What is Bhakti Yoga?
“Bhakti means acting spiritually in accordance with the desires of Hṛṣīkeśa [Another name for Krishna, which means, “lord of the sences”]. How can we act? Since we must act with our senses, we must...
View ArticleWhat is Reincarnation?
“There are 8,400,000 species of life. Even the biologist and the anthropologist cannot calculate this accurately, but from authoritative, revealed scripture we get this information. Human beings...
View ArticleWho is Krishna?
“In the Western countries, when someone sees the cover of a book like Kṛṣṇa, he immediately asks, “Who is Kṛṣṇa? Who is the girl with Kṛṣṇa?” etc. The immediate answer is that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme...
View ArticleOn Chanting Hare Krishna
“The human form of life is called arthada because the body can very nicely help the embodied soul to achieve the highest perfection. Prahlāda Mahārāja said that even though temporary, the body can give...
View ArticleWhat is Karma?
Material nature itself is constituted by three qualities: the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance. Above these modes there is eternal time, and by a combination of these...
View ArticleWhy are we Vegetarians?
“If the educational system dealt with the proper utilization of what God is supplying, it would improve. All the fruits and grains we eat are given by God, who supplies food to all living entities. In...
View ArticleModern Knowledge Tour 2015 Features Michael Cremo
Badger, CA (August 2015) The Modern Knowledge Tour 2015 presents internationally acclaimed author and speaker Michael Cremo at its Vancouver and Victoria events on August 28th and 29th...
View ArticleThe Vishnu Avataras
There are two types of avataras, namely nitya (eternal) and Naimittika (occasional). The Nitya-avataras possess their own eternal abodes in Vaikuntha. Sometimes, for some purpose, they decend to the...
View ArticleLord Brahma’s Life Duration
sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ‘ho-rātra-vido janāḥ “By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also...
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