Ultimate Self Realization

Enough is enough. The madness has been going on long enough keeping the poor living beings in this material world caught up in the hellish repetition of birth, death, old, and disease. The time has come now for a global spiritual revolution to completely inundate the planet earth and indeed the entire universe with the transcendental bliss of Krishna consciousness. Kindly dedicate your life to this spiritual revolution. Let us work together now all over the world as a gigantic team dedicated to freeing everyone from their misery by making everyone Krishna conscious. Here Comes the Revolution of Bliss! Video For the Day Special Blessing of Intense Pain Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: When Will Kalki Avatar Come? When will the appearance of the Kalki Avatar take place, Guruji? Sekhar Answer: In 427,000 Years Kalki Avatar will come at the end of the Kali Yuga, which will be 427,000 years from now. At that time He will kill all the demons and thus make way fo...

Suffering is the pastime of fools. So why be a foolish sufferer when you can instead be an enlightened enjoyer? This is called Krishna consciousness. So now you decide whether or not you want be Krishna conscious. As your well-wishing friend I sincerely hope that you make the right choice. Most people are so deluded by the false propaganda of material existence that they choose suffering and reject the enjoyment of reviving their lost Krishna consciousness. Isn't it a pity? Blissful Devotees of Krishna Video For the Day Come to Your Senses Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Deal With Your Sufferings? Prabhu, may I please ask a favor? Can you help me answer these questions? How do you see God? Describe God's character. How God play a role in your life? How do you compare God to your own father? (Biological father) Thank You, Usha Answer: Serve and Pray God is a beautiful eternal youth named Krishna. He is full of unlimited bliss and unlimited lo...

If someone asks you, "Do you believe in God?", you can answer them as follows: I do not believe in God. I know God. He's my best friend. His name is Krishna because He is all-attractive. He is all-attractive because He possesses unlimited power, unlimited beauty, unlimited renunciation, unlimited knowledge, unlimited wealth, and unlimited fame. He is the source of all existence because everything is emanating from Him. By serving Him with love you become qualified to see Him directly face-to-face, eye-to-eye both here in this temporary material world as well as in His transcendental abode, the spiritual sky. My Best Friend, Krishna Video For the Day Liberation from Material Consciousness Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Deal With Your Sufferings? Dear Guru Maharaja, Please, accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Even being in such a painful situation you do not stop leading, educating and advising y...

I do not know what Krishna has in store for me. The treatment that was supposed to cure the devastating pain which is up and down my left leg has so far been a failure. I do not know how much longer Krishna wants to stay in this body. But I know one for sure. No matter were I am or what body I am in, I eternally dedicated to my spiritual master to assist him in his world deliverance mission. This gives my mind peace and happiness in spite of the horrible pain I am feeling. Srila Prabhupada's Mission is to Deliver the World Video For the Day May Peace Be With You Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Serve in Separation from Spiritual Master? Hare Krishna Gurudev Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada All glories to you and Gurumataji Gurudeva, once I had asked you how can I please you and you had replied by becoming a pure devotee of Krishna. And while once away from you I had asked how can I serve you and you had replied tha...

One of the most wonderful thing about Krishna consciousness is that one can always feel blissful in all situations, even when one is in great difficulty. This is possible because the devotee always sees the loving hand of Krishna even in the most trying and perplexing situations. Therefore he is never perplexed. In the state of mind called Krishna consciousness one always remain peaceful and equipoised even in the most trying and traumatic situations. While this may not be possible for the neophyte devotee in all situations, for the highly advanced devotee such steadiness of mind becomes established as an irrevocable fact. Srila Prabhupada Exudes the Greatest Happiness Video For the Day Krishna Facilitates You Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why Do We Sometimes Lost Interest in Chanting? Please accept my humble obeisances, Guru Maharaja! Why do we sometime lose interest to do our chanting? How can we overcome such lack of enthusiasm? Please guide me! Your se...

In the Bhagavad-gita Lord Sri Krishna teaches us how to be equipoised in all situations. Some examples of this are pain and pleasure, happiness and distress, honor and dishonor, and also praise and blame. A highly advanced transcendentalist sees each side of these pairs of opposites with an equal eye. So how can we neophyte devotees also perceive them in this way. The easy way to do this is to see everything in a positive way as the special mercy of Krishna to help us awaken pure love of God within our hearts as soon as possible. For example, if one finds himself in a very painful diseased situation, he can appreciate that here is a situation in which he can strongly affirm his spiritual identity totally beyond his suffering body. Srila Prabhupada Exemplifies Always Being Equipoised Video For the Day The Most Amazing Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Who Is In Charge of the Illusory Energy? All respect observed,, Please, who is the Lord of the illusor...

No matter how nicely you maintain your body it will still get sick, get old, and die. In other words, your material body is ultimately a losing proposition. On the other hand, the spirit-soul who resides within your body is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge. That spirit-soul is your actual self, and your material body is simply a garment that you are wearing temporarily. Self-realization is the process of reviving your original spiritual consciousness, which is transcendental to birth, death, old age, and disease. While it is important to keep the body in a healthy state so that you can do your duties properly, it is even more important that you revive your original spiritual consciousness or Krishna consciousness that is currently sleeping within you. This is your ultimate duty. Krishna consciousness is the perfection of self-realization. Devotees Chant Japa to Attain Ultimate Self Realization Video For the Day How I Came to Krishna Consciousness Answers by Cit...

Krishna consciousness transcends the pains and pleasures of this material world. Krishna consciousness is the dimension of pure transcendental bliss. Therefore there is nothing of more importance and significance than awakening the dormant Krishna consciousness, which is currently sleeping in our hearts. We master the art of becoming perfectly situated in Krishna consciousness under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master. Therefore we accept his instructions as the very life and soul of our existence. Srila Prabhupada With His Beloved Disciples Video For the Day How I Came to Krishna Consciousness Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Possible To Go Back To Godhead In This Lifetime? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I want to reach the finish line of going back home, back to Godhead in this lifetime. Do You think it is possible? It sounds very impossible. Much spiritual happiness, Sincerely, Your stud...

To cure a sickness or a disease a competent physician treats the cause of the disease not the symptoms. At the present moment the human society is in very diseased condition with thousands of symptoms such as as poverty, terrorism, and pollution. Treating the symptoms of the diseased human society will not solve its problems. Only when the underlying cause of the problems is treated will there be success. That underlying cause is godlessness. Therefore by teaching the entire global human society the art of how to put God in the center is the ultimate welfare work and the only real welfare work. Therefore, spiritual revolution is indeed the only real solution for the modern society's ocean of ills. Chanting Hare Krishna-a Spiritual Revolution Video For the Day Lord Brahma Describes Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: What Does This Mean? Dandavats! Please help me to understand the following lines from Purport of Gita 13.25 : "Those who work with...

Srila Prabhupada explains as follows in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 4, Chapter 2, Text 31: "The Vedas are described as setu, which means a 'bridge.' If one wants to attain his spiritual existence, one has to cross an ocean of nescience. The Vedas are the bridge by which to cross such a great ocean." It is essential that we take advantage of this bridge. Otherwise, we will all drown in the miserable ocean of nescience. Krishna Enlightens Arjuna With Transcendental Knowledge Video For the Day Blissful Even in Misery Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Owe It to Ourselves to Be Krishna Conscious? Hare Krishna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Gurudeva and Srimati Gurumata! namo om visnu padaya krsna prestaya bhutale srimate sankarsana dasa adhikariti namine namo prabhupadanuga prema-murti krpatmane gauradesa-vikasartha-uttama bhakti varsine My Dear Srila Gurudeva, In Thought for the Day for 20 July 2017 you say th...

Before the advent of the miserable Age of Kali, the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, 5,000 years ago the entire global society lived for millions of years in a Vedic age of peace, prosperity, and harmony. The good news is that the scriptures predict a 10,000 years spiritual renaissance, a Vedic age within the Kali yuga. That beautiful spiritual renaissance began five centuries ago with advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as His own devotee and has now been expanded worldwide by ISKCON Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Although this worldwide spiritual renaissance is presently still in a seek-like state, very soon it will expand like anything and engulf the entire human society. Thus the happy days of Vedic civilization will very soon once again flourish all over the world. A Vast Spiritual Renaissance Will Soon Sweep the World Video For the Day The Door to Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version...

You owe it to yourself to awaken your dormant Krishna consciousness and thus enter into the dimension of eternity, knowledge, and pure transcendental bliss. If you do not so, you are simply cheating yourself out of unlimited happiness and relegating yourself to a life of permanent misery. So choice is up you. You can either awaken your dormant Krishna consciousness or remain in illusion spell bound by the Lord's illusory energy. Come Back to Your Original Home Video For the Day Escape the Nightmare Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Live Away From Devotees? Thank you so much for this course. I'm doing robotics in my college where there is no place for spirituality, but I'm a devotee of Krishna. How can I live in such a condition? Ashuthosh Answer: We Will Connect You With Krishna Stay connected with us, and we will connect you with Krishna. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

We should not hesitate to fully surrender ourselves to Lord Krishna mistakenly thinking that by doing so we will lose something, because the real fact is that by surrendering to Krishna we will gain everything. How is this so? When we fully give ourselves to Krishna, Krishna fully gives Himself to us. And since all of existence is contained within Krishna, by fully surrendering ourselves to Krishna He becomes our personal property and we become the virtual owners of everything. Therefore when we fully surrender ourselves to Krishna we can never be lacking in any way. We will experience Krishna's shelter as the greatest of all gains. Loving Krishna is the Perfection of Our Existence Video For the Day Message for Earth Citizens Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: What is the Life After Death? Dear Prabhu, I have always a question in my mind. That is, what is the life after death? What will be happen to my soul? Am I doing the right thing every day? Is my every...

Everyone is hankering for love. In other words, everyone is hankering to be in a perfect loving relationship. Perfect loving relationship means a relationship which is completely devoid of any kind of cheating, duplicity or selfishness. Even though everyone is hankering for such perfect loving relationship, no one is able to find or achieve such a relationship in this world. Therefore everyone here is frustrated. Such an ideal perfect loving relationship can only be achieved by reviving our lost, loving relationship with Krishna or God. Therefore to achieve genuine happiness everyone in the world should become Krishna conscious. There's Nothing More Wonderful or Perfect than Loving Krishna Video For the Day Become Dear to Lord Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Not Fall Down? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I will pray to Krishna according to your guidance and excite my duty as a disci...

How to be blissful when you are overwhelmed by misery? This is when it really pays off to be Krishna conscious, the ultimate pain relief system. Since we are always be pestered by one misery or another at every minute, Krishna consciousness is the most valuable treasure to be gained anywhere in all of existence. So how does one then become totally fixed in Krishna consciousness and thus always remain blissful? The secret is that in all times, places, circumstances engage all of your thoughts words, and deeds in a manner which is completely pleasing to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna. How to do this is learned by carefully studying and following the teachings of Krishna as He speaks them in the Bhagavad-gita. This is done under the loving guidance and supervision of Krishna's authorized representative, the bona fide spiritual master. Krishna's Pure Devotee is Always Full of Bliss Video For the Day Free From All Miseries Answers by Citing the Vedi...

We can easily analyze ourselves to see how much we are awakened in Krishna consciousness by seeing how much we feel compassion for these living beings who are presently suffering like anything in the ocean of birth death. They are factually in the most pitiable situation sometimes incarnating as human beings, sometimes taking birth as animal or plants, and sometimes even taking birth as germs. What could be more pitiable than this? So we have to feel compassion upon them and try to save them from the hell that they are going through. This is our most sacred duty. Srila Prabhupada Bestows Mercy Upon His Disciple Video For the Day Krishna Holds Everything Together Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Being Fully Renounced Required to Attain Goloka? Can anyone attain Goloka Vrindavan without taking sannyasa? Your servant, Hari Malaysia Answer: No One does not have to be a sannyasi (a fully renounced monk) to achieve the spiritual world. A married person can also...

Lord Caitanya has so wonderfully stated: "One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly." If we can embrace this leaching tightly within our hearts, always following it in all times, places, and circumstances, our lives will be absolutely perfect. The Unlimtedly Merciful Lord Caitanya Video For the Day How to See Krishna Everywhere Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Bring the Mind Under Control? Dear Srila Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Thank you for your support and guidance. Explain, please, how to give yourself to the Guru and Krishna, when there is no power to make the mind obedient to the ins...

Lord Caitanya says, "I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age -- nama-sankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I shall make the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four mellows of loving devotional service." (CC Adi 3.19) So this is our mission and our philosophy as confirmed by Srila Prabhupada: "We are trying to introduce this Krishna consciousness in order to make the world into Vaikuntha, into a place where there is no anxiety." This is the secret of how anyone can experience unlimited happiness in their life. They simply must fully dedicate their life to giving Krishna consciousness to all the suffering, illusioned souls of this world. In this way they will taste unlimited bliss at every minute. Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna in Ecstasy in Paris, France Video For the Day How to Get the Greatest Pleasure Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Established in the Self? In Bhagavad Gita, 2.45, Lord Krishna says t...

Our Krishna consciousness movement is dedicated to the deliverance of living beings who are currently suffering in the cycle of repeated birth and death. There is no cause which is nobler or greater than this. This world deliverance mission is our family business. Therefore all the members of the Krishna consciousness movement should tightly embrace this goal within their heart of hearts and thus always think, speak, and act in all times, places, and circumstances in a way which is favorable for bringing about the deliverance of all those who are suffering in karma cakra. Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna in Moscow, Russia Video For the Day Think Sastrically Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Afraid of Non-Existence Dear Respected Gurudeva, Please accept my respectful obeisances. I wish that your lotus feet may always be in my mind. All glories to our beloved Srila Prabhupada. In my bewildered mind once appeared a horrible demoniac thought. What would be if nothi...

When maya, the Lord's illusory energy, attacks you, do not surrender to maya. Rather you should fight maya, defeat her by taking complete shelter of Krishna. If you give into maya and follow her dictates, you will remain entangled in the miserable cycle of repeated birth and death. However, if you will defy maya, by taking complete shelter of Krishna, you will regain your original, eternal identity in the unlimitedly sweet pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna in that most wondrous spiritual sky. So now what you do is up to you. It's your choice. Surrender to maya or surrender to Krishna, and reap the corresponding result. Haridas Thakur Was Not Allured by the Prostitute Video For the Day Krishna's Glory Dominates the World Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Resolve Apparent Contradiction in Scriptures? My dear respected Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada . All glories to you and Guru Mataji . I encountered a...

You owe to yourself to awaken your dormant Krishna consciousness. Why should you cheat yourself by remaining a slave of the material energy caught up in the all-entangling cycle of repeated birth, death, old age, and disease for countless eons of lifetimes? Do yourself the highest good by reviving your actual identity as the servant of Krishna. You will unlimitedly glad that you did. Your Eternal Worshipable Lord Sri Krishna Video For the Day Tolerating Misery & Attaining Unlimited Bliss Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How Can I Help You? Dear Srila Gurudeva: I read your E-Course today, I got surprised and felt sad about your health I do not know what reason cause Srila Gurudeva suffers like this. As your disciple/ spiritual daughter, what I can do to help you? Your servant Hladini devi dasi Answer: Faithfully Abide by Your Initiation Vows The best help the disciples can render to the spiritual master is to faithfully follow their initiation vows. Th...

I am remembering back in the most glorious 60's how Srila Prabhupada so mercifully came to America on the order of his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, to introduce the Krishna consciousness movement here in the West. This was truly one of most splendorous moments in all of world history. Srila Prabhupada said that the day his movement began was the day he sat down to sing kirtan in New York City's Tompkins Square Park and was joined in the kirtan by hundreds of people on 9 October 1966. Srila Prabhupada in Tompkins Square Park-New York-1966 Video For the Day Regain Your Original Identity Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How is Your Health? Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. How are you? How is your health? Anamika Answer: Happiness During My Life's Worst Health Crisis I am going through the worst health crisis of my entire life with a pinched nerve in my back causing severe pain in my left leg. Therefore...

We are presently in the dark night of the age of Kali. It's a horrible age of unspeakable abuse. There is a light which can illuminate this dark night and bring peace and happiness to all. That light is the the Bhagavat Purana, the Srimad Bhagavata, which states in Canto 1, Chapter 3, Text 43 as follows: "This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of Kali shall get light from this Purana." Take advantage of this light, and make your life perfect. You'll attain unlimited happiness. The Light of the Bhagavatam Relieves All From Misery Video For the Day Mangal Arati at 430am Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Be Expert Without Being Proud How can one be expert in an occupation such as computer programming without being attached and p...

In Los Angeles on 29 December 1973 Srila Prabhuapda explained as follows: "My Guru Maharaja used to say that when we shall see that the high-court judges are devotees of Krishna, then our preaching will be somewhat forward. So that is the aim of Krishna consciousness movement, that everyone, at least those who are ruling, those who are on the executive function, they must be all maha-bhagavatas (pure devotees). Under them everything should be ruled. Then people will be happy. Because they will never do anything unjustly." So this is our aim. We want to make all the world's leaders pure devotees of Krishna. If we can do this, we will experience globally once the happy days of Bhagavat Dharma (Vedic culture) as in ancient times when it flourished all over the world. Srila Prabhupada Teaches Bhagavat Dharma-New Vrindavan, 1972 Video For the Day Beyond All Suffering Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Pray for Others? I still don't understan...

The preacher of Krishna consciousness visualizes a world in which everyone is Krishna conscious, a world in which 66 thousand babies are not murdered every day in the abortion clinics, and a world in which 156 millions innocent animals are not cruelly murdered every day in the slaughterhouses. He lives at every moment for this purpose begging Krishna that soon the madness of Kali yuga will go into remission and the golden era of Lord Caitanya, which began 531 years ago in a seedlike state can now expand exponentially for the complete, total respiritualization of the entire human society. Lord Caitanya's Movement Will Inundate the Universe Video For the Day Spreading Lord Caitanya's Message Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Be Steady in Krishna Consciousness? Hare Krishna, Please accept my humble obeisances. I have question. How to become steady in Krishna consciousness? Many times I fall prey to lusty desires, which are there in my mind, and I ...

Sometimes it is questioned if nuclear war can stop the sankirtan movement. Here is what Srila Prabhuapda says regarding this issue: "You have asked about whether nuclear devastation on this planet would effect the Sankirtana Movement. No, there is nothing that can stop the Sankirtana Movement because it is the will of God Himself, Lord Caitanya, that His Holy Name be heard in every town and village. Neither can the demons devastate this planet independent of the will of Krishna. Nothing happens without His sanction. If Krishna wants to kill someone no one can save Him, and if Krishna wants to save someone no one can kill him. For our parts we should just be determined to carry out our mission against all opposition, demons, nuclear war, whatever. The whole universe is finally subject to certain annihilation by the will of Krishna, but devotional service is eternal and is the only certain way one can save himself from devastation. We can preach all over the world that the only way...

Each and every living being is unlimitedly dear to Krishna. Therefore even if they reject Him, coming to this material world to try to enjoy separately from Him, He remains with them traveling with them as the Supersoul, the Paramatma. This is confirmed as follows in the Katha Upanisad: "Both the Supersoul [Paramatma] and the atomic soul [jivatma] are situated on the same tree of the body within the same heart of the living being." Therefore there is no reason to ever feel lonely or abandoned. Krishna in the form of the Supersoul always remains with us as our constant companion. The Supersoul is Seated in the Hearts of All Video For the Day See Everything as Krishna's Mercy Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Concern: I Wish There Was Something I Could Do For You. My Dearest Srila Gurudeva Please accept my humble obeisances. Al glories to Srila Prabhupada. I just watched your Video for the Day. It was very difficult for me to see you in such pain. Only you...

Today, the fourth of July, is a big national holiday in the USA in celebration of the original 13 American colonies adopting the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776 separating themselves from membership in the British Empire. But this is not real independence. Real independence means to become free from birth, death, old age, and disease by fully surrendering oneself unto Lord Sri Krishna under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master. We therefore pray for that day when all the people of the world can celebrate their true independence after fully surrendering themselves unto Lord Sri Krishna. Then they can truly celebrate their independency by having a humongous, super ecstatic Hare Krishna kirtan. Devotees Celebrate Independence from Maya-Mayapur, India Video For the Day Using Suffering to Increase Your Krishna Consciousness Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Become Free From Porn Please accept my humble obeisances, I want to ask for you...

On 29 June 2017 shortly after we landed in Los Angeles from a 20 hour flight from Australia, my disciple Bhaktavatsala Das drove my wife and I to a nearby movie theatre to watch a showing of "Hare Krishna, the Film." It was a truly a super exhilarating experience. Srila Prabhupada is truly present in that amazing film. One can feel a very strong connection with Srila Prabhupada when seeing that film. And the more we feel connected with Srila Prabhupada, the more we become Krishna conscious and qualified to go back to home, back to Godhead. What could be sweeter than this? Therefore we encourage everyone to see this movie when it comes available in your part of the world. Here's where you can find out more: http://harekrishnathefilm.com Hare Krishna, the Film Video For the Day Hare Krishna, the Film--Trailer Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/216907604 Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why Can't We Be God? Why can't we be God? Questions as...

For many years my wife and I, in addition to keeping our Hare Krishna center going in Austin, Texas, have been circling the globe to teach the science of Krishna in many different countries. Now we are just about to complete another around-the-world lecture tour. The world is in dire straits, desperately needing to be awakened to Krishna consciousness to prevent a gradual total melt down of the social order into total anarchy. Our lives are fully dedicated to bringing sanity back to the human society. I am every day begging the most merciful Lord Sri Krishna that we can be successful in our world deliverance mission.| 29 June 2017-Upon arriving in Los Angeles we were welcomed by Prahladananda Das and his son, Kirtan Patel. We gave garlands. Video For the Day Home Kirtan Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Ignore the Mind? How we can ignore what our mind says? Does this means that our heart guides us as to whether we should follow to our mind or not? Hare...