Hare Krsna-below we put together this series of quotes because of the very first one I read last night before retiring, In this conversation Srila Prabhupada is pointing out that the great Acaryas and sages in India of days gone neglected building skyscrapers and instead focused upon simple living. He asks-why, they were less intelligent? But because their […]
Hare Krsna-below we put together this series of quotes because of the very first one I read last night before retiring, In this conversation Srila Prabhupada is pointing out that the great Acaryas and sages in India of days gone neglected building skyscrapers and instead focused upon simple living. He asks-why, they were less intelligent? But because their […]
Once a person begins to worship the Deity of the Lord with a trace of bhakti it is to be understood that he has sown the seed of his own food fortune and that he is free from corrupt ideologies. After hours of scouring thru two large books by Bhaktivinode Thakur-Jaiva Dharma and Caitanya siksamrita-I finally found […]
“So let us try to make an attempt to organize a New Vrindaban scheme, andI shall request all my students to develop this idea and show a good example to this Western part of the world where people are always engaged in ugra-karma, asuric-karma.”“Everyone has to earn his livelihood by agriculture,..”“Every man must possess a piece of […]
Hare KrsnaIn these days of computers, cell phones etc how many devotees can live without these things? Even for a moment?How many of us are actually addicted to these things for hours a day? How have these devices actually improved the quality of our lives? How many of us know the radiation risks associated with […]
Srila Prabhupada speaks OutGuru or Goru? Devotee (3): Then how is it that some people do finally come to accept Kṛṣṇa? Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. They come in the paramparā system, through guru. Tad-vijñānārtham sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). Therefore, you have to go to guru to understand. You cannot understand personally. That is not possible. Therefore, our system is […]
Hare Krsna- Below we have compiled some quotes by Srila Prabhupada about home deity worship. It seems thee are some misconceptions which have arisen that only if one can adopt the same strict standards that Prabhupada originally enunciated in his temples, then one should not have Deity worship in his home.This is simply not the case at […]
July 19 1977Prabhupāda: …known as a religious man so that they can do business very exploitively. They were called by class=”highlight”>Guru class=”highlight”>Mahārāja, dharma-dhvaji.(?) Exploit (Bengali). class=”highlight”>Guru class=”highlight”>Mahārāja used to say dharma-dhvaji. “class=”highlight”>Daṇḍavat class.” Yes. He knows simply to offer daṇḍavats. (laughs) Even so nice word: “Oh, class=”highlight”>he’s a class=”highlight”>daṇḍavat class.” My class=”highlight”>Guru class=”highlight”>Mahārāja was very humorous. […]
Hare Krsna to all Over the years we have had hundreds of programs both here on our farm and back in Seattle. I am very grateful and thankful to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krsna for arranging all these events to take place because without devotee association, this material world is a very miserable place. Hare […]
Prabhupada’s lecture – Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.4 – Mayapura, June 19, 1973 Now here is very important word, that payasodhasvatīr mudā, udhasvatīr mudā. They were very jolly because they can understand whether they are going to be killed or not. Because they have got, they’re animal, they have got sense. I have seen in your country, almost […]
