Ultimate Self Realization

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Approach Krishna through Radharani November 30, 2025 In London on 5 September 1973 on the occasion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī's appearance day Srila Prabhupada very wonderfully advised us as follows: Actual aim of life is to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu, and Kṛṣṇa is the origin of viṣṇu-tattva. And He is pleased through Rādhārāṇī. Therefore we don't keep Kṛṣṇa alone. No. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. First Rādhārāṇī. So that day is today. First you have to worship Rādhārāṇī. If you go through Rādhārāṇī... Therefore in Vṛndāvana you will see all devotees, they will address one another, "Jaya Rādhe." Still. Because they know that "If Rādhārāṇī is pleased, if I can please Rādhārāṇī..." Rādhārāṇī is presented the original pleasure p...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Krishna's Face is as Beautiful as the Moon November 29, 2025 In a section of The Nectar of Devotion called Beautiful Bodily Features we find the following description: Any comparison of the different parts of the Lord's body to different material objects cannot factually be a complete comparison. Ordinary persons, who cannot understand how exalted are the bodily features of the Lord, are simply given a chance to understand by a material comparison. It is said that Kṛṣṇa's face is as beautiful as the moon, His thighs are powerful just like the trunks of elephants, His arms are just like two pillars, His palms are expanded like lotus flowers, His chest is just like a doorway, His hips are dens, and the middle of H...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Don't Be Impersonal Be Reciprocal November 28, 2025 When I first joined ISKCON in 1971 a senior devotee said that we should not love devotees, that we should only love Krishna. This did not make any sense to me because Vishnujana Swami had told me that we should always be in an embracing mood with the devotees. I trusted Vishnujana's word more because Srila Prabhupada wrote me in a letter that I had been trained up under the expert guidance of His Holiness Vishnujana Swami, So in 1975 when the BBT published the Nectar of Instruction, which contained this verse I was very happy: dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitabl...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you There is Zero Enjoyment in this Material World November 27, 2025 There is zero enjoyment in the material world. The only enjoyment we get here is of no more significance or value than a drop of water in the desert. Therefore we should not waste our time trying to squeeze pleasure out of that place where no enjoyment exists. Instead we should learn from the bona fide spiritual master how to taste the unlimited pleasure of bhakti-rasa, Krishna consciousness. Sankarshan Das Adhikari The Material World is Like a Vast Desert Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now by Clicking Here For Transcendental Videos Click Here Transcendental Reply Why is it so difficult to become Krishna conscious? Answer It ...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you My Memoir is Now Much Appreciated in Bulgaria November 26, 2025 I just received this wonderful report from my disciple, Sārvabhauma dāsa, in Bulagaria: Dear Śrīla Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! We held a program at our center in Kyuri, during which we presented the Bulgarian translation of The Memoirs of Divine Love. We read some of the most moving passages. The devotees were very satisfied and took copies of the book that we had brought. One lady who regularly attends the temple programs bought the book, read it in a very short time, and later shared how deeply it had affected her: “His book is very moving and inspiring — I wanted to read it all at once! Fr...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Does Everything Come from Nothing? November 25, 2025 Our atheist friends want us to believe that everything has come from nothing, that there is no God. But when we ask them to show us even one thing that has come from nothing they are baffled. All around us we see that things have come from something, that came from something, that came from something, etc. If we trace this chain of cause and effect back to the original cause that did not have a cause we have found God, the cause of all causes. At this point our atheist friends may propose an infinite chain of causality with no God. But what they fail to understand due to their clouded brains is that there still has to be a causeless cause to spark off a chain reaction....

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you What Should Be the Attitude of All Preachers? November 24, 2025 In The Nectar of Devotion Srila Prabhupada quotes from Srila Rupa Goswami what should be the attitude of all preachers: The author of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, very humbly submits that he is just trying to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world, although he humbly thinks himself unfit for this work. That should be the attitude of all preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. We should never think of ourselves as great preachers, but should always consider that we are simply instrumental to the previous ācāryas, and simply by following in their footsteps we may be able to do somethin...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Surrender to Krishna Covers All Obligations November 23, 2025 Surrender to Krishna covers all obligations. Krishna confirms this is in Bhagavad-gītā 18.66 sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ““Give up all varieties of duties (dharmas) and simply surrender unto Me. I will free you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.” What are these duties, obligations? In material life, a person has many duties: • obligations to family • obligations to society • obligations to the state • obligations to teachers • obligations to demigods • obligations to forefathers • obligations to all living beings The Vedas describe that a perso...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Do You Desire Ever-Increasing Bliss? November 22, 2025 If you desire ever-increasing bliss you can easily get it if you fully surrender to Lord Sri Krishna according to the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master. You already have it within you. You simply have to awaken it by chanting Lord Sri Krishna'a holy names with love. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Devotees Relish Bhakti Bliss Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now by Clicking Here For Transcendental Videos Click Here Transcendental Reply Hare Kṛṣṇa Prabhu, Prabhu, it is said that Kṛṣṇa does not need anything because He is God, self-sufficient. If it is so, then why does Kṛṣṇa demand offerings and services from people? Answer From: ISKCO...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you The Diksha Guru is Our Final Authority November 21, 2025 In ISKCON we are blessed with many preachers who serve as śikṣā-gurus—instructing gurus who guide us on our pathway back home, back to Godhead. They inspire us to fully surrender ourselves to a dīkṣā-guru, an initiating spiritual master, who initiates us and takes full responsibility to take us back to the spiritual world even if he has to take birth after birth to do so. This dīkṣā-guru becomes our final authority. To him we fully surrender ourselves. We still accept the guidance of our śikṣā-gurus, for they help us become perfect in our surrender to our dīkṣā-guru. As a rule the śikṣā-guru’s instructions will always harmonize with the dīkṣā-guru’s instructions. Howe...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you Srila Prabhupada is India's Greatest Hero November 20, 2025 Lord Sri Krishna most rightly declares in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 18, Texts 68-69: ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear. Srila Prabhupada has proven himself to such a person, not only for India, but for the entire material world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Prabhupada Coin Issued b...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you There is Nothing Sweeter than This November 19, 2025 Today I must share with you this most wonderful verse and purport from the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Chapter 7, Text 22: punaḥ punaḥ piyāiyā haya mahāmatta nāce, kānde, hāse, gāya, yaiche mada-matta Śrī Panca-tattva themselves danced again and again and thus made it easier to drink nectarean love of Godhead. They danced, cried, laughed and chanted like madmen, and in this way they distributed love of Godhead. PURPORT People generally cannot understand the actual meaning of chanting and dancing. Describing the Gosvāmīs, Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya stated, kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau: not only did Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates demonstrate this chantin...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you How I Found the Perfect Career November 18, 2025 It was 1968. I was a top-level college student. Every college student decides what his career will be and studies the appropriate courses. After a friend introduced me to chanting Hare Krishna and I started relishing the topmost nectar of worshipping Krishna, my career choice was realized. I was to deny everything of this material world and become a holy beggar in India. However, on the way to India I realized that denying everything includes denying denial itself. It was then and there that I decided that instead of renouncing the world I would revolutionize the world. I would dedicate my life fully to sparking off a global spiritual revolution to deliver the world from chao...