The Brahmana’s Dilemma Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami
Kunti hears a cry of grief sounding throughout the brahmana's house. The sage Vaisampayana is telling the history of the Pandavas to their great-grandson, King Janamejaya. As the Mahabharata continues, the Pandavas, whom their enemies assume... read moreAn Inspired Vision Unfolds in Mayapur by Ujjvala Dasa
On February 26, in Mayapur, West Bengal, devotees held opening ceremonies for a memorial to Srila Prabhupada. The same day, the following article appeared in Amrita Bazar Patrika, a Calcutta newspaper. (The photos were not part of the original article.)... read more
In The Beginning Was Krsna’s Word: The Vedas
On June 15, 1974, in Paris, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada received a visit from two priests and two Christian scholars. (Before his guests arrived, Srila Prabhupada briefly noted the Vedic literature's predictions for our age.) Srila... read moreGopala Bhatta Gosvami Disappearance Day: July 16
In the year 1510, while Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was on tour of South India, the family of Vyenkata Bhatta had the great fortune of hosting the Lord during the four months of the rainy season. Gopala, Vyenkata Bhatta's seven-year-old son, served Lord Caitanya... read more
Janmastami Appearance Day of Lord Krsna: August 18
Janmastami is the most important day of the year for devotees of Lord Krsna. Five thousand years ago Krsna appeared as the eighth son of Vasudeva and his wife Devaki. Janmastami is so named because Lord Krsna's birth (janma) occurred on the eighth day (astami) of... read moreAlways Remain Srila Prabhupada’s Dog by Giriraja Swami
"Srila Prabhupada could say just the right thing in the right way to deeply touch the heart of the listener." EVERY MORNING when Srila Prabhupada was in Bombay he used to walk on Juhu Beach. One morning I had been feeling especially wretched and miserable.... read more
Persecution in Armenia!
From: Internet: premarnava.hks@iskcon.com To: armenia_list@hare_krishna_list.voicenet.com Bcc: Jayadvaita Swami (BTG) Subject: Armenia On April 18, 1995, at 3:00 P.M. (local time), twenty or twenty-five unknown men stormed into the ISKCON (Hare Krishna) temple in... read more
The Social Role of Cows by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi
"In My last birth I was born in the family of cowherd men, and I gave protection to the calves and cows. Because of such pious activities, I have now become the son of a brahmana." (Lord Caitanya (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 7.111) THROUGHOUT... read more
On Conceiving the Inconceivable by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
Some Principles in Understanding the Origin of the Conditioned Soul WE CONDITIONED souls are originally Krsna conscious living entities, but owing to a desire to be independent of God and to be the Supreme ourselves, we have fallen from our original position and... read more
Inviting the Lord by Rohininandana Dasa
In a passage from the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.11.13-15) recounting Lord Krsna's return to His city, Dvaraka, we hear how householder devotees welcomed and worshiped Krsna: The city gateway, the household doors, and the festooned arches along the roads were... read more