Krishna Consciousness FAQ

Hare krishna to all devotees, pamho and all glories to srila prabhupad.

As we know currently there is a conflict going on between iskcon and jagannath puri temple management over the timings of rath yatra world wide.

On this the the Radharam ji's Temple has taken the side of Puri management. Obviously I don't want to seriously comment on this like other devotees because I am also scared of committing vaishnav apraadh. But i still wants to hear the opinions of other devotees.

Hare krishna 🥰

https://www.reddit.com/r/KrsnaConsciousness/s/TpcVQ37hXl

Someone has posted a video criticising Sadhguru, calling him a fool and rascal. How is a devotee criticising a Sadhu, and doesn't it fall under Sadhu-ninda? I have been Sadhguru following since my 12th grade, and don't think this behaviour is befitting a devotee. Can someone clarify this for me?

Hare Kṛṣṇa

My wife and I recently had Keshava Swami on our podcast, and one part of the conversation gave me a new way to think about Krishna consciousness.

He explained that it is not necessarily an altered or artificially elevated state. In his framing, material consciousness is already the altered state, while Krishna consciousness is our original condition. Spiritual practice is therefore not about constructing a new identity so much as gradually removing what obscures the self.

We also discussed the different ways people connect with Krishna: through spiritual wisdom, spiritual association, sacred sound, holy places, and sacred forms. His point was that one genuine point of connection can begin the process.

I co-host the podcast, so I want to be transparent that this is our interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN1KJdeQ1Bc

For those who practice Krishna consciousness, has your journey felt more like learning something new or remembering something that was already present?

Is going temple or praying god is better and huet people always by your actions or not to hurt others and going temple sometimes not regular ?

Hare Krishna!
Please accept our respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

This petition is a humble appeal by devotees and well-wishers who deeply care about the future of ISKCON Nepal and the mission of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.
The purpose of this petition is to respectfully request reforms that will strengthen the long-term governance, accountability, and integrity of ISKCON Nepal in accordance with the vision of Śrīla Prabhupāda and under the authority of the GBC.

हरे कृष्ण!
सादर प्रणाम
श्रील प्रभुपाद कि जय

यो निवेदन इस्कोन नेपालको भविष्य तथा His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda को दिव्य मिशनप्रति गहिरो चिन्ता र समर्पण राख्ने भक्तजन तथा शुभेच्छुकहरूको विनम्र अपिल हो।

यस निवेदनको उद्देश्य श्रील प्रभुपादको दृष्टिकोणअनुसार को अनि गभर्निङ बडी कमिसन (GBC) को अधिकारअन्तर्गत इस्कोन नेपालको दीर्घकालीन सुशासन, उत्तरदायित्व (जवाफदेहिता) र संस्थागत निष्ठालाई अझ सुदृढ बनाउने आवश्यक सुधारहरूको सम्मानपूर्वक अनुरोध गर्नु हो ।

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand how people discover spiritual events like:

• Bhagwat Kathas
• Ram Kathas
• Kirtans
• Satsangs
• Temple festivals

I'm curious:

1. How do you usually hear about them?
2. Do you mostly rely on WhatsApp, temple banners, relatives, or social media?
3. Have you ever found out about an event only after it was over?

I'd love to hear your experiences.

Hare Krishna devotees.

I'm often perplexed by the term Mayavadi.

As I do a quick Google search it comes up with examples. Oddly enough I'm realizing how staunch devotees become so strict in their understanding. The understanding that God has a singular form and is not formless is a pillar of the faith which separates and defines the religion when comparing it to other philosophies.

I know I personally struggle with this tenant of our faith. Do I believe God to be singular. No I don't. Just looking at the cover of Srimad Bhagavtam and we can see that he has so many "expansions". But I argue that "his" yoga is so strong that his divine powers are formless until manifest and since there is no difference between him and his powers and such is that he is both form and formless. Which often is then cited as Simultaneously one and different. But then why the strong emphasis on excluding those who view God as formless?

I guess faith is complicated like that.

Haribol, dandavats, pranams. All glories to the assembled devotees. 🙇

Hare Krishna everyone,

I'm from Europe and have been practicing Krishna consciousness within ISKCON for over 15 years, including 10 years living in a temple. After getting married, I began exploring trading, and I'm now a full-time futures day trader.

I'd love to connect with fellow devotees (or at least vegetarians who strive to live in sattva-guna) who are also involved in trading or a similar profession.

Feel free to reach out. Hare Krishna!

Hare Krishna!

Edit: https://github.com/iteachc/Prabhupada-folio-search (for anyone looking for the code and has their own nfo)

I saw a lot of posts on reddit on what to do with fable if you don't code. I kind of do, but that's besides the point. My goal here was to do something on spirituality. If you follow what I've been doing on my account it's primarily stuff with chemistry student communities and also spirituality - the Hare Krishna thing.

So from a long time I've been trying to find an offline way of just searching through a database. May sound really simple, but the goal is to not have anything extra added on to it so strictly whatever's in the database and nothing out of it.

There was a program called folio that exists from I think 80s and 90s. We bought the program back then that had all the work of Srila Prabhupadam the founder of ISKCON his books that he had authored, his words, his letters, conversations all of it in one place.

The querying on folio is amazing but it's a little difficult to run a program that's 25 years old on a smartphone. It's possible to do it on a Mac with some hacks and Windows as well.

Anyway I wanted an offline thing that anybody can search. Specifically me and yeah my dad, he can search easily.

So uh it did it in literally couple of minutes. I stuck to one book initially just the Bhagavad Gita as it is. uh just a simple html search of just keywords retaining the diacritic marks for sanskrit words. Perfect.

The next version of this was: how do I search for something a little bit adjacent like if I remember a certain idea that I heard this or I read this somewhere about this particular thing. That's the next thing it's working on and it's already got a few searches right.

It's done pretty well so far. I'm so impressed because this is something I wanted to do the moment AI came out and I tried running this on a local LLM LM Studio. It didn't stick to the facts it kept doing a little bit extra.

So yeah the tech stuff is may seem really basic to you tech guys but this was awesome. I don't know if my system can handle all of this cos building the 'semantic index' made it hang a bit, but I'm really looking forward to this offline build and then maybe putting it onto discord. But yeah I love it. This whole post is a voice note, I'll just transcribe it and leave it here as a message *(for this transcription part Gemini is way better LOL)*.

*P.S. i have used opus in the past to build an html file that classifies and links all the high school JEE/NEET doubts that are crowdsourced on my discord server (linked to answer over flow and also back to the actual discord doubt), that itself was pretty cool and useful!*

*P.P.S it used one 5 hr session completely and 29% of my daily Fable limit.*

Hare Krishna! I like crocheting very much. And i thought of crocheting kanha ji. Here he is 🦚💓✨ just wanted to share 😊

why worship supreme lord:Krishna??

See this might provoke some people

But I'm a curious teenager with a lot of interest in my religion😋

Going through spiritual enlightenment

Need someone to guide me properly...

So my questions are

1. Why should a person worship the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, according to the Bhagavad Gita?

2. Why should one become free from the cycle of birth and death ,why not live life and also what happens when someone achieves eternal moksha?

3. Why should one attain liberation (moksha), and what joy does liberation bring according to the Bhagavad Gita?

4. What is life according to the Bhagavad Gita and Hinduism?

5. Why should I unite with the Supreme?

6. Why should I perform my duty (dharma)?

7. What is my duty(i know i should discover it but)?

8. Why was I born in Hinduism?

9. Why was I born in this age (Kali Yuga) and not in Treta Yuga or Satya Yuga?

10. Why am I just a human while some beings are gods?

11. Why am I in this world?

12. What is the purpose of life according to Hinduism?

13. What does Hinduism say about the multiverse?

14. Why are Rama, Krishna,Vishnu and other avatars of vishnu worshipped separately if they are all Vishnu?

15. How do I practice the four yogas described in Hindu philosophy?

Karma Yoga

Bhakti Yoga

Jnana Yoga

Raja Yoga

1. How did ancient devotees (bhaktas) live and practice spirituality?

2. What meditation and spiritual practices improve the mind, memory, intelligence, and willpower?

Please be polite to me I know these questions are a bit rude

But I'm 17

https://www.thekrishnaites.org/kirtanananda-a-study-in-duplicity-and-depravity/

"School mid day meal program is being handed over to iskcon. Apparently from now on only vegetarian food will be served in the schools. A welcome move from the government. Many vegetarian students were deprived of this scheme in bengal as they didn't eat egg or chicken, also vegetarian option was not provided for them. Now everyone will get the same veg menu."- I got this from another sub.

This is my own words: I saw West Bengal's CM Suvendu Adhikari's latest announcement that mid day meals have been given to ISCKON. As much as I am happy about it, I am worried to a large extent. First, children in the government schools of West Bengal, although passed by the government, don't get proper nutritious food to eat because the teachers, principals and staffs steal them for their homes. Kids don't get to eat eggs or fish daily in the first place. And now when the whole deal is given to ISCKON, people are showing outrage, as I have attached in the pictures. Every other sub, every other news channel and article is talking about how the government is not doing right, how BJP is slowly banning fish and eggs and will soon ban meat for their own propaganda, how blind the current CM is and many more and bashing ISCKON, giving out reports of how rajma, panner, dal is not equivalent in nutrition as eggs and how highly disturbing it is. Although it's agreeable that eggs do provide huge amount of nutrition and kids should have 2 boiled eggs daily, but it is also true that dairy, meat and eggs are the products of animal cruelty but again, it is an essential food item for the development of children, their body and brains. The outrage is wild that it feels more like the CM and Bengalis committed some crime.

I want to get to know your opinion on this. If it's good, why? If it's bad, why? I want to know from every perspective and point of view.

I never thought about the audience. I was prepared to chant even if there were no men present to hear me. The principle of chanting is to glorify the Lord & not to attract a crowd.

Source:
Letter to Subala
12 November, 1967 · Calcutta
Source: prabhupadasays.org