Author Archives: Isvari

        H.G. Ravanari Prabhu at Sri Dham Mayapur, July 2016     Born in Palestine, Ravanari prabhu joined ISKCON in 1973 in Germany.   As a young devotee, he heard that it was … Read More

    Srila Prabhupada: Yes. I shall produce some gurus. I shall say who is guru, ‘Now you become acharya. You become authorized.’ But the training must be complete.   Tamala Krishna: The process of purification … Read More

        August 18th marks the observance day, according to the Vaisnava calendar, of the start of Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental journey aboard the Jaladuta.   51 years ago, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)         Part Fourteen.   Chapter Two   Text 40 krsnasyanupamanga-srir anga-srir iva madhuri madhuriva gunaly asya gunaliva su-silata   krsnasya-of Lord Krsna; anupama-incomparable; anga-of the body; … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)       Part Thirteen.   Chapter Two   Text 31 pranapaharam harir apriyam dvisam makhapaharam ca balac chaci-pateh sthanapaharam phaninas cakara yat tenaiva tesam vihitam su-mangalam   prana-life; … Read More

Lord Balarama Sun Temple at Konark, Orissa                                                           … Read More

      Srila Prabhupada: What do you understand, fully Krishna conscious?   Visala: It’s to see Krishna face to face?   Prabhupada: That means Krishna conscious? Everyone is seeing Krishna face to face. When you … Read More

            “That Maha-Visnu who lies on the Causal Ocean is actually an expansion of Balarama, who is Krsna’s first expansion, and, in the Vrndavana pastimes, is the brother of Krsna. In … Read More

      Aug 13, 2016 — SRIDHAM MAYAPUR (SUN) — Excerpt from “Sri Upadesamrta” by Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada.   (1) Obtaining the shelter of the lotus feet of a genuine guru is, … Read More

      Dear Madhavanada Prabhu, Pranam, Jay Srila Prabhupada! I have read your article about accreditation of “Bhaktivedanta Hosptal”.   Just by giving the title “Bhaktivedanta” to your private hospital it does not mean that … Read More

      I humbly request participants in this never ending debate and everyone else interested in its outcome to invest a few dollars and a significant amount of time into reading this book : Mystic … Read More

          Srila Prabhupada: Yes, the nine devotional process and how, by each process, one becomes perfect, just like Pariksit Maharaja, simply hearing, and Sukadeva Gosvami, simply chanting, reciting Bhagavatam. So both of … Read More

      Srila Prabhupada: “I always want that my students should be very ideal in character and not discredit our Society. We must all become ideal in character and then people will become very impressed … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)       Part Eleven.   Chapter Two   Text 11 vamsi-svanair gopa-vadhu-ganahrtir gopi-hrte rasa-maha-mahotsavah rasotsavad vanchita-purtir isitus tat-purtito ‘bhut sukha-sambhrtam jagat   The gopis were enchanted by the … Read More

          Srila Prabhupada: So why these things should be allowed? That is our proposition. Every man will say, “No, I’ve got my own mathematics.” Will he be allowed? So we have to … Read More

            Trying to invoke the mercy of the Vaisnavas   Reading about and studying the lives of exalted Vaisnavas is recommended for those on the spiritual path as it enables us … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)       Krsna with Parrot Painting by Jamini Roy Part Twelve.   Chapter Two   Text 20 vadanyesas trsna-nicaya-cita-cittaih karuna-rad vipannaih kandarpo yuvati-nikarair mrtyur aribhih adhisah sad-bhaktaih sahaja-nija-bandhur … Read More

Sri Suka-sari-stava (Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)          Part Ten.   Chapter Two   Text 1 sri-radhika-preritayatha vrndaya samalalitah svasthyam upagatah sukah distas ca krsnasya gunanuvarnane sa-sarikah praha sabham sa nandayan   sri-radhika-by … Read More

  Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada     The Fountainhead of all eternal and temporal manifestations is confined in Sri Krishna alone. The non-absolute phases are emanations from a particular potency whose analytical distributions are … Read More

(Parrots praise Radha and Krsna)         Part Nine.   Chapter One   Text 98 lolendukanta-mani-golaka-baddha-cancad- indrasma-golaka-samana-kaninike ye antar-bhramad-bhramara-phulla-sitabja-kosa- saubhagya-garva-bhara-khandana-pandite ca   lola-moving; indukanta-mani; of moonstones; golaka-balls; baddha-bound; cancat-moving; indrasma-sapphire; golaka-balls; samana-like; kaninike-pupils; ye-that; … Read More