Ultimate Self Realization

The whole world is waiting to be awakened to Krishna consciousness. So may the wonderful era of Lord Caitanya now become fully manifest on this planet bringing wonderful, sublime peace and prosperity to every person in every city, town, village, and settlement all over the world. We pray that that day may come right now. Lord Caitanya's Tidal Wave of Mercy Video For the Day Regaining Your Original Position in the Spiritual World Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Only For Producing Children? I have been practicing Krishna consciousness for about seven years and my wife for about four years since we got married. We follow all four regulative principles strictly, 16 rounds chanting, observe Ekadasi, service at the temple, etc. We are aspiring (to one of the Guru Maharajas) and would like to get initiated very soon. But whenever I talk about initiation, my wife is not so much willing, ever since she heard from one of the matajis' that once we are initiate...

Your constitutional position is one of unlimited happiness, unfathomable bliss. So why should you settle for anything less? Come out of the quagmire of material illusion and be who you really are, the eternal spiritual being, full of unlimited love and happiness. To do so is real intelligence. Any other course of action is sheer foolishness, patent madness. So don't be an idiot. Be who you really are and relish the sweetest, most nectarean happiness for all of eternity. Srila Prabhupada Launches Krishna Consciousness Movement New York City-Tompkins Square Park-1966 Video For the Day Tasting the Bliss in Riga, Latvia Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Is Krishna Manifest in Fire and Air? My dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I have had this question in my mind since 2010, if I remember correctly. But, I never thought it important enough to ask. I think I should ask it anyway. The question is: Is Krishna ...

In this world everyone is crazy after sex. This is what binds us to the cycle of birth and death. To become liberated all we have to do is take our tendency to be enamored by sex and transfer it to Krishna. This will bring a stop to all of our anxieties. Otherwise if we continue to pursue our maddened desire for unrestricted sex enjoyment, we will surely have to face severe punishment at the time of death for violating the laws of nature. Illicit Sex Indulgers Are Severely Punished in Hell Video For the Day Fly Hare Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How Soul Coming From Krishna Can Be Unborn? The soul is unborn and we come from Krishna. So wouldn't there be a moment when Krishna expanded us from Himself, which would be our moment of our birth? Vishal Puri Answer: Krishna's Eternal Emanation Krishna is eternally expanding us from Himself. This is how we are simultaneously unborn and originating in Krishna. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

On our stopover in London on our way to Latvia, we were greeted at the airport by two of my students. I was blessed with receiving the gift of the most wonderful burfi and sandesh made from the milk of Krishna's cows at London's Bhaktivedanta Manor. The milk sweets at the Bhaktivedanta Manor are some of the best in the entire world. Their taste is absolutely phenomenal. And the spiritual benefit of honoring such sweets is unlimited. Cows and Bulls at London's Bhaktivedanta Manor are Beautiful Video For the Day The Peace Formula (Excerpt Concert) Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: What is Offenseless Chanting? Hare Krishna Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my dandavats, All Glories to Your Grace and Srimati Gurumata, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada In Purport to SB 3.33.6, Srila Prabhupada says that "A person born in a family of the low caste which is accustomed to eat dogs is so positioned due to his past sinful activities, but by chanting or heari...

Why not seriously take to Krishna consciousness? You've got nothing to lose except for your anxiety. There is not much more to be said in this connection except that you should do yourself the ultimate of taking seriously to Krishna consciousness right now. Singing the Peace Formula Song-Pune, India-24 April 2017 Video For the Day En Route to Europe Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Correct a Senior Devotee? If a senior devotee is making fun of me unnecessarily beyond my tolerance capacity, how to correct the situation without offense? Your servant.. Nitai Gauranga Das Answer: Correct Yourself Instead He is probably trying to help you become more humble. Therefore you should be thinking of how to correct yourself, rather than correcting him. So it is better that you expand your tolerance capacity and try to learn something from the experience. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

After an amazingly rejuvenating experience of spiritual empowerment and spreading Krishna consciousness here in the holy land of India today we are heading out to Europe to spread the Krishna consciousness movement there. What could be a sweeter more enlivening lifestyle than this? We pity those poor souls who have not yet awakened their Krishna consciousness and therefore have dedicated our lives for awakening them. There's no reason why everyday cannot relish the unlimited bliss of Krishna consciousness. Questions and Answers-Pune, India-24 April 2017 Video For the Day Turning World into Paradise Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Always Be Enthusiastic? How are you able to always maintain such a high level of enthusiasm? Question asked in a class in Pune, India Answer: By Obeying the Spiritual Master My always being enthusiastic is a very simple. When Srila Prabhupada accepted me as his disciple he noted my enthusiasm and instructed me as foll...

Anyone who seriously takes to this process of Krishna consciousness, even if it is a struggle for them to do so, is guaranteed to return back to home, back to Godhead. They will surely escape very soon from the hellish nightmare of material existence and return to the land of eternity knowledge and bliss. So why not take advantage of the most sublime offer? Only a fool or someone who is unaware of this most valuable opportunity would not do so. Evening Lecture to Corporate Employees-Pune, India-22 April 2017 Video For the Day Krishna Dawn Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Read Prabhupada's Books? Please guide me how to read Srila Prabhupada books analytically and logically, by applying them, questioning, making notes, praying before reading or in any other way. It may be easy for everyone, but for me it is not. For me gain is zero, realization is zero. There is no transformation even though I have read most of the books many times, and results will ...

One does not have to leave his present body and go back to Godhead to achieve spiritual perfection. If one fully takes advantage of the association of pure devotees, he can completely free himself from all material contamination and become a liberated soul even in his present body fully qualified to see Krishna face to face. In this regard Srila Prabhupada explains as follows in his book Raja Vidya: "Although all beings in the universe are resting in Krishna's energy, still they are not in Him. Krishna is maintaining all living entities, and His energy is all-pervading, yet He is elsewhere. This is Krishna's inconceivable mystic power. He is everywhere, yet He is aloof from everything. We can perceive his energy, but we cannot see Him because He cannot be seen with material eyes. However, when we develop our spiritual qualities, we sanctify our senses so that even within this energy we can see Him. Electricity, for instance, is everywhere, and an electrician is capable of...

Upon our arrival in Pune, India on 20 April 2017 we were delighted to be greeted by an ecstatic Hare Krishna kirtan inside the airport at the luggage carousel pickup area. Such things are never allowed in today's era of tight airport security. But my disciple, Premananda Das, was able to make a special arrangement by negotiating with an airport official. The devotees even had a portable amplifier to make the kirtan audible throughout the entire arrivals area. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity we all chanted loudly and danced ecstatically much to the amazement of the assembled arriving passengers waiting to pick up their luggage. May Hare Krishna kirtan become more and more manifested in more and more places all over the world as a regular daily affair. This will help us greatly in our mission to Krishnize the entire world as soon as possible. In this connection Lord Caitanya has said: "All glories to the Sri Krishna sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust...

Helsingin Sanomat, the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, published the cartoon below. They are making a joke. But it will indeed happen one day that the Christian hymnbooks will include the Hare Krishna mantra and Christians will be chanting Hare Krishna in Christian church services. Not only Christians, all religious people all over the world will some day be chanting Hare Krishna to become perfect in their chose religious path. Cartoon Published in Finland's Leading Newspaper: "Our Committee Has Now Updated the Book of Hymns According to Your Will." Video For the Day Last Video from Vrindavan Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: What is the Purpose of My Life Now? Hare Krishna After working for 35 Yrs. I superannuated from my working life. Later on all responsibility in respect of family like education, wedding of children ---etc are over. Children are settled in their life. I do not want interfere in their unl...

Every morning one should rise with the determination to make this day the most ecstatic day in his entire life. This is not at all difficult. One simply has to always remember Krishna and never forget Him, and thinking himself to be lower than the straw in the street one must always serve Guru and Vaisnava with genuine love. And also one should be always desiring to awaken the Krishna consciousness that is lying dormant within the hearts of all the poor souls who are presently entrapped in this material existence. If one can keep these things alive within his heart at every minute, his every day will truly be the most ecstatic day he has ever had in all of his eternal existence, no matter what the material circumstances may be, so-called good or bad. The Pure Devotee Relishes Unlimited Bliss at Every Minute Video For the Day Be All That You Can Be Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Material Success More Important than Spiritual Life? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please...

Today is our last full day in Vrindavan, the land where Krishna eternally resides engaged His sweetest and most intimate pastimes. It is surely a great blessing to be able to spend some days in this holiest of all holy places. Krishna has indeed been very kind to us to allow us to be there. So now we are taking the blessings of the holy dhama upon our heads. We are preparing to head for preaching in other parts of the world as we carry on with our mission of trying to Krishna this entire universe. There's Nothing Sweeter Than Krishna's Vrindavan Lila Video For the Day Ecstatic Mangal Arati at Prabhupada's Samadhi Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why Did We Fall Into Illusion? Why are the living entities in illusion in the eternal energy, know as maya? Why is maya punishing us? Why did we forget Krishna? From where did we fall down? Krishna assures in the Bhagavad-gita that having attained His abode we will never fall again. So how is it that we c...

In ancient times there was a powerful demon named Hiranyakasipu, who by tint of his severe austerities became so powerful that he was able to terrorize the entire universe bringing everyone in the universe under his despotic rule, even the powerful demigods. Only Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, and Lord Brahma were not under his influence. Finally, the universe was freed from the control of this tyrant when Lord Nrsimhadeva killed him. At the present moment the entire global civilization is being tortured by the misrule of unenlightened fools. Therefore out of the compassion for the suffering souls of this age the Lord's devotee desires to flood the entire universe with Krishna consciousness. Instead of terrorizing the entire universe like Hiranyakasipu, he desires to Krishnize the entire universe so that everyone can be happy. Teaching the Science of Krishna in Vrindavan-16 April 2017 Video For the Day Proper Association is the Key Answers by Citing the Vedic Version ...

There's nothing here in Vrindavan more enlivening than attending mangala-arati (the most auspicious welcoming ceremony) held every morning at Srila Prabhupada's samadhi here in Vrindavan between 4:10am and 4:25am. Anyone who attends this ceremony is blessed by Srila Prabhupada with a most auspicious Krishna conscious day. So who would not want to begin their day every day by attending mangala arati? If you are not here in Vrindavan, you can attend it at your nearest ISKCON temple, where is generally held from 4:30am to 4:50am. Or you can celebrate this wonderful ceremony every day in your home one-and-a-half hours before the sunrise and achieve the same benefit. Ecstatic Mangala Arati at Srila Prabhupada's Samadhi Video For the Day Worshipping Srila Prabhupada Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Deal with Office Politics? How to deal with office politics? Even sometimes we lose our job due to it and lose our concentration in devotional ...

Why live a mediocre, bland, boring life as a puppet of the grossly misguided material society, which is dragging everyone down to the animal kingdom in their next births, when you can instead live on the cutting edge of the greatest paradigm shift in history, the Krishna consciousness movement? Therefore, those who are factually intelligent dedicate themselves fully for pushing forward Lord Caitanya's Hare Krishna movement all over the world. These are the world's real heroes. They are courageously propagating truth, bringing light to a global civilization which has become totally lost in the darkness of ignorance. The Real Heroes of the Modern World Video For the Day Transcendental Bliss in Vrindavan Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Is It Right to Stop Attending Baptist Church? Dear Spiritual Master, It has been months now since I've stopped attending a Bible Baptist Church. I have just recently joined Sunday afternoon Skype sessions with s...

In this material world we are living in a society of the cheaters and the cheated. Therefore we must always be very careful not to cheat others or to be cheated by others. To avoid being cheated we should only put our trust in Krishna or God and in those who purely represent Him. We will know who the pure representative of Krishna or God is by carefully studying the Bhagavad-gita as it is and seeing who speaks and acts perfectly in harmony with its teachings. By always thinking, speaking, and acting in accordance with the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita we will free from the defect of cheating others. Krishna's Pure Devotee Does Not Cheat Us Video For the Day Bliss on Yamuna Bank Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Age for Marrying and Having Children May I know, what is the correct age to get marriage and have children? Your servant, Prahlada Answer: Twenty-five for Men, Seventeen for Women Before marriage devotees are strictly celibate. And after marriage...

There is at the present moment a huge public uproar regarding a United Airlines passenger who was forcibly dragged from his seat even though he was a ticketed passenger, for the purpose of providing a seat for an United Airlines employee who did not have a ticket. What the public does not know is that all of them are going to be forcibly ripped out of their bodies at the time of death by the Yamadutas, the agents of Yamaraja--the god of death, who will then drag them to the planet of Yamaraja, known as Yamaloka, where they will be severely punished for all of their life's sinful activities. Those who know what is going on therefore fully surrender themselves to Lord Krishna and thus become free from all sinful reactions. Because those most fortunate souls have surrendered fully to Lord Krishna they will not be harassed and tortured by the Yamadutas at the time of death. They instead will go to the planet of Krishna to enjoy an eternal existence full of knowledge and full of bliss....

12 April 2017--Today in Vrindavan I initiated three disciples. Deepak Pandita became Dristadyumna Das. Supartha Rudra became Sundar Gopal Das. And Piyali Rudra became Prema Sarorava Devi Dasi. By the divine grace of Srila Prabhupada we were able to bring three sincere souls into a formal connection with Lord Sri Krishna through the transcendental via medium of the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya disciplic succession. It was most auspicious that just at that moment when I completed giving them their new names the pujaris in the temple loudly blew three conches at the conclusion of the noon arati ceremony. Initiation Ceremony--Vrindavan, India--12 April 2017 Deepak Pandita Becomes Dristadyumna Das Supartha Rudra Becomes Sundar Gopal Das Piyali Rudra Becomes Prema Sarovara Devi Dasi Video For the Day Yamuna River Bliss Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why Cook So Many Preparations for Krishna? patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati tad aham bhakty-upah...

A Krishna conscious being is always steady in his determination to become a pure devotee, fully qualified to go back to home, back to Godhead and to take all of the suffering, fallen, conditioned souls of this material world with him. He cannot tolerate to see the sufferings of others. This is why the pure devotee of Krishna is described as being an ocean of mercy. Bhagavatam Class in Farmer's Hut on Yamuna Bank--11 April 2017 Video For the Day Full Moon in Vrindavan Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Convince My Husband Not to Pray to Demigods? Respected Guru, Before I joined Krishna consciousness group, I was praying many demigods such as Muruga, Hanuman, Devi etc. But after switching over to Krishna consciousness and somehow regularly chanting of Krishna's name I get peace of mind even though not fully. I know that it is not God's mistake. I have to chant more and more to attain that perfection. My problem is that my husband usually prays...

Srila Prabhuapda writes in his purport to Bhagavad-gita 2.56 as follows: "..a fully Krishna conscious person is not at all disturbed by the onslaughts of the threefold miseries, for he accepts all miseries as the mercy of the Lord, thinking himself only worthy of more trouble due to his past misdeeds; and he sees that his miseries, by the grace of the Lord, are minimized to the lowest. Similarly, when he is happy he gives credit to the Lord, thinking himself unworthy of the happiness; he realizes that it is due only to the Lord's grace that he is in such a comfortable condition and able to render better service to the Lord. And, for the service of the Lord, he is always daring and active and is not influenced by attachment or aversion. Attachment means accepting things for one's own sense gratification, and detachment is the absence of such sensual attachment. But one fixed in Krishna consciousness has neither attachment nor detachment because his life is dedicated in the...

Don't torture yourself by remaining in material consciousness. You are one of Krishna personal associates from the spiritual sky. Reward yourself, love yourself by returning to your original sublime, totally ecstatic relationship with Krishna as His eternal servant. Any other course of action is suicidal and crazy. Come back to sanity by awakening your dormant Krishna consciousness right now. You'll be glad you did. Do it. Teaching Krishna Bhakti Science-Vrindavan, India-9 April 2017 Video For the Day Don't Cheat Yourself Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why God Created Many Religions? Dearest Gurudeva, Accept my humble obeisance, I see online videos how some devotees of certain religions again and again bitterly criticize the holy scriptures of other religions, as if the sacred book of their own religion is the only truth and is therefore the only one that should be followed. They say that all other holy scriptures such as the Vedas and the Upa...

As long as we have material bodies we require sleep. But we should sleep only what we required and not more than that so we can engage as much as possible in hearing and chanting the glories of Lord Sri Krishna. Any time spent unnecessarily sleeping is a waste of time, which is our most valuable asset. One can have a million dollars, lose it, and get it back. But one minute of time wasted can never be recovered. Therefore those who are Krishna conscious do not want to sleep more than required. Conquer Sleep by Rising Early to Chant Hare Krishna Japa Video For the Day Awaken Your Divine Consciousness Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Does Krishna Work? I wish to know, as we are busy in our daily activities, does Krishna also have some work? What does He do all through the day and night? Thanks, your servant of servant, Sharma S,K. Answer: He Simply Enjoys Krishna has no work to perform. He is simply enjoying playing His flute and sporting with the cowher...

You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. Take full advantage of your human form of life by awakening the divine consciousness that is currently sleeping within you. Do not spoil your human form of life by pouring all of your energy into material sense gratification and thus cheat yourself out of gaining the greatest gain, spiritual perfection, the awakening of pure love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, within you heart. Gratify your senses only insofar as is required for keeping good health. Beyond that pour the balance of your energy into spiritual awakening, and you will be one of the happiest, most successful people in all of world history. Srila Prabhupada Offers Arati to Krishna and Balarama Video For the Day Tap Into a Reservoir of Bliss Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why the Soul is Trapped in Birth and Death? I have a doubt regarding above mentioned verse which says, "The self slays not nor is slain." If ...

Srila Prabhupada explains as follows in his purport to Bhagavad-gita 14.10: "When the mode of passion is prominent, the modes of goodness and ignorance are defeated. When the mode of goodness is prominent, passion and ignorance are defeated. And when the mode of ignorance is prominent, passion and goodness are defeated. This competition is always going on. Therefore, one who is actually intent on advancing in Krishna consciousness has to transcend these three modes. The prominence of some certain mode of nature is manifested in one's dealings, in his activities, in eating, etc. All this will be explained in later chapters. But if one wants, he can develop, by practice, the mode of goodness and thus defeat the modes of ignorance and passion. One can similarly develop the mode of passion and defeat goodness and ignorance. Or one can develop the mode of ignorance and defeat goodness and passion. Although there are these three modes of material nature, if one is determined he can...

Coming to Vrindavan is always a mystical uplifting experience. It's a great chance to recharge one's spiritual batteries and become more empowered in the most urgent activity of making the world Krishna conscious. In other words, the more you are Krishna conscious, the more you become empowered to make the world Krishna conscious. Since Lord Krishna is still present here in Vrindavan, what could be a better place to come to increase one's Krishna consciousness than Sri Vrindavan Dhama, the holy where Lord Sri Krishna revealed His most intimate pastimes 5,000 years ago. There's No Place Like Vrindavan Video For the Day Tune Into Your Real Self Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Deal With Calamities? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Queen Kunti prays in Srimad Bhagavatam: "I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deat...

Why drag yourself through a meaningless, insignificant, picayune, boring, tortuous existence when you can instead live at every minute on the cutting edge of world history, as an active, potent propagator of the greatest paradigm shift that has ever happened in the history of the universe? Those who are indeed most fortunate take to the Krishna consciousness movement to perfect their consciousness and to work tirelessly for the liberation of the fallen, conditioned souls from their entanglement in the cycle of repeated birth and death. There is no lifestyle more glorious or ecstatic than this. Back to Vrindavana-the Land of Krishna Most Intimate Pastimes Video For the Day Putting God Back in the Center Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Second Initiation Instructions? I just wanted to say thank you for saving me. I am so fortunate to be under your shelter. Our temple president at ISKCON Leicester, His Grace Pradyumna Prabhu has asked if you have any specific in...

If we want to awaken the divine consciousness within us, escape the cycle of birth and death, and regain our original position and identity in the spiritual world, we must surrender fully unto Lord Sri Krishna. There is no other option. And to master this art of surrendering fully to Krishna requires expert guidance. This is why Lord Sri Krishna orders us to accept a spiritual master. Therefore taking complete shelter of the bona fide spiritual is an absolute necessity. It is not an option for anyone who is serious about going back to Godhead. Questions and Answers in Copenhagen-2 April 2017 Video For the Day Please Help Us Deliver the World Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Subtle Body Identification? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! What is better for a fallen soul or someone who hasn't yet reached self realization in Krishna consciousness, to be more identified with the gross body with with the su...

After several inconceivably ecstatic days of spreading Krishna consciousness in Denmark we are heading out today to the holy land of India, both to recharge our spiritual batteries, as well as to teach the science of the Krishna consciousness to the souls there who have become disconnected from their Vedic heritage. I cannot imagine any lifestyle more ecstatic than this, to be fully connected with Krishna, engaged 24 hours a day in trying to connect the entire world with Him. Thank you, Srila Prabhupada, for blessing us with this inconceivably amazing good fortune. Sharing Krishna's Mercy in Copenhagen-31 March 2017 Video For the Day At the Feet of My Spiritual Master Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: What to Do When I Am Down? Srila Gurudeva, sometimes I feel high in devotion and my faith for Krishna is 100%. But sometimes I feel very down and I am very confused and feel like crying. What to do during my down times? Please show me path. Your disciple P....