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Who Is God ?
If God is the source of everything, then he must be the source of both the personal beings and the impersonal things seen in this world. To be their source, he must himself have both these aspects.

Isn’t That Unscientific ?
The reputed physicist Fritjof Capra in his well-known book “The Tao of Physics” explains how scientific knowledge is like a map. Just as a map helps in navigating the mapped territory, science helps in manipulating the physical world.

Yoga of Love
Bhakti is the universal wisdom that underlies and unifies all the great wisdom-traditions of the world. Bhakti efficaciously fulfills the ultimate purpose of yoga by devotionally connecting our hearts with the Supreme Lord, who is origin of all love and the pivot of all loving relationship.

India's Unique Legacy
The Vedic wisdom-tradition declares that the chanting of the Hare Krishna mahamantra is the most practical and potent way to connect us with the Lord within, who is an inexhaustible source of everincreasing happiness.

Beyond Logic To Love
God does not delight in displaying his omnipotence or omniscience; he delights in reciprocating love with those who love him and extending his love to those who don’t love him.

Artificial Life
The soul is eternal and can never be created. If the energy spent on creating artificial life were used to cultivate spiritual knowledge and practice, humanity would learn much more about life.

Free yourself from fear
The Bhagavad-gita (5.29) describes that the Lord is always present in our hearts, but we need to refine our devotional vision to perceive his presence there. A couple of quick and effective ways to feel God’s protective presence are praying to him and chanting his holy names.

Raaz Agle Janam Ka
Many people fancifully imagine about their past life and some even try out past-life regressions.No doubt, such regressions can give factually accurate information about the person’s past life.

What is conscience?
Our conscience – the internal voice that inspires us to do good and to avoid bad – is a great gift from God, for it empowers us to make right choices in life.

Sonic technology awakens our potential
The guru is like an expert doctor who can cure our spiritual amnesia. When the guru is himself a devotee dedicated to the service of the Lord and when he repeats the message of God as given in the scriptures, then his words of wisdom have a special spiritual potency.

PROOF OF REINCARNATION
At the time of death, the soul, along with the subtle body, goes to the next gross body, leaving this gross body behind. As the same subtle body carries on to the next life, aspects related to the subtle body – desires, fears, skills – are carried on from this life to the next.

Become a spiritual hero
We may or may not make newspaper headlines, but we will make headlines in God’s eyes. And real heroism is not about becoming famous, but about doing good to others, which all of us can do by cultivating and sharing bhakti.

Saints Help People Discover Their Best
When we harp on people’s faults, we force them into a defensive, justifying mode. This distracts them from the deep internal work that can bring out their divine potential.

Love: the heart of all religions
When the Lord descends, he teaches primarily the path of love, also known as bhaktiyoga,to help souls regain their spiritual rights to an eternal, joyful life.

The Mystery of God's Form
Srila Prabhupada, the founder?acharya of ISKCON,translates the above verse as: "The Supreme Lord has no material hands and feet, but accepts whatever is offered to Him and moves very quickly. The Supreme Person has no material ears and eyes but sees and hears everything. He is the knower of everything, and He is all that is to be known.It is said that He is the best and the greatest of all persons."

Om and Hare Krishna
Krishna and Rama are universal names of God, which mean “the all-attractive one” and “the reservoir of all pleasure” and Hare is the vocative for Hara, the divine potency and consort of God. Thus the mahamantra is a direct call to God, a call by a lost child for his parents.

The Glory of the Vedic Literature
When Europeans first came across Vedic culture and literature , they were filled with amazement and admiration.

On Selecting A Guru
If we insist on practicing spirituality without a spiritual guide, we will most likely get lost in the plethora of philosophies and practices and not make any substantial spiritual advancement.

The Shelter Beyond Calamity
The Vedic scriptures urge us to not dream in vain for a happy life in this world, where death may overcome us at any moment.

Vedic Synthesis
Whether Vedic science equals - and sometimes even surpasses - the sophistication of modern science is a debatable subject, but what is beyond debate and what makes Vedic science truly unique is its highly theistic approach.

The Emotional Snowball
How do we avoid letting irrational emotions take charge of our lives?We all need - and lack - a satisfying object of thought. Consequently, we live in a state of mental dissatisfaction, a state which impels us to constantly search for and contemplate on external objects as potential sources of pleasure.

Conversion to What? Intolerance or Transcendence
This article is a compilation of several conversations between Hindu Intellectuals and ISKCON Scholars on various occasions. To cover the various issues in a systematic way, all these conversations are presented here as one, continuous conversation between two individuals

Fate vs Fatalism
The Vedic scriptures explain that you must just do your duty, the right karma, and not bother about the destiny part.Not bothering about destiny means not letting our destiny discourage us from doing our duty, whatever it is.

There Is Much I Have To Tell You
The ultimate goal of both Christianity and Krishna consciousness is the same:to help practitioners develop love of God, to raise them from being materialistis to becoming spiritualists and to assist them in the journey back to the kingdom of God.But are those teachning illumined equally in the biblical and Vedic literatures?

God is Great - and Sweet
The conventional idea of God is primarily as a judge who rewards the pious and penalizes the impious. If that's all God had to do eternally, even by earthly standards, His life would be quite boring...

Converter, Convert Yourself!
Nowadays there is a lot of concern over people being allured to convert from one religion to another. What is your stand on this?

Choosing the Right Path
Everybody says there path is the right path. How then can a seeker decide which is the right path?

The Complete Social Service
What is the most effective way to render social service?

Hotel or Hospital- Take your Pick
Imagine a patient trying to enjoy in a hospital as if it were a hotel. Could that be the way we are leading oure lives?

From Adversity to Prosperity
The Bhagavad-gita provides us an intellectual springboard and a spiritual trajectory for the leap of faith recommended in the Bible

Think Before You Eat
A little thought about your diet can make a huge difference to you and to the world

The Untapped Glory of India
Biased historians have blinded modern Indians to their cultural and spiritual legacy

Ravana- The Serial Culture-Killer
Would the team that produced the serial Ravana rejoice if their viewers started abducting other men’s wives?

The Old, the New and the Eternal
Krishna consciousness synthesizes the best of old religions and new-age systems to offer us the expressway to happiness.

Responsibly Irresponsible
Is a mistaken definition of responsibility denying us of the rewards that shower down on those who are truly responsible?

Om Shanti Om- Romantic Reincarnation
Discover the realm where romance, reincarnation and reality interesect.

The Tea Quake
The innocuous tea cup causes a devastating quake in the national revenues that takes a toll of 1000 crores every 8 days.

Death - A Reminder of Eternal Life
By neglecting death, could we be neglecting our opportunity for eternal life?

The Original AIDS
The physical AIDS originates in an original AIDS – Acquired Intelligence Deficiency Syndrome.

The Cricket of Life
Life is like a cricket match. But we are neither the player nor the spectator; we are the ball that gets hit and flung all the time.

The Complete Social Service
Social service hacks at the shoots of evil, whereas devotional service cuts away its roots.

Seek Spiritual Unity Amidst Religious Diversity
When exoteric rituals threaten to divide, esoteric principles have the potential to unite.

Rejoice in the Inner Voice
By hearing the voice within, we can find happiness within and share happiness without.

Natural Calamities - Why? What to do?
All natural disasters are actually man-made; nature is just the instrument giving us our karmic due.

Let's Stop Daydreaming
Is our sixty year day dream more real than the six hour night dream?

Karma’s Flawless Justice
Knowledge of karma empowers us to face present suffering and avoid future suffering

Is Work Worship?
Only when we make worship our work will our work become worship.

Is God Male Or Female?
God is both and we are neither.

Humanity - A Burden for the Earth?
Science has found a quick solution to the ecological crisis – annihilate humanity!

Solving the HRD Equation
Happiness = Resources / Desires. Solving this equation holds the key to finding the best happiness that life can offer.

God Answers Knee-Mail
To understand God’s answers to our prayers, we need to kneel down, not just physically, but also intellectually.

The Power of Humility And Tolerance
Spiritual virtues are the often-unused shock-absorbers in the turbulent journey of life

Does Religion Cause War?
Neither of the two world wars, nor most of the other wars had religion as a motivating cause.

Caste System – Spiritual Equality Amidst Material Diversity
The much-misrepresented system is the best social arrangement for material harmony and spiritual growth.

Bhagavad-gita for the Jet-Age
The Bhagavad-gita provides answers to life’s fundamental questions and solutions to the world’s greatest problems.

Are We The Makers Of Our Destiny?
Destiny determines the consequences of our actions, not our actions themselves

Now or Never
If we don’t pay attention to our spiritual side right now, we might never be able to.

Learning the Language of GOD
Unless we understand the plan of our greatest well wisher, we might end up rejecting the opportunities He sends our way.

Bound to be Free
By binding ourselves to God’s love, we become free to enjoy life to its fullest.
 
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