It's a famous city in India. People are believed to be generally rich and pious here. Students are receptive to Krishna Consciousness but you see the result is poor. Its all because I am more popular both in the ISKCON community and outside. Do you know this city? We will visit 2-3 cities...

There was one thief, one robber. He was robbing businessmen and murdering people, and then one day he heard that the king of the country of the country had invited all the sannyasis, sadhus and ascetics for a big meeting. The thief was thinking, "Maybe the king will be giving help to them, so I will see if I can rob...

ISKCON has a scientific wing where scientists who have realised the greatvalue of the vedic truths, use the same medium of science to prove these truths to the scientific world. One such person is Michael Cremo alias Drutakarma dasa. After the great success of his book “Forbidden Archeology” where he lists several evidence that were withheld from...

Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I'd almost always sleep in late. I usually didn't start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon. But after a while I couldn't ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life.

As a chaplain, I never know in just what way I may be able to enrich a dying person or their loved ones with the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. Recently, I had the privilege of serving a woman who had suffered inwardly for decades as a result of a devastating childhood trauma.

A colleague, Andrew, began to have headaches at the end of January. It took about 3 weeks to discover that he had a brain tumour and needed urgent surgery. Andrew’s father died of cancer and had spent a year traveling the world because he had feared that he...

Strict sadhana: chanting 16 rounds in association of other devotees, not in some hidden place taking prasadam together following morning and evening program in the temple, studying Srila Prabhupada's books.

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content. One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the supreme ruler of the land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy. The King asked the servant, " Why are you so happy?"

I'm looking for devotees based in Scotland, UK, who would be willing to speak with me via phone, email or MSN. I am extremely interested in Krishna Conciousness, but live in an isolated area with no nearby temple. Please contact me on Kulafey@aol.com. Thankyou. Hare Krishna.

Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is stated in the Svetasvatara Upanishad (6.8) "The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity are being directed solely by His will".

As we discussed in Respect, the Basis of Civilisation, Vedic Culture is based on respect and this respect is expressed through specific codes of conduct or etiquette. In this section, we will go a little more in detail about the principles and practices of Vaisnava etiquette.

Passing by the windows of Srila Prabhupada's house in Vrindavana, we saw inside a group of devotees conversing. Brahmananda Prabhu, one of the first devotees made by Srila Prabhupada in the 60's, had seemingly taken the lead of the discussion. As he always used to say intelligent and humorous things, we entered the room and sat down.

What my mother went through during my teenage years! Single-handedly maintaining the family consisting of herself, our grandmother, myself and my sister, and pursuing her professional career in the same time, she was always concerned about our future and worked hard to give us proper education.

One’s attitude is very important in Krsna consciousness, as stated in the preface of the Nectar of Instruction: “Advancement in Krsna consciousness depends on the attitude of the follower.”

This attitude is described in various ways, one of which is the attitude of renunciation, by which one is given a chance to advance to the platform of devotional service (1) and also the attitude of a devotee, who does not seek shelter in the fruits of his activities but acts as a matter of duty because he has been ordered to do so by the Supreme Lord. (2)

Once I was driving back home from work, when I noticed a used car sale sign. Seeing this, my thoughts went back to days when I was trying hard to sell my old car and buy a new one without getting cheated by the notoriously greedy auto dealers. Those were tense days - I had limited money and was anxious about my material condition, like a materialist would be.

When His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada frst arrived in America in the midst the cultural turmoil of the sixties, he quickly captured the hearts and minds of the New York hippies and the San Francisco flower children with the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra.

Within three years, he journeyed to London, and by 1971, Hare Krishna had been recorded on hit records by former Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison. By then the mantra had been heard by hundreds of millions of people, and the International Society for Krishna consciousness, formed in New York in 1966, had spread to six continents. How could an elderly Indian swami in a strange, foreign land, with no money, no support, no friends, and no followers, achieve such phenomenal success?