Harsh Speech

How many times have we told someone, “If not for your tongue, you could be more successful in life. Please ...

An Analogical Lookat the Three Modes of Material Nature

We like to think we’re in control, but material nature has us tied up in knots. By Satyaraja Dasa THE THRE...

Letting Go Of The False Ego

  The same Gita section that deems the false ego to be ontologically real (7.4) also deems the soul to be r...

Freedom From The Crocodile’s Jaws

“One day everything will be well; that’s our hope. Everything’s fine today; that’s our illusion.” – Voltair...

Brahminical Culture: The Key To Peace

The creation of a peaceful, prosperous human society requires raising at least a small percentage of the po...

A New Temple For Lord Rama

After centuries of struggle, devotees of Lord Rama will be happy to see a temple dedicated to their beloved...

Why Discuss Unscientific Things Like God, The Soul, And Rebirth In This Scientific Age?

This question originates not from scientific thinking, but from a belief in scientism, the peculiar school ...

Prayers

Getting A Permanent Body

SRILA  PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT  The following conversation took place in Gorakhpur, India, on February 17, 19...

Reflections On Animal Movie-The Bhagavad-Gita Perspective

Listen Animal” movie has raised a lot of controversy, with people supporting it and oppos...

Where HealthCare Meets Divinity

A glimpse into the various social and spiritual outreach activities of Bhaktivedanta Hospital By Mukundamal...

The Proprietor Of The Body

Like a renter in an apartment, we occupy our body, but the owner is someone else. By His Divine Grace A. C...

Why Ram-Lalla Was Blindfolded Before Installation

Perhaps you had this question arise in your mind when you saw the first image released of our beloved Ram-L...

We Are Teaching Love of God

SRILA  PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT The following conversation took place in London on August 14, 1971. Srila Prab...

March 2024 Prayer

OGOVINDA, Lordof my life, Youare the moonof Gokula, the abode of transcendental bliss and the beloved of th...

The Fearless Acarya

Glimpses from the life of the great teacher who established Krishna consciousness all over India By Purusho...

Show Me God And I Will Believe!

The question is: are we awake to feel God’s presence? By Ashutosh Patnaik   Whether it’s a mega temple, or ...

Ram Mandir And Four Kinds Of Reawakening

The inauguration of the Rama temple through the prana-pratishtha ceremony of the Rama Lalla deity in the hi...

IT’S A Dog’s LIFE: From The Mahabharata To The Twilight Zone

By the special mercy of the Lord and His devotees, even a lowly creature like a dog can achieve the highest...

The Chant Will Enter Your Heart

SRILA  PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT The following conversation took place in London on August 14, 1971. Guest: We ...

SIMPLICITY A Not-So-Simple Concept

Lord Krishna’s devotees differ from nondevoteesin describing the essence of the simple life. By Vishakha De...

Divine Shelter

How we can experience it in this world and distinguish it from false ones. By Rukmini Vallabha Dasa Pleasur...

What is ISKCON Doing in Ayodhya?

By Devashekhara Vishnu Dasa After the historic consecration ceremony of the Rama Mandir in Ayodhya on Janua...

VIDURA A True Mahatma

A look at some of the qualities that made Vidura an exemplary devotee of the Lord. By Suvarna Radha Devi Da...

Kumbhakarna-Ravana

Love or harmful help masquerading as love? Protecting our loved ones from the negative consequences of the...

Essential Questions

Founder’s LectureAligarh, U.P., India – October 9, 1976 Sanatana Gosvami asks Chaitanya Mahaprabhu the ques...

Liberation From The Desire For Liberation

The highest goal of spiritual practices far surpasses simplyfreedom from the suffering of material existenc...

Blooming With Love For Krishna

Oh yea, I was a kid at the time When the world was locked, no reason or rhyme I had nowhere to go, no...

The Exalted Qualities Of Prahlada Maharaja

Even as a child, Prahlada was revealed to be one of thegreat devotees extolled in the pages of Srimad-Bhaga...

Sita After Being Abducted

Resourcefulness Amid Helplessness By Chaitanya Charana Dasa When things go wrong, our mind often reacts wit...

Heading Into The Unknown

What stands in the way becomes the way By Ashutosh Kumar You can never cross the ocean unless you have the ...

Yoga – India’s Soft Power

June 21, 2015, was a momentous day for the glorification of ancient Indian (or Bharatiya) culture when the ...

The Crown Belongs To Krishna: The Appearance Of Sri Sri Radha-

Londonisvara Evidently, Lord Krishna in His deity form wanted to be worshiped in London by Srila Prabhupada...

In Memoriam

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. [On May 5...

Ratha-Yatra Learning The Ropes Of Devotion

That can help us better understand the epic By Ashutosh Kumar Antiquity has it that Lord Jagannatha, non-di...

Four Approaches To The Ramayana

That can help us better understand the epic By Chaitanya Charana Dasa   When we approach an ancient epic li...

Reducing The Burden Of The World

ounder’s Lecture Aligarh, U.P., India – October 9, 1976 Lord Krishna withdrew His dynasty from the earth by...

Service Par Excellence

My dearest spiritual father, Guru Maharaja, you served Lord Krishna par excellently while you were present ...

Temple Opening

A Palace in Rohini for Their Lordships Another grand new ISKCON temple opens in New Delhi By Radhika Krip...

The Foremost ISKCON Man

His Holiness Gopala Krishna Goswami Maharaja Remembering the glorious activities of His Holiness Gopala ...

Founder’s Lecture Los Angeles– May 16, 1970

How To Find Real Knowledge Knowledge of this world, acquired from sources within it, will always be imperf...

Kalki 2898 AD Or Kalki 424000 AD

A new Bollywood presentation called Kalki 2898 has hit the theatres and has proved to be very popular. One...

Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out

Philosophy Means Awareness Of Death The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta...

LETTERS

Finding My Role In Life Many of my family members are devotees of Lord Krishna. I am always told that thi...

Spiritual Lessons From A Dog

An evolving relationship with street dogs inspires thoughts about progress in devotional service to Lord K...

Craving For Respect And Its Disastrous Consequences

One who always expects to be honored ends up offending exalted personalities By Vrinda Duraisamy In the Sri...

Char Dhama

The four holy places of India are well known, but the authorwishes to spend time with a different set of “f...

Four Approaches To Ramayana Illustrated

Let us illustrate the four perspective approach to  the Ramayana by applying it to one of its most signific...

Founder’s Lecture Los Angeles – November 29, 1973

Our Intimate Relationship With Krishna Lord Krishna is sitting within our heart, waiting to see when we wi...

The Apt Use Of Technology

This exchange between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his Disciples took ...

One Tap, One More Game

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE BACK YOURS Greed tempts us to chase success in every bet, only to find ourselves on...

Six Gita Values And Chinese Culture

Because certain values found in the Bhagavad-gita align well with traditional Chinese values, highlighting...

The Kalki Movie

Making Sense with the Bhagavad-gita While such movies may become highly successful, it will be good if the ...

Pinnacle Of Spirituality In The Peak Of Politics

The stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata are fascinating because they deal with royal politics and conspirac...

Founder’s Lecture London—August 11, 1971

How To Love Everyone Because Krishna is everything, being its source, we can love everything and everyone...

A Momentous Kartik Month of 1935

From October 17 to November 15, 2024, devotees observe the special month of Kartik. It’s a month of special...

A Cow And God’s Goodness

Looking back at a time of joy and challenge and delight in acountry ashram. By Visakha Devi Dasi  MANY YEAR...

Beware The Dear Deer

Deer play pivotal and symbolic roles in many stories from the Vedic epics. By Suvarna Radha Devi Dasi IN TH...

Krishna’s Devotee Never Perishes

Though these three devotees were detoured on their path to Krishna, they reached their goal through His eve...

Tirupati Laddus Controversy

Three calls For Action How should the Hindu society react to such instances of corruption? By Caitanya Cara...

Withdraw To Win

Navigating Distractions With Wisdom By Gauranga Darsana Dasa Sri Kurmam, or Kurma-kshetra, is a village in ...

Snubbing The Phubbing Tendency

By Dinabandhu Caitanya Dasa Picture the all too familiar scene of the times we live in: humans lost in the ...

Take An Inventory Of 2024

Can the Harvard Business Review Experts Help? Being candid about areas where you could enhance your skills ...

Divine Shelter

The Need to Know It and Attain It The material world offers countless shelters that promise tofulfill our i...

From Confusion To Clarity

The Adventure of Seeking Wise Counsel by Gauranga Darsana Dasa I was once on a trip to Kanchipuram, a holy ...

AGI – Embracing Technology Without Losing Humanity

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. By Ashutosh Kumar Just a few years ago, ...

Letters

Many people say that they feel great peace and joy while meditating, praying, or chanting. What is the caus...

Founder’s Lecture Bombay – January 12, 1975

Undisturbed By The Material Condition Advancing in Krishna consciousness requires tolerance of thebody’s in...

Repaying An Unpayable Debt

What can we do to reciprocate  the receipt of life’s greatest gift? By Jagannatha Gopala Dasa I HAVE VIVID ...

Letters

When God is one, why does the Vedic tradition teach polytheism, the worship of many gods? The Vedic traditi...

ISKCON, Hindus & Bangladesh

What we can do on an individual and institutional level to address the situation By Caitanya Carana Dasa Th...

How can mother’s milk be bad for the infant?

The World Health Organisation strongly recommends mothers to breast-feed their  infants. They categorically...

Counteraction Under Krishna’s Shelter

Our material remedies for the strikes of material nature are never good enough. by Visakha Devi Dasi PRIOR ...

Hidden Struggles: Unmasking The Untold Challenges Of Existence

Despite romantic ideas to the contrary, our time in the womb is not pleasant. But even there a fortunate so...