Q. What is a temple ?
A. Temple means people should come, people should learn the science of God. Not that to make a
business of temple. Temple means spiritual educational shelter. People should come and learn what is spiritual life, what is God, what is my relationship with God.

Q. Why should we take up Krishna Consciousness ?
A. Krishna is compared to sunshine, and maya is compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to Krishna consciousness, the darkness of illusion (the influence of the external energy) will immediately vanish. Hence we should take up to krishna consciousness.

Q. What is the important essence of Krishna Consciousness ?
A. Simply we have to desire to please Him (Krishna), and not desire anything for ourselves. Then we become simply instruments for His will. This is the important essence of Krishna consciousness.

Q. Who started ISKCON?
A. In 1965, an elderly monk, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), traveled alone from India to establish the culture of Krishna consciousness in the Western world. He single-handedly began a world-wide confederation of over one hundred temples, farm communities, and institutes.

Q. What is the Hare Krishna chant?
A. Devotees of Krishna chant the Hare Krishna mantra:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

- because the Vedas refer to it as the maha - mantra or "Great Mantra". This sixteen-word mantra is especially recommended as the easiest method for self-realization in the present age.
Krishna is a Sanskrit name of God meaning "all attractive", and Rama is another name meaning
"reservoir of pleasure". The divine energy of God is addressed as Hare. Vedic knowledge teaches that since we are all constitutionally servants of God, the chanting of His names is not an artificial imposition on the mind but is as natural as a child calling for its mother. There are two ways to chant the maha mantra: group chanting (kirtan) and softly saying the mantra to oneself (japa). The latter is done by using a string of 108 wooden prayer beads to enhance concentration. In both methods there are no hard and fast rules, and anyone can chant with good results.

Q. How to see God ?
A. Ointment is applied to the eyes for clear vision. When the ointment of love of Godhead will be
applied in our eyes, then with these eyes we shall be able to see God. God is not invisible. Simply like aman with cataract or any other eye disease, he cannot see. That does not mean the things are not existing. He cannot see. God is there, but because my eyes are not competent to see God, therefore I deny God. God is everywhere

Q. What is the power of Lord’s name ?
A. The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is so powerful that by this chanting even
householders can very easily gain the ultimate result achieved by persons in the renounced order.
Q. What are the various names and meaning of krishna?
A. the following are some of the names and meaning of lord krishna
1. Krishna:- means all-attractive.
2. Parthasarthi :- the charioteer of Arjuna.
3. Vasudeva :- son of Vasudeva.
4. Devakinandana :- son of mother Devaki.
5. Nandanandana :-son of Nanda Maharaj.
6. Yashodanandana :- son of Mother Yashoda.
7. Madhusudhana :- slayer of the demon Madhu.
8. Narayana :- the four handed form of the lord
9. Govinda :- gives pleasure to the cows and to the senses
10.Keshava :- killer of keshi demon.
11. Madhava :- husband of the goddess of fortune
12. Ranchor :- One who fled from fighting
13. janardhana:- maintainer of all living entities
14. Lakshmipathi:- husband of goddess lakshmi
15. Hrishikesa:-owner of all senses
16. Mukunda :- the giver of liberation
17. Damodar :- one who was tied by ropes
18. Hari:- one who takes away all distress.
19. Acyuta:- one who never falls down
20. Ajita:- unconqurable
21. Yogeshwara:- master of mystic powers
22. jagatpati:- master of the cosmic manifestation.
23. Yadunandana :- son of the yadu dynasty
24 Brahmanya-deva:- all brahmanas worship him.
25. Jananivasa:- present in everyone's heart.
26. Vamana:- drawf , taugh a lesson to Bali.
27. Trinayana:- seer of the three worlds
28. shripati:- husband of goddess of fortune laksmi
29. sankarshan:- supreme ego.

Q. Why is krishna attractive ?
A. krishna possesses all the six opulences in unlimited degree. They are
1. All Wealth
2. All power
3. All fame
4. All beauty
5. All wisdom
6. All renunciation
Due to all this opulences he is all attractive.

Q. How should we serve the Lord ?
A. One should try to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead by fully surrendering at His lotus feet. If one engages for the service of the Lord whatever money one has honestly earned, that is spiritual service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master and the Vaishnavas.

Q. How can we receive blessings from the Lord ?
A. Please do your duties nicely and Krishna will be pleased to shower His blessings upon you. He is very kind to sincere souls, and He gives intelligence from within to sincere devotees. We require only to become sincere in the service of the Lord, then everything is there ready for our convenience.

Q. What is Krishna’s real identification ?
A. Krishna is gopika-kaantha. Radha-kaantha. That is Krishna’s real identification. He is gopikakaantha, and He is Radha-kaantha. This relationship with Krishna and gopis, that is the highest perfectional realization of the Absolute Truth.

Q. How merciful Lord Krishna is !!
A. It is the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord that He always tries to bring us back home, back to Godhead. God is liberated, and He tries to make us liberated, but although He is constantly trying, we refuse to accept His instructions.. Nonetheless, He has not become angry.

Q. How does Krishna help us ?
A. Krishna is within your heart. If you kindly continue to hear about Him, as you are doing, then
Krishna will be very much pleased. “Oh, this person is now interested in me.” Because nobody is
interested in Krishna, so Krishna is also silent to them. But as soon as you become interested, oh, Krishna becomes very active. “Oh, he is trying to do something. I shall help him.”