Haribol. Over here you can read about Vidyapati Prabhu’s quest to barter his airfare for a trip to Sri Mayapur Dham. Sri Panca-tattva He was inspired by an individual in Canada who is doing something similar in hopes of securing a house. This guy started with one red paper clip and has already traded various…

by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada Question: When a devotee is born in a fam ily, does that family benefit from his or her birth? Srila Bhaktisiddhanta: When a great saint, a pure devotee, appears in a family, then his ancestors and descendants for a hundred generations each are elevated. When a devotee of the…

May 15, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (SUN) — An excerpt from the May issue of the Care For Cows newsletter. The following is based on a true story from Gauseva Chamatkar, an historical collection of cow miracles. The riot of 1857 was spread all over India – Delhi was the centre of it. Each and every street…

Scheverman: Well I would be very interested, as the man who lives across the street right over here, pastor of St. Mark’s parish, in talking with your local leadership and discussing whatever programs you are interested in working in this particular community. And I think perhaps… Prabhupāda: No community—everyone is welcome. Scheverman: Well, there are…

The popular saying is that a housewife teaches the daughter-in-law by teaching the daughter. Similarly, the Lord teaches the world by teaching the devotee. The devotee does not have to learn anything new from the Lord because the Lord teaches the sincere devotee always from within. Whenever, therefore, a show is made to teach the…

There is a older devotee named Madhava Gosh Prabhu who has a blog here. He has had some problems with his aging body and is now recovering in the hospital. If you’ve ever had to spend a bit of time in the hospital as a devotee then you’d know how austere it is being bereft…

sarva-maṅgala-dātā ca sarva-kāma-pradāyakaḥ ādi-kartā mahī-bhartā sarva-sāgara-sindhu-jaḥ He is the giver of all auspiciousness (sarva-maṅgala-dātā), the fulfiller of all desires (sarva-kāma-pradāyaka), the original creator (ādi-kartā), the maintainer of the earth (mahī-bhartā), and the father of all rivers and oceans (sarva-sāgara-sindhu-ja). – Sri Gopala-sahasra-nama – Text 8

tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham “To understand these things properly, one must humbly approach, with firewood in hand, a spiritual master who is learned in the Vedas and firmly devoted to the Absolute Truth.” – Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12

“The Brahmana has no concern with the secular affairs of society. One who has no taste for secular affairs should be freely allowed to follow the best of such natural inclination. But he must not be recognized as a Brahmana at the same time. He will be classed as Kshatriya or Vaishya or Shudra or…

Thanks Vidypati Prabhu for this quote: “All the devotees connected with the Krsna consciousness movement must read all the books that have been translated (the Caitanya-caritamrta, Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita and others); otherwise, after some time, they will simply eat, sleep and fall down from their position. Thus they will miss the opportunity to attain an…

jive daya name ruci vaisnava sevana iha chara dharma nahi suna sanatana (sometimes rendered iha bai…) “Hear, Sanatana! Kindness to all living beings, taste for the holy name, and service to Vaisnavas — apart from these there is no other religion.” Told by Lord Caitanya. Often quoted or alluded to by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, e.g.…

Vamanajana: My wife and I ran a little store across the street called the Surabhi Store. We would arrange for Srila Prabhupada’s afternoon refreshment of dab (fresh coconut). The last year that Prabhupada was here in Los Angeles, the GBC came to me and two others and asked if we would like to be Srila…