TRANSLATION “If the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not bestowed upon a person-regardless of how learned a scholar that person may be and regardless of his seeing or listening-he cannot accept Lord Caitanya as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. PURPORT The same principles can be applied to demoniac persons, even though they be […]
Hare Krsna- Below we have cuttings from two different lectures. The first one Srila Prabhupada explains how everybody here in this material world is a madman. And later on he also admits he himself was also trying to stay here, but Krsna crushed all his “plans” and removed all impediments due to his bhakti for Him. […]
Lectures : Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures : Canto 1: Lectures : SB 1.8: Lectures : Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.37 — Los Angeles, April 29, 1973 : 730429SB.LA : Kṛṣṇa is living everywhere—that is, that is the vision of the higher devotees. Actually He’s living, but still, because we are in thelower condition, we should know that here is Kṛṣṇa in the temple. Kṛṣṇa […]
Hare Krsna to All Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada After reading this during morning prasadam I just HAD to share it with others. The scene in the book Jaiva Dharma, by Bhaktivinode Thakur, is set up by the Thakur as a question- answer session between two great souls. Here it is… Vrjanatha- What is the final destination of […]
720624SB.LA Lectures The parampara system means… Just like we claim parampara system from Krsna. So whatever Krsna says or He said 5,000years ago, we are repeating the same thing. That is called parampara system. Not that “The world has changed. Scientific advancement isvery great. Now we can interpret in this way and that way.” This […]
Sri Gadadhara Pandita avirbhava tithi [divine appearance of Sri Gadadhara pandita] compiled by damaghosa dasa, Narasimha dasa and Yasodanandana dasaSrila Prabhupada explains the glories of Sri Gadadhara Pandita gadādhara-paṇḍitādi prabhura ‘śakti’-avatāra ‘antaraṅga-bhakta’ kari’ gaṇana yāṅhāra SYNONYMS gadādhara—of the name Gadādhara; paṇḍita—of the learned scholar; ādi—headed by; prabhura—of the Lord; śakti—potency; avatāra—incarnation; antaraṅga—very confidential; bhakta—devotee; kari‘-accepting; […]
Hare Krsna Below are two different lectures-the first one explains why we come into this world and stay here. The second was given in 1966 in NY where Srila Prabhupada easily explains why concept and practice of how to Love God or Krsna has to be the predominant motivating factor in our lives, otherwise there […]
Hare Krsna Below is a very nice summary of Krsna Consciousness given early on by Srila Prabhupada. He explains: 1. Why we all suffer and fear things in this material world 2. How to fix that problem 3. How to get all our material necessities without huge endeavor 4. One should be developing the 26 […]
Below we have the stark reality of this material world explained clearly by Srila Prabhupada: The dunking stool example July 5 1976 Wash DC morning walk Prabhupāda: Everything is conditioned. Therefore it is called conditioned life. There is no question of independence. That is foolishness. That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, that they are not independent, completely under the […]
670313SB.SF lectures It is not that we are all liberated persons. We have got so many attachments to family, wife, country. But along with it, if we try to increase our attachment for Kṛṣṇa, automatically there will be detachment. Automatically. Without endeavoring separately. Vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti–yogaḥprayojitaḥ [SB 1.2.7] . Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. If we become engaged in bhakti–yoga… So this is bhakti–mārga. If we follow these principles of bhakti–mārga we do not require to endeavor separately […]
