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The Devotee's Greatest Treasure

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If one diligently, patiently, determinedly, and enthusiastically perseveres in pursuance of even seemingly impossible goals, by the grace of Lord Sri Krishna he can be successful. Therefore one should never abandon spiritual goals such as becoming a pure devotee of Krishna and making the world Krishna conscious. The devotee should always keep these goals tightly within his heart as his greatest treasure. Srila Prabhupada Always Encourages His Disciples Video For the Day: Don't Cheat Yourself Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Focus My Mind While Chanting? Dear Gurudeva All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga All Glories to Srila Prabhupada I'm helpless, and I hope you can advise me how to improve my chanting. I find it hard to focus my mind and stay still when I'm chanting. Though if I have read Srila Prabhupada's books just before starting, it is easier. My mind is somehow really restless and although I read many hours a day, I can'...

Revolutionize this Planet

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This planet is drowning In material consciousness. This crazy madness Is making the world a mess. So we’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolutionize This planet right now. Disease of godlessness Is such a dreadful crime. That’s why I’m fighting it Investing all of my time. So we’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolutionize This planet right now. ‘Stead of serving your body, Its just a covering of you. Serve spirit-soul within And relish a life anew. So we’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolutionize This planet right now. Water the root of the tree, Whole tree is nourished. Give loving service to God, Whole world will flourish. So we’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolutionize This planet right now. Take this tip, my friends. Don’t ya dare miss this. Put God back in the center You’ll attain unlimited bliss. So we’ve got to revolution, We’ve got to revolution, We’ve got ...

Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious

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Disciples of Srila Prabhupada received the order from him to become gurus and deliver the whole world from illusion. This a inconceivably gargantuan task, and we are just a few persons. Therefore I am requesting all of you, my readers, to kindly assist us in our mission of making the entire world Krishna conscious. If we all work together co-operatively in accordance with teachings of Srila Prabhuapda, this will be a tremendous blessing for the suffering humanity. All-Merciful Srila Prabhupada Video For the Day: Harmonize with Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Revive My Lost Taste for Bhakti? Hare Krishna. What must I do to again find a taste for bhakti? Because previously I chanted sixteen rounds, and now I can only manage four rounds with great effort. And while chanting the mantra I feel like I’m carrying heavy luggage. Trivikrama Answer: Rise Early and Chant Hare Krishna Before Dawn The easy formula for regaining your taste for bhakti is...

Always Remain Humble

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If you are serious about experiencing the unlimited nectar found in Krishna's name, you have to always remain in a humble state of mind thinking yourself to be lower than the straw in the street. If you are proud of your so-called greatness, the holy name will not be nectarean for you. It will instead taste like poison. So do yourself the greatest of all favors: Always remain humble. Srila Prabhupada Humbly Bows Before Krishna Video For the Day: Spiritual Revolution Now Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Illicit Sex With One's Wife is Sex in Mode of Goodness? Dear Gurudeva, I heard a lecture given in Mayapur by a Prabhupada disciple. He said that having sex with one's wife for procreation as per Srila Prabhupada's instructions is transcendental, in other words beyond the modes of material nature. This I know. But then he said that having sex with one's wife outside of regulative principles is in the mode of goodness because even though illic...

Don't Cheat Yourself

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Why be a fool who cheats himself out of his constitutional position of eternity knowledge and bliss? Be kind to yourself by reviving your Krishna consciousness. There is really nothing else that makes any sense. Any other sort of lifestyle is sheer idiocy. Hare Krishna Kirtan Bliss Video For the Day: Fly Hare Krishna Airlines Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: What Else Must I Know and Follow? Dear Gurudeva, Hare Krishna Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet You have been very, very kind to me always and as such you have accepted me as you disciple. Now I think it is my only duty to protect the seed of Bhakti you have mercifully planted in my heart. I follow the four principal rules and regulation and chanting 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Mahamantra. I would like to know - is there anything else which I must know and follow, in addition to the above factors. Please suggest . Hare Krishna Your very, very insignificant servant, Abhayashray Das Ans...

Relishing the Ultimate Thrill

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What could be a more exciting adventure than to be engaged in the mission, that we have been given by our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, of delivering the entire world from suffering and illusion? What could be a greater thrill to wake up to every morning? Even if we are not successful in pulling it off, this endeavor itself is so exhilarating that we could spend many lifetimes happily mediating and working in this way. And if, in spite of all odds against our victory, we are somehow or successful in pulling it off, this will be the most celebrated miracle in all of world history. So either in victory or not in victory what lifestyle could be ecstatic than this: to try to pull of a global spiritual revolution by bringing Krishna back to the center of the world civilization, where He belongs. Ecstatic Spiritual Revolutionaries Heading Out For Street Chanting Video For the Day: Krishna Sent Srila Prabhupada Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why No Mustaches ...

Be Courageous

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To make a stand against the modern day materialistic world civilization is an act of courage. One has to be very bold to defy the authority of the modern day scientists whose speculative theories regarding the origin of the universe are nowadays being accepted as gospel all over the world and paving the royal road to hell for those who accept them. It is much easier to not rock the boat and just go along with the flow of the materialistic society. But you will not find heroes among such cowards. The heroes are those courageous souls who boldly dare to defy the status quo by teaching the principles of factual truth as it is for saving the poor souls of this world from gliding down to the animal kingdom in their next lives. Srila Prabhupada Boldly Reveals the Highest Knowledge Video For the Day: Fly Hare Krishna Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Who is Srila Prabhupada's Successor? Who is Srila Prabhupada's successor, the next acarya in the line of disci...