Antya 3.224–Determined to deliver all the fallen souls, Advaita Ācārya decided to cause Kṛṣṇa to descend. With this vow, he began to offer Ganges water and tulasī leaves to worship the Lord. Antya 3.225–Similarly, Haridāsa Ṭhākura chanted in his cave on the bank of the Ganges with the intention to cause Kṛṣṇa’s descent. Antya 3,226—Because of the […]
April 29 1974conversations Hyderabad Devotee: They are attracted by wonderful things such as Sai Baba. He is doing so many wonderful things. People… Prabhupāda: That is, means rascal. He does not see Kṛṣṇa’s wonderful. If you want to see wonderful things, why don’t you see the more wonderful things? But they are foolish; they are captivated with small […]
Hari das thakur discusses namabhasa chanting with Lord Gauranga Antya 3.49–One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Haridāsa Ṭhākura as usual, and in the course of discussion He inquired as follows. Antya 3.50–“My dear Ṭhākura Haridāsa, in this age of Kali most people are bereft of Vedic culture, and therefore they are called yavanas. They […]
May 31 1974-Conversation with Mr Hennis of the UN’s Labor organization Yogeśvara: They are making better organizations, but they are not giving any example to the people. Prabhupāda: Everyone is concocting some ideas, and they are going on as different organization. That’s all. No standard idea. The standard idea is there in the Bhagavad-gītā, that […]
Antya 1.96-The Lord inquired, “What kind of book are you writing?” He held up a palm leaf that was a page of the manuscript, and when He saw the fine handwriting, His mind was very pleased. Antya 1.97–Thus being pleased, the Lord praised the writing by saying, “The handwriting of Rūpa Gosvāmī is just like […]
kṛṣṇa-tattva, bhakti-tattva, prema-tattva sāra bhāva-tattva, rasa-tattva, līlā-tattva āra Madhya 25.265–TRANSLATION-Kṛṣṇa consciousness means understanding the truth of Kṛṣṇa, the truth of devotional service, the truth of love of Godhead, the truth of emotional ecstasy, the truth of transcendental mellow and the truth of the pastimes of the Lord. Madhya 25.266–Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally preached the […]
April 20 1974 Hyderabad conversations. Prabhupāda: So we must know how to please Kṛṣṇa. Generally, the śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ [SB 7.5.23], that is pleasing. Therefore these rules and regulation for everyone. But when one becomes mature devotee, he knows how to please Kṛṣṇa. He knows. Nitāi: One question came up the other day when I was […]
Madhya 25.118–‘When one is transcendentally situated, he can perceive Me. This perception is the basis of one‘s relationship with the Supreme Lord. Now let Me further explain this subject matter. PURPORT–Real spiritual knowledge has to be received from revealed scriptures. After this knowledge is attained, one can begin to perceive his actual spiritual life. Any knowledge achieved by speculation is imperfect. One must receive knowledge from the paramparā system and from the guru, otherwise one will be bewildered, and will ultimately become an impersonalist. When one very scrutinizingly deliberates, he can realize the personal feature […]
Oct 14 Johannesbury 1975 conversations Prabhupāda: Nothing happens accidentally. According to Vedic literature, there is no such word as “accident.” The word is adṛṣṭa: There is cause; I cannot see it. Adṛṣṭa. It is not in my vision, but there is cause. There is no question of accident. Harikeśa: What about when somebody is born with […]
Hare Krsna-Below are a few verses and purports from the famous CC Madhya chapter 24 which is an ocean of nectar and information concerning devotees, behavior, mantras, Deities and the spiritual master. I have not included everything contained in that chapter because it is just too voluminous. If one is a serious devotee they are well advised […]
