Travel Adventures of a Krishna Monk

The Saturday festival in Mayapur with its Deity procession is so lively here, even without the elephant. The big Gaura Nitai Deities from Pr...

Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami, Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 2, Chapter 1 King Pariksit asks how to apply the mind so that the mind becomes free from d...

Inconceivably enough, I was separated from five pairs of shoes in this year alone! One in Calcutta, one in Russia, one in Hungary, one in Uk...

Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami, Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 2, Chapter 1 The knowledge of the soul, God, and their relationship is called para-vidya. ...

Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 2, Chapter 1 Krishna acts according to scripture although He can do anything. The relationships described in the scr...

Today a disciple of Bhakti Caru Swami named Srivasa Prabhu, who was recently married, sponsored a feast for the whole Mayapur community. At ...

When Mahamaya got initiated by Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada explained, “Mahamaya is another phase of Srimati Radharani.” Laksmi acts e...

12/5/06 Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami class on Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 2, Chapter 1 One thousand names of Vishnu is equal one name of Rama. Three...

Q: Although the association of devotees is glorified we see in Dhruva's case, he had such brief association with Narada, while most of t...

Devotional service is very simple. It can be attained in a moment. It is a matter of changing perspective. We just have to change our idea t...

11/22/06 Notes on Jayadvaita Swami’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.9.23 Srila Prabhupada reminds us that the tapasya (austerity) by wh...

We went to a nama-hatta program with some other devotees; some other students and some friends from the Polish festival tour. The organizer...

Jadavaita Swami class on Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Chapter 15, Text 15 When Brahma attained perfection he did not merge into the impe...

Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami, Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 1, Chapter 6 Krishna cannot be attained by following the rules and regulations. Vaishnava ...

We left around 6:30 a.m. to go to a nama-hatta program about three hours away in a town called Arambhag. It started with a harinama, which t...

I am sitting on the floor in the departure lounge at Borispil airport in Kiev . I came to the airport with Niranjana Swami who is traveling ...

Now that there is an increase in communications, there is talk of a world government. International treaties are the beginning of this. Gene...

Notes on Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day Lecture by Krishna-kripa Dasa There were three Prabhupada disciples in Kiev , but all dec...

While at the Odessa festival, some devotees from the congregation in Charnigov invited me to come to their temple, and so I said I would com...

Mandala-pati Prabhu’s Receiving Brahmacari Cloth Ceremony Maharaja jokes that it is like a press conference, because there are seven record...