Krishna’s Appearance: A Harbinger of Hope
Learn how Lord Krishna’s birth can help us lead more meaningful and happy lives. Lord Sri Krishna appeared on Earth approximately 5,000 years ago, at the end of Dvapara-yuga, in response to prayers from Mother Earth and other devatas to protect the innocent from...
Transcendental Nature of Lord Krishna’s Birth
The Supreme Lord Krishna is completely spiritual, and everything connected to Him, including His appearance in this world, is transcendental in nature. Lord Krishna appeared on this earth around 5000 years ago, in the city of Mathura, as the son of Vasudeva and...
Pastimes of Lord Nityananda
Glorification of Lord Nityananda, His appearance and childhood, pilgrimage, distributing Krishna-prema and many other pastimes. Narottama Dasa Thakura, one of the acharyas in the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya writes in glorification of the Lord that one will get the...
Understanding Lord Ananta
This Ananta Chaturdashi let us understand the unique position and divine characteristics of Lord Anantadeva through this blog article. In the vast and timeless expanse of the spiritual and material worlds, one figure stands as a testament to the boundless service and...
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: A Spiritual Pioneer of the Modern Age
On the auspicious occasion of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s appearance day, let us learn about his exemplary and inspiring life. Early Life and Divine Mission Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was born on 2 September 1838 at Birnagar (then called Ulagram) in the Nadia...
Who is Radha? The Glorious Position of the Best Devotee of Lord Krishna
Compiled from the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, by Patitpavan Das devi krsnamayi prokta radhika para-devatasarva-laksmimayi sarva- kantih sammohini para The transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord Sri Krishna. She is the central...
How to Alter our False Perception
Fake gold appears like gold, but existentially it is not gold – Learn how to get out of false perceptions in this material world. Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.20.37 Context: The demons who tried to attack Lord Brahma were allured by the beautiful form of the woman that evolved...
How not to Commit Spiritual Suicide
We are trapped by sexual pleasure in this world. Experience real pleasure by rendering devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.20.36 When Lord Brahma was attacked by the demons created by him, he surrendered to the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord...
How to seek real pleasure
A devotee gives up his false identities and is reinstated as the servant of Krishna just like Brahma who cast off his impure body. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.20.28 so vadharyasya karpanyam viviktadhyatma-darshanah vimuncatma-tanum ghoram ity ukto vimumoca ha The Lord, who...
Sri Swarup Damodar Goswami
Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana
Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana was born sometime in the eighteenth century, in Odisha. At a very early age, he finished his studies of grammar, poetry, rhetoric and logic and then went on pilgrimage. During his travels he met Sri Radha-Damodara Deva a...
Sri Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura
Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura was born in 1674 in Nadiya district of West Bengal. He had two brothers: Sri Ramabhadra Chakravarti and Sri Raghunatha Chakravarti. Vishvanatha received initiation from Sri Krishnacharana Chakravarti, in whose house he lived for a...
India’s Celebration of Krishna – Part 1
Do you know about the glorious Krishna temples in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Manipur, each with a charming deity of Lord Krishna? The appearance of Sri Krishna 5000 years ago on this planet, is woven into the historical and cultural fabric of every state of India. In this...
Pilgrimage tour of Lord Balarama
Find out about the holy places visited by Lord Balarama during His pilgrimage tour covering different parts of the country. Lord Balarama did not participate in the fratricidal war in Kurukshetra. He went for a pilgrimage and visited many sacred places in India. This...
Lingaraja Temple
Bhubaneshwar is the capital city of Odisha and is also the city of temples. Many of these temples are important from an architectural point of view. The largest of these temples is the Lingaraj temple, which is an outstanding specimen of the Odisha...
The 108 names of Sri Ramachandra
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, The Golden Avatar
SRI ÇHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU THE GOLDEN AVATAR Tears of joy rolling down HIS cheeks, At Puri, He danced on the Streets; He held Kartals in His hands, and His neck adorned with floral Garlands, Chanting Hari Naama, He went on without any Fears, much to the hostility from...
आओ करें श्री कृष्ण का स्वागत
आओ करे श्री कृष्ण का स्वागत श्री अच्युत गोविन्द दास। इस्कॉन बैंगलोर। On the occasion of Digital Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations of ISKCON Bangalore हर्ष के पादप फिर उग उठे हैं मन में खिली है उमंग कली, देखो फिर कृष्णोत्सव आया स्वागत में जुटी भक्त मंडली ।...
Ugadi / Gudi Padva Dishes
Puran Poli / Obbattu (Maharashtra, Karnataka) Ingredients: 300 gms chana dal 300 gms jaggery 1 tsp. cardamom powder 150 gms plain flour 1 tbsp. ghee Warm water to knead the dough Ghee to serve Method: Boil dal in plenty of water till soft but not broken. Drain in a...
Ekadashi Recipes
Radhashtami Recipe
Celebrate Radhashtami by worshipping Radha and Krishna and offering Them delicious dishes. Try out this recipe for Malpua. Malpua Cooking time: 60 mins Serves: 6 to 8 Ingredients Milk – 500ml Plain flour – 3 to 4 tbsp Sugar – ½ cup Water – ½ cup Oil for deep frying –...
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Mukti – The Consciousness of Liberation
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.10.6), mukti is defined as muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ - mukti means liberation from the contaminated consciousness of this material world and situation in pure consciousness. For a mukta, there is no more taking birth...
The Consciousness Graph
Do you remember your progressive learning of mathematics in your childhood days? When we were in standard 1 or 2, we all learnt numbers starting from 1 and later 0 was introduced. We had no idea about negative numbers. When we came to standard 5, the concept of...
Features of Vaikuntha Planets
We all seek a better living condition than the current one we are in. And we work whole life to achieve that – to be in a better place to be with our loved ones, to raise our kids better than the way we were raised, to give them a better education than what we had,...
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