Hari Sauri : On January 17, 1976, Srila Prabhupada started from Calcutta to Mayapur. Two hours later and seven kilometers before the town of Ranaghata our party stopped to take breakfast in a large grove of … Read More
OM: “Pranava [om], o l’omkara nei Veda, è l’inno primordiale. Questo suono trascendentale è identico alla forma del Signore. Tutti gli inni vedici sono basati su questo pranava omkara. Tat: Tat deriva da tad, la forma … Read More
Srila Prabhupada distributed his mercy without distinction. That was the kindness of the pure devotee. On a flight from India to the west, we had a two-hour stop over at the Bangkok airport and had to … Read More
Oh, my goddesses of fortune have come, and they have brought my rice. Thank you. Thank you very much.” Yamuna: The Punjab Mail was an old train by this time, and the First Class compartments were … Read More
CHAPTER EIGHT Offenses to Be Avoided In the supplementary Vedic literature, there is the following list of thirty-two offenses in the matter of serving the Lord: (1) One should not enter the temple of the Deity … Read More
Prabhupada, “I loved Gandhi. He really wanted the best things for India.” March – April 1974: JUHU, BOMBAY, INDIA – Roof darshan, Walk, Guru Puja, Evening Aratik, Prasadam distribution Bhagavat: One evening I was alone on … Read More
Ramanuja remained on Earth for three more days. To appease their afflicted hearts. Ramanuja spoke his last instructions to those who were most near and dear to him: “Always remain in the company of and serve … Read More
Harikeśa: I’m curious about the destination of a neophyte devotee. If a neophyte devotee is with determination endeavoring for purification but he were to meet with death as he is still influenced by the lower modes, … Read More
“Within the past five hundred years, many erudite scholars and acaryas like Jiva Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, Visvanatha Cakravarti, Vallabhacarya, and many other distinguished scholars even after the time of Lord Caitanya made elaborate commentaries on the … Read More
Srila Prabhupada…”In India, especially, this is the situation. The government is thinking that Indian people, being too much religiously inclined, they have fallen down economically; therefore these religious sentiments should be stopped completely. It is not … Read More
[Lord Krishna thought:] “All the universe is filled with the conception of My majesty, but love weakened by that sense of majesty does not satisfy Me. “If one regards Me as the Supreme Lord and himself … Read More
During the time (The Lion Guru ) Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Jagad Guru Prabhupada was considering sending a few of his disciples to foreign countries to spread the message of Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, he … Read More
“As ISKCON developed, however, Srila Prabhupada’s disciples became aware that social roles for women in India differed significantly from those in America. The place of Vaishnavis, formerly seen as sisters and equal members of a spiritual … Read More
