Krishna Consciousness

Krishna Consciousness--Hindu Cult or Divine Culture?
Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, but actually we are not. People should not think that we are preaching a sectarian religion. No. We are simply preaching how to love God. We are giving a spiritual culture that can solve all the problems of life, and therefore it is being accepted all over the world. Related Articles (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

Sankara, India's Greatest Impersonalist Meditated on Lord Krishna and the Bhagavad Gita
Srila Prabhupada chastises impersonalist yogis and swamis, the nominal followers of the ninth-century teacher Sankara, in this commentary on Sankara's Meditation on the Bhagavad Gita: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Whereas Sankara, the greatest of the impersonalists, offers his due respects to Krishna and His book Bhagavad Gita, the foolish say that we need not surrender to the personal Krishna. (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

The Indian Caste System
Although many Hindus subscribe to the belief that one is born into a certain caste this belief is not supported by their scriptures. The caste system in India has degenerated into a system falsely recognizing men born in Brahmin families as Brahmins, even though they don't exhibit the qualities of Brahmins. This has caused so many problems. Related Articles (Article by Madhudvida dasa)

NASA Images Discover Ancient Bridge between India and Sri Lanka
Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam's Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long. Article by

The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way
After reading an article on the Krishna consciousness movement in the Los Angeles Times, Srila Prabhupada begins an unusual correspondence with Dr. J.F. Stall, Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley... (Article by Srila Prabhupada)

It Once Happened...
The British were in India and held great sway through the East India Company. One of their rewarding financial `arrangements' was to arrange for monies being paid to temples for their maintenance to instead be paid as a tax to them. Article by

Prabhupada Speaks to the Birlas, India's Richest Family (MP3 Audio)
To become very big businessman is not ordinary thing; it requires very great labour, brain. But the result, Krishna says, Give it to Me. So there is no harm to become very big businessman, earning money. That is all right--but you give it to Krishna. Then in any position you can remain Krishna consciousness. (MP3 Audio by Srila Prabhupada)

Prabhupada And Nehru's Incarnation
The incident that we are going to recount took place in mid-sixties. It took place soon after Nehru's death when Prabhupada was still alive. I was then working in an office in downtown Broadway in New York City, not too far from Brooklyn. (Article by The Truth Detector)
City Under the Sea
B.K. Parthasarathy writes about a spectacular underwater archaeological find by a joint British-Indian diving team that could rewrite history. (Article by B.K. Parthasarathy)

Mining reduces Krishna's playground to dust
Thousands of people inhabiting the verdant and hilly northern belt home to the folklore of Hindu god Krishna are waging a grim campaign to save their land from illegal mining and stone quarrying. (Article by India Abroad News Service)

Krishna or Shiva?
For many years I have thought myself a devotee of Lord Shiva. Recently my daughter was diagnosed with cancer and i find myself worshiping Lord Krishna and have had many incredible Krishna and Jagannath experiences. (Letter from Nirantara dasa)

Spiritual Journey to India
Travel with Vaisnava monks to ancient temples and sacred sites. Take courses on meditation, bhakti-yoga, vegetarian cuisine and Indian musical instruments. Study Upanishads and other Vedic texts. Experience a simpler, healthier lifestyle. Related Articles (Article by Nimai Pandit Das)

Mahabharata: Some of the Essential Facts
The statements in the Bhagavatam and Mahabharata and the Puranas are all different historical incidents. Mahabharata is called, according to Vedic authorities, as the history of India. I do not know who first designated it as an “epic”. That is the cause of the fall down of Hindu culture. They did not believe in their Vedic literatures presented by Vyasadeva... (Article by Recycled by Madhusudana dasa)

Krishna is an Incarnation of Maha-Visnu? There is No Krsnaloka??
As a matter of fact Krisna is only an avatara of Maha Visnu, and there are many such avataras. You have also stated in many verses about golok brundavana. In which scripture did you find it that there is some loka with this name? As far as i know there is Vaikuntam, which is the abode of LORD Maha Visnu... (Letter from Dilip Kumar)

The Glory of India--A New Web Site
Most people have been brainwashed with false and misleading information on the Religion, Culture and History of India. Most Hindus living in the west have very little or no knowledge about their own Religion, Culture and History. If you have children, it is your duty as a parent to educate them... (Article by Kamlesh Patel)