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In the late afternoon in New Jersey, Srila Prabhupada would often sit downstairs in the garden beside our bungalow. New Jersey is known as the garden state, and the town of Long Branch was certainly testimony to that. There were gardens everywhere, roses were blooming and their fragrance filled the air. On one particular afternoon,…

by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saravati Thakura Sri Krsna manifest His eternal birth the pure cognitive essence of the serving soul who is located above all mundane limitations, King Kamsa is the typical aggressive empiricist, ever on the lookout for the appearance of the truth for the purpose of suppressing Him before He has time to develop.…

bolding and emphasis added … “So if this confidential knowledge, one who preaches without any compromise, he is the confidential servant of Krsna. There is no compromise. This is real religion. The Krsna says, na ca tasmad manusyesu kascid me priya-krttamah. So this is the person who has received the authority to draw mercy water…

Oct 09, GUJURAT (PANAJI) — Internationally renowned marine archaeologist Dr S R Rao today called for preservation of underwater cultural heritage, particularly the Dwarka city, believed to have been built by Lord Krishna in Gujarat. Speaking at the 7th national conference on marine archaeology of Indian ocean countries at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO),…

I wonder what correlation exists between institutional religion and sexually predatory behaviour? Is it just that finding filth within organized religious structures makes for a sensational story or is there actually a tendency for those with socially unacceptable carnal tendencies to take shelter within institutions? If so, then what factors contribute to this? From the…

I found this on Jaya Tirtha Caran Prabhu’s newsletter: Thanks Prabhu.

Here’s the original article. (copied below in case its deleted in the future from the originating site) ——- You need not be paranoid to fear RFID By Hiawatha Bray | October 10, 2005 It’s one of the cutest of those cute IBM Corp. TV commercials, the ones that feature the ever-present help desk. This time,…

From Sitapati Prabhu’s blog post: He responded by saying: “I’ll tell you what the one thing that won’t make you a leader, but will disqualify you from being one, is: Integrity.” addendum: The above quote was actually a typographical error as mentioned in the comment below. my reply: – and I certainly hope you didn’t…

Krsna consciousness is the development of love of Krsna — a position transcendental even to material liberation. At this stage of Krsna consciousness, beyond self-realization, the devotee becomes one with Krsna in the sense that Krsna becomes everything for the devotee and the devotee becomes full in loving Krsna. Purport Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 6.30

A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura. Presented on the commemoration of his appearance, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, at the Radha-Damodara temple, Vrindavana, India, in 1961.) First Vasistya 1. On this day, O my master, I made a cry of grief; I…

Satisfaction of Vishnu is the ultimate goal of life. If we also accept this to be the inherent natural proclivity of every living entity we could, with broader vision, acknowledge that there could be many ways to achieve this aim depending on time, place and circumstance. In the first six chapters of Bhagavad-Gita there are…

Braja Bihari das It was 1984 and after distributing books at the State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida. We had parked in a Days Inn parking lot for the night. Our van of five brahmacharis was fast asleep when we heard over a megaphone, “Alright in there! Come out slowly with your hands raised!” I looked…

by Badrinarayana das We hear many stories of devotees receiving special treatment from people who used to attend the Krishna Lunch program-bank managers, police officers and many more have gone out of their way to show their appreciation. This ongoing column will highlight the best stories about the power of prasadam. In our first installment,…