Das If we see two people fighting over something trivial, we would naturally wonder: Why are they making such a big issue of this? People fight not just because … Read More
Sri Nathji and Nathdwara Yatra
Sri Nathji at Nathdwara is a very important Temple less than an hour distance from Udaipur in Rajasthan. Vajranabha, Lord Krishna’s great-grandson installed this deity 5000 years ago. The same Deity … Read More
How to Achieve the Ultimate Goal of Chanting
Excerpt from the lecture by HH Nirañjana Swami Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 8.16 Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma, March 4, 2014 The following is a partially-edited transcription of an excerpt of a lecture given on March … Read More
What Is Mind? A Bhagavatam Conception of Mind By Bhanu Swami
2. Story of Puranjana King Puranjana had unlimited desires for sense enjoyment. Consequently he traveled all over the world to find a place where all his desires could be fulfilled. Unfortunately he … Read More
Gita Jayanti by Ramai Swami
Gita Jayanti is the anniversary of Lord Krsna speaking Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna. It is celebrated all over the world, especially in ISKCON temples. The first ISKCON Kurukshetra temple was built in the … Read More
Gita Jayanti
“Anyway, print books, distribute profusely, and that will be the best preaching work. What will your three minutes’ preaching do?—but if they buy one book, it may turn their life. So make … Read More