The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Founder/Acharya

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Spiritual life begins with hearing from saintly persons.   Sanga  is a Sanskrit word which refers to a society or an association.  E-sanga is a place where spiritual practitioners can listen to and associate with saintly persons.

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Live Broadcasts

E-sanga offers a unique opportunity for the sādhaka (practitioner of a spiritual discipline) to actively participate in live classes and seminars in a systematic study from the cream of Vedic literature.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
There is no other literature in the world like Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.  It is the essence of all Vedic literature. One who systematically studies this sacred text under able guidance is sure to become a God-realized soul by the end of reading the first 9 cantos.  
Caitanya Caritāmṛta

Caitanya Caritāmṛta is accepted as the most authoritative presentation of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava philosophy in the form of an 18-volume biography of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. It is a great scholastic work in which the author quotes from no less than 60 other books to establish the profound teachings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 

Seminars

E-sanga seminars cover a wide variety of subject matters, including summary biographies of great saints and Avataras, explanations of various schools of philosophy, comparative religious studies, current events within ISKCON, celebrations of Vaiṣṇava holidays, the songs of the Acaryas, works of the Goswami’s, and the Founder-Acarya Series. 

Recorded Archives

Access a vast library of thousands of audio recordings, videos, images, slide shows, and study guides.  We are constantly adding more assets to our library, so please feel free to check back often. 

Bhagavad-gītā

Bhagavad-gītā is accepted as the premeir introduction to spiritual life covering knowledge of the self, God’s manaifestions in the spiritual and material worlds, the origin of the phenomenal world, the nature of time, and the workings of karma. 

Caitanya Bhāgavata

At least 27 biographies were written on the life of Caitanya Mahāprabhu after His disappearance.  Of these, perhaps no other was more loved and authoritative than the Caitanya Mangala, also known as the Caitanya  Bhāgavata. This massive work is accompanied by elaborate commentaries by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thakur

E-sanga for Beginers

This is a sister site dedicated to introducing one to the principle of transcendental sound. T

Learning Process

listen

Hearing and inquiring from authoritative sources is most crucial to spiritual realization

Contemplate

Meditating upon the relevance and practical application of what has been learned is the next step. 

Practice

Theoretical knowledge is not enough.  One must apply and practice to gain direct experience.

Teach

To fully assimilate what has been learned every participant teaches what they have learned. 

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About us

We are E-sanga and have been broadcasting almost 10 years

E-sanga began on May 3, 2010, on the Big Island of Hawaii, where it is still based today. The concept to start an online community was spawned from a deep need to hear transcendental sound on a daily basis in the association of like-minded individuals. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Individuals can only advance with the help of other, more advanced souls. Spiritual life ultimately culminates in reviving our original relationship with the Supreme Being as well as with all other living beings.  Therefore e-sanga was created to stimulate loving relationships between the Lord and His devotees and to foster an atmosphere in which we can lift each other to higher states of consciousness.  This is the meaning of Krishna Consciousness and the purpose of e-sanga.

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SB 2.10.17

SB 2.10.17

Speaker: HH Bhakti Prabhupada-vrata Damodara Swami December 18, 2014 SB 2.10.17 — The living force, being agitated by the virāṭ-puruṣa, generated hunger and thirst, and when He desired to drink and eat, the mouth opened. Listen to Recording:

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Bg 6.11-12

Speaker : Vidagdha Madhava Prabhu (Ainaloa, Hawaii)  December 17, 2014 Bg 6.11-12 — To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay kuśa grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat should be neither too high nor...

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SB 2.10.14 — 16

Speaker : Narahari Prabhu (Honolulu, HI) December 17, 2014 SB 2.10.14 — Just hear from me how the potency of His Lordship divides one into three, called the controlling entities, the controlled entities and the material bodies, in the manner mentioned above. SB...

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Bg 6.10

Bg 6.10

Speaker: Ramananda Dasa (Hawaii) December 16, 2014 Bg 6.10 — A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free...

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SB 2.10.13

Speaker : Girigovardhana Prabhu (Potomac, Maryland) December 16, 2014 SB 2.10.13 — The Lord, while lying on His bed of mystic slumber, generated the seminal symbol, golden in hue, through external energy out of His desire to manifest varieties of living entities from...

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SB 2.10.11 — 12

SB 2.10.11 — 12

Speaker: Sura Prabhu December 15, 2014 SB 2.10.11 — That Supreme Person is not impersonal and therefore is distinctively a nara, or person. Therefore the transcendental water created from the Supreme Nara is known as nāra. And because He lies down on that water, He is...

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Bg 6.9

Bg 6.9

Speaker: Maharani Devi (Hilo, Hawaii) December 15, 2014 Bg 6.9 — A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with...

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SB 11.24.18-20

SB 11.24.18-20

  • tan matra (35:18 -36:05)
    • matra = merely
    • tan matra = merely that, bare bones, essence
  • Sense and reference (38:45 -40:42)
    • western philosophy
      • reference = object
        • planet Venus
      • sense = meaning (way term refers to object)
        • morning/evening star
    • self/atma = body, mind, soul
      • self = reference
      • body, mind, soul = sense
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CC Adi 5.31-36

CC Adi 5.31-36

Bg 16.23 — He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.
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