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Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Below is a very interesting conversation with Srila Prabhupada about many things

devotees have always wondered about. Such as..

1.What happens to the neophyte at the time of his or her death?

2.If a devotee is not yet perfect it is not possible to think of Krsna at death. So another birth.

3.Jada Bharata protected himself from materialistic association by becoming silent.

4. Japa should only be chanted in the temple-not outside. (what to speak of car japa, TV japa, etc)

5. women present in temple, men should see them as mother and the women see men as son.

6. Women married to brahmanas become brahmanas automatically.

7. No sannyasa for women-ever.

8. Duty of woman after husband takes sannyasa-she remains unmarried and devotee.

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

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751102mw.nai Conversations

Harikesa: I’m curious about the destination of a neophyte devotee. If
a neophyte devotee is with determination endeavoring for purification
but he were to meet with death as he is still influenced by the lower
modes, although he is seriously trying, then does he take another
birth or does he go to Krsna?

Prabhupada: No, he has to take another birth. If he is not completely
purified, he has to suffer another birth. Nobody is allowed to enter
into the spiritual unless he is cent percent pure. No allowance. Then
he has to… Therefore it is said, sucinam srimatam gehe yoga-bhrasto

sanjayate. He is given chance, another chance, to take birth in a very
pure brahmana family or rich family so that he may take again the
chance, not in, he is allowed to enter. He is given a good chance
again. That is his benefit. Even if you are failure, still, your next
birth as a very first-class human being is guaranteed. Not for others.
It is only for the yogis. If he is… Therefore it is said that “What
is the loss even if he is failure?” Tyaktva sva-dharmam caranambujam
harer bhajann apakvo ‘tha patet tato yadi yatra kva va abhadram abhud
amusya kim. This verse is very important. Even by sentiment one comes
to Krsna consciousness and discharges the regulative duties, chants
Hare Krsna, his next life is guaranteed as a human being. Even he does
it for some time–he is not perfect–still, his next life is
guaranteed. But others, there is no such guarantee. Even if he
discharges his so-called duties, material duties, there is no
guarantee that he’ll become a human being. (break)

Harikesa: They let him [Ajamila] stay in that body and then he went to Hrsikesa
and performed devotional service and then became perfect.
Prabhupada: No, he was already perfect, but to increase his
desire–“How shall I go Vaikuntha?”–another time he had to go. He was
a perfect; otherwise how he was saved from the Yamadutas?

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751102mw.nai Conversations

Brahmananda: The quality of the chanting he’s asking. How can we make
the quality the best?

Prabhupada: Quality, you’ll understand first of all come to the
quality. Without having quality, how he’ll understand the quality? You
follow the instruction of your spiritual master, of the sastra. That
is your duty. Quality, no quality–it is not your position to
understand. When the quality comes there is no force. You will have a
taste for chanting. You will desire at that time, “Why sixteen round?
Why not sixteen thousand rounds?” That is quality. That is quality. It
is by force. You’ll not do it; therefore at least sixteen rounds. But
when you come to the quality, you will feel yourself, “Why sixteen?
Why not sixteen thousand?” That is quality, automatically. Just like
Haridasa Thakura was doing. He was not forced to do. Even Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, He requested, “Now you are old enough. You can reduce.” So
he refused, “No. Up to the end of my life I shall go on.” That is
quality. Have you got such tendency that you will go on chanting and
nothing to do? That is quality. Now you are forced to do. Where is the
question of quality? That is given a chance so that one day you may
come to the quality, not that you have come to the quality. Quality is
different. Athasaktih. Asakti, attachment.
Just like Rupa Gosvami says that “How shall I chant with one tongue, and how shall I hear, two
ears? Had it been millions of tongue and trillions of ear, then I
could enjoy it.” This is quality. Quality is not so cheap. Maybe after
many births. For the time being you go on following the rules and
regulations. It is being done by force. Where is the quality? So you
wanted to understand quality. This is the quality. You’ll not be
forced, but automatically you’ll desire. That is quality.

I am writing books. I am not being forced by anyone. Everyone can do that. Why one
does not do it? Why I get up at night, one o’clock, and do this job?
Because I cannot do without it. How one will do it artificially? This
is quality. Therefore they like my purports. That quality is shown by
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda virahena me. “Oh,
I do not see Govinda. The whole world is vacant.” Sunyayitam jagat
sarvam govinda virahena me. This is quality. Just like we have got
practical example. One man’s beloved has died, and he is seeing the
whole universe vacant. Is it vacant? So that is quality of love. So
there is no formula of quality. It is to be understood by himself.
Just like if after eating something you feel refreshed and get
strength, that is quality. You haven’t got to take certificate: “Will
you give me a certificate that I have eaten?” You’ll understand
whether eaten or not. That is quality. When you will feel so much
ecstasy in chanting Hare Krsna, that is quality. Not
artificially–“Chant. Chant. Otherwise get out.” This is not quality.
This is in expectation that someday you may come to quality. That
requires time. That requires sincerity. But quality is there.
Sravanadi suddha citte karaye… It will be awakened. Not by force.

So if we want this quality of chanting we must have constant devotee association

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760217SB.MAY Lectures
So this is the test. This is the test, that as soon as one is not
Krsna conscious, immediately he comes to the group of sinful
activities, rascaldom, lowest of the mankind, mayayapahrta-jnana, all
knowledge taken away, and he’s an asura, Hiranyakasipu’s family,
Hiranyakasipu’s category. So this is not optional, that “If I don’t
take to Krsna consciousness, that is my wish, my desire.” No. If you
desire in that way then you’ll be punished. You become immediately…
You cannot say, “It is my optional. I may become a thief; I may remain
honest. That is my option.” No. As soon as you become thief, you are
punishable. Similarly, anyone who is not Krsna conscious, he’s
immediately punishable. Daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya. The
punishment will go on in various ways. Continue reading →

Srimati Sita devi avirbhava tithi [appearance day]
Sri Madhu Pandita tirobhava tithi [disappearance day]
Srimati Jahnava devi avirbhva tithi [appearance day]
Thursday, May 8, 2014 [Los Angeles time]
compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa

Srila Prabhupada glorifies these exalted personalities.

Books : Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 2: “The Cosmic Manifestation” : SB 2.7: Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions : SB 2.7.23 :

Due to His causeless mercy upon all living entities within the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His plenary extensions, appeared in the family of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku as the Lord of His internal potency, Sītā. Under the order of His father, Mahārāja Daśaratha, He entered the forest and lived there for considerable years with His wife and younger brother. Rāvaṇa, who was very materially powerful, with ten heads on his shoulders, committed a great offense against Him and was thus ultimately vanquished

PURPORT :
Lord Rāma is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His brothers, namely Bharata, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, are His plenary expansions. All four brothers are viṣṇu-tattva and were never ordinary human beings. There are many unscrupulous and ignorant commentators on Rāmāyaṇa who present the younger brothers of Lord Rāmacandra as ordinary living entities. But here in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the most authentic scripture on the science of Godhead, it is clearly stated that His brothers were His plenary expansions. Originally Lord Rāmacandra is the incarnation of Vāsudeva, Lakṣmaṇa is the incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa, Bharata is the incarnation of Pradyumna, and Śatrughna is the incarnation of Aniruddha, expansions of the Personality of Godhead. Lakṣmījī Sītā is the internal potency of the Lord and is neither an ordinary woman nor the external potency incarnation of Durgā. Durgā is the external potency of the Lord, and she is associated with Lord Śiva.

Books : Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 3: “The Status Quo” : SB 3.20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura : SB 3.20.25 : PURPORT All the forms of the Lord are eternal. It is the devotee’s inclination to worship a particular form, and he engages in devotional service to that form. In a verse in the Rāmāyaṇa, Hanumān, the great devotee of Rāma, said, “I know that there is no difference between the Sītā-Rāma and Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but nevertheless, the form of Rāma and Sītā has absorbed my affection and love. Therefore I want to see the Lord in the forms of Rāma and Sītā.” Similarly, the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava loves the forms of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī at Dvārakā. The words bhaktānām anurūpātma-darśanam mean that the Lord is always pleased to favor the devotee in the particular form in which the devotee wants to worship and render service unto Him. In this verse it is stated that Brahmā approached Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This form of the Lord is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
Books : Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 3: “The Status Quo” : SB 3.25: The Glories of Devotional Service : SB 3.25.36 : PURPORT :
When one is trained to become conscious of his position, he understands that he is the servitor of the Lord. “Brahman” refers to a state of self-realization. Even the third-class devotee—who is not advanced in knowledge of the Absolute Truth but simply offers obeisances with great devotion, thinks of the Lord, sees the Lord in the temple and brings forth flowers and fruits to offer to the Deity—becomes imperceptibly liberated. Śraddhayānvitāḥ: with great devotion the devotees offer worshipful respects and paraphernalia to the Deity. The Deities of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa, and Rāma and Sītā are very attractive to devotees, so much so that when they see the statue decorated in the temple of the Lord they become fully absorbed in thought of the Lord. That is the state of liberation. In other words, it is confirmed herewith that even a third-class devotee is in the transcendental position, above those who are trying for liberation by speculation or by other methods. Even great impersonalists like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the four Kumāras were attracted by the beauty of the Deities in the temple, by the decorations and by the aroma of tulasī offered to the Lord, and they became devotees. Even though they were in the liberated state, instead of remaining impersonalists they were attracted by the beauty of the Lord and became devotees.
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680710SB.MON Lectures

viprad dvi-sad-guna-yutad aravinda-nabha-
padaravinda-vimukhat svapacam varistham
manye tad-arpita-mano-vacanehitartha-
pranam punati sa-kulam na tu bhurimanah

So vipra means one who is fully conversant with Vedic knowledge. He is
called vipra. For spiritual elevation there are gradual evolutionary
stages. So vipra stage is just before becoming a qualified brahmana.
That is called vipra. The first stage, by birth everyone is sudra.
Sudra means affected by the miseries of this world. He is sudra.
Socati. The material condition is full of anxiety, so anyone who is
full of anxiety, he is sudra. This is the… So if you analyze the
present society, that who is not anxiety, full of anxiety, oh, nobody
will say that “I am not full of anxiety.” “I have got so many
anxieties.” So that means he is a sudra. Kalau sudra-sambhavah: “In
this age, everyone is sudra.” That is concluded.

A brahmana is not afraid. He is not anxious because he is dependent on God. He knows
that “I have surrendered unto God completely, and He is all-powerful.
Therefore I have no anxiety.”

… So to come to this platform of confidence or Krsna consciousness,
there is training. That training is called viddhi-marga, regulative
principles, following the regulative pinciples. So this whole
varnasrama system, Vedic system, the different caste–brahmana,
ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, a brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha,
sannyasa–they are very scientifically designed to elevate one
gradually to the standard of “no fear,” “fearfulnessless,” no more
fear, confident. So vipra means just the previous stage of becoming
completely a brahmana. Janmana jayate sudrah: “By birth everyone is
born a sudra.” Samskarad bhaved dvijah: “When he goes to the spiritual
master and the spiritual master initiates him, at that time his second

birth is there, dvija.” Dvija. The birds are called also dvija because
they get twice birth. Once they come as egg, the form of birth in the
egg, and then, when they come out from the egg and the shell, break
the shell and come out, that is real life. Similarly, we are in the
egg, within the shell of ignorance. So when we come out from the shell
of ignorance, that is our second birth. The first birth is by father
and mother, and the second birth is by the spiritual master and Vedic
knowledge. There is also mother. The Vedic knowledge is mother, and
the spiritual master is the father. So samskarad bhaved dvijah. The
spiritual master trains the student gradually. That is called
initiation. That is called dvija. Janmana jayate sudrah: “By birth by
the father and mother, everyone is sudra.” It doesn’t matter where he
takes his birth, not that only India they are brahmana, ksatriya,
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Hare Krsna Prabhus
Obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

740401mw.bom Conversations 358851/530501
Prabhupada: Karma-yogi means one who does everything for Krsna. He’s
karma-yogi.
Guest (1): One who does everything for…?
Prabhupada: For Krsna.
Guest (1): For Krsna.
Prabhupada: Just like you are doing, doing some work. For whom you are
doing?
Guest (1): For my own benefit.
Prabhupada: That’s all. So that is karma. But when you do the same
thing for Krsna, that is karma-yoga.
Guest (1): But (Hindi), if you do it for others, for Krsna, for
Krsna’s…
Prabhupada: Others… Others means… That is also a humbug. You
cannot do anything for others. You do everything for yourself. That is
a false propaganda. You see? That is humbugism. So either you can do
for yourself or for Krsna. That’s all.
Guest (1): I see. (Gujarati)
Prabhupada: (break) …become a slogan nowadays. Nobody does for
others. “For others,” “For the poor,” these are all humbug.
Guest (1): You think people are doing something hospitals, that is for
others?
Prabhupada: Yes. That is also punya-karma.
Guest (1): (Hindi) Helping these temples, hospitals…?
Prabhupada: Yes. Temple construction is different from hospital
construction. That is for Krsna.
Guest (1): But suppose somebody’s doing hospitals. Is it not for
others?
Prabhupada: Yes. But how many you can give shelter? A few. There are
so many suffering people. You cannot provide hospitals for all of
them. The hospitals are increasing, and the disease also increasing.
Guest (1): No, as you say that doing for others is humbug.
Prabhupada: No, no. Humbug means he cannot do it.
Guest (1): Accha.
Prabhupada: He cannot do it. He can do to his satisfaction only. That
is… That is also for his satisfaction.
Guest (1): I see.
Prabhupada: Because by opening hospital, you cannot stop disease. That
is not possible. Then what you are doing for the others? That is for
your satisfaction. Try to understand. Because you cannot do anything,
but still, you are wasting your time. That is for your satisfaction.
Guest (1): Naturally for myself.
Prabhupada: Yes. Hare Krsna. You cannot do anything. The hospitals are
increasing, beds are increasing, and the diseases are increasing. Then
what can you do?
Guest (1): We can do our own satisfaction.
Prabhupada: That’s all. (break) …done not meant for Krsna, that is
for his own satisfaction. Just like Arjuna wanted to become
nonviolent: “No, no, Krsna. I cannot kill my kinsmen.” That is a good
proposal. But that was his satisfaction.
Guest (1): That is very correct.
Prabhupada: Yes. That was his satisfaction. But Krsna wanted that “You
must fight.” And when he agreed to that, that is his perfection.
Before that, he was trying to satisfy he.
Guest (1): Yes. When he surrendered to Krsna, that was his…
Prabhupada: Yes, that is the only purpose of life. Anything that is
done, that is useless waste of time. Therefore Krsna particularly
said, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vra… That is ekam.
You try to satisfy Krsna only. That will give you perfection.
Otherwise your own satisfaction, that’s all.
Guest (1): Yes, very correct, very correct.
Prabhupada: Whatever you do, that is your satisfaction. That is karma.
Guest (1): But not yogi.
Prabhupada: No, karma. (break) …for your own sense satisfaction,
that is karma. And if you do it for Krsna’s satisfaction, that is
karma-yoga.
Makhanlal: Pure bhakti and karma-yoga considered to be exactly the
same?
Prabhupada: Exactly the same.
Prabhupada: Pure bhakti is above karma-yoga. Pure bhakti is above
karma-yoga.
Bhagavata: That is the difference between the Chapter Karma-yoga and
Karma-yoga in Krsna Consciousness.
Prabhupada: Yes. Pure, pure devotion means Sravanam kirtanam.
Guest (1): I read fifteen percent power cut from today in the state.
They have not able to do the service in electric. (break)
Prabhupada: …cut, cent percent. (break)
Makhanlal: …you’re performing, is the vaidhi-bhakti stage of…
Prabhupada: Yes.
Makhanlal: …of the sadhana-bhakti, the regulative principles.
Prabhupada: Yes, vaidhi-bhakti means regulative principles, and when
you are accustomed, automatically you perform, that is raga-bhakti.
Makhanlal: So vaidhi-bhakti is considered superior to karma-yoga then.
Prabhupada: No. Karma-yoga is better.
Makhanlal: Karma-yoga is better?
Prabhupada: Yes.
Indian man: Pure bhakti is superior.
Prabhupada: Pure bhakti is sravanam kirtanam. Sravanam kirtanam
visnu-smaranam pada-sevanam, that is pure bhakti. (break)
Yasomatinandana: …formed by anybody.
Prabhupada: Eh?
Yasomatinandana: Karma-yoga.
Prabhupada: Unless one is inclined to take to devotion, it is not
possible to take to karma-yoga. Who can sacrifice the profit?
Yasomatinandana: Does karma-yoga mean to follow exactly the sastras?
Prabhupada: Karma-yoga means yat karosi yaj juhosi kurusva tat
mad-arpanam.
Yasomatinandana: Doing only for Krsna.
Prabhupada: Yes. That is karma-yoga.
Devotee: Which means?
Prabhupada: “Whatever you do, the result give Me.”
Devotee: To Krsna.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Yasomatinandana: So we are also, those who are on the vaidhi-bhakti
(indistinct) on karma-yoga path because we are…
Prabhupada: Yes. They are acting under the order of the spiritual
master. That is bhakti-yoga.
Bhagavata: So when one follows the nine activities of devotion purely,
that is pure bhakti.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Bhagavata: Then when he’s following those nine activities, then he’s
superior.
Prabhupada: Eh? Continue reading →

680706SB.MON Lectures
So this bhakti, it is not simply sentiment, but it is
to understand actually what is God. It is science of God. Otherwise
how it is said in the Bhagavad-gita that brahma-bhutah prasannatma?
One who has understood the Supreme, the Absolute, he is called
brahmana, brahma-bhutah. And the symptom is that… How can I
understand that he is a brahmana and has understood Brahman? The
immediate answer is brahma-bhutah. The test is, one who is completely
in knowledge of Brahman, the symptom will be prasannatma: he will be
always cheerful. There is no question of anxiety for him. That is
brahma-bhutah. Prasannatma na socati na kanksati. There is no
lamentation; there is no desire. That is brahma-bhutah stage. There is
no [material] desire.
.. And next, by becoming into brahma-bhutah stage, what are other
symptoms? Samah sarvesu bhutesu: “Oh, he is equal to everyone.” Then,
when one has attained this perfection of life, then he can execute
devotional service. Mad-bhaktim labhate param. And by that devotional
service, one can understand what is God.

680709SB.MON Lectures
So that is not the way. Tarko apratisthah. If you want to
understand the Absolute Truth by your arguments, it is not possible.
Tarko apratisthah srutayo vibhinnam. Srutayo means scriptures. If you
want to understand the Absolute Truth by studying different
scriptures… Just like the Hindus have got their different
scriptures. They have got four Vedas, eighteen Puranas, Mahabharata,
Ramayana, Vedanta-sutra, 108 Upanisads, so many, similarly, in other
countries also, they have got Bible or Buddhist literature or
Muhammadan. They are all scripture. But you cannot conclude about the
Absolute Truth simply by studying scriptures. It is not possible.
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760430rc.fij Conversations

Prabhupada: Gradually, you’ll understand Krsna,
by eating only. Krsna is not so easy to be understood, but we are
giving you facility to eat krsna-prasadam so that one day you can
understand this movement. This is the policy. Actually, that is the
policy. We are not poor-feeding. That is not our philosophy. Like
Vivekananda. Daridra-narayana-seva. No, we are not after that. We are
giving you prasadam. And that is fact, that by eating, eating, eating,
eating, you one day will become Krsna conscious. Simply by eating.
Because you are so dull, you cannot understand the philosophy. You
know the belly like the animals. So therefore we are giving facility,
“All right, fill up your belly, fill up your belly. And you’ll be
infected.” As you take foodstuff from a infected area, you become
infected with some disease, so this is Krsna infected, prasadam. You
take it, and one day you’ll be diseased with Krsna consciousness.

730429SB.LA Lectures
Krsna is living everywhere–that is, that is the vision of the higher devotees.
Actually He’s living, but still, because we are in the lower
condition, we should know that here is Krsna in the temple. Krsna is
everywhere, but for us, because we have no such vision to see Krsna
anywhere and everywhere, therefore we should come here in the temple
and see Krsna, “Here is Krsna. Krsna has kindly appeared here in a
manner in which I can see Him. That is Krsna’s mercy.” That is temple.
We cannot see… Krsna has completely spiritual body, but we have no
eyes to see what is that spiritual body. Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. We
are accustomed to see this material, jada, gross things. We can see
stone, we can see metal, we can see wood. We can see all these
material elements. But Krsna is everything. Therefore to be visible to
our imperfect eyes, Krsna has appeared in the stone form, but Krsna is
not stone. It is not that we are worshiping stone; we are worshiping
Krsna. But because we cannot see except stone, therefore Krsna has
kindly appeared in the form carved from the stone. This is the
conclusion.

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Jai Srila Prabhupada!

My dear Lord Krishna, great personalities and devotees in full Krishna consciousness always think of Your lotus feet and remain fully satisfied by drinking the nectar of transcendental bliss. The nectar which they constantly drink sometimes comes out of their mouths and is sprinkled on others as the narration of Your transcendental activities. This nectar coming from the mouth of a devotee is so powerful that if one is fortunate enough to take the opportunity to drink it, he is immediately freed from the continuous journey of birth and death. Krishna bk, Draupadi meets the queens of Krishna.

Hare Krishna Society

Many questions by devotees answered by Srila Prabhupada

How to increase our quality of chanting-by love not by force–SP

To Avoid being God Conscious is not an option for one who is sane–SP

Sita devi avirbhava tithi appearance day 05.08.2014

Everyone- sudra birth, then vipra, then brahmana and finally Vaisnava–SP

Bhakti yoga vs karma yoga

Who is a brahmana? And who can understand God?–SP

The “infection” of Prasadam– has entered….-SP

Importance of Deity worship and devotee Association–SP

Jai Srila Prabhupada!