“The GBC Letter You Will Never Read” is a wonderfully truthful article, except for the “Ritvik” put down, because basically all ISKCON guru’s are initiating on behalf of Srila Prabhupada, unless they have the original Zonal Acarya mentality of “now worship me!”, as was the case just after Srila Prabhupada disappeared. This was the mentality … Read more
The Vedic scriptures say, “There are many worshipable gods but only one supreme God, whom we refer to primarily by the name Krishna, which means the all-attractive one. The one who has beauty, wealth, strength and knowledge 100%. All others are either incarnations of His original form, demigods or demigoddesses.
Demigods do not have the same power as God but are beings that are more advanced than us humans. Although they resemble us, they possess far greater intelligence, beauty, mystic power and in some cases, many arms and heads. Thus we are naturally subordinate to them, and can worship them as empowered representatives of God.
In Greek mythology we find various gods, such as the god of water or the god of the thunderbolt. In accordance with Vedic culture, we don’t see them as imaginary persons, but rather as departmental heads in the material world.
This is a beautiful kirtan concert with Gauravani and the Mayapuris.
The atomic energy works wholly on total combustibility, and so the brahmastra also acts. It creates an intolerable heat similar to atomic radiation, but the difference is that the atomic bomb is a gross type of nuclear weapon, whereas the brahmastra is a subtle type of weapon produced by chanting hymns. (SB 1.7.27 PP). … Read more
Tribhuvanath Prabhu speaks about his memories of Srila Prabhupada and how personal Prabhupada was in all of his dealings. This is an absolutely beautiful short video clip full of realizations and so, so funny. It is a MUST see.
The following is a list of ATS (Audio Text Synchronized) classes, lectures and conversations with Srila Prabhupada. It works with all major browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 9 etc. Please make sure your speakers are connected and the volume is turned up, then click on the links below to play the … Read more
Shastras enjoin that a devotee of Krishna is an ocean of good qualities. However shastras also mention about the 26 qualities which are resourced into a pure Vaishnava. Srila Prabhupada when he was physically present with us, he showcased these 26 transcendental qualities and benedicted us with Krishna consciousness. It is only due to … Read more
… this book, Nectar of Devotion, Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, if you read regularly, try to understand, this means you are associating with Srila Rupa Gosvami directly. And if you act accordingly, then you are serving their lotus feet. Tandera carana-sevi-bhakta-sane vasa. And unless you are associated with devotees, you will not be able to understand the … Read more
The Bhagavad-gita says that, out of many thousands of people, someone may develop this reasoning power: “Why am I suffering?” We do not want to suffer, but suffering is forced upon us. We do not want too much heat or cold, but too much cold and too much heat are forced upon us. We do not want thirst, hunger, old age, disease and death. The real problems of life are birth, old age, disease and death. But nobody is free from all these sufferings in this world.
Everyone is full of anxiety despite increasing material comforts, economic development and scientific advancement. The Western countries have reached the summit of material civilization, but people are still dissatisfied. The government has difficulty controlling crime, drug addiction, adultery etc. When the civilization becomes godless and human beings are geared towards a rat race for money and sex, life becomes hellish.
