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WelcomeWhen His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada conceived the idea of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP), now being built on the bank of the Ganges in West Bengal, he always knew it would be something LettersBhakti Means Devotion Service Can you please tell me about bhakti-yoga? Vaibhava Shukla Via the Internet Our reply: "Bhakti means devotional service." (The Nectar of Devotion [NOD], Preface) Bhakti connotes devotion, or Founder's Lecture - The Technique for Universal LoveJanuary 6, 1967, New York City We can love everyone and everything only when we love God and know Him as He is. ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ "I am the sourNo Need to Kill AnimalsThis conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place at ISKCON's farming village in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, on June 24, 1976. Srila Prabhupada: Who caIn Memorium - Krishna Dasa SwamiHis Holiness Krishna Dasa Swami, a dynamic preacher and initiating spiritual master in ISKCON, passed away in the sacred land of Vrindavan, India, on July 20, 2016. His life reads like a story from the scriptures, much lMy Cancer Diagnosis as Krishna’s Embraceby Karnamrita Dasa "I am now faced with a health challenge, which I have taken to be an answer to my prayers." Each of us is the leading actor or actress in the drama of our life. In this drama there is no rehearsing, meSprinkling Krishna Consciousness at Workby Meera Khurana Lord Chaitanya instructed His followers to tell everyone they meet about Krishna. Here's how one devotee is trying to take up that task. I was born into a Krishna conscious family. My mother was six montHow Association Can Ensure Our Spiritual Lifeby Purushottama Nitai Dasa Keeping company with devotees of Lord Krishna guarantees a safe and secure journey back to Him. Srila Prabhupada many times repeats the importance of association, and he even declares that succThe Greatest Wonder of the World: King Yudhishthira and the Mystery of DeathBy Satyaraja Dasa If we know that death is inevitable, why do we act as if we will live forever? "That is the wonderful thing. Kim ashcaryam ata param. Yudhishthira Maharaja said. He was asked, 'What is the most wonderfuSrila Prabhupada: Our Founder-AcaryaYour Srila Prabhupada by Sureshvara Dasa Let’s consider how Srila Prabhupada is for everyone, and then look at some ways to access and nourish our personal relationship with him, our founder-acharya. To honor the fiftietThe Unseen Universeby Yogeshvara Dasa On behalf of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium Executive Committee A groundbreaking museum of science–the Vedic Planetarium–seeks to reveal what the eye cannot see. As visitors to India travel north A Devotional Take on Mistakesby Chaitanya Charana Dasa Krishna can produce auspiciousness out of a messy situation. Sometimes when we commit mistakes, we may become embarrassed, irritated, or enraged with ourselves. If we become excessively disturbeFrom the EditorBTG Anniversaries On October 23, 1966, just a few months after Srila Prabhupada incorporated the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York City, his disciples there began printing the first copies of BaVedic ThoughtsIf a grown man were put into such a condition as the child within the abdomen, completely entangled in all respects, it would be impossible for him to live even for a few seconds. Unfortunately, we forget all these suffe