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George Harrison Interview: Hare Krishna Mantra--There's Nothing Higher (1982) The Hare Krishna Mantra by George Harrison and London Radha-Krishna Temple devotees was featured four times on England's most popular television program, Top of the Pops, after rising to the Top 10 throughout England, Europe, and parts of Asia. Related Articles (MP3 Audio by George Harrison)  Srila Prabhupada On Chanting Hare Krishna (MP3 Audio) Krsna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  Why do Bad Things Happen to Us? From your views Why do 'bad' things befall us? How does all that come into play? Is everything karma or can anything just happen? How would a KC devotee deal with let's say he's on the road preaching and someone stabs him badly, how would you view that? Or would you say that while in KC it would not be possible to be stabbed because Krishna is watching over us, especially (Letter from Madhudvisa dasa)  The Main thing is: I'M NOT THIS BODY The main thing is we understand we are not the body so no matter what we do to the body it will not give us satisfaction in the long term. (Letter from Madhudvisa dasa)  We Are Not These Bodies I am not this body but am spirit soul is an essential realization for anyone who wants to transcend death and enter into the spiritual world beyond. It is not simply a matter of saying I am not this body, but of actually realizing it. This is not as simple as it may seem at first. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Throughway to Happiness Every one of us is searching after happiness, but we do not know what real happiness is. We see so much advertised about happiness, but practically speaking we see so few happy people. This is because so few people know that the platform of real happiness is beyond temporary things. It is this real happiness that is described in Bhagavad-gita by Lord Krsna to Arjuna. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Liquid Beauty Once upon a time a prince met very beautiful young girl. He visited her house to see her but she was very chaste. The prince wanted to marry this beautiful girl but she didn't want to marry him. So she said to him, You want to marry me, you are attracted by my beauty, so I will distill my beauty in the next ten days, I will distill my beauty into Related Articles (Article by Madhudvisa dasa)  Srila Prabhupada Interview With Reporter in Durban, South Africa This saffron robe is not very essential, or cut the hair, but it creates some good situation. Just like a military man, when he is dressed properly he gets some energy to feel like a military man. But it does not mean that unless you are dressed, you cannot fight. So God consciousness can be revived in any condition. But these conditions are helpful. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  Changing Bodies We are not these material bodies, we are the spiritual force, the spiritual spark, the soul within. These bodies are simply an outward dress only. As I change my clothes yet still remain the same person so I also change my bodies but I am still the same person. Related Articles (Article by Madhudvisa dasa)  George Harrison, John Lennon and Yoko Ono from the Beatles Talk With Srila Prabhupada (MP3 Audio) In September 1969 Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, arrived as a house guest at Tittenhurst Park, John Lennon's estate in England. 1969 was for John Lennon a year of intense search for social and personal liberation. He had already been to the Maharishi and later would enter primal therapy and left-wing politics. He was in a major transitional period; he had married Yoko Ono in March, and Related Articles (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  |
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Reincarnation Explained Remembrances of past lives can be fascinating, but the real goal of understanding reincarnation is to become free from the painful cycle of birth in death. Srila Prabhupada warns, This is not a very good business--to die and take birth again. We know that when we die we'll have to enter again into the womb of a mother--and nowadays mothers are killing the children within the womb. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Sunday Feast Lecture--The Higher Science So this is the true picture of God: He is simply enjoying. You have seen the picture, Radha Krishna, eternally engaged in enjoyment with the gopis. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  The Meaning of the Hare Krishna Mantra--1966 MP3 Audio Lecture You can take the iron rod which is red hot in association with fire and touch anything; it will burn. That means it is no longer acting as iron; it is acting as fire. Similarly, if you associate with this transcendental incarnation, sound incarnation of God, then you will be gradually godly. If you want to get yourself warm, then you have to associate with fire... (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)  Perfect Questions Perfect Answers God, spiritual life—those were such vague terms to me before I met Srila Prabhupada. I have always been interested in religion, but before I met the Krsna conscious devotees, somehow I did not have the proper perspective needed to inquire fruitfully about spiritual life. (Article by Bob Cohen)  Forward To The Bhagavad-gita As It Is The Bhagavad-gita is the best known and the most frequently translated of Vedic religious texts. Why it should be so appealing to the Western mind is an interesting question. (Article by Professor Edward C. Dimock, Jr)  Introduction To Gitopanisad Part Two So the Lord, the living entity, the nature, material nature, and time, they are all eternal. But the other item, karma, is not eternal. The effects of karma or activity may be very old. We are suffering or enjoying the results of our activities from a time immemorial, but still, we can change the result of our karma, or activity. That will depend on our perfect knowledge. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Introduction To Gitopanisad Part One The spirit of Bhagavad-gita is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita itself. It is just like this. If we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the particular direction mentioned on the label of the medicine. We cannot take the particular medicine according to our own direction or by the direction of a friend, but we have to take the medicine under the direction given on the label of the bottle and as directed by the physician Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Manifesto of Krsna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a movement aiming at the spiritual reorientation of mankind through the simple process of chanting the holy names of God. The human life is meant for ending the miseries of material existence. Our present-day society is trying to do so by material progress. However, it is visible to all that in spite of the extensive material progress, the human society... (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  Understanding Our Relationship With Krishna It is a very important science of God, understanding what is God. Of course, in every religion this conception of God is there. Simply by understanding "God is great" is not sufficient. We must have knowledge about our relationship with God. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  You May Inquire- Why Are We Chanting Hare Krsna? Hare Krsna, this name, was chanted by Lord Caitanya, who introduced this movement five hundred years ago in India. We are following the footprints of Lord Caitanya. Because He chanted Hare Krsna, therefore we are chanting Hare Krsna. But Lord Caitanya has recommended that God has innumerable names, and any one of them can be chanted, ... (Article by Srila Prabhupada)  |
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