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Answer to a question: Stepping over somebody else is considered low class and even offensive. Just like you don’t step over Deities, prasadam, japa, holy books, and more, you don’t step over bodies, where the jivatma … Read More
Dear Kirti Prabhu, Accept my respectuful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. There is a rather heated debate on this subject on various social networks of which you are certainly aware. I follow it a … Read More
Caitanya Mahaprabhu after taking His lunch would rest for a while and Govinda was daily massaging His feet. So one day Caitanya Mahaprabhu fell asleep very soon and keeping His head on the threshold. While He … Read More
The 10th of February 2019, next Sunday, the initiation ceremony of Bhaktin Sati will be celebrated by Srila Manonatha Maharaja. It will start at 10 AM. The site will be the central temple of Iskcon Puerto … Read More
dantā gajānāṁ kuliśāgra-niṣṭhurāḥ śīrṇā yad ete na balaṁ mamaitat mahā-vipat-tāpa-vināśano ’yaṁ janārdanānusmaraṇānubhāvaḥ From the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.17.44) [After Hiranyakashipu unsuccessfully tried to kill Prahlad by mowing him down with sharp-tusked elephants, Prahlad said to him:] “The … Read More
A nice example of the all-cognizant quality of the Lord is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, Fifteenth Chapter, verse 11, in connection with Durvasa Muni’s visit to the house of the Pandavas in the forest. Following … Read More
Saksi Gopala King Vajra was the son of Aniruddha. So he was the great grandson of Lord Krishna. Vajra had 16 Deities of Krishna and other gods carved from a rare, imperishable stone called Braja and … Read More
My literary projects, an answer to questions. I was little more than a child, and while most of my peers barely knew how to write a few sentences I already used to write fluently. It … Read More
The is a video by Jananivasa Prabhu saying that Srila Prabhupada authorized Lord Caitanya wearing peacock feathers. In case Srila Prabhupada actually said so, then the controversy, as far as I am concerned, ends here. However … Read More
Those who know the associates of Sri Gauranga to be eternally liberated souls will attain their place by the side of the son of the king of Vraja. Sri Syamananda Prabhu, Srinivasa Acarya and Sri Narottama … Read More
Question Hare Krsna! Maharaj. Accept my humble and respectful obediences, all glories to Srila Prabhupad! 🙏 Let me ask you another question! Let’s talk about relationships between devotees! 1-Why then are there different sampradayas or different … Read More
…What the word Gayatri means? ………. Briefly, Gayatri is the feminine of Gayatra. Gaya comes from Gi, song. Tri comes from trai, which means to rescue. Gayatri therefore is the transcendental song for liberation from the … Read More
Why 16 rounds of japamala and not another number? QUESTION Manonatha Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances. What is the significance of the number 16? Why are we instructed to chant 16 rounds of Japamala … Read More
Dear devotees and friends, Here is the inventory of Isvara Archive at the 1st of January 2019. Books 36,685 Articles 22,272 History 26,234 IMG 14,150 Audio 3,710 Video 3,232 For … Read More
Questions Hare Krishna Prabhu. Please accept my most humble and sincere obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. A question about the recital of the Maha Mantra. I chant it when I have time and often not … Read More
Here Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura discusses the various “citra-jalpa”, or mad talks, from the spiritual point of view. To know these from the material point of view it’s enough to remove Krishna from the equation. Citra-jalpa, … Read More
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One should neither praise nor criticize the conditioned nature and activities of other persons. Rather, one should see this world as simply the combination of material nature and the enjoying … Read More
