IIntroduction: The Pandavas’ Predicament The five Pandava princes, rightful heirs to the throne, were continually harassed by their envious cousin, Duryodhana. He schemed relentlessly to eliminate them, hoping to claim…
IIntroduction: The Journey of a Saint and His Disciple Once, a saint and his disciple were traveling to different places, preaching about God and spirituality. During their travels, they came…
Introduction: The Importance of Pure Offerings In the early days of ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada placed great emphasis on the proper preparation, offering, and distribution of prasadam. He understood the spiritual…
Introduction: The Journey to Jagannatha Puri During the later years of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s life, He resided in Puri, where every year a large group of devotees from Bengal would…
Introduction: A Sacred Walk Once, Sripad Ramanujacarya, the great Vaishnava saint and philosopher, was walking by a pond with five of his top sannyasi disciples. During their walk, they stopped…
Introduction: The Problem of Pride In this story, we see how Lord Krishna deals with the pride that sometimes creeps into the hearts of even his closest devotees. Garuda, Satyabhama,…
Introduction: A Devotee's Challenge Narsinh Mehta, a highly revered Vaishnava poet and saint, was deeply engrossed in his devotion, spending most of his time singing bhajans in praise of Lord…
Introduction: A Pilgrim's Journey On another occasion, there was a Brahmana, a Brijavasi, who lived in Vrindavan. He desired to go on a pilgrimage to different holy places across India.…
Malati Devi Dasi remembers that Srila Prabhupada was also always “so incredibly kind to the children.” In 1969, when her daughter Saraswati was a little over two years old, Malati…
Srila Prabhupada even showed care for plants. Giriraja Swami recalls that in order to get permission to build the Juhu temple in Mumbai, the local municipality required the devotees to…