The Meeting with Dr. Kapoor Once, Srila Prabhupada’s godbrother, Dr. Kapoor, met with Srila Prabhupada. Dr. Kapoor was aware that in his earlier grihastha ashrama (householder life), Srila Prabhupada had been…
In our human existence, we are blessed with higher intelligence, which we must use to constantly examine our behavior, particularly in the spiritual realm. The spiritual path is one where…
Srila Prabhupada and his disciples were on their daily morning walk, facing the chilly weather. A disciple, eager to show his renunciation, chose to walk barefoot despite the cold, expressing…
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…
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…
In the book Yamuna Devi: A Life of Unalloyed Devotion, the late Yamuna Devi recalls the time in 1971 after the first famous Delhi pandal program when she fell sick with…
An Extraordinary Night with Srila Prabhupada One night an extraordinary thing happened. Prabhupada led the first kirtan and then gave a lecture. I sat on the floor just to his…