Ultimate Self Realization

You are an eternal spiritual being. Don't waste you life wandering around as a lost soul in the cycle of repeated birth and death by spending your life simply serving your temporary senses or, if you are little more elevated, also serving the temporary senses of others. Real service to connect yourself and others through pure loving devotion with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is factually the source or all existence. This reconnection with Krishna bestows unlimited benefit upon everyone. Do Not Remain Lost and Confused Video for the Day Just Give Your Love to Krishna Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Does the Soul Exist? Does the soul exist? I am convinced that there is no soul because are born without identity and during the process of life we learn as primitive creatures. Anonymous Answer: The Soul's Existence is a Scientific Fact Your body is changing at every minute with the old blood corpuscles constantly dying being repla

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? Chorus: 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. Repeat Chorus We’re told that everything happens by chance. That the universe has no person in control. But I see that every machine has got an operator. So the universe also has one This I know 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? Repeat Chorus Revive Your Lost Loving Relationship with God Video for the Day Make Your Life Now Unlimitedly Sublime Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Ques

It's time now to get out of maya or illusion. For thousands and millions of lifetimes we have been misidentifying with matter futilely trying to enjoy in that place where no factual enjoyment exists. Thus we have foolishly maintained our suffering situation in the cycle of birth and death. So it's high time that we become now a little intelligent and stop this unnecessary punishment of ourselves. It's time now to reward ourselves by total complete surrender to Lord Sri Krishna through the transparent via medium who purely represents him, the bona fide spiritual master. Do Not Remain in Illusion Video for the Day Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Fast or Slow Rounds Dear Guru maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances. My question is: With what speed should we chant our rounds? Fast or slow? Your servant, R.K. Answer: Distinctly Chant and Hear Each Syllable From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear R.K., Please accept my blessings. All

The Hare Krishnas love Jesus because he is the best example of loving devotion to Lord Krishna. He is an ideal Vaisnava acharya. He is so devoted to his beloved Lord that he was even willing to be put to death by being nailed to a cross in His service. (Of course, it would be superficial to think that he was actually killed.) The night before his execution Jesus prayed that he could be saved from what was going to happen the next day, but that if God wanted him to go through with this he was willing to accept it as an act of surrender to his beloved Lord. This prayer of Lord Jesus is what convinced me to take shelter of Lord Krishna as His totally surrendered devotee. So I am forever indebted to Lord Jesus Christ for inspiring me and guiding me by his perfect example how to completely surrender myself to Lord Sri Krishna. Lord Jesus Christ: An Ideal Vaisnava Acharya Video for the Day Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: From Quora.com Are there still any Hare Kris

The whole world is simply waiting to be awakened to the transcendental platform of pure love of God. Therefore those persons who fully embrace Lord Caitanya's world deliverance mission as their very life and soul are blessed with the most sublime opportunity of being used by Lord Caitanya to assist Him in His world deliverance mission. What could be more sublime than this, to become an instrument in the hands of Lord Caitanya for the deliverance of the fallen, suffering souls of this world back to their original identities that they once had in the spiritual world before they foolishly tried to enjoy separately from the Lord? Let Everyone Now Become Awakened Video for the Day Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: God's Existence is Paradoxical? If God made Himself, doesn't this cause a paradox? Thomas Brown Answer: God is Eternally Existing Since God is eternally existing, there is no point in time when He made Himself. He is eternally existing by

Srila Prabhupada explains that because everyone in the world is material while we, his followers are spiritual, they naturally think that we are strange. He explains this in a press conference that he gave on March 5, 1975 in New York. You can hear an excerpt from that press conference in today's Video for the Day. People Think That We Are Strange Video for the Day From a Press Conference with Srila Prabhupada on March 5, 1975 in New York Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Is Austin Really Weird? There is a famous saying, "Keep Austin Weird." But is Austin, Texas really that weird? Mohammed Saiful Alam Siddiquee Answer: We Want to Make It Weird Currently Austin is just another run-of-the-mill city where people do the ordinary run-of-the-mill activities such as illicit sex, meat eating, and intoxication. Our mission here at the Austin Hare Krishna Center is to make this city truly weird according to modern day attitudes. We want to make Aust

If we can simply always put Krishna first in all situations, always doing what is pleasing for Him, our lives will be perfect. We are so proud and so sophisticated that we concoct so many bogus philosophies to justify putting ourselves first and God second or even further down the list. Therefore we have turned this world into a hell. The time has come for us to give up this madness and become sane enough to realize that if we do not qualify ourselves for going back to home, back to Godhead we are living a life which is lower than the animals. Sankarshan Dāsa Adhikārī Don't Live Like a Pig Video for the Day Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Progress in My Profession My questions are: 1. How to win over the objectives of personal progress in professional service over spiritual progress in our life? 2. How to develop an attitude of fearlessness and move ahead with confidence when we move from protected professional life to unknown horizon of spiritual li

My Dearmost Śrīla Prabhupāda, Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. I can never thank you enough for so kindly picking me up from this rotten material existence by engaging me in the devotional service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a hippie, a countercultural youth in the 60s and early 70s, I desired to be part of a spiritual revolution that could completely transform our materialistic planetary society creating a new peaceful and loving world social order. And I was doing whatever I thought I could do to help bring about such a transformation. After much search and endeavor it became clear that you were the only person who actually had the vision to successfully bring about such a transformation in the human society. So instead of endeavoring unsuccessfully on my own I became your disciple to assist you in your most powerful world deliverance mission. You initiated me by a letter you sent me from London, England, dated

The celebration of the auspicious festival of Janmastami is a blessed occasion for the innumerable devotees of Shri Krishna. ISKCON has been making a remarkable contribution in spreading the divine philosophy, wisdom and message of Sri Krishna. Its members have been serving the humanity through its numerous philanthropic missions underlining the non-duality of service to God and humanity. The relevance of Sri Krishna's message of peace, unbounded spiritual love and bliss is timeless and universal in its appeal. His sublime instruction to humanity to perform duty without attachment to its fruits continues to be even more relevant today. The spiritual effulgence of Srimad Bhagavad Gita is a heritage that has been resonated far and wide. ISKCON has been playing a significant role in helping the the humanity benefit from the profound wisdom and guidance of the Bhagavad Gita. An inspiring treatise, Bhagavad Gita teaches us how to face and act in difficult situations in life. It

On July 2, 1975 on a morning walk in Denver, Colorado USA Srila Prabhupada most amazingly told us as follows: "If you are suffering from cataract, how you can see distinctly? You have to get your eyes operated. Then you can see. So our bhakti process is simply purifying, purifying, more, more, more. When you are completely purified, you see God face to face, eye to eye, talk with Him, play with Him, just like cowherds boys, they are playing, the gopis are dancing. You get that position." So this a great impetus for us to become Krishna's pure devotees. This Is Where We Will Be Video for the Day Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: What is Devotional Service? All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna Prabhu. Please accept my humble obeisances. Prabhu, I have started reading Srimad Bhagavat Gita and I have read many of your useful messages on the internet. In Chapter 11 of Srimad Bhagavat Gita lots of emphasis is placed on devotional ser

When Srila Prabhupada was giving a lecture on the Nectar of Devotion in Mumbai, India on January 6,1973 he spoke as follows: "If there is some political meeting giving only bluff, lots of bluffs only, and people gather there by thousands and millions to hear the bluff. My Guru Maharaja therefore used to say that this present human society is a society of the cheaters and the cheated. Somebody is being cheated and somebody is cheater, a combination of two things, cheater and the cheated, because they do not know the real interest of life. And anyone who will speak all nonsense and bluff, he will be very much adored. This is going on." Our Krishna consciousness movement is not based on this cheating principle. Lord Sri Krishna is our most intimate well-wishing friend who never cheats us in any way. And we are simply his messenger servants to connect everyone with His loving mercy. We Are Not Here to Rob You Video for the Day Dharma and Kaitava Dharma Answers Ac

Would you kill your mother and eat her flesh after she stops breast feeding you? So how can anyone in their right mind kill their second mother, the cow, when her breast milk dries up. The karma that the modern day society is accruing by cow killing is killing the human civilization. Therefore cow killing can rightly be described as suicidal. When will the fools wake up and realize that they have to stop killing the cows? "Please Don't Kill Me" Video for the Day Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: No Job. What to Do? Dear Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. I am trying to be a servant of Krishna. But recently I have lost my job and am unable to find new one. This is affecting my devotion so much so that sometimes I am asking Krishna to help me get a job. I know this is wrong, but I don't know what to do. Please help me. Regards R.K. Answer: Pray for Pure Devotion From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Devotee, Please a

There is no reason to ever suffer again. So why do it? Suffering is only due to ignorance of your anti-material or spiritual existence which is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge.You simply have to revive your original enlightened consciousness within by deeply meditating on the holy names of God. By doing so you will enter into the dimension of unlimited bliss and knowledge. So what are you waiting for? Do it right now. Fully surrender yourself to Krishna by chanting His names with love and immediately entire the perfect spiritual realm of boundless happiness. Chanting Hare Krishna Liberates Your Consciousness Video for the Day Note this Carefully Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Solution for My Depression? Dear Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisance I'm a medical student and I want to be a good devote of Krishna while I engage in my materialistic duty as a medical student. However, I am depressed because my relatives say that if

Amid the antiwar protests of late 1966, Srila Prabhupada put out a mimeographed leaflet (among the very first of his publications in America) from his small storefront temple on New York's Second Avenue. Srila Prabhupada's followers and sympathizers handed this leaflet out by the thousands on the streets of New York, and later in San Francisco, Montreal, and other cities. His "Peace Formula" was an entirely new approach to the antiwar question, and for thousands of Americans, it provided the perfect solution. The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon others' property as though it were one's own and to thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. Only one who is Krsna conscious can easily overcome the stringency of the laws of nature and thus become happy and peaceful in the world. As a state is protected by the department of law and order, so the state o

My spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, gave us the following order on 17 December 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA: "Just become perfect in the understanding of this science and become guru and deliver the whole world." So how are to relate to the orders we have received from our spiritual master. Are they optional or mandatory? In this connection Srila Prabhupada has written as follows in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Third Canto, Chapter 24, Text 13: "Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has stated that the order of the spiritual master is the life and soul of the disciples. As a man cannot separate his life from his body, a disciple cannot separate the order of the spiritual master from his life. If a disciple follows the instruction of the spiritual master in that way, he is sure to become perfect. This is confirmed in the Upanisads: the import of Vedic instruction is revealed automatically only to one who has implicit faith in the Supreme Personality of Go

Once one awakens his dormant Krishna consciousness he will experience the greatest transcendental bliss at every minute by always thinking of Krishna, seeing everything in relationship with Krishna, and connecting everything with Krishna by offering it to Him in a mood of pure loving service. The attractive things of this world that captivate the minds of everything will then pale away into total insignficance as he relishes the unlimited beauty of Krishna and the unlimited sweetness of being purely absorbed 24/7 in a loving relationship with Him, who is the source of all existence. There is No One More Amazing than Krishna Video for the Day Beyond this Prison House Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Unexplained by Science? What everyday thing that we take for granted is unexplained by science? Jim Gibb Answer: Why We Exist In spite of their big titles and big, big positions these so-called scientists cannot even properly explain why we exist, what to speak

Today's "Thought for the Day" is a wonderful installment from the diary of my beloved Godbrother, His Holiness Indradyumna Swami as follows: During the month of June I visited ISKCON’s temple in Skopje, Northern Macedonia. Macedonia is a small, land-locked country in Southeastern Europe with a population of just 2.7 million people. I had been invited to speak and hold kirtan at the country’s International Yoga Day Festival. While we were waiting at a red light on the way to the festival, a horse-drawn wooden cart driven by a teenage boy and holding a family of gypsies pulled up alongside our car. I grabbed my camera, wanting to capture the juxtaposition between the old and the new at the intersection. The gypsy boy was obviously intimidated by the camera; he jumped off the cart and came running towards me, his fist raised. “Please don’t take offense,” I said to him. “I greatly respect your people.” He lowered his fist. “Really?” “Yes,” I replied. “One time I was at

Always think of Krishna and never forget Him. There are so many wonderful things to remember about Him: His names, His fame, His pastimes, His teachings, His entourage, His paraphernalia, His qualities, etc. Absorbing ourselves in thoughts of Krishna is the perfection of meditation. Such thinking immediately transfers us into the spiritual existence far, far beyond the cycle of repeated birth, death, old age, and disease. Therefore to not be Krishna conscious, even for one second, is the greatest stupidity. Krishna's Super Ecstatic Pastimes Video for the Day There is Nothing Equal to or Better Than This. Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: God Directs Us? Does God always direct us to the right path of enlightenment? Byron Inductivo Answer: Yes, But... Yes He does, but the problem is that we are so proud that we don’t want to take His guidance. Thus we remain in illusion, even though we may foolishly think ourselves to be enlightened and advertise ourse

The cow is our second mother because when we stop drinking our mother's breast milk we drink the milk from the cow. How then could we so cruel to kill our mother and eat her flesh when her breast milk dries up? This is the position of our modern so-called civilization. Therefore due to the karmic reaction of our killing millions of cows every day this planet is becoming more and more of a hell with every passing day. If people want peace and prosperity, it's time for them to wake up and realize that should not kill our mother. Let the Cows Graze Peacefully Video for the Day The Soul is Eternal Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Consciousness and Spirituality? How are consciousness and spirituality related? Aaron Force Answer: They Are Connected From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA Dear Aaron, Please accept my blessings. Spirituality is the realm of those who are conscious, and materiality is the realm of those who are unconscious. Hoping this me

Material consciousness means to take as much as possible and give as little as possible. Spiritual consciousness to give as much as possible and take as little as possible. Those who are in material consciousness end up with nothing. And those who are in spiritual consciousness end up getting everything. This is confirmed in the Bible wherein Lord Jesus says, "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." Srila Prabhupada Bestows Unlimited Mercy Video for the Day Those Who Give the Most Get the Most Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Hidden Secrets in Gita? Does the Bhagavad Gita have hidden secrets besides "the most confidential knowledge"? Can anyone substantiate this? Ganesh Jagdeo Answer: From a Bona Fide Spiritual Master From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My dear Ganesh, Please accept my blessings. Krishna substantiates in Chapter 7, Text 2 that He has revealed everything. There are no hidden secrets: jñānaṁ te 'h

There is no reason to be miserable in any situation. Misery is simply due to ignorance. When one is enlightened with transcendental knowledge he can relish an ocean of unlimited bliss within his heart at every moment. This process of tapping into that unlimited ocean of bliss is called Krishna consciousness. It is not a sectarian religious faith. It is rather the science of awakening the actual self that has been sleeping within through thousands and millions of lifetimes. Devotees Relish the Sweetest Happiness Video for the Day This is the Real Thing! Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Get Spiritual Conectivity? How do I develop a spiritual connectivity and realization about putting life on a purpose? Surya Mohith Answer: From a Bona Fide Spiritual Master My dear Surya, Please accept my blessings. You will accomplish these by taking shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, that person who can fully enlighten you with transcendental knowledge an

Srila Prabhupada wonderfully describes as follows in his purport to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Chapter 7, Text 72: "Only fools give up the service of the spiritual master and think themselves advanced in spiritual knowledge. In order to check such fools, Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself presented the perfect example of how to be a disciple. A spiritual master knows very well how to engage each disciple in a particular duty, but if a disciple, thinking himself more advanced than his spiritual master, gives up his orders and acts independently, he checks his own spiritual progress. Every disciple must consider himself completely unaware of the science of Krishna and must always be ready to carry out the orders of the spiritual master to become competent in Krishna consciousness. A disciple should always remain a fool before his spiritual master. Therefore sometimes pseudo spiritualists accept a spiritual master who is not even fit to become a disciple because they want to kee

Srila Prabhupada wonderfully describes as follows in the Krishna Book Chapter 14--Prayers Offered by Lord Brahmā to Lord Krishna: "Whatever is attractive within the cosmic manifestation is due to Krishna. Krishna is therefore the reservoir of all pleasure. The active principle of everything is Krishna, and highly elevated transcendentalists see everything in connection with Him. In the Caitanya-caritamrita it is stated that a mahā-bhāgavata, or highly advanced devotee, sees Krishna as the active principle in all movable and immovable living entities. Therefore he sees everything within this cosmic manifestation in relation to Krishna. For the fortunate person who has taken shelter of Krishna as everything, liberation is already there. He is no longer in the material world. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: Whoever is engaged in the devotional service of Krishna is already on the brahma-bhūta, or spiritual, platform. The very name Krishna suggests piety and liberation. Any