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"Cooking means if you have no appetite, it will create appetite. That is cooking, not that simply some ghee and masala and cook it. No. It is a great art." – Srila Prabhupada, Room Conversation, 02-19-77, Mayapur

"If only the intelligent class of men understand our Krishna philosophy, then our mission is successful. So try to attract these students with profuse prasadam and nice philosophy and they will appreciate more and more. Slow but sure, that is our motto — and class, not mass. So never mind some other Christian movements are…

God realization depends on God, because you cannot oblige God by some force. Just like if you have got money, oh, you can do anything nowadays. If you have got strength of wealth, you can have any power, you can do anything. But that does not mean that you can purchase God. No. That is…

"Hitler also believed in "Do not murder." But it was his law that had been legislated, and it was therefore he who determined to whom it applied and to whom it did not. Indeed, Hitchens overlooks that the world's foremost genocides have all been committed by secular, atheistic regimes that maintained the right to determine…

"If a devotee accepts Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the universal guru and Lord Jagannatha as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna, he is benefited by the combined mercy of Krsna and guru." – Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya-lila 13.18 purport

The competition was fierce and there were a lot of close candidates. After much deliberation our panel of judges have finally chosen the 2006 “Not My Job” Award for distinguished laziness. And the winner is: Now that's lazy!  

"If you sit down and write some article on Krsna, that means you have to concentrate on Krsna's activities or Krsna's devotees' activities, and that very process will purify your heart. Therefore we always recommend to our students that you write articles, read our magazine, read our book."  – Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.2.12-14 — Allahabad, January 17,…

Sky is the reflection of Krsna's bodily effulgence; therefore it is blue. – Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lecture, Madhya-lila 6.254 — Los Angeles, January 8, 1968   So jyotisam api jyotis tamasah param. So this jyoti, this illumination, is beyond this material world. And because there is illumination, that illumination is reflected in the material world. You…

I have a friend called Sita-pati Prabhu. He is a devotee who lives in Brisbane, Australia, about an hour and a half from me. Here is a link to his blog. He is engaging in some dialogue with me on the subject of leadership. In his last post on the subject he wrote: " I…

Here's something that might be of interest to devotees with CTD issues. (CTD – compulsive travel disorder). (full article here) "The Viva Macau promise is all-inclusive $305 fares from Sydney to the Chinese-Portuguese province of Macau, an introductory offer from August to October. Add to that fare a 30-minute ferry ride to Hong Kong and…

Article sourced from here. Who could have predicted this consequence from our prasadam efforts? Tasty food tempts prisoners to stay in Indian jailThursday Jun 21 15:16 AEST Inmates at a prison in southern India are eating so well that many are reluctant to leave while other convicted criminals are trying to move in, a newspaper…

How to make kichari according to ekendra das (reposted for reference): read these directions all the way through before atempting. you can use the 'printer friendly version' link at the bottom. 1.) get a big pot and fill it half way with water. put it on the stove and turn up the heat high 2.)…

Ācārya is commonly understood as ‘one who teaches by example’. His basic duty is to spread a bona fide religious system and induce people to bow down to the Supreme Lord. They personally follow the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus model real religious principles (see Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.48 purport). By Krishna’s…

This article was sourced from His Holiness Sivarama Swami's website. The phenomenon of something changing from material to spiritual is an extraordinary one, but it is something we as devotees are involved in daily—often several times a day. It happens when prasadam (unoffered food) becoming prasadam, or food sanctified by the Lord. When I was…