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,…

Srila Prabhupada writes in the purport to 8.28: “Study of the Vedas is not meant for the recreation of armchair speculators, but for the formation of character.” What is character? Good character can be seen as the mature quality of a person who endeavors to act based on the understanding of principles rather than reactively…

The prayers offered by Visvanatha Cakravarti to his Spiritual Master have a special significance. His Spiritual Master was one of the assistant gopis, so the prayer was offered like that. On the whole, the Spiritual Master is an agent of Krishna. But either He is assistant to the gopis or assistant to the cowherds boys,…

Excerpt from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s Interview with Professor Johans, head of the Department of Philosophy, St. Xaviers College – Published in the Harmonist Question (Johans): Please tell me in brief the doctrine of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Answer: There is an old Shloka which says “Bhagavan Krishna’s (Son of the Chieftain Nanda of Braja) own…

Here is a very transcendentally enlivening mp3 from Vinode Kumar Prabhu who chants for Sri Radha Ramana in Vrindavana. [download] ( 5MB ) Sri Radha Ramana diety in Vrindavana Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare You can read more about this beautiful Sri Radha Ramana…

Satsvarupa: They get nice attendance on Sunday. Many people come. Prabhupada: There is good hope. Satsvarupa: Oh, yes. Good book distribution here too. Prabhupada: That is the most successful. Wherever book distribution is going on nicely, that is successful, because people are in gross ignorance. They are taking this temporary life as everything. Very horrible…