Hare Krsna– Below is a conversation and part of a lecture where Srila Prabhupada is asking a disciple what he thinks it means to be- “Krsna Conscious” ? I am sure if it went on Srila Prabhupada would have gotten a lot of different answers, so he gives us the answer in a short clear […]
Hare Krsna-Below is a very nice description of how human society can be organized so as to minimize our sinful activities and make both material and spiritual advancement at the same time . These two paths are called pravritti marga and Nvritti marga or the paths of material enjoyment and the path of liberation from […]
March 9 1975 London interview Prabhupāda: …he did not like to kill his cousin-brother. He said that “Even they usurp my kingdom, I do not wish to kill them.” So this affection, this bodily affection, was not very much approved by Kṛṣṇa. He said that “You are talking like a non-Āryan.” Anārya-juṣṭam. Anārya. “The Āryan, […]
Brahmānanda: …Calcutta, on the Maidan, there’s that big building, that big memorial. Is that… Prabhupāda: Oh, Victoria Memorial. Brahmānanda: That was built for, the king when he was coming? Prabhupāda: No, that was built in memory of Victoria. It was done, imitating the Taj Mahal. It took twenty years. Sir Rajendranath Mukherjee of Martin Company, […]
Feb 21 1975 Caracas Prabhupāda: University education is simply to learn some art, materialistic art. It is not education. Education is different. Education is brahma-vidyā, self-realization. Therefore in politics the so-called leader, because there is no standard, they change government, revolution. Why? From nature’s study we can see one tree is producing a particular type […]
June 13 1974 Paris Prabhupāda: What do you understand by the word “māyā”? Yogeśvara: That which is not. Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: Things which we place value on that have no relation to Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: The māyā is explained very nicely in the Bhāgavata, yathābhāso yathā tamaḥ. Just like sun is reflected in the water, and the light is reflected […]
March 4 1974 Dallas Viṣṇujana: Prabhupāda? But they argue that if God wanted us to wear clothes He would have made us with clothes. But He made us without clothes, so… Prabhupāda: The thing is that here material world means that whatever you want, you have to work for it. That is material world. Things are […]
Lokanātha: …five thousand years back, until now, there’s only thirty ācāryas… Prabhupada:Chain is broken when there are false spiritual masters. Otherwise it is not broken. Chain is broken if a so-called spiritual master speaks something manufactured. Then the chain is broken. Otherwise chain is not broken. Morning Walk — September 2, 1976, New Delhi ———————————————————————– Srila Prabhupada says, […]
July 2 1974 Melbourne Madhudviṣa: His question is… He is… This boy is Yugoslavian, Yugoslavian, and he has done some translating of your Īśopaniṣad into Yugoslavian. So he is wondering is it possible to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Yugoslavia? Prabhupāda: Everywhere possible. Madhudviṣa: And in other Russian… But these countries are all under Communist rule. It is very […]
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sajana Toshani (18.2.13-14) “After the time of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, those faithful to Him kept apart from non devotees, to avoid contamination. Seeing this, the personality of Kali sent his representatives in disguise to pollute the Vaisnava sampradaya. Posing as Vaisnavas, they spread their wicked doctrines, and appeared so intelligent and devoted that only pure devotees could detect their real identity. “ […]
