ANSWER TO QUESTION: The Maha-bharata was completed in three years. This is the time that Srila Vyasadeva needed to dictate it and to Sri Ganesa to write it down. – Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Adivansavatarana Parva, section 62 Isvara Archive
Where are the original manuscripts of Vyasadeva? Dear Antonio and Marcelo, Hare Krishna. I have a particular liking for the questions no one has ever done to me and after so many years of studying and preaching Krishna consciousness it is not easy for these to come. This is definitely one … Read More
Sri Caitanya Caritamrta – Madhya 16.78 gadadhara-pandite tenho punah mantra dila odana-shashthira dine yatra ye dekhila TRANSLATION Pundarika Vidyanidhi initiated Gadadhara Pandita for the second time, and on the day of Odana-shashthi he saw the festival. PURPORT At the beginning of winter, there is a ceremony known as the Odana-shashthi. This ceremony … Read More
Yamunā: [tests microphone chanting japa] [break] Up is on, down is off. Prabhupāda: Up, on. Yamunā: Up is on, down is off. Prabhupāda: So I should make it on? [break] Devotee: Since everyone is here now, we can start now? Prabhupāda: Yes. Devotee: All right. [sounds of setting up for kīrtana] [aside:] We should have the words to the chant. We … Read More
Montreal, Aug. 30, 1968 [Poor audio] Prabhupāda: …am aprameyam anaghaṁ nirvāṇa-śānti-pradaṁ brahma-śambhu-phanīndras tebhyo ‘niśaṁ vedānta-vedyaṁ vibhuṁ sura-guruṁ māyā-mānuṣya-hariṁ vande ‘haṁ karunākaraṁ raghu-varaṁ bhū-pāla-cudāmaṇim This is a verse composed by a great devotee, Tulasī dāsa. He was a devotee of Lord Rāmacandra. So Lord Rāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference. When … Read More
“One who helps others reside in Vrindavan Dham by supplying them food, clothes, and residence develop wonderful attachment for Krishna and accumulates a million times more piety than one who resides there, because who reside there delivers only himself whereas one who helps others reside there delivers himself as well as those … Read More
December 10, 1976 : Hyderabad Hari-sauri Dasa : In the early morning of December 10th, Srila Prabhupada called in Mahamsa Swami, along with Hamsaduta Swami and Harikesa Maharaja, who had arrived the night before from Germany. The evening before, the devotees had arranged a pandal program and prasadam distribution, but the program … Read More
At at a couple’s retreat in South Africa in 2009 my wife and I gave couples different tools to help their marriages, and also different ways of thinking about themselves and their problems. One of my topics was family or couple’s prayer. The subject of prayers groups I feel “passionately” about—i.e, strongly, … Read More
Dr Ravi Gupta (Radhika Ramana) speaks, next to representatives from the Buddhist, Vaishnava, Latter Day Saints and Episcopal Church communities About 150 students, professors and other interested persons attended a one-day open conference at Utah State University on October 18th entitled “God and Smog – The Challenge of Preserving our Planet.” Subtitled “Scholars … Read More
By Niranjana Swami So, this afternoon I just opened up and started to read from this book Amrta-vani, teachings from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja. I read a lot from this book, I like different references that are given here. They are very philosophical and I see how Prabhupada was speaking so … Read More