Ultimate Self Realization

Here's the lecture I gave here in Austin on 29 January 2018, the Appearance Day of Lord Nityananda: Click here to hear Lecture If we take full advantage of the mercy of Lord Nityananda, our spiritual lives will become perfect, and we will taste unlimited spiritual bliss at every minute no matter what may be happening out there in the external energy, i.e. the material world. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Message for All World Leaders Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: What is My Way Forward?​​​​​​​ Possibly like many people I struggle with the gravity of the information in the Vedic knowledge,although feeling inside it all to be true. It seems such a departure from what we have always been educated about life and happiness, not to mention the alien culture and language from which it derives. I am just a simple idiot from England after all who thought he was gonna be a big shot, until i read all these books. I have been reading a l

Why am I spending so much energy for the last fifteen years nonstop writing Thought for the Day every day? I am doing this because I cannot tolerate the present day world situation. Our leaders have created a royal mess which cannot be properly called a civilization. What is civil about it? It is like a billboard I used to see on the highway every time I drove from San Diego to Los Angeles which stated, "It's a jungle out there." So what can we do to change it? Is these any hope at all for saving the world from its current destruction course which it is so solidly locked into? Yes, there is hope. That hope comes from the Srimad Bhagavatam in a wonderful verse that was composed over 5,000 years ago: tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo 'ṅkitāni yat śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ "That literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of

Who could be more amazing than Krishna? He is most wonderfully described by Lord Brahma as follows: aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti paśyanti pānti kalayanti ciraṁ jaganti ānanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane." The beauty of Krishna consciousness is that when you realize Krishna you realize everything. Therefore those who are actually intelligent focus as much of their energy as possible for realizing Krishna and perfecting their eternal relationship with Him as His servant. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day The Whole World is Waiting Answ

On 7 January 1973 in Mumbai, India Srila Prabhupada explained that the whole world is waiting to become Krishna consciousness. So since they are all waiting to become awakened to Krishna consciousness, what are we waiting for? We must now fully embrace our duty of giving them what they are actually hankering for in the innermost cores of their hearts. They will be eternally grateful to us for awakening them, and our lives will become unlimitedly glorious. What could be more wonderful than this? Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day The Whole World is Waiting Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: Will I Not Be Able to Become a Devotee? ​​​​​​​Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet O my most respected and dear Gurudeva, please tell me that, I have heard many times in Srimad Bhagavatam the glories of devotees and pure devotees of our dear Lord Krishna and how in every point, and in every aspect of their life Kri

If you ever become totally stressed out, do not become devastated and hopeless. Simply remember that even though Arjuna was completely stressed out he totally recovered his equilibrium. We learn from the Bhagavad-gita that Arjuna became so stressed out that he had a total nervous breakdown. He was so overwhelmed with lamentation that he could not function any more in his occupation as a warrior. Just as Arjuna was brought back to perfect functionality simply by hearing the teachings of the Bhagavda-gita, we can also be fully restored psychologically simply by hearing the words of the Bhagavad-gita. So if you ever come to the point where you feel that you absolutely cannot cope with what you are going through, simply pick up the Bhagavad-gita and keep reading it until your mind becomes peaceful. You will be amazed by how dazzlingly wonderful and sublime is this Bhagavad-gita, the king of all knowledge. It will literally pick up the pieces of your splayed intelligence and put you back t

George Harrison accomplished something really wonderful when he popularized Krishna consciousness through his number one hit sing, "My Sweet Lord." Since I was a popular singer/songwriter before becoming a devotee of Krishna I thought to also try spreading Krishna consciousness throught the medium of popular music. My album "Our Sweet Lord," which can be heard at www.TurnOnTheWorld.com , is gaining popularity in the material world. For example, radio station KMNR now rates my "Our Sweet Lord" album as one of their top ten albums this week. You can see it listed this week at: https://kmnr.org/charts/ My songs have also gotten airplay on the following radio stations: 1. WESS in East Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania 2. WRRG in River Grove, Illinois 3. WCSF in Joliet, Illinois. 4. Radio Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona 5. WRIR in Richmond, Virginia 6. WIDR in Kalamazoo, Michigan 7. KRUX in Las Cruces, New Mexico 8. NVWR in Reno, Nevada 9. KRUA in Anchorage, Al

Just imagine that you are a hotel clerk and into the hotel lobby staggers a drunk, unkempt, filthy rascal who is spouting off profanity at the top of his lungs and who then makes his way to your counter and asks to be given a room. Your manager then whispers in your ear that your hotel does not give rooms to such people. So you do your duty and you do not allow him a room. We neophyte devotees often face a similar situation in the hotel lobby of our minds. Due to memories of previous sinful activities before we embraced the path of bhakti, sinful desires sometimes manifest in our mental lobby. As long as we do not give them a room we are okay. But if we allow them to occcupy a room, this can lead to our falling down from the most glorious path of Krishna consciousness. Therefore we must always be vigilant to usher all sinful thoughts to the hotel door immediately ordering them to leave. The conclusion is that dirty thoughts in your mental lobby which you do not welcome are not a f

The key to always experiencing genuine happiness is to become re-situated in your original nature, which is completely beyond this material world, the land of birth and death. This cannot be achieved by mental speculation or physical gymnastics because it is completely on the spiritual platform beyond your mind and body. It is simply a matter of reviving your lost connection with the Supreme Person, the source of all existence. This is a science, and it is called bhakti yoga, the yoga or linking process of devotion. Under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master you learn how to revive your lost loving relationship with Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no fee that one has to pay to be trained in this science. The only payment required is your faith. Your must put your faith in the process and dutifully carry out the instructions you are given by the spiritual master. If you do this, you will experience results that are inconceivably sublime. So why

If you are not satisfied with the present world situation, the good news that there is something you can do about it. In fact, you must do something about it, because if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. In a lecture given in Austin, Texas USA on 21 January 2018 I describe in detail how you can change the world and make it a much better place for everyone to live. Follow the link below to hear my lecture now. And then follow my instructions for how you can change the world. https://soundcloud.com/user-395605941/a_great_man_inspires_the_whole_world Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Slight Advancement Removes All Fear Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: If Someone Commits Suicide Because He Can't Get a Job? Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. My question today relates to suicide and its after effects. I have read that suicide puts a person's spiritual clock in reverse, i.e.

Take seriously to Krishna consciousness. You've got nothing to lose except for your anxiety. If you don't believe me, just give it an open-minded try, and you will experience first hand how I am 100% correct. So what do you have to lose? You've already tried to find perfect happiness in so many other ways, but have never truly achieved it. So now try Krishna consciousness with all seriousness, determination, enthusiasm, and patience. If you do, you will soon realize that this is the smartest decision you ever made in your entire life. I guarantee it. Try it. You'll absolutely love it! Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Be Happy and Make the Whole World Happy Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: Why Difficult to Do Our Duty? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Why is it so difficult to do what ought to be done? Bringing about a revolution within myself is easier said than do

All we are really saying is, "Just be yourself." Be your actual self, the eternal spiritual being who is dwelling within the heart of the physical body as the driver. If I told you to be your car, could you do that? Of course not! Similarly it is not possible for you to be your body. It is a just a physical machine that you are manipulating to go here and there and do this and that. The reason the world is presently such a screwed up mess is everybody is trying to be happy by satisfying the senses of their material body. They are neglecting the self within. Therefore it is time now for a vast, all-encompassing spiritual revolution to train everyone how to simply be themselves. In due course of time the world will wake up and heed our message. Indeed it will come to pass in the future that historians will note how at this time in history the Krishna consciousness movement totally transformed the world. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day The Whole World Is

Life in this world is not always pleasant. Sometimes we are face with very difficult situations. We lose our composure, and we become bewildered. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going. So difficult times are the times for us to become strong by having full faith in Krishna that He will never let us down. In this way if we remain strong in our determination, we will successfully weather every storm and discover a great treasure house of unlimited peace and happiness stored deep within us. Remember this the next time you hit stormy weather, and you will be amazed at what it does for your consciousness. You will experience how both the good and bad times are the greatest blessing. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day The Key to Unlimited Happiness Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: How to Control My Crazy Mind? I offer to you my respectful obeisances. Lately I've been experiencing a sort of disparity between my material and spirit

If you will tune into your actual spiritual nature, you can relish unlimitedly, ever-increasing bliss for all of eternity, even in the midst of most devastatingly distressful situations here in turmoil-ridden material world. So who is that fool who would not agree to accept our training? Only those who are most most unfortunate will not need our teachings. We therefore pray that their good fortune will come very soon. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Never Be Discouraged Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: How Are We Qualitatively One With Krishna? Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances! Srila Gurudeva, I understood that I'm not the maintainer of anything and that I'm dependent on Krishna. But how is it then that we're qualitatively one with Krishna, if we don't posses that one quality of maintenance even to a small degree? Your servant, Bhargavi Answer: Big and Small Maintainers Krishna maintains infinitely

Since any day could be the last day in our life in this present physical incarnation, those who are factually intelligent pour everything they have and are into each day. In other words, they never postpone their spiritual advancement. They utilize every day to fully absorb their thoughts, words, and deeds in Krishna's service and to broadcast the message of Krishna to the sleeping souls of this world. In this way they live ecstatic, fully fulfilling lives, and they are fully engaged in doing the highest level welfare work for the lost, bewildered souls of this age. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Revolution Within--Revolution Without Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: Being Responsible and Non-Attached? Haribol, Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. 🙏 I have heard many times that we should not grow our attachment for anything or anybody since everything is temporary in this material world. But if we

Why torture yourself when you could be tasting unlimited bliss at every minute? This is simply a matter of common sense. Your actual nature is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge, while your covered nature is temporary, full of ignorance, and misery. Instead of being covered by ignorance and misery you can uncover your actual nature and be swimming in an ocean of unlimited bliss at every minute. You don't need to be a rocket scientist or a Phd to figure out which is better: your covered nature or your uncovered nature. So if you are ready to uncover your consciousness and be who you actually are, you've come to right place. In this course I will teach you how to fully situate yourself in your eternal all-blissful, all-knowing nature. All you have to do is hear me and follow my instructions. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day The Real Fountain of Youth Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: Save a Drowning Man? I know we should th

After being out the USA for the last six weeks on an around-the-world global respiritualization tour we are now back. Srila Prabhupada was very fond of the United States because it was from here that he has able to successfully launch his world deliverance mission. In this regard he stated when he was in Washington D.C.: ​​​​​​​"I take America as my fatherland. India is motherland, and here is fatherland." His face softened with a gentle smile, and he spoke with fondness. "So many fathers. My father was very affectionate to me. He would do everything for me. I lost one father, but now I have so many fathers." I take it as a special blessing that Srila Prabhupada so much appreciated the land of my birth. Now I want to see that all of my American countrymen will take to Krishna consciousness and assist us in making the world Krishna conscious. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day World Deliverance Mission Answers According to Vedic Knowledg

Sometimes the rascal so-called atheistic scientists dogmaticallly declare that everything comes from nothing. Although they cannot scientifically prove this, they want us to simply accept this as gospel truth simply on the basis of blind faith in them because they are PhDs. But in this regard it is stated very wisely that fools rush in where angels fear to tread. If these so-calle scientists want us to accept their theories, they must back them up with genuine scientific evidence. From our side we are making the counter proposal that everything comes from something. We can provide thousands and millions of example of this as our scientific evidence. For example, butterflies come from caterpillars and flowers come seeds. The list goes on endlessly. Therefore we can scientifically conclude with ample evidence that since everything comes from something, nothing comes from nothing. The perfection of science then is to trace the multitudinous chains of causality back to that original s

We want to bring peace to the world so that all living beings can be happy here. In this regard Srila Prabhupada has stated on 14 February 1977 when he was in Mayapur, West Bengal, India: "So if they want actually world peace, world unity, they must take the formula given by Krishna. That is our duty. Because we are preaching Krishna consciousness, so our duty is to convince that 'You are uselessly wasting your time for unity, for benefit of the humanity. You take this. You'll be happy.'" So somehow or other we must now make the entire world Krishna conscious. This s the only solution to solve the multitudinous problems that are presently very much plauging and perplexing the modern day humanity. My life is fully dedicated to this. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Peace in Adversity Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: Daughter Can Deliver Her Family? Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj , Please accept my humble obeisances All

You owe it to yourself to be yourself, to not cheat yourself by trying to be something that you are not. Therefore wake up and be who you are actually are, the eternal servant of the most amazingly, dazzlingly astounding person in all of existence, who is indeed the very source of existence and existence itself. I am speaking of my most beloved Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality fo Godhead. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Be Who You Really Are Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: If Husband Wants Sex? Hare Krishna Maharaj and Guru Mata. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Hope you are well and thank you so much for your preaching service and your time to answer questions. Please tell me how what stops one from surrending completely. How can one give up sense enjoyment like watching TV? How to stop bad qualities like anger? Can a lady take initiation even if her husband still wants sex life wi

After my song, "The Peace Formula" got a favorable review and airplay on The Source FM (96.1) a radio station in the UK, and was very much appreciated by former US President Obama, it was also very auspicious when I was informed that 22 more radio stations will be playing songs from my CD, "Our Sweet Lord." Here is a list of the stations: 1. Radio Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona ( radiophoenix.org ) 2. KAOS in Olympia, Washington. (kaosradio.org ) 3. WVYC in York, Pennsylvania. ( ycp.edu ) 4. WAWM in West Allis, Wisconsin ( wawmsdradio.com ) 5. WNYO in Oswego, New York (wnyo889.org ) 6. WPNR in Utica, New York. ( pioneerradio.org ) 7. WWUH in West Hartford, Connecticut (wwuh.org ) 8. KRUX in Las Cruces, New Mexico (kruxradio.com ) 9. WLCA in Godfrey, Illinois ( wlcafm.com ) 10. WGLS in Glassboro, New Jersey ( hwgls.rowan.edu ) 11. KRUA in Anchorage, Alaska ( kruaradio.org ) 12. WIDR in Kalamazoo, Michigan ( widrfm.org) 13. KGLT in Bozeman, Montana ( kglt.

Srila Prabhupada has so mercifully given us the perfect formula, surrender to Krishna, by which the entire world can become peaceful and happy. Therefore on his order and out of compassion upon the poor suffering souls of this age, it is our duty to enlighten the world population in the science of Krishna consciousness. Somehow or other we must induce them to give serious attention to understanding and then to fully implement the teachings of Lord Krishna. If they can do so, a wondrous golden age of peace, prosperity, truthfulness, and unparalleled happiness will dawn upon this greatly beleaguered and troubled planet. Lord Sri Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Blissing Out in the Snow Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: How to Satisfy Krishna's Senses? Srila Gurudeva, how to satisfy Krishna's senses? Thank you, and "Hare Krishna." Arie from Malaysia Answer: Engage Your Senses in Krishna's Service How to satisfy Krishna is des

By taking to Krishna consciousness one has nothing to lose except for his anxiety. So who in their right mind having heard about Krishna consciousness would not want to take up this most wonderful enlightening and liberating path? Only the foolish masochist, that person who would rather punish himself rather than reward himself, or that person who mistakenly thinks that being trapped in a rotting, dying body is great fun. Krishna and the Gopis Video for the Day Let's Make a Spiritual Revolution Right Now Answers According to Vedic Knowledge Question: Thinking of Dead Relatives at the Time of Death? What happens to a person if he thinks of his dead relatives at the moment of death?. If his relatives have got liberation, will he also get liberation because he was thinking of them while dying? Please enlighten me on this. Looking forward to your enlightening response. Your Servant, Avinash G. Answer: He Goes to Where They Are He goes to wherever they are. If

My most dear Lord Sri Krishna, my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, has ordered his disciples, "Become guru and deliver the world." So my dearest and most merciful Lord Sri Krishna, I am humbly begging that in spite of my innumerable disqualifications I can successfully execute this instruction of my beloved spiritual master, even if I have to take birth after birth here in this material world to be able to do so. My dear Lord, I am willing to go anywhere to any world to do whatever you want me to do. But since my spiritual master has ordered to become guru and deliver the world I am duty bound to successfully carry out this order, even if it takes many lifetimes to do so. So, my dear Lord Krishna, I am begging your special mercy that as soon as possible I can successful carry out of the order of my beloved spiritual master to deliver the world. Lord Sr

After an inconceivably blissful several days of teaching the science of Krishna bhakti in Santiago, Chile we are heading out from the hot Chilean summer to the very cold winter in Toronto, Canada. As I write this the temperature in Toronto is 2 degrees while Santiago is going to be 90 degrees day. This an 88 degree drop. This is a great opportunity to remember and follow Krishna's teaching in the Bhagavad-gita that one must be transcendental to the dualities of material existence. In this world we are always being bounced around by the dualities: heat and cold, happiness and distress, honor and dishonor, birth and death, youth and old age, poverty and wealth, praise and blame, etc. Krishna therefore teaches us to be even-minded in the the midst of the all these dualities. The secret of being even-minded in all times, places, and circumstances is to see that at every moment everything is being arranged/orchestrated by Lord Sri Krishna to bring us back to our original constitutional

Here are the lyrics for my song "Turn On Your Soul." This song will be released on my next CD. It carries a very important message that can benefit the entire world. Plus it contains a powerful argument used by Srila Prabhupada to logically defeat atheism. Below you can see and hear a live performance from my recent visit to Australia. It was an ecstatic day by the side of a river. Turn OnYour Soul Do you know who you really are? Do you know where you’re coming from? Do you know for sure where you’re goin’ Or what you will become? You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. So remember and celebrate this. You’re not of this world, dear friend. Better tune in and turn on your soul. Do you know what happens when you die? Do you know what’s beyond the sky? Do you think that body is you? It’s just something that you’re passing through. You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. So remember and celebrate this. You’re not of this world, dear friend. Better