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
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.
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.
Years Since Inception
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Seminars
- Reincarnation in the Hare Krishna Movement
- Sastra Class for Preachers and Teachers
- Atheism and the Vaishnava Response
- Sri Siksastakam
- Srila Prabhupada, Our Founder-Acarya
- Madhurya Kadambini
- Transformation Through Forgiveness
- Chanting Hare Krishna with Attention
- Practical Service
- Vengence and Forgiveness
- Sat Sandarbha’s
- Introduction to Jiva Gosvami
- Sad Darsana
- Krsna’s Energies
- The mystic traditions of Christianity, Jewish and Krsna Conscouness
- Songs of Bhaktivinoda Thakura
speakers
- Acyutananda
- HH Ashrama Swami
- Balabhadra
- HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami
- HH Bhakti Prabhupada-vrata Damodara Swami
- HH Bhaktimarga Swami
- Bhrigupati
- HH Candramauli Swami
- Damayanti
- Gaudacandra
- Girigovardhana
- HH Hanumatpresaka Swami
- HG Ravindra Svarupa
- Hridayananda Das Goswami
- Janaspriha
- Jaya Jagadisa
- Kalakantha
- HH Kavi Candra Swami
- Krsna Kirtan
- Madan Mohan
- Mahesha
- Nandapriya
- HG Narahari Prabhu
- HG Narayani Devi Dasi
- Nitya Devi
- Puskara Prabhu
- Radhika Ramana Prabhu
- Ramananda Dasa
- HG Sankarsana Prabhu
- HH Subhag Swami
- Suresvara
- HG Urmila Devi
- Vidagdha Madhava
SB 1.2.6
SB 1.2.6: The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.
SB 1.2.5
SB 1.2.5: O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they relate to Lord Kṛṣṇa and so are of relevance to the world’s welfare. Only questions of this sort are capable of completely satisfying the self.
BG 16.7
BG 16.7: Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.
SB 1.2.4
SB 1.2.4: Before reciting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyana, unto Nara-nārāyana Rishi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, and unto Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the author.
CB Ādi 1.12-15
SB 1.2.3
SB 1.2.3: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto him [Śuka], the spiritual master of all sages, the son of Vyāsadeva, who, out of his great compassion for those gross materialists who struggle to cross over the darkest regions of material existence, spoke this most confidential supplement to the cream of Vedic knowledge, after having personally assimilated it by experience.
Bhagavad-gītā Study Guides and Other Resources
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SB 1.2.2
SB 1.2.2: Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī said: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that great sage [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] who can enter the hearts of all. When he went away to take up the renounced order of life [sannyāsa], leaving home without undergoing reformation by the sacred thread or the ceremonies observed by the higher castes, his father, Vyāsadeva, fearing separation from him, cried out, “O my son!” Indeed, only the trees, which were absorbed in the same feelings of separation, echoed in response to the begrieved father.
CC Ādi 1.20-33
CC Ādi 1.20: In the beginning of this narration, simply by remembering the spiritual master, the devotees of the Lord, and the Personality of Godhead, I have invoked their benedictions.