Ultimate Self Realization

We are all hankering for love, but the problem is that in this material world everyone is self-centered and therefore out to take advantage of us instead of purely loving us. This is why in our relationships we are not satisfied and are so frustrated in so many ways. Our natural psychological need for love is not being satisfied. There is where Krishna consciousness comes to our rescue. As soon as we put Krishna or God back in the center a tidal wave of pure love flows everywhere inundating everyone in an unlimited ocean of loving happiness. We can then give pure love to everyone and find the greatest satisfaction in our relationships. Loving Send Off from Riga, Latvia--28 April 2015 Testimonial From Guru Vandana Devi Dasi An Apple a day keeps the doctor away Srila Gurudeva’s Thought For The Day keeps ignorance at bay. During 2004-05 I was asked to worship various demigods for atonement of previous karmic reactions. The prayers were all on the bodily platform, and I began t

After an unlimitedly nectarean week of sharing Krishna with the wonderful devotees in Riga, Latvia today we are driving south to Kaunas to share and taste more nectar of Krishna consciousness with the wonderful devotees of Lithuania. There is truly nothing sweeter than Krishna consciousness. When the world wakes up and realizes this there will be peace and prosperity everywhere. May that day come soon. This is one of the reasons that we are traveling so much. The Baltic States Testimonial From Bhakta Shashank It was one of most auspicious days of my life, 19th of December, 2011, when I was searching for Srila Prabhupada's videos I came across this wonderful e-course. I feel that Srila Prabhupada has connected me to this e-course. I wish I could describe how fortunate I am. I feel this e-course is designed just for me. I get the solution of all the problems of my life on a daily basis through Thought for the Day. Thank you for accepting me as one of your students. Thank

Within our hearts we are a mess. Our hearts are polluted with lust, anger, greed, madness, illusion, and envy. Because of all this contamination we are not happy. Fools try to become happy by increasing this dirt in the heart. But those who are actually wise know that the real formula for happiness is to get rid of this dirt by regularly chanting the holy names of God under the loving guidance of the bona fide spiritual master. Explaining the Absolute Necessity of Having a Spiritual Master Riga, Latvia--26 April 2015 Testimonial From Anil Kumar Sarma Reading and writing religious books, articles and community service are my hobby. The Daily Thoughts and the answers given by my Gurudeva, Sankarshan Das Adhikari, are very authentic and authoritative and it removes ignorance totally. Your humble Servant. Anil Kumar Sarma Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: Question: Why Chanting in the Brahma Muhurta? Why chanting in Brahma muhurta i.e. morning 4 AM to 6 AM is more ausp

Taking seriously to the path of Krishna consciousness means to declare war against maya or illusion on two fronts. On one hand there is the war within, which is battling it out with our material desires, conquering over them by replacing them all with spiritual desires. Srila Prabhupada describes this internal battle front as follows: "When we accept any process of self-realization, we are actually declaring war against maya, illusion, and maya is certain to place many difficulties before us." On the other hand there is the war without, defeating the bogus materialistic propaganda that has completely conquered the human society. Srila Prabhupada describes this external battle front as follows: "Preaching the cult of devotional service is something like declaring war against materialistic life.: There is a wonderful synergy between these two battle fronts. The more you conquer the maya within you heart, the more you become empowered to successfully defeat the maya withou

Cast off all of your misery right now and embrace the unlimited bliss of Krishna consciousness. Why should you unnecessarily punish yourself for even a single moment longer? You are an eternal spiritual being qualitatively one with God. Therefore there is no need whatsoever for you to continue punishing yourself by misidentifying yourself with the rotting, aging bag of flesh, bones, stool, urine, and blood known as your material body. Throw away all of your unnecessary psychological baggage and celebrate your simply wonderful eternal, all-blissful identity as an intimate personal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna. Krishna Wants You. So Why Disappoint Him? Testimonial From Mrs. Sheela Uday Guruji's "Thought for the Day" enables a man or a woman to liberate himself or herself from all limiting factors and reach a state of perfect balance, inner stability, mental peace, and freedom from fear and anxiety. Each "Thought for the Day&

It is said, "All that glitters is not gold." In regards to this material existence this is super excellent advice. Superficially this material existence appears to be very wonderful. But by careful thoughtful analysis we can see that it is nothing more than a very attractive trap, which robs us of the actual happiness that we are meant to enjoy in the constant association of Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His eternal, divine pastimes. The Glittery Delusion of So-Called Material Happiness A Las Vegas Gambling Casino  Testimonial From Hare Krishna Das I am Hare Krishna Das. His Divine Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari initiated me and gave me a new life on October 2009. Twenty years back, my mother gave me a copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is. I was then 13 years old. I slowly started chanting and regularly reading Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Meantime, I got admission in a medical college and graduated as a medical doctor. But even after regularly

Do you want to be tuned into the latest and greatest news, the most significant things that are happening in the world? If so, you need to think beyond our insignificant "ant hill" earth planet and the puny universe of the four-headed Brahma that we are now inhabiting. You need to broaden your world conception to the entirety of existence in which the astoundingly amazing pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna are going on at every minute. In this material world everyone is running after the latest mundane news. There are thousands of news publications printing millions of copies for daily mass distribution. There are also thousands of internet news outlets dishing out the latest updates of what's happening. Thus people all over the world are being bombarded with an avalanche of non-stop mundane new for their entire lives, and are becoming attached and addicted to being injected with these regular doses of the so-called latest and greatest news. But what is the real latest and gr

The Prime Minister of Finland, Alex Stubb, advises, "Dream, believe, work hard, and succeed." These points of advise can be utilized very nicely by our Krishna consciousness movement. We dream of a world in which everyone is Krishna conscious. Because it is stated in the Caitanya Caritamrita that the entire world will inundated by a tidal wave of Krishna bhakti, we believe and know with absolute certainty that it will happen. We then ecstatically hard work to bring our dream to reality as soon as possible by telling the whole world about Krishna. In this way if we stick tightly to our goal, we will indeed someday become successful. As Srila Prabhupada told Guru Das in London in 1973 that the history books will note how the Krishna consciousness movement saved the world from its darkest hour of despair. Devotees Ecstatically Chant Hare Krishna in New York City Testimonial From Tapasvini Devi Dasi I subscribed the course some years ago because my friend recommended it to me

Before I was blessed with this amazing process of Krishna consciousness for awakening my original, eternal divine consciousness I was a bewildered, miserable lost soul. Although I had a sentiment of doing the highest good for the suffering humanity and had for this purpose adopted the lifestyle of a singer/songwriter for trying to promote higher consciousness to the world, I had not a clue of what is the actual higher consciousness. But in 1971 by the grace of Lord Sri Krishna I was able to get the shelter of the most enlightened and influential spiritual master in history, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Ever since then I have been living in paradise assisting my spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, in transforming this entire world into a paradise. If you have not yet joined in this mission embracing it as your very life and soul, you should do so today. Why unnecessarily suffer for even one second longer? With Happy Customers of My New Book "Truth Works&qu

There is truly nothing more ecstatic that telling others about Krishna. Therefore we talk about Krishna both to those who already know that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to those who do not yet know. Even amongst the general public, if we intelligently and attractively present Krishna with the best descriptive language, everyone will become attracted to Krishna even the atheists. Indeed, talking about Krishna can pacify the entire world bringing in new era of peace and prosperity for all. The Bliss of Sharing Krishna With Others 19 April 2015--Pune, India Eager Speakers and Eager Hearers Enthuse Each Other Testimonials From Our Satisfied Subscribers Respected Sir, Hari Om. It is my utmost privilege to be reading the purport of the profound knowledge( that Lord Shri Krishna imparted to humanity five thousand years ago) daily with your thoughts and analysis . As we read this every day we are constantly in tune with the Divinity in each one of us and it sure

Although Krishna is present everywhere we cannot see him because our pure vision is covered by so many layers of lust, anger, greed, madness, illusion and envy. Through the purificatory process of devotional service to Krishna we can gradually regain our ability to see Krishna everywhere and associate with Him in the highest state of transcendental happiness at every minute. "Seeing Krishna in Every Walk of Life" Seminar 18 April 2015--Pune, India Testimonials From Our Satisfied Subscribers Srila Gurudeva, your "Thought for the Day" is like a glass of pure water that you lovingly and patiently bring everyday to this unfortunate crippled soul. Guru is someone, who serves most, and this love, compassion and wisdom elixir drunk everyday melts away the stones of my heart: laziness, mind speculations, desire to gratify my senses. And the heart, infected with such love, will become suitable to give to Krishna. Thank you for your daily inspiration and support taking

We need to get back to a God-centered society instead of the current me-centered society, which has proved itself to be an utter failure in regards to making a happy, peaceful atmosphere for the citizens on this planet. I am not talking about a sectarian God monster who is simply an expansion of our own me-centeredness. I am speaking of an enlightened God-centeredness in which one sees a universe that does not accidentally pop out of nothing (a scientifically impossible feat). I am pointing to a God-centeredness in which we understand that there is a supreme infinitely loving and kind person who is bestowing unlimited benedictions upon each of us at every minute. By harmonizing ourselves with that Supreme Person who has unlimited names, qualities, and pastimes we enter into a enlightened state of eternal bliss and knowledge. This is what the world needs now more than ever, not more me-centeredness or false egoistic so-called God-centeredness. We need the real thing, not a fake imitatio

The formula for conquering the world is very simple. Everyone in this entire material world is starved for love, pure love uncontaminated by lust, anger, greed, madness, illusion or envy. Without this pure love or minus this pure love, everyone is dissatisfied no matter what position of so-called enjoyment they achieve in this world up to even up to the point of becoming Lord Brahma, the controlling demigod of this entire universe. In the material world such pure love is not available because everyone is tinged with the impure desire to be the center of enjoyment instead of rightfully engaging in the service of the Supreme Enjoyer, Lord Sri Krishna. The solution for all this madness and misery is very simple. Give your love to Krishna, and share love of Krishna with everyone that you meet. This is real love. This is real bliss. This is the purpose for which we exist. All we are saying is give Krishna consciousness a try. Try it. You'll love it. The entire world will be conquered.

Today we are leaving Krishna's most holy abode, Sri Vrindavana Dhama, for preaching in Pune (India), Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Austin (USA), Kansas City (USA), London, Mauritius, South Africa, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia, Los Angeles (USA), Romania, Mumbai (India), and New Delhi (India) before returning to this holiest of all abodes on 26 October of this year. Actually we never leave Vrindavan because we always carry this sacred land of Krishna within our hearts. As usual it has been a most uplifting and purifying experience to be in this place where Lord Sri Krishna's most intimate transcendental pastimes are going on eternally. We eagerly await our return to this sacred land and to see again Sarasvati, the sweet peaceful cow, who lives just outside of our door. Sankarshan Das Adhikari With Sarasvati, the Cow Testimonials From Our Satisfied Subscribers I am a student of Srila Gurudeva for the last five Years and I really feel very lucky and blessed. I have nothing to

The purpose of my life is to become a pure devotee of Krishna fully qualified to see Krishna face to face and in co-operation with the devotees of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) to make the entire world Krishna conscious. I am prepared to take birth after birth in this material world to accomplish this mission, if this is what Krishna desires of me. This purpose of life gives me great happiness and satisfaction because this is what my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada desires of me. Radha and Krishna Save Us From All Miseries Testimonials From Our Satisfied Subscribers I have been a regular reader of your e-course material. By yours and Krishna's grace I have been able to understand the science of Krishna consciousness. In my day-to-day life I remain on material platform. But when I read your course material it helps me to remember Krishna and take me to the Krishna consciousness platform. Your teachings help me

If you will rise very early every morning at least one-and-a-half hours before sunrise, take your morning bath, and chant the holy names of the Lord, you will taste the most wonderful magical, mystical experience and feel a connection with that astoundingly gorgeous Supreme Personality of Godhead named Krishna, who owns and controls everything and bestows unlimited peace and happiness upon all those who chant His names with love. If you are not already doing this every day, add it to your daily schedule and be blessed with the supreme nectar. George Harrison Relishes Hare Krishna Japa Meditation Testimonials From Our Satisfied Subscribers First of all I would like to thank my teacher, Sankarshan Das Adhikari Prabhu. for taking time for answering many of my questions. I am blessed to have one of Srila Prabhupada's direct disciple teaching me. The e-course has been like a light in darkness of my life. It has served me with answers to my many questions about spirituality with au

When Srila Prabhupada was preaching Krishna consciousness in India in the 40's, 50's, and 60's no one was interested to take it seriously. Not even one person stepped forward to give his life to assist Srila Prabhupada in his mission. Because Srila Prabhupada had been ordered by his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, to spread Krishna consciousness to the English speaking world and because he had been given a free passage on a ship that was coming to New York, Srila Prabhupada took the message of Krishna to America in 1965. It was there in the USA that Srila Prabhupada was given by Lord Krishna within several years so many thousands of young men and women sacrificing their entire lives to serve his mission. It was only after Srila Prabhupada brought some of these western disciples to India that the people of India began to take the Krishna consciousness movement seriously. At that time in India everyone was giving up their own culture and becoming inc

Your happiness or distress in life has nothing to do with your external circumstances. It depends entirely on your vision of reality. If your vision is clear, if you see things as they are, you will taste unlimited happiness. And if it is distorted by your only seeing things on the material plane, you will be constantly tossed on the waves of distress and so-called happiness. If you can understand and implement the proper vision of seeing everything in relationship with Krishna, you will be liberated from the realm of anxiety and will happily engage your eternal existence in the service of Lord Sri Krishna. Teaching the Science of Krishna in Vrindavan--11 April 2015 Testimonial from Mahabhagavat Das Even though I was born in a supposedly pious family in South India, I received practically no training in spiritual life. Most of my family members were engaged busily in earning money and pursuing sense gratification. In fact, so much so, that in my teenage years, I was practically con