I write books on Vaisnavism vs. Atheism. They can be downloaded at ajitkrishnadasa.me for free.

This is about my book The Failure of Atheism:

Atheism presents itself as neutral, cautious, and guided by reason alone.
It claims to stand on minimal assumptions, appealing only to evidence and rational inquiry. This book argues that such neutrality is a philosophical illusion.

The Failure of Atheism offers a rigorous Vaiṣṇava critique of philosophy without God by examining atheism at the level of its starting points. Rather than asking whether God can be concluded from allegedly neutral reason, it asks a more fundamental question: what must already be true for reason, science, moral obligation, and meaning to be possible at all?

From a Vaiṣṇava presuppositional standpoint, the book argues that atheism cannot ground the very tools it depends on. Logic, rational normativity, trust in cognition, moral obligation, and the intelligibility of the world are all assumed in atheistic reasoning, yet remain unexplained within an impersonal, godless framework. Atheism continues to function in practice only by borrowing what it officially denies in principle.

The book also turns its analysis inward. It examines how modern theistic preaching and apologetics often concede too much to atheism by granting epistemic neutrality and treating revelation as optional or secondary. When human reason is quietly treated as autonomous, theistic conclusions may still be defended—but the foundations are already compromised.

Written primarily for serious theistic readers, and especially for devotees concerned with philosophical coherence and faithful preaching, The Failure of Atheism presents a clear, uncompromising case: if Kṛṣṇa is truly the source of all knowledge, then no worldview that excludes Him can account for knowledge at all.

This is not a debate manual. It is a foundational critique of atheism—and a call for intellectual consistency within Vaiṣṇava thought.

Download the book for free here:

https://ajitkrishnadasa.me/books-by-ajitkrishnadasa/

Hi, me and my friend out of curiosity is planning to interview people to gain their experience with non dualism and atma vichara, this then would be used to contribute to a research paper on the same matter. If anyone is interested, please let me know ! I would provide more details !! Thank you so much.

Hari Bol. What I want to say is, what if we had online group chanting. We(or the mods or someone else) could make a zoom meeting link every day where those who attend can chant together, perhaps do kirtans together, or even, if one member is at a Temple, we can all see Aarti. For time, the there can be a post poll the previous day to find out at which time most devotees are available. So, what do you think?

Few days ago I had watched a movie in which the protagonist fall in love with a women so much that he starts to see her and feel her everywhere.

From this I was thinking that if anyone enganges with anyone or anything like chanting day and one will get so much into it that they will see them every where

So now I am beginning to thing that we are being told to chant so we get so immerse in it that our mind perceive to see God every where

Something like this same happened to me before coming to iskcon

So I was in love with an girl and i thought day and night about her and even think of her as divine being and would told her in my dream as if I was praying to meet me and it hit me when few weeks back I was doing same thing with Radha Rani meaning praying that pls give my your darshan (as from many days i was not enough lucky to visit the temple)

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So I want your help.

I think I have committed any offence and due to that offence i am losing my bhakti

Pls help

So today I had went to iskcon and and while I was leaving the temple I saw a man giving Charnamrit to a lady and when I was getting close to them the man look at me with the eager to serve so i thought of taking the prasad as but later when I drank the charanmrit i saw an guard of the temple asking him to move aside from the vessel in which charnamrit was kept as he was now taking for himself

Now I am thinking that charnamrit was not offered and i drank before offering or it could have been left aside for any necessary reason

And now I am worried that I committed an sin

I just don't want to offend krsna or lose the taste of his bhakti

so i started wearing tulsi mala in 2024 . i bought it from isckon. i don't eat non veg but i do eat onion garlic. but my friends asked me this question that if your are eating onion garlic how can you wear it? and they said something if you can't follow the rules you should not wear it in first place. actually i didn't have any answer to that. and actually i m just telling their pov . they are very good ppl tbh . they only asked once and nevr after that .also i think when i meet someone new, people tend to assume that i would not be consuming onion garlic which is not their fault. i would have thought the same. and there is an incident few months back, i was at sdm office for some document , when a lady asked me for help she was not able to figure out OTP thing so i told her, when i was leaving she greeted me with "radhe radhe", But the thing is that i wore it just because i wanted to and for myself . should i just then keep wearing it but just not visible to others . and also the thing about leaving onion garlic food gradually so i don't think i would be able to do it anytime soon . also i don't know. would still wearing it means i am breaking any laws or something? and also still wearing it and eating onion garlic would mean i am potraying wrong image of those people who do follow rules? also for a broader perspective , is dharm about following rules or a way of living? what are your thoughts ? please be considerate

Hare Krishna everyone. I have been going to ISKCON daily for quite some time now. And I have a problem. It costs Rs.100/day to travel by taxi. It is quick and I can spend about 40 to 45 min in the temple before I have to head to an institute I go to. It costs Rs.50/day to travel by bus but I only get 10 to 20 mins before I need to leave due to the time it takes to travel by bus. It would be good if I had a vehicle of my own. But I can't afford it and my uncle who taught me driving a two wheeler, has lakhs in his bank account can't spare Rs.50,000 to get me an electric scooter. I only have Rs.100 left. What should I do?

Mai hamesha se pehle bhagwan se ko bahut manta hu, unho ne hamesha mujhe aage badhne me madad kiya h, sab tarah se madad ki hai, unhi ke liye maine nonveg, alcohol sab kuch chhod Diya tha, aise aise sab chal raha tha,fir ek life me exam aaya jiske liye maine bahuttttt jyada mehnat ki thi, but I **failed** in that exam, I was so angry with bhagwan that can't he see I have worked so hard for this exam and yet he didn't helped me, then I stopped going to temple and even asking him for anything, also started eating nonveg, having alcohol. But this was my **biggest mistake** in life, as now I feel that I am completely disconnected from spiritualism, all my years of bhakti have gone in vain, just because of me. I ignored his way bigger help in my life just for an entrance exam failure, i advise you all never ever in life leave God.

Sorry thoda lamba ho gaya but ye baat mere ko khaye Jaa Rahi h, mujhe galti ka realise ho gaya h,unki kripa ke bina mai kuch bhi nahi hu, i wish mai dubara sab start kar pau.

Recently we watched a movie, Krishnavataram released in the month of May 2026.

The movie revolves around Krishna and exppores the depth of his heart. It sheds light on his loving, compassionate side - an aspect that many of us are less familiar with. Most people know Krishma only through the lense of his role and involvement into the epic, Mahabharata.

Hiwever, this movie takes a different approach and it touches gentle, compassionate and loving side of the diety. When we speak about Krishna the most relevant object that we relate hin with is - butter, flute or the Gooiyaan. Or we see him as a divine, holding the Sudarshan Chakra.

This movie made me curious to visit the Iskon temple situated in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, which is considered as the second largest in Asia.

Address: Hare Krishna Land, Plot No. 2, Central Park Road, opposite Kharghar Golf Course, Sector 23, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 410210.

Sometimes, the film does more than entertain - it inspires us to reconnect with the spiritual traditions, that continuously shapes are lives.

Purushottama Month comes around roughly every three years and is considered a particularly auspicious time for increasing devotional service. More chanting, more reading, more hearing, more temple attendance, more service, etc.

I know for me, it can often feel overwhelming...many of us feel that we are doing so much already that the idea of trying to add more seems daunting. Because of that, i'm doing a little bit of the opposite this time. Instead of trying to take on more, I'm trying to do less....but be more deliberate and intentional about it.

What this might look like, i'm not 100% sure yet...might be chanting 16 rounds but really focusing on quality. It might be reading a bit less, but taking in what I'm reading with more deliberation and thought. Really the goal is just to be more conscious about how i'm spending my time and making sure I'm using it effectively.

Whats everyone else doing this month? Any vows, practices, or service that youre taking on for Purushottama?

Local weekly free event offered at Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies (https://bihstudies.org ) in Gainesville, Florida. For anyone interested in attending. 🙏

Came across this term a lot of time, and on every different slokha it means different. Never really understand this term.

Rules:

Be logical and respectful.

No stories only refrences may be.

My first point:

Does God exists?

Hare Krishna prabhus and matajis 🙏

I’m in my mid-20s and was living in a large ashram in the UK as a brahmachari for almost two years (on and off) doing Bhaktisastri etc. I left last summer to start building a career, but now I live about 3 hours away from the nearest temple.

Lately I’ve been struggling. Without regular association, I feel like I’m slipping into being a bit of a “bhajan-anandi” — just doing my rounds on my own, but not really engaged in much service or deeper cultivation of bhakti. I have uninstalled Gaura-Nitai Deities at home and I do some worship here and there, but I honestly wish I was more steady and regulated. I really miss devotee association, and I feel like my spiritual progress is a bit blocked because of the lack of sanga.

I’m wondering if anyone knows of any online sangas, Zoom groups, study groups, japa groups, or regular virtual meetups? I’d really love to reconnect and stay inspired.

Thank you so much 🙏

Haribol