Newsflash 8
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)
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There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. (Albert Einstein)
Devotees at the Hare Krishna Centre decided to jointly sponsor and adopt a young calf at the ‘Care for Cows‘ goshalla in Vrindavan. They were much impressed by Kurma Rupa Prabhu’s cow protection programme. Devotees gave the snow-white calf born on Govardhana Puja day the name Chandini, which means white like the rays of … Read more
Already in 1930 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati had written in his famous “Putana” article: “The churches have always proven to be representatives of the most gross forms of worldliness. The former intention of these established churches (religious institutions) may not have been always doubtful, but we see that no religious institution was successful in spiritually … Read more
The material body is perishable by nature. It may perish immediately, or it may do so after a hundred years. It is a question of time only. There is no chance of maintaining it indefinitely. But the spirit soul is so minute that it cannot even be seen by an enemy, to say nothing … Read more
The Hare Krishna Centre holds its weekly programme every Saturday at 7 PM at 28 Evington Road in Leicester LE2 1HG. The programme starts with an arati ceremony, after which devotees listen to and discuss a talk given by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder Acharya of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON). The evening … Read more
The living being first of all desires, and then the Lord supplies the object of desire in proportion to the degree of qualification. If a man wants to be a high court judge he must not only have acquired the necessary qualifications, but he must also depend upon the disposition of the authority concerned, … Read more
Throughout our lives, we are busily shaping another body, so that when our work here has been completed and we have to leave it, we go to the other body that we have been preparing with our actions in this one. In other words, once all the results of our activities in previous lives that were destined for this body have been suffered or enjoyed, then it is time to leave it. We give up this body in great distress, but when it falls away here in this world, we leave it with our subtle body and enter another body.