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        August 18th marks the observance day, according to the Vaisnava calendar, of the start of Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental journey aboard the Jaladuta.   51 years ago, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami … Read More

“The modern democracy state, they’re simply concerned with the tax. That’s all. But in the sastra it is said that if you keep the citizens blind in the matter of morality and immorality and levy tax … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)         Part Fourteen.   Chapter Two   Text 40 krsnasyanupamanga-srir anga-srir iva madhuri madhuriva gunaly asya gunaliva su-silata   krsnasya-of Lord Krsna; anupama-incomparable; anga-of the body; … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)       Part Thirteen.   Chapter Two   Text 31 pranapaharam harir apriyam dvisam makhapaharam ca balac chaci-pateh sthanapaharam phaninas cakara yat tenaiva tesam vihitam su-mangalam   prana-life; … Read More

Lord Balarama Sun Temple at Konark, Orissa                                                           … Read More

      Srila Prabhupada: What do you understand, fully Krishna conscious?   Visala: It’s to see Krishna face to face?   Prabhupada: That means Krishna conscious? Everyone is seeing Krishna face to face. When you … Read More

            “That Maha-Visnu who lies on the Causal Ocean is actually an expansion of Balarama, who is Krsna’s first expansion, and, in the Vrndavana pastimes, is the brother of Krsna. In … Read More

      Aug 13, 2016 — SRIDHAM MAYAPUR (SUN) — Excerpt from “Sri Upadesamrta” by Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada.   (1) Obtaining the shelter of the lotus feet of a genuine guru is, … Read More

      Dear Madhavanada Prabhu, Pranam, Jay Srila Prabhupada! I have read your article about accreditation of “Bhaktivedanta Hosptal”.   Just by giving the title “Bhaktivedanta” to your private hospital it does not mean that … Read More

      I humbly request participants in this never ending debate and everyone else interested in its outcome to invest a few dollars and a significant amount of time into reading this book : Mystic … Read More

          Srila Prabhupada: Yes, the nine devotional process and how, by each process, one becomes perfect, just like Pariksit Maharaja, simply hearing, and Sukadeva Gosvami, simply chanting, reciting Bhagavatam. So both of … Read More

      Srila Prabhupada: “I always want that my students should be very ideal in character and not discredit our Society. We must all become ideal in character and then people will become very impressed … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)       Part Eleven.   Chapter Two   Text 11 vamsi-svanair gopa-vadhu-ganahrtir gopi-hrte rasa-maha-mahotsavah rasotsavad vanchita-purtir isitus tat-purtito ‘bhut sukha-sambhrtam jagat   The gopis were enchanted by the … Read More