Ultimate Self Realization

In this material world the understanding of love is imperfect. Especially they take love to be the sexual attraction between a man and a woman. Even though this attraction is the binding knot that keeps up perpetually entangled in the cycle of repeated birth and death, due to ignorance this type of love is celebrated as the most wonderful and beautiful of all things. Little do they know that love of God is love's perfection and that the pleasure and satisfaction of loving Krishna or God is millions and billions of times greater than the pleasure of loving a man or woman. Loving a man or a woman is not eliminated by loving God. Rather this love and all types of love become perfect when we give ourselves fully to Lord Sri Krishna in pure loving surrender. Loving God is like watering the root of a tree. When one waters the root of a tree all the leaves and branches are nourished. And if one waters the leaves and branches without watering the root, the tree will not get the water it ...

The devotee knows the art of always counting his blessings, i.e. always seeing the bright side of every situation in which he finds himself. Even in the bleakest of circumstances he always sees how every situation he finds himself in is the extra special mercy of Lord Sri Krishna to help him come fully to his senses in realization of the fact that this temporary material world is not his real home, that his only real home is n the unlimitedly sublime spiritual sky. In this way the devotee is never depressed. He is always jubilant within his heart celebrating the sweet loving mercy of his most beloved Lord Sri Krishna. Our Real Home Is With Lord Krishna in His Most Sublime Abode Video For the Day Sharing the Bliss Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How to Honor Our Parents? What is the exact meaning of the biblical commandment: Honor thy father and mother? De Pa Answer: Bring Them to Krishna Consciousness The Bible teaches us to honor our father and mother, an...

The whole world is waiting to become awakened in Krishna consciousness because Krishna consciousness is the center of our being. Without it things will naturally deteriorate more and more, and the world population will become more and more miserable. When the happy days of bhagavat-dharma become re-established on this planet the entire world society will become exceedingly joyful. Therefore within the innermost cores of their hearts everyone is waiting for the entire world to become awakened in Krishna consciousness. Our Most Glorious Spiritual Master, Srila Prabhupada Video For the Day Ten Preliminary Necessities of Bhakti Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: How Do I Explain I Am Praying to a God Who Died? Dear Guruji How do I explain to people that I am praying to a God who took birth and then died by a hunter's arrow like normal human being? Regards, Khushal Sing Beekoo Answer: Krishna Did Not Die Krishna did not take birth in this world or die. He simp...

We are on a mission to save the rapidly deteriorating world civilization from an eventual collapse into total anarchy, by educating the entire human civilization in the science of Krishna consciousness. This is the duty given to us by our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, that we must deliver the world. Although it seems impossible to accomplish, this most Herculean task, still we joyfully embrace this goal and endeavor with patience, enthusiasm and determination to try to make it happen. By endeavoring in this way at least our spiritual perfection is guaranteed, and any one who follows us will also achieve spiritual perfection. And who knows? The impossible does sometimes become possible. Global respiritualization could by the inconceivable potency of Krishna indeed happen. The whole world could take to pure, genuine spiritualy. So let's try for it. What a glorious life! Some Day the Whole World Will Dance in Ecstasy Video For the Day Krishna's Special Mercy Answe...

One of our readers from India just cancelled his subscription. The reason he gave for this was that the Bible says to meditate on the word of God. He was thinking that what we are teaching is not the word of God. Thus he revealed his gross ignorance as to what is actually the word of God. The original word of God in this world is the Vedic wisdom, which is what we are teaching. This was originally revealed trillions of years ago. The Bible that he follows came much, much later only a mere 2,000 years go after Jesus Christ spoke his teachings. This Jesus did after coming back to Israel from India, where he had learned the Vedic wisdom from the sages there. The same principle of full surrender to the will of God as stated in the Bhagavad-gita is also found in the Bible. Since the wisdom of the Bible is derived from the Vedic wisdom, it is also Vedic wisdom and is also true. The trouble comes when the meaning of the Bible is twisted to justify sinful activities like killing animals to e...

The living being by his very nature of being qualitatively one with God is meant to enjoy unlimited happiness at every minute. But when he falls down into material existence due to being envious of the supremacy of God he loses his pure happiness and suffers in so many ways. This suffering of material existence is actually a most sublime blessing because it gives the conditioned soul the impetus to get back to his original, all-blissful, spiritual nature by reviving his dormant love for God.. One who sees suffering in this suffers no more because experiences suffering as pure bliss. Srila Prabhupada Reveals the Secret of True Happiness Video For the Day How to Relish Unlimited Bliss Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Is Work Bhakti? Hare Krishna Bhakti has its place, but Karma and Dharma are most important. Everything we do is bhakti or devotion to God. so in that sense bhakti is primary. But karma is the most important. For example, if I have to choose between...

Back in 1971 when I was brand new devotee in Austin's ISKCON temple trying to learn how to properly practice the science of Krishna consciousness I was told that it was duty to please the spiritual master. As the spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, was not present in Austin I was wondering how I could please him or know that I was pleasing him and thus fulfill my duty. This was unclear to me. But I got the most wonderful answer when I read verse four of the Guruvastakam (Eight Prayers Glorifying the Spiritual Master) as follows: catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasāda- svādv-anna-tṛptān hari-bhakta-saṅghān kṛtvaiva tṛptiṁ bhajataḥ sadaiva vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam "The spiritual master is always offering Krishna four kinds of delicious food [analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, drunk, and sucked]. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasada, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritu...