Monthly Archives: July 2011

Reincarnation: Transmigration of the Soul

Have we lived before? Forgotten Identity Krishna says to Arjuna: Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot. (Bhagavad-gita 4.5)

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The Pilgrimage Has Come to You

The pilgrimage has come to you in the form of Bhagavad-gita, the Holy Name, the devotees, the prasadam. It’s coming to you. Krishna is so kind. Isn’t it? But we have all these sentimental and traditional, pseudo-spiritual ideas: we should … more

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One Religion, Like One Sun

What we see in the world as different religions may be seen as higher or lower levels of spiritual evolution or spiritual realization, but that is not different religions; that is one religion being practiced on higher or lower levels, just as education has higher and lower levels.more

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What is True and What is False?

Malaysia, March 1998 Because falsehood is so prominent, truth is always shocking. Volumes of books have been written since time immemorial by philosophers and thinkers to understand: What I am? Where did I come from? What am I doing here? … more

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Preface to Srimad-Bhagavatam

Globalization in the Face of Disparity ❖His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, respectfully called “Srila Prabhupada” by more than ten thousand of disciples and followers all over the world, remains, even after his departure in 1977, the 20th Century’s foremost … more

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Introduction to Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Bhagavad-gita should be taken or accepted as it is directed by the speaker himself. Bhagavad-gita is also known as Gitopanishad. It is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upanishads in Vedic literature. Of course there … more

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A Collection of Analogies

From the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The ass stands at the washerman’s door, eating the grass, while the washerman loads him up again. The ass has no sense to think, “If I get out of … more

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In any case you are only servant

Lecture given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Seattle, September 27, 1968 So our program is to worship the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami [Brahma-samhita: “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord”]. In … more

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The Premise is the Problem

California, 2001 The premise that the material world is a place of enjoyment for the living entity is the problem. Actually, the material world is a place of perpetual suffering, and material activities are a perpetual struggle to avoid or … more

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The Challenge

In 1963, one Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor of Colombo, Sri Lanka, president of the Sri Lanka branch of the Rationalist Association, an organization especially dedicated to disproving the existence of God and the soul, publicly offered an award of Rs. … more

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