QUALITIES THAT ATTRACTS THE MERCY OF THE LORD Decades ago, when I was in IIT, I once tried preaching to one of the drunkards in my college. I went and requested him to come along with me for a Srimad…

Once, there was a miser on a boat ride accompanied by his friends. As the boat reached the middle of the river, a 25 paise coin from the miser’s pocket fell into the water. He impulsively jumped inside the river…

Death: Unpredictable yet certain śrī-bhagavān uvāca kālo ’smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ (Bg. 11.32) The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. As…

William Shakespeare writes about the phase of a young adult in his famous “All the world’s stage” poem: ‘Then a soldier, full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, seeking the…

tri-Vidhan naraksyedam  dvaram nasanam atmanah kamah krodhas tatha lobhas  tasmad etat trayam tyajet  (Bg. 16.21)  Lord Krishna says the three gates that lead a man to hell are lust, anger and greed. Every man should give these up otherwise they…

_“There is enough happiness in this world to keep you attached to the suffering conditions which you go through here.” – HH Radhanath Swami_  *This is not a religion. This is software technology:* The body is like a computer and…

Dissecting the problem, cause, and solution to satisfaction.  Satisfaction is a subject matter one embraces once one has overcome greed. A few years ago, the Philippines’ former president was deposed, and it was found that his wife had a collection…

Serve others  The modern paradigm propels us to assume that if we don’t acquire more, we’re miserable and unworthy. This isn’t true. By giving, we receive more. Living a life of service to others fulfills our hearts and makes it…

Srila Ramanujacharya was taking bath beside the banks of the holy river of Kaveri. Once he came out, a few pujaris ran to him to offer some Prasadam. Srila Ramanujacharya honoured the Prasadam of the Lord and he washed off…

Let me introduce myself. I’m Gauranga Das. I’m a Prasadam addict. Before joining the Hare Krishna movement I was 60 kgs. Now I weigh 70 kgs. That is the power of Prasadam. All of us subsist on food. We can’t…