Sometime back I created this site https://prabhupadagita.com/ where I put the original Bhagavad-gita As It Is online. Anyone can quickly access this great book from their phone or laptop. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada ..read more

I had to laugh when I saw this posted on Facebook. But it is both beautiful and practical, and is good for the planet and the garden. Horse-driven cart New Vrindaban Can be used both for carrying goods and passengers………… The carriage board should be balanced on the wheel beam and then it will be weightless for the horse who can then very swiftly draw the whole load without any difficulty. By this at least half ton of load or 10 passengers can be easily drawn.” —Sketch and handwriting by Srila Prabhupada. From the Hayagriva Collection. Gargamuni Prabhu Facebook ..read more

I have always enjoyed SrilaPrabhupada’s sense of humor. Prabhupada: ”Krsna has got accountant. [laughter] He keeps nice account of the activities of His devotees.”…… Prabhupada: So one thing is guaranteed. If you engage in Krsna consciousness, and suppose you do not become perfectly mature, some way or other you fall down… We should not fall down. Because if we have got enthusiasm and patience, we shall not fall down. But suppose we fall down. There is nothing inauspicious, because whatever you have done sincerely, that is recorded in the book, in the Krsna’s book. Krsna has got accountant ..read more

So today we celebrate the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the Spiritual Master of our Srila Prabhupada. We honor it today with a half day fast a Pushpanjali (offering of prayers and flowers) followed by a nice vegetarian feast. The Absolute Necessity of a Spiritual Master—The Universal Teacher By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of the world-wide Hare Krishna Movement In February 1936, in Bombay, India, the members of a reputed religious society, the Gaudiya Matha, were astonished by the powerful and eloquent words of a young memb ..read more

Today is the Appearance day of Srila Prabhupada’s Sannayasa guru, Srila Bhakti Prajana Kesava Goswami Maharaja. The following is a lecture by Srila Prabhupada remembering His God Brother and Sannayasa guru. Disappearance Day Lecture By His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Seattle, October 21, 1968 Prabhupāda: One has to accept the renounced order from another person who is in renounced order. So I never thought that I shall accept this renounced order of life. In my family life, when I was in the midst of my wife and children, sometimes I was dreaming my spiritual master, that he’s ..read more

Taking Shelter of Lord Nityananda A song by Srila Narottama dasa Thakura Excerpted from Back to Godhead Magazine 1975 Vol. 10 No. 2 Five hundred years ago, Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in West Bengal in the role of His own pure devotee—Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya is considered the most munificent incarnation of Godhead because He made love for Krsna easily available through the chanting of the maha-mantra—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. When Lord Krsna appeared as Lord Caitanya, His pr ..read more

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for the survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. -Albert Einstein I personally feel it is very important to eat as healthy as possible. That is one of the reasons I plant a garden. Although not everyone has that luxury to plant a garden, still there are so many fresh fruits and vegetables available in every American grocery store, there is ample opportunity to eat a healthy vegetarian diet. Back in 1972 when I first became a vegetarian, the challenge was learning how to cook vegetarian meals. Therefore I a ..read more

“And for all the devotees of ISKCON since you follow the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, read his books, practice what he has taught, Srila Prabhupada is the deliverer for all ISKCON devotees.” “Srila Prabhupada is the Deliverer of all ISKCON Devotees” By Chanchalapathi Dasa -ISKCON Bangalore Recently I had the opportunity of interacting with a few scholars of Madhva sampradaya in Bangalore and Udupi. One of them was an elderly Sanskrit scholar, a seventy year old retired university professor, a respected teacher and follower of Madhva philosophy in Bangalore. The discussion with him led to th ..read more

Śrīla-Prabhupāda-Stotram(Composed by Ananta-rāma Śāstrī) Ananta Dāsa Śāstrī was a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda. He used to travel with Śrīla Prabhupāda in India and he was in the Sanskrit department assisting Śrīla Prabhupāda in translation work. He compiled five ślokas which describe much of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s divine character and his divine mission also. Śrīla Prabhupāda very much liked these five ślokas. Śrīla-Prabhupāda-Stotram kṛṣṇaika-ceta mada-moha-vināśa-karin mad-dṛṣṭi-gocara-prabho prabhupāda-svāmin doṣābhivṛtti-paridūṣita-manda-buddheḥ sancintayāmi caraṇau tava bhakti-hetoḥ “O Lord ..read more

Sacha bole tomare lata…jagat harai dhana kali-yuga dukha lalge haspai . This is a Hindi verse by one devotee that this Kali-yuga is so abominable that if you speak truth, then people will come with some rod to beat you. But if you cheat them, bluff them. they’ll be bewildered (?), they’ll like it. If I say I’m God, people will say, “Oh, here is Swamiji, God.” They won’t inquire, that “How you have become God? What is the symptom of God? Have you got all the symptoms?” Nobody inquires. So these things happen. Unless one is not fixed up in the self, unless one does not understand what is real s ..read more