Stick around for Srila Gour Govinda Swami’s purport which starts 4 minutes into Part 1. Although the experience may not be comfortable for us given our cultural conditionings, see how long you can put yourself into the shoes of the person being chastised. Do you feel like arguing back? Standing up and walking out of…

At present there are about five thousand temples in Vrndavana, and still our society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is constructing a huge, magnificent temple for the worship of Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama, along with Radha-Krsna and Guru-Gauranga. Since there is no prominent Krsna-Balarama temple in Vrndavana, we are attempting to construct one…

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” – Peter Drucker

You gottta hear this. I wish I knew who recorded it. If you know then tell me please.  Download it here. (Thanks Jaya Tirtha Carana Prabhu)

Your body may be ugly as sin, but if you smile you look attractive. Your body may be a perfect 10, but if you don’t smile you look unattractive. Perhaps this isn’t so profound of a realization, but it’s something I’ve been thinking of lately.

 You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if …  you are still living off the grains you stored for y2k.   🙂  Heaps more of these here.

This just came into the inbox. If everyone chips in a little then we can help them pay for medical costs. If you want to use a credit card, or avoid costly international fees, you can make a donation into my PayPal account and, as Gopala is my witness, every penny will go to Braja…

STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING (except reading this of course)!!!!! Spend a few minutes watching this video. You’ll be glad you did.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it…

…on the tip of His nose Lord Gopala wears a rare pearl taken from an elephant’s brow: nasagre gaja-mautikam. From Brhad-Bhagavatamrta 2.7.29 ppt., by Sanatana Goswami Prabhupada; presented by Gopiparanadhana Prabhu

For Australian families: Wait until Friday and do your grocery shopping at Cole’s. Coles has contributed food and other assistance to authorities co-ordinating relief efforts in affected areas and will donate this Friday’s profits from its 750 stores nationally to the Victoria bushfires appeal. from news.com.au

Someone challenged. “I say we have evolved from monkeys.” to which Srila Prabhupada countered.” Where is the the question of evolution? I say you are still monkeys.” (Monkey mentality)