• Bhagavad-gita As It Is
  
• Srimad-Bhagavatam
  
• Multimedia Srimad-Bhagavatam CDROM
  
• Caitanya-caritamrta
  
• Krsna
  

"...as I repeatedly recall this wonderous and holy dialogue between Krsna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment."
-- Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita 18.76

At the dawn of the greatest single conflict of the age, Arjuna, the hero of the Pandava armies, wanted to view the opposing forces. In the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna was overcome with remorse and compassion at the thought of the imminent destruction and bloodshed. In his dejected and confused state, he turned to his dear friend Krsna and begged to understand the mysteries of life and death, of the soul, of duties and liberation. In answer, Lord Krsna spoke His Bhagavad-gita, or the song of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The lessons of the Bhagavad-gita build a strong, secure basis for spiritual understanding. From atma to the Universal Form, from sins to salvation, from karma to yoga, the lessons help us face, understand and resolve the all too familiar but insurmountable problems of our lives: having been born, helplessly forced to age, suffer disease and eventually die.

In this one-volume work, you will discover the essential prinicples of all Vedic knowledge:

• 'You are not the body'
• The peace formula
• God, the living entity, nature, time and activities
• Freedom from birth, old-age, disease and death
• Destination after death
• The three modes of material nature
• Body, mind, intelligence and ego
• Philosophical speculation, meditation and surrender
• Types of yoga: karma, jnana, astanga, and bhakti
• Prescribed duties and forbidden activities
• Transmigration of the soul: through species and planets
• The ultimate perfection

"Bhagavad-gita As It Is is a deeply felt, powerfully conceived and beautifully explained work. I have never seen any other work on the Gita with such an important voice and style. It will occupy a significant place in the intellectual and ethical life of modern man for a long time to come."
-- Dr. Shaligram Shukla, Georgetown University

"Whether the reader be an adept of Indian spiritualism or not, a reading of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is will be extremely profitable. For many this will be the first contact with the true India, the ancient India, the eternal India."
-- Francois Chenique, Institute of Political Science- Paris

"There is need of a clue as to how humanity can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity with a common cause. Srimad-Bhagavatam will fill that need for it is a cultural presentation for the respiritualization of the entire human society."
-- Srila Prabhupada, Preface, Srimad-Bhagavatam

The Srimad-Bhagavatam answers and explains every issue that may be on your mind from abortion to war, from making ends meet to becoming successful, from hurt feelings to the fear of death. Clear, logical and unhurried explanations will help you to face, resolve, and cope with every aspect of life.
Lessons from the Srimad-Bhagavatam are unique. They offer guidance in all stages of our life from childhood to old age and through all our varied circumstances.

"This work is to be treasured. No one of whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads these books with an open mind can fail to be both moved and impressed..."
-- Dr. Garry Gelade, Oxford University

If you want more out of life than the pursuit of hopes and promises, the Srimad-Bhagavatam gives you the blueprint to a universal culture-- a way of life that is at the same time scientific, practical and sublime.

It is wonderful that there is a knowledge and science:

• On the techniques of living a peaceful and progressive life
• On having lasting relationships
• On that which can quantify, explain and further develop our individual and personal realizations

"These books are not only beautiful, but also relevant to our times as we as a nation search for new cultural patterns for our new way of life."
-- Dr. C.L. Spreadbury, Stephen F. Austin State University

For the spiritual quality of life, the Srimad-Bhagavatam takes you step-by-step from the simplest philosophical inquiry to developing love of God.
For the Srimad-Bhagavatam development of consciousness is a practical matter: it is education, it is culture and it is religion.
Spiritual life is clearly and precisely defined-- accounting for and explaining every spiritual experience known to man. It challenges us to understand who we really are; why do we suffer; what happens at death; how does karma work; how does the soul transmigrate from one body to another; Who and what is the Godhead; what is your relationship with the Godhead; and how we can genuinely achieve an eternal, blissful life.

"His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is doing valuable work, and his books are significant contribution to the salvation of mankind."
-- Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Former Prime Minister of India

Order the Srimad-Bhagavatam and you will get a systematic, simple and clear guide to the art of living. Whatever yours reasons for turning to the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Bhagavatam will encourage you and guide you. It will help you develop your interest and benefit from it. The art of living is a reality with the Srimad-Bhagavatam, not an idea. Its very history is itself compelling evidence. Enjoy the exquisitely beautiful 18-volume set of the Srimad-Bhagavatam and you will be in good company. (Each volume is about 1000 pages.)

The following is an outline of the contents of the CDROM:

• (1) Ten Cantos*
  
• (2) Sanskrit verses (also viewable in Gujarati)
  
• (3) Roman transliterations
  
• (4) Word-for-word meanings
  
• (5) Translations and Purports with diacritical marks
  
• (6) Around 500 full-screen color pictures associated with many of the verses
  
• (7) Bhagavatam Lectures by Srila Prabhupada
  
• (8) About 35 hours of total audio content
  
• (9) Multimedia Biography of the author, Srila Prabhupada
  
• (10) Multimedia Sri Dashavatara-stotra
  
• (11) Multimedia Prayers by Sukadeva Gosvami
  
• (12) Multimedia Prayers by Queen Kunti
  
• (13) Other bhajans and multimedia presentations
  
• (14) Extensive glories of chanting the Hare Krsna Mahamantra
  
• (15) Facility to print any verse or copy or extract any verse w/purport
  
• (16) Greeting the Deities of the Supreme Lord simulation

For ordering or more information: click here.

"If you are interested in logic and argument, kindly apply it to the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If you do so, you will find it to be strikingly wonderful."
-- Caitanya-caritamrta Adi 8.15

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in 1486 and inaugurated a spiritual revolution in India. While the West was sowing the seed for the age of machine, Caitanya Mahaprabhu inaugurated a spiritual revolution in the east. Industrialization provided some physical comforts of life but at the expense of a morally degraded and very confused man-- replacing passing bodily discomforts for those of constant struggle and strife. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu left a legacy by which modern man could advance his consciousness, allowing him to use his new-found technology without the stresses and strains that go with it.

The biography takes you through the life, activities and teachings of the greatest single reformer in modern history. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's social reforms have inspired an entire movement of benefactors of mankind that has carried on to the present. Today, His mission is spread throughout every continent of the world in the form of the Hare Krsna movement.

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta retells the life of Caitanya Mahaprabhu whose every act was sublime, who displayed the highest ecstatic love of God and who established the directly perceivable reality of spiritual life

Amongst the many topics of the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, you will also discover:

• Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
• The varieties of loving exchanges with the Supreme Person
• The religion of the chanting of the holy name of God
• The methods of acquiring spiritual knowledge
• Love of God: the highest theistic science
• The process of devotional service
• Absolute Truth: inconceivable oneness and difference

"These exquisitely wrought volumes will be a welcome addition to the libraries of all persons who are committed to the study of Indian spirituality and religious literature, whether their interests are sparked by the motivations of the scholar, the devotee or the general reader."
-- Dr. J. Bruce Long, Cornell University

For ordering or more information: click here.

"By reading one page after another an immense treasure of knowledge in art, science, literature, philosophy and religion will be revealed and ultimately by reading this one book, Krsna, love of Godhead will fructify."
-- Preface to Krsna, Srila Prabhupada

"Simply by hearing, reading and memorizing this book, Krsna, one is sure to be transferred to the spiritual world, which is ordinarily very difficult to achieve."
-- Chapter 89, Krsna, Srila Prabhupada

The Krsna book is also available in a multimedia CDROM format; Link: Multimedia Krsna CDROM.

This is a special CD containing two entire CDs compressed into one CD. This CD contains multimedia rendering of the entire Krsna Book (Krishna) as well as a Vedic Astronomy simulation ("Superexcellent Power of Krsna") based on the Krsna Book and the Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Click here to see some reviews of the Multimedia Krsna CD from customers.

Similar layout as the Multimedia Bhagavad-gita CD, this CD contains 51 hours of audio-visual material delineating the pastimes of Lord Krsna from His transcendental birth and childhood days of stealing butter to His living in Dvaraka with 16108 wives. While the Krsna book is narrated by Srila Prabhupada, the transcription of the audio scrolls at the bottom with pictures synchronized with the text. This is a beautiful presentation for anyone interested to know the story of Krsna's transcendental pastimes on this planet earth 5000 years ago. This will be inspiring to anyone in any field of life. To download a free 5 minute multimedia sample of the Krsna CD, click here. This is a 2.5 megabyte self-extracting file.

In the 89th Chapter of the Krsna Book, there is a story of Lord Krsna taking Arjuna beyond the universe to meet with Maha-Visnu. The name of the chapter is "Superexcellent Power of Krsna". The Multimedia Krsna CD contains a Vedic Astronomy simulation allowing one to fly around the universe and through the coverings and beyond. There is a simple tour of the Vedic universe where you can fly around and learn about the structure of the universe as depicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam or play a game that helps you learn about the universe. There is also an upgrade available from our website to replace the game module with more advanced flying and landing options so you can learn about Vedic Astronomy from Srimad-Bhagavatam (written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) using the latest multimedia enhancements. We continually try to enhance the Vedic Astronomy simulation and make the upgrade available free on our website. Ever wanted to know from where the Ganges enters into the universe? Ever wanted to know where is the sun in relation to the earth? Ever wanted to know where is Narakaloka or Dhruvaloka? You will be easily able to answer these questions once you go through this interactive CDROM. Enter the world of Vedic Astronomy and own a portable Vedic Planetarium with this new CDROM.

Here is an outline of what this CD contains:

• Entire text of Srila Prabhupada's English Krsna Book (89 chapters, 800 pages)
• All text, transcriptions, songs, etc. have proper diacritic marks
• 310 synchronized illustrations
• Exciting Educational Game (upgradable to advanced Vedic Astronomy simulator)
• Touring the Vedic Universe (Bhagavatam Vedic Astronomy in multimedia form)
• Narration of Krsna Book by Srila Prabhupada
• Universal form of Krsna [multimedia presentation]
• Background information about the author [multimedia presentation]
• Greeting the Deities simulation [multimedia presentation]
• Glories to Chanting the Holy Name [multimedia presentation]
• Search by chapter,paragraph or any phrase
• Printing facility for printing any portion of the Krsna book
• Extract feature for importing any part of the Krsna book into other documents
• Bhajans by Srila Prabhupada [multimedia presentation]
• 51 hours of total audio-visual material on a single CD!

• Program optimized in 80x86 machine language
• 65536 (5-6-5 RGB) color imagery using VESA modes
• Real-time decompression of images losslessly compressed
• Direct to video (VGA) memory updates (by-passing overhead of Windows API)
• Real-time decompression of losslessly compressed audio waveforms (see SPS.)
• 4-track stereo surround sound and/or mono sound using digitized wave samples
• Custom multi-language multi-colored fonts with real-time text rendering
• Interactive customized GUI (by-passing overhead of Windows API)

• Windows 3.x, Windows '95/'98 or Windows NT
• 486/66Mhz, Pentium or faster processor
• VESA* local bus or PCI Video Card
• Sound Card
• 2X or faster CDROM drive
• Atleast 8MB of memory (RAM)

* 486 machines may require VESA software driver and/or faster CDROM drive.

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"It is a very nice work, very ecstatic and inspiring and I think every devotee will love it. This CD surely is one of the best reasons to buy one of this terrible computers." - Burtscher Wolfgang

"Thank you for the Krsna Book CDROM. It is wonderful!... Thanks again. Keep up the nice service to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krsna!" - Bhusaya Prabhu (Detroit Temple President).

"Congratultions on the completion of your newest CD... His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami visited our apartment the other evening. With great eagerness I asked him to get ready for a special surprise,as he had not seen the Bhagavad Gita CD or the new Krsna book CD. Needless to say he was very thrilled with the Krsna book presentation and Srila Prabhupada's naration but when I showed him Sri Sri Radha Manohara he was speechless..." - Ramacandra Prabhu.

"I have just spent the last couple of days enjoying the new KrishnaSoft KRSNA Book CD-ROM. This CD-ROM is an incredible experience. One can read the text on the screen while listening to Srila Prabhupada dictating the original book and looking at wonderful animated paintings of Krishna and His pastimes in Vrndavana all brought to life and synchronized with the text so wonderfully. It's really an experience that engages the senses in Krishna, hearing Srila Prabhupada narrating the pastimes of Krishna, reading the text, seeing the beautiful pictures of Krishna, it's even better than reading the book!" - Madhudvisa Prabhu

A complete review publish here: VNN Review: Nov. 5, 1998

More publications related to Multimedia Krsna CD can be found in the article: VINA Posting: Nov. 9, 1998 or our November issue of the newsletter.

Another complete review published here: CHAKRA Review: Nov. 13, 1998

For more information about this multimedia Krsna CDROM, please email Krishna Software.

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(1) When I exit from the program, the screen turns black or some of the icons disappear (turn black) or the cursor disappears. How do I fix this?

The multimedia Cds were optimized to fully utilize the speed of your graphics card so some graphics cards may have problems when exiting. This is just a display repaint problem and harmless to your computer. It is due to some video cards and drivers using the video memory for icons, cursors, and other things besides just for displaying images. There are several ways to fix this or avoid it:

(a) Best solution is to download the upgrade files to the Gita CD and Krsna CD. Links are provided at the end of this FAQ below. These upgrades fix up the problems for newer video cards and newer operating systems like Windows '98/NT. Like the Srimad-Bhagavatam CD, these upgrades support the F12 key to reset the display when you exit in cases where it is not automatically reset.

(b) Re-install the program and check the box that says: "Use Windows instead of VESA modes." This will fix the problem on ALL machines and ALL video cards but it will slow down the software a little bit. Make sure that Windows' resolution is in 16-bit (65536 colors) or 24-bit (16,777216 colors) mode.

(c) You can disable the graphics hardware acceleration feature. To do this: (i) right click on the desktop and select "Properties"; (ii) Select "Settings"; (iii) Select "Advanced Properties"; (iv) Select "Performance"; (v) Now move the Hardware Acceleration slider to "None". Close all of the windows and restart the computer. The acceleration features can also be selected from the Display/Settings section of Control Panel. You should also go to the "Preferences" dialog box within the CD software and check the box that states "Preserve Vidmem". Click "Ok" and run the program.

Contact us for other questions regarding display problems by email: krishna@krishnasoft.com

(2) The audio is too low in volume or does not work at all even though I have a sound card. What's the problem?

Some audio cards misbehave in "Stereo" mode. Try running in "Mono" mode by choosing this setting in the "Preferences" dialog box.

Also, make sure you have the upgraded version of the software and drivers.

(3) The system locks up when I select any or most of the items in the menus. What's wrong?

Make sure the CD is clean from all dust or fingerprints and is *IN* the drive. The CD-Reader will misread the data if there are finger-prints or dust on the CD. Also, if you scratched the CD or damaged it, it will cause system lock-up. Contact tech support at Krishna Software Inc. for help.

(4) Sometimes I get two cursors, one at the bottom and one at the top of the screen. How do I avoid this?

Under Windows '95/'98, sometimes the cursors are animated and become enabled even on top of other windows. Before starting the CD, make sure all taskbars or other applications using animated cursors are either shut-off or put on the right or bottom of the screen.

(5) The sound seems to work initially but later stops especially when trying to narrate a verse or when hitting the "Present" button. What's wrong?

Some new computers come with very new audio drivers that are still bugged; here is a method which should fix the problem:

• Run the Control Panel; (b) Open up the System icon, (c) Open up the "+" stating Audio, Video and Game Controllers; (d) Select the Creative AWE64 16-bit Audio (SB16 compatible) line; (e) Select Properties/Settings; (f) Enable the FULL-DUPLEX option; (g) Click OK and restart the Windows.
• You can also download the upgrade to the CD (links given below) which contain new files that allow fixing the sound "on-the-fly" by hitting the F1 key; i.e., on the new CD whenever the sound stops, you can hit the F1 key to restart the sound. The F1 key in this new program resets the sound card to make it work again. F9 key toggles the pause/continuation of sound like before.
• You can get an upgrade of your sound drivers from the manufacturer of your sound card; most manufacturers have web addresses with free downloadable upgrades.

Download the upgrade to Krsna CDROM by clicking here. This is a self-installing upgrade (EXE file) that needs to be RUN from the START menu under Windows '95/'98/2000/NT. It will upgrade files in the C:\KSI\KB subdirectory. These upgraded files support the same features that the previous zip file upgrades supported. See May '99 and May-July 2000 newsletters for more information about the upgrade..

Previous zip file upgrade: zip file upgrade.

Download the upgrade to the Bhagavatam CDROM by clicking here. This is a self-installing upgrade (EXE file) that needs to be RUN from the START menu under Windows '95/'98/2000/NT. It will upgrade files in the C:\KSI\SB subdirectory. You need the Bhagavatam CD upgrade only if you have a problem exiting out of the Bhagavatam CDROM or need to improve the video quality.

Download the upgrade to Gita CDROM by clicking here. This is a ZIP file that needs to be decompressed into the C:\KSI\BG subdirectory (folder) to overwrite the previous BG.EXE, BG.TDB, BG.KWT, and KRSNA.DLL files. These upgrade files support (1) 1024*768 resolution w/interpolation, (2) fix problems with newer video cards and Windows '98/NT, etc. See May 2000 newsletter for more information about the upgrade.