Philosophy

What God Does is For Our Good
By Vrindavan das, 11.5 2015 By Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Thakura - a letter originally published in "The Harmonist" magazine. September 1927, 441 Sri Chaitanya Era My affection-incarnate, I have this morning come to Sri Gaudiya Matha from Puri....Read more...
Bhaktisidhanta Sarasvati books
Harmonist Magazine
Food restriction - Hari Bhakti Vilasa
What Should Be Avoided During the Month of Karttika Hari-bhakti-vilasa Sixteenth Vilasa, Volume One By Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Text 187 athakarttikevarjyani tatraivabrahma-narada-samvade karttiketuviseshena raja-mashamscabhakshayan nishpavanmuni-sardula yavadahuta-naraki In...Read more...
Six Goswamis books
Gopal Bhatta Goswami books
The Killing of Dhenukasura
By editor, 10.5 2015 Krsna Killing Dhenukasura, Bhagavat Purana – Malwa, Central India, c. 1650 An the auspicious occasion of Gopastami, observed October 30th, from Chapter Fifteen of 'Krsna Book' by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In this way, Sri Krsna,...Read more...
Gopastami in Mayapur
Gopastami info
Practice of the Four Regulative Principles
By sun editor, 10.5 2015 It is a common practice in today's Vaisnava culture to introduce the four regulative principles as part of the initial introduction to Krsna Consciousness: no meat eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling. The introduction of these regulative...Read more...
The Four Regulative Principles
Regulative principles of freedom - Radheshyam Das
How to Engage in Sadhu-Sanga
By editor, 8.5 2015 "A Deliberation on the Methodology of Sadhu-sanga" by HDG Sri Srimad Bhaktivinoda Thakur Mahasaya -- originally published in Sri Sajjana-toshani, 1917. Association is the basis of one's nature A person's nature is shaped by the company he keeps. In...Read more...
Who is Sadhu?
Who is a 'Sadhu'? by Bhaktivedanta Swami
Who is Sadhu?
By editor, 8.5 2015 Room Conversation with Malcolm — July 18, 1973, London Srila Prabhupada: ... Sādhu means he must be a devotee. Sādhu does not mean having saffron color and long beard and doing all nonsense. No. Sādhu means... First test is that he is unflinching, without any...Read more...
Guru-Disciple Relationship
By editor, 7.5 2015 -  Science of Self-Realization, Chapter 13, The Guru - Guide to the Spiritual World "On hearing the word guru, we tend to envision a caricature like image: a bizarre-looking old fellow with a long, stringy beard and flowing robes, meditating on distant,...Read more...
All Srila Prabhupada books and articles
All Srila Prabhupada pictures
Krishna is form of Guru
By editor, 6.5 2015 Morning Walk with Srila Prabhupada – December 15, 1973, Los Angeles, USA (excerpt). Guru Knows Everything Perfectly Candanacarya: ...there must have been very many gurus. Were there many gurus then? Srila Prabhupada: When? Guru or... First of all,...Read more...
Srila Prabhupada: Who is Guru?
Bonafide Spiritual Master
The Disappearance of Madhvacarya
By Sun editor, 6.5 2015 The Disappearance Day of Sri Madhvacarya is observed on January 28th. Madhvacarya was born around 1238 A.D. eight miles south-east of the modern town of Udipi, in the Karnataka State. He is reputed to be the incarnation of Bhima, taking birth in Kali-yuga to destroy...Read more...
Books by Madhvacarya
Madhvacharya biography
Instructions to the Mind
By editor, 6.5 2015 Sri Manah-siksa: Instructions to the Mind By Srila Raghunath das Goswami, translated by Sriman Kushakratha dasa. TEXT 1 gurau goshthe goshthalayishu sujane bhusura-gane  sva-mantre shri-namni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-sharane sada dambham hitva kuru ratim...Read more...
Six Goswamis books
Six Goswamis from Vrindavan
Chanting Hare Krsna
The Quality of Chanting Hare Krsna By editor, 4.5 2015 Srila Prabhupada's Morning Walk, November 2, 1975, Nairobi. Brahmānanda: No, he's saying that when we chant our rounds, how can we be sure that when we chant the round that the round is a perfect, attentive round,...Read more...
Hare Krsna mantra meeaning
Mantra is a spiritual call
The Process of Krishna Consciousness
By editor, 4.5 2015 Krishna Consciousness comes about through the process of adjusting our behaviour and outlook, from self-centred lust to the exclusive and ecstatic love of Krishna and all his devotees. The question arises, does this change come about simply by tolerating and ignoring the...Read more...
Courses, Seminars and Study
Radha and Krsna - paintings
KRSNA: The Supreme Proprietor
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, excerpted from Back to Godhead Magazine. Unless we understand the father, how can we live as brothers? This conversation with a journalist took place at the Hare Krsna center in London in 1971: Srila Prabhupada: I have...Read more...
Srila Prabhupada video
Our Progressive Path is Guaranteed
By Caitanya das, 4.5 2015 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja said this world is no place for a gentleman. This indicates that this world is full of persons inflicted by the modes of passion and ignorance - an observation made by Srila Prabhupada as his ship arrived in the U.S.A. in 1965....Read more...
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati books
Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati pictures
Authority Accepted by Krsna
By editor, Apr 16, 2015 Srila Prabhupada Letter to Satsvarupa , Honolulu, 4th June, 1975 Regarding, Bon Maharaja, I am actually authority accepted by authority. In the Caitanya Caritamrta it is said, krsna sakti vina nahe nama pracar. So, now the Hare Krishna movement is world known, and...Read more...
On Absolute Authority
What was Srila Prabhupada's Position
Sri Vaishnava philosophy
By editor, 2.5 2015 The philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism is known in Sanskrit as Visistadvaita. The term literally means ``non-duality of Reality as characterized by attributes.'' As a classical expression of Vedanta (the philosophical basis for much of Hinduism), the goal of...Read more...
Summary of Upanishadic Philosophy
Sribhashya: An Introduction
The Spirit of Bhagavad Gita
As Bhagavad Gita As It Is will be the basis of our discussions on the Krishna Connect website I would like to give you a general overview of the book. This overview will continue in the next few articles. Even if you have already read the Gita I think you will find this...Read more...
Bhagavad-gīia As It Is, VedaBase
Original 1972 Bhagavad-gita
We Are An Imitation Of Krishna
Published on April 24th, 2015, by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Man is made after God. We are imitation of Krsna. Krsna is not imitation of us. The atheist class, they think that “They have painted a form of God according to one’s own feature of the body.”...Read more...
Our Opinion on Homosexuality
A devotee of Krishna does not try to satisfy his own senses, he tries to satisfy Krishna’s senses. We understand that Krishna is the source of everything and that everyone is part and parcel of Krishna, so if we satisfy Krishna everyone, including ourselves, will be satisfied. > i...Read more...
Hare Krishna views of homosexuality
Gay and lesbian association
Giving Up Illicit Sex
Giving Up Illicit Sex-life- Taking Responsibility- The Vedic Solution Everyone’s need is sex life. Ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunam. These are the bodily needs. So sastra has sanctioned, – All right. You can live peacefully by married life and have sex life for children, good children....Read more...
The Four Regulative Principles
Punishment for illicit sex
Theory of Reincarnation
The drama began with the discovery that mankind is endowed with only 30,000 genes ( instead of the long anticipated 100,000+ ). This is similar to the number of genes in mice and the genes themselves, barring a few, are alike in both. Despite widespread public interest , scientific research in...Read more...
Scientific Proof of Reincarnation
Reincarnation in world religions
Mantra Weapons
Mantra Wars and Mantra Weapons I will concentrate on the nature of mantras and how they were used in ancient times or in ‘Vedic’ civilizations that go back more than 5,000 years and were employed not only for spiritual emancipation but in military applications as well. In other...Read more...
Divine Weapons in the Puranas
What is Hare Krishna?
Who is Krishna? Why do people dress in robes and chant His name on the streets? What is the philosophy of these Krishna devotees? What's the meaning of their chant? Krishna is a name of the Supreme. It means "all- attractive." Anything that might attract you has its source in the...Read more...
What Are The Benefits of Chanting
Transcendental vibration
Hare Krishna philosophy
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affilated vegetarian restaurants, thousands ofnamahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety...Read more...
Philosophy for Everyone
Basic Philosophy
Searching for a guru
By editor, 29 March 2015 Searching for a guru Q: Hare Krsna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I have been "into" Krsna consciousness for eight years, I have been to temples, I stayed a couple of times at New Goloka in N.C., I have stayed down at the Potomac temple in Maryland. I...Read more...
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