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KRSNA AND THE COWHERD BOYS HONOR BALARAMA
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When His elder brother, fatigued from playing, would lie down with His head upon the lap of a cowherd boy, Lord Krsna would help Him relax by personally massaging His feet and offering other services. Sometimes, as the cowherd boys danced, sang, moved …

KRSNA, BALARAMA, AND THEIR FRIENDS ENTER THE FOREST
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One day Krsna decided to take His breakfast as a picnic in the forest. Having risen early in the morning, He blew His bugle made of horn and woke all the cowherd boys and calves with its beautiful sound. Then Krsna and the boys, keeping their respectiv…

KRSNA, BALARAMA, AND THEIR FRIENDS ENTER THE FOREST
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One day Krsna decided to take His breakfast as a picnic in the forest. Having risen early in the morning, He blew His bugle made of horn and woke all the cowherd boys and calves with its beautiful sound. Then Krsna and the boys, keeping their respectiv…

KRSNA AND BALARAMA’S NAME – GIVING CEREMONY
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>The astrologer Garga Muni told Nanda Maharaja, “Your son krsna appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past He assumed three different colors-white, red, and yellow-and now He has appeared in a blackish color. For many reasons this beaut…

KRSNA AND BALARAMA’S NAME – GIVING CEREMONY
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>The astrologer Garga Muni told Nanda Maharaja, “Your son krsna appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past He assumed three different colors-white, red, and yellow-and now He has appeared in a blackish color. For many reasons this beaut…

Krsna returns home from the forest
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At the end of the day, having rounded up all His cows, Krsna plays a song on His flute while exalted demigods standing along the path worship His lotus feet and the cowherd boys accompanying Him chant His glories. His garland is powdered by the dust ra…

THE GOPIS WATCH KRSNA DEPART FOR THE FOREST
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Wearing a peacock-feather ornament upon His head, blue karnikara flowers on His ears, a yellow garment as brilliant as gold, and the Vaijayanti garland, Lord Krsna exhibited His transcendental form as the greatest of dancers as He entered the forest of…

The Chakra of Lord Hari (video)
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The personal weapon used by Lord Kṛṣṇa, the disc, is called hari-cakra, the disc of Hari. This cakra is the wheel of time. It expands from the beginning of the atoms up to the time of Brahmā’s death, and it controls all activities. It is always revolvi…

Nectar Talks with Sanka Das (video)
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Get ready to hear some of Sanka Prabhu’s wild stories in Krsna Consciousness! He’s been cooking for Yogeshvara Krsna for many many years and is ready to pass the torch. How is he going to do that? Learn about his views on family and how he is dealin…

What’s a woman to do? (video)
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The Vedic system appears to have specific roles for men and women, and many times that’s hard to accept or follow in today’s world. At the same time, we also hear of how accommodating the spiritual path of surrender (bhakti) as proposed by HDG Srila Pr…

Appearance of Srila Madhavendra Puri
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Appearance of Srila Madhvendra Puri. Sri Madhavendra Puri, a great devotee and acarya in the line of devotees, says, ‘O Lord, in my prayers three times a day, all glory to You. O Bathing, I offer my obeisances unto You. O demigods, O forefathers,…

Radhavan – Sri Radha’s Special Forest (video)
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HH Indradyumna Swami: Dear devotees! Well, in our wanderings through Vrindavan”s forests, we have come to a very unique one: Radhavan. This lecture is entitled, “Radhavan – Sri Radha’s Special Forest.” We discuss a number of pastimes that take place…

Vintage Kirtan by Senior Devotees (video)
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Vintage Kirtan by Senior Sanyasis ( HH BB Govinda Swami, HH Niranjana Swami, HH Indradyumna Swami, HH Jayadvaita Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Sri Krsna Caitanya Swami ) at ISKCON Chowpatty 2005Read More…

The Names of the Lord are eternal (video)
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O learned brāhmaṇa, the transcendental activities of the Lord are all wonderful, and they appear inconceivable because even great endeavors by many learned scholars have still proved insufficient for understanding them.Read More…

Bond of Love Interview Series: Guru Charan Padma Devi (video)
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Guru carana padma dasi joined the movement in 1976 in Chicago where she was engaged in full time outreach/sankirtan programmes. She came to the UK in 1979 and was on the full time ladies sankirtan party in London and around the UK. After marrying Kripa…

Transforming material emotions into spiritual emotions (video)
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Showing gratitude to those who gave us those most essential first necessities of life love touch care sustenance today we show gratitude to her perhaps the most taken for granted persons in our lives our moms our first gurus the ones who gave us birth….

Interview with H.G. Ram Shraddha Prabhu – Books are the Basis (video)
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Don’t think that simply our books are meant for selling. No. It is meant for reading also. If we read regularly, at least two hours, three hours, that is tapasya. Tapo divyamRead More…(This post has been viewed 339 times so far)

The symptoms of old age (video)
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You have been blind from your very birth, and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your memory is shortened, and your intelligence is disturbed. Your teeth are loose, your liver is defective, and you are coughing up mucus.Read More…(This post ha…

Dear Pankajanghri Prabhu…
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Though you have left this world and now are beyond our reach and pitiful cries, I have faith that through the transcendental medium you will hear my wordsRead More…(This post has been viewed 338 times so far)