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)

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)

What Are The Vedas?
Veda means knowledge, and there are two kinds of knowledge, one mundane and another transcendental. The Vedas are considered to be originally transcendental because they come from the platform which existed before the creation. This transcendental knowledge was impregnated in the heart of the first created living being, and then he distributed the knowledge both for material and spiritual purposes. (Letter from Srila Prabhupada)

Yoga For The New Century
In order to fully understand what a real yoga process is, let’s look into the ancient Vedas. The true science of yoga is taught in the ancient Vedic scriptures. “Veda” means knowledge. In ancient times man had the ability to comprehend much more information then he can today and all knowledge was spoken and remembered. Related Articles (Article by Gadadhara das)

Srila Prabhupada's KGO Radio Interview, 1968
Now, last night we had sankirtana in the public library... Where is that? Oakland. So all people immediately joined us as soon as we began to chant Hare Krsna. Immediately there is effect and there is no rules and regulation that you have to do this or that ... We had lectured in the YMCA Sunday School, little boys and children, they also joined with us. We performed this Hare Krsna chanting in the park, the children, old men, young men, everyone joined (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

Spiritual Advancement--The Simple Method
Sometimes it appears very difficult to make advancement in Krsna consciousness, and we become impatient. If we expect immediate results and they aren't forthcoming, we can easily become discouraged. For those of us who are unable to live in a temple (or even near a temple), this is especially true. So what's the solution? (Article by Padmapani das)

Television Interview With Srila Prabhupada
Krishna again came as Lord Caitanya to teach people how to surrender. And because we are following the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, the method is so sublime that even foreigners who never knew Krishna, they are surrendering. The method is so potent. So that was my purpose. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)