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Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that? Because He conforms in exact detail to descriptions of the Supreme Being, the Godhead. In other words, Krsna is the Godhead because He is all-attractive. Outside the principle of all-attraction,…

Freedom from Never-Ending Karma by Narada Rsi Dasa
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Everyone in the material world is subject to the laws of karma, except the pure devotees of the Lord. In Sydney, Australia, 1993, my good friend showed me one of the most attractive beaches in the world, with crystal-clear water and snow-white sand. As…

Vedic Thoughts
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There is no scarcity for maintenance in the material world. Because of their poor fund of knowledge, the materialists are disturbed when there is an apparent increase of population on the earth. Whenever there is a living being on the earth, however, h…

Attachment for Kṛṣṇa is transcendental bliss
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On the full moon there are some spots which may appear to be pockmarks. Still, the illumination spread by the full moon cannot be checked. Similarly, a little fault in the midst of volumes of devotional service is not at all to be counted as a fault. (…

Hari Kirtana: The Yoga for the Modern Age
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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam sreyah kairava candrika vitaranam vidyavadhu jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam pratipadam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krs…

Nonviolence or War
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—by Damodara das Adhikari (ISKCON—Washington, D. C. War is inevitable: an eye for an eye, dog eat dog, kill or be killed. Human history is a history of wars. Lust, anger and greed run amok in our minds, and for the sake of power and increased facilitie…

ISKCON Around the World (1970 Photos)
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England In no country is Krsna foreign. The chanting of God’s holy names is natural to every land. In the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord Himself declares, “I am the father of all living entities.” Therefore, since Krsna cannot be foreign or alien anywhere, it…

Krishna Katha | H.G. Vaisesika Dasa | 2023-05-21 | ISKCON of Silicon Valley
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Hearing and chanting Krishna’s name, instruction, and pastimes is the mainstay of devotional service. Please join us here for spiritual rejuvenation. Krishna Katha | H.G. Vaisesika Dasa | 2023-05-21 | ISKCON of Silicon ValleyRead M…

Country Compassion
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Dear devotees It was a Saturday. Four of us set out in the sankirtan van to Campbelltown on the south-western outskirts of Sydney. It’s kind of like a country town with tama guna farmer type people. This day it was rather quiet when we arrived. U…

Small Town Sankirtan
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Dear Devotees We went north of Sydney to Woy Woy and Gosford to tolerate the fresh air while we distributed some mercy without discrimination. Madhavendra Puri and I, the two reformed gurukulies, were dropped in Woy Woy. Like a pair of Special OPT Forc…