On The Road

Festival Tour in Gujarat

We just concluded two days of meetings with ISKCON leaders in Gujarat. Together we developed a plan to bring our entire festival program from Poland to Gujarat for a 5 week tour in February 2013. May the holy names resound throughout this land and may all the people be touched by Lord Caitanya’s mercy!

Singing the Pastimes

“It was the practice of the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi to compose poetry about the incidents that occurred in the forest when Krsna performed His different activities of killing the asuras. They would compose all the stories in poetry or have this done by professional poets, and then they would sing about these incidents.” [ Srimad-Bhagavatam, [...]

Yesterday’s Visit to Ter Kadamba

When Srila Rupa Gosvami would sit in his bhajan kutir at Ter Kadamba and write about the pangs of separation that Radha and Krsna felt for one another, the leaves of a nearby Kadamba tree would fall off just like tears running down the face of someone in pain.

The Only Means

“Therefore, as there is no qualification to practise Karma Yoga or any other Yoga and as there is no other course of action for one to follow, one should take refuge in My feet as the only way. Considering well the pitiful state that has befallen one, and considering also My qualities, one who resorts [...]

The Great Souls

“Mahaprabhu and his associates hear the Bhagavatam at Narendra Sarovar in Puri.” This famous sixteenth century painting, commissioned by Maharaja Prataparudra, is by Murari Das, a disciple of Vakreswar Pandit. In the front is Prataparudra Maharaja offering obeisances.

Even A Mleccha

“One in whom the eight kinds of devotion are found, even if he be a mleccha (westerner), is the best of brahmins, a sage, illustrious, an ascetic, a pandit. But I do not respect a Vedic scholar who worships Me without devotion. One who is devoted to Me, even if he is a chandala (dog-eater) [...]

Classes in Mayapur

My dear disciples and friends: I have adjusted my schedule to be in Maypur from February 21 to March 9. To begin with, I will attend the 3 day Kirtan-mela. I don’t plan to go on the Gaura Mandala Parikrama. However, I will give class every afternoon on the rooftop of the Vaisnava Academy where [...]

Vrindavan Meditations – Personal Service to the Guru

“That does not matter you are not personally tending me in Boston. That is formality. I want to see that all my disciples are engaged twenty-four hours in the service of the lord. If one is engaged full-time in the service of the lord – under my direction – that is my personal service.” [ [...]

Vrindavan Meditations – In Memory of Those Fallen on the Field of Battle

“Even if one fully engaged in the devotional service of the Lord is sometimes found engaged in abominable activities, these activities should be considered to be like the spots that resemble the mark of a rabbit on the moon. Such spots do not become an impediment to the diffusion of moonlight. Similarly, the accidental falldown [...]

Vrindavan Meditations – Defining Our Faith

“One who has, through the grace of the guru received the teaching on subservience to God and recognises the faults inherent in all happiness derived from sense-gratification, who has complete devotion to Visnu, being indifferent to other deities, who desires only to obtain Visnu is called a Vaisnava.” [ Prapanna-Parijata 5.1 ]