Adi 8.22–Whether he is offensive or inoffensive, anyone who even now chants śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda is immediately overwhelmed with ecstasy, and tears fill his eyes. Adi 8.24-–There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic. PURPORT…..If one has heard the glories of the transcendental […]
Nov 14 1972 Vrndavana In the Bengali proverb there is a ḍheṅki. Svarga gela dan bange.(?) Means a ḍheṅki, that machine, that wooden machine, which… Husking machine? So if you send it to the heaven, then what he’ll do? The same business. It does not mean the ḍheṅki, while it is promoted in the heaven, he can […]
March 6 1974 Mayapur Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Hare Rāma… [break] …to take evening walk. This part, on the field, agricultural field. [break] …if you have any land to purchase immediately, then I can ask Mahadevia, He can pay for that. [break] …Americans without machine, they cannot sleep. They must smell, […]
Going from Brahman to Paramatma to Bhagavan realization-SP shows how this works. It is not that one just chants Hare Krsna and all three phases of God consciousness are automatically and at once revealed. That is very very rarely attained and not the normal course of events.No-One has to progress thru all three phases-Brahman-Paramatma-Bhagavan consciousness. […]
Bombay Jan 8 1977 Indian man: Swamiji, I get two thoughts. Number one: having acquired a family, I am willing to renounce, but would I not be running away from the responsibility, in the name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, for the bringing up and educating the children? And second thing… Prabhupāda: You cannot educate, neither you bring. […]
Below is much information about how to chant the maha mantra-Hare KrsnaWhat I found interesting in the purport below is that SP equates a preacher or 2nd class devotee with a sannyasi. He wanted all his disciples to become at least 2nd class Vaisnavas.Adi 7.67 purport–A Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī or a Vaiṣṇava in the second stage of advancement in […]
Jan 7 1977 Bombay. Prabhupāda: We are increasing. There is opposition against our movement, and still, we are increasing. D. D. Desai: When you say, “We are poor…” Prabhupāda: No, no, so-called poor. D. D. Desai: That’s it. Because the other day when I was reading Howard Hughes and his billion-dollar life, and then also Poli(?), […]
Hare Krsna-During these very troubling times devotees may doubt about their security and well being, but please hear what Srila Prabhupada has to say to quell these possible doubts. Hare Krsna damaghosa das—————————-3 July, 197373-07-23Denver Dear Kurusrestha,Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 12, and I have carefully […]
Three times in this verse Advaita Acarya mentions He is servant of the servantAdi 6.86-caitanyera dāsa muñi, caitanyera dāsacaitanyera dāsa muñi, tāṅra dāsera dāsaTRANSLATION“I am a servant of Lord Caitanya, a servant of Lord Caitanya. I am a servant of Lord Caitanya, and a servant of His servants.”The source of the sentiment of servitude is indeed […]
Adi 6.42–Śrī Advaita Ācārya, however, considers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu His master, and He thinks of Himself as a servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Similarly, a pure devotee wishes to be blessed like Mahārāja Prahlāda by being thus endowed with devotional service. Devotees also offer their respects to Hanumān, who always remained a servant of Lord Rāma. […]
