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—By Satsvarupa das Goswami (ISKCON—Boston) If you have read or heard even a small sampling of the vast Vedic literature, you have come upon the name of Narada. He is a great bhakta (devotee) of the … Read More

    By Srila Bhaktisiddhanata Sarasvati Thakura In the early 1930s, the intrepid preacher of Krishna consciousness receives grand receptions from the devoted people of South India. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was the spiritual master of … Read More

          Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   In Padma Purana, Lord Shiva says to Durga:   ghore kali-yuga prapte sarva-dharma-vivarjitah vasudeva para martyas te kritartha na shamshayah   “In the dangerous … Read More

14 Manus for this day of Brahma   1)  Svayambhuva Manu – son of Lord Brahma 2)  Svarocisa Manu   – son of Agni 3)  Uttama Manu      – son of Priyavrata 4)  Tamasa Manu      – brother of … Read More

  By Syamananda Dasa December 22 is National Mathematics Day, which is the birth anniversary of Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujam. That Ramanujam had a humble yet extraordinary beginning in his career is evident from his … Read More

Aksamala – Arundhati

  Folder   Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please I wanted to ask you how it can be interpreted and in what place was the pastime of … Read More

  Folder   Chapter 24 without sanskrit Library » Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) » Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation This chapter describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s incarnation … Read More

  Folder     Chapter 24 with sanskrit Chapter Twenty-four Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation This chapter describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s incarnation as a fish, and it also describes the saving of Mahārāja Satyavrata … Read More

  A small child walking with his father goes on enquiring constantly. He asks his father so many odd things and the father has to satisfy him with proper answers. When I was a young father … Read More

    BY: VRINDAVANA CHANDRA DASA   Sep 14, 2012 — INDIA (SUN) — This article is based on two lectures given by H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Maharaj: “Hate Mayavada to Love Krishna“, and “Traditional and Modern … Read More

Sravanananda: During one Ratha-yatra in New York where both Prabhupada and Jayananda attended, I hired a professional film crew to document the entire event. It was a random thing I did just so I could take … Read More

“Swamiji, what color are Krishna’s eyes?” Govinda Dasi: When we first met Srila Prabhupada and we told him we were artists, he immediately decided to engage us in making some paintings. The first painting that he … Read More

A prayer by #Bilvamangala Ṭhakura:   bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā bhagavan yadi syād daivena naḥ phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjali sevate ’smān dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣāḥ   “O my Lord, if one engages in Your pure devotional service with … Read More