Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: Like Prabhupada’s preaching, his chanting was constant. While talking in his room with professors in Toronto, Prabhupada silently chanted the Hare Krishna mantra in between their academic words. When Prabhupada encouraged his disciples to chant Hare Krishna while sitting with them during a prasadam feast, one of Read more…
Everyone can chant. What is the difficulty? Everyone can chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare… Where is the difficulty? But they’ll not chant. They’ll not chant. They’ll talk so many rubbish things, but as soon as you ask him to Read more…
You know the story of Alexander the Great and the thief. Alexander the Great arrested one thief, and he was going to punish him. The thief pleaded, "Sir, you are going to punish me, but what is the difference between you and me? I am a small thief, you are Read more…
Giriraj Swami: In Gorakhpur, in 1971, Srila Prabhupada was speaking from the Bhagavatam on the history of Ajamila and the significance of the Holy Name, reading from the original Sanskrit commentary of Sripada Sridhara Svami. After one class, Hamsaduta said to Srila Prabhupada, “That was a wonderful lecture.” Srila Prabhupada Read more…
What do monks do? How do they make money? What’s their schedule look like? More Coming soon. . .
tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ “One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige Read more…
There are varying degrees of a Krishna Conscious lifestyle. This is dependent very much on the varnasrama you are in . The varnasrama consists of 4 asramas. Brahmacari – celibate, student life Grhasta – married, householder life Vanaprastha – retired life Sannyasa – full renunciate life The ideal is that Read more…
We want to create a spiritual oasis, as free of the material realm as possible at home. A spiritual environment constantly reminds us of Krishna. This means that the food we cook, the books we have, the paintings we have, all revolve around the spiritual world. This will help keep Read more…
A simple child’s cartoon explains this concept very clearly. Every time happiness is found in the material world, it is temporary. The only way to have unlimited happiness is spiritually.