Questions and Answers

How would you explain that the ISKCON divorce rate is greater as in the material society?

15 May 2018

Unfortunately this is true. Besides that fact that "relationship between man and women is very complicated" as Srila Prabhupada said, there are factors which may contribute to this alarming state ISKCON

How can we start and maintain grhasta communities? (part 2)

25 Apr 2018

Additionally, here some points which can be considered by grhastas who desire to be part of a community of devotees, reflecting Srila Prabhupada’s desire of creating a daivi varnashrama dharma based society.

Why some can distribute books and some not?

25 Apr 2018

Book distribution doesn’t require any material qualification. It commands absence of mental and sentimental platform. It doesn’t in ultimate sense permit any other form of motivation as pure surrender to

How does one start a preaching center?

24 Apr 2018

When I joined 1972 a preaching center was not called a "preaching center", but simply a temple. Of course, any preaching attempt should carry the blessings of spiritual master and Krsna; this is surely

What should one consider when one intends to open a restaurant?

24 Apr 2018

Seeking Srila Prabhupada’s instructions in this regard, one will not find many. But following can be stated from His side: -1- Restaurants, originally named by Him as "Hare Krsna Restaurants", but

How come that a devotee can still feel lonely?

19 Mar 2018

To the degree we forget Krsna and Srila Prabhupada, to that degree we feel lonely. Even after receiving and sustaining in our MIND the information about Their presence, our HEART may still not be satisfied due to

We see many devotees taking the art of living being based on Feng Shui and Vastu very seriously.Is it important?

19 Mar 2018

How important Feng Shui and Vastu is can be easily recognized by trying to find out how many times Srila Prabhupada mentioned it. The number of quotes is……… 0. It is indeed amazing how devotees

We heard that you used to manage sankirtan book distribution parties of mathajis. How was that possible?

06 Mar 2018

Yes, retrospectively I wonder: How was that possible? Sometime in 1976, me, the twenty two years old sankirtan brahmacary, passionately roaming the streets of Germany with Srila Prabhupada’s books in my

What is the basis of a Krsna-conscious hierarchy?

27 Feb 2018

Most of the residents of Kali Yuga age, being badly disappointed with the fall down of the monarchy, disgusted with the corruption following the bureaucracy and annoyed with the political leadership altogether,

How much can grhastas preach?

26 Feb 2018

The best preaching a grhasta can do is to serve by his example. Chastity is a rare commodity in Kali Yuga and a powerful preaching asset. Coming from a generation of devotees where very little difference was made

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