June 13 1974 Paris Prabhupāda: No, it is not imagination. That is another foolishness, to imagine a goal. If we imagine some goal, that is another rascaldom. We have to understand what is the goal of life from superior. Just like a child. He does not know what is the goal of life, but his […]
Hare Krsna to all…. On Govardhan puja day we celebrated this wonderful pastime at a local devotees new farm house-still under construction. It was just a few degrees above freezing outside on this clear sky day, but we started a fire in the wood stove inside to keep the Govardhana silas and other Deities warn, […]
“An ācārya who comes for the service of the Lord cannot be expected to conform to a stereotype, for he must find the ways and means by which Kṛṣṇa consciousness may be spread. Sometimes jealous persons criticize the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement because it engages equally both boys and girls in distributing love of Godhead. Not […]
So this Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s birthday, we should adore, we should worship, because in the modern age he reintroduced the disciplic succession. From Caitanya Mahaprabhu… Five hundred years ago, Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught this philosophy, but within two hundred years… Because this material world is so made that whatever you introduce, in due course of time it […]
SB 5.18.11-By associating with persons for whom the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda, is the all in all, one can hear of His powerful activities and soon come to understand them. The activities of Mukunda are so potent that simply by hearing of them one immediately associates with the Lord. For a person who constantly […]
Is there any instance where Visnu tattva , or Lord Vishnu has a material body?? And if so, where? We all know that Krsna never is affected by material contamination and comes to this world in His spiritual body. That is stated so many places. But does He or Lord Vishnu every take on a […]
June 3 1976 LA room conversations Rāmeśvara: Kṛṣṇa knows everything in the past, and everything in the future. Prabhupāda: Yes. Rāmeśvara: So when Kṛṣṇa…. Kṛṣṇa knows that I will misuse my independence, but still He gives me independence. Prabhupāda: That is Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. Rāmeśvara: Even though it is bad for me. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: You say […]
Hare Krsna-below, in this room conversation, Srila Prabhupada talks about the Gita Nagari farm (report) which was very productive at that time (whats is like today?) He talks about his Scottish churches college days, the professors, also about the medical profession in America and some testimony is given by devotees with personal experience with corrupt […]
SB 5.16.24-Similarly, on Kumuda Mountain there is a great banyan tree, which is called Śatavalśa because it has a hundred main branches. From those branches come many roots, from which many rivers are flowing. These rivers flow down from the top of the mountain to the northern side of Ilāvṛta-varṣa for the benefit of those […]
May 3 1976 Honolulu conversations…. Prabhupāda: Go on. Yes, arcye viṣṇau śilā-dhīr guruṣu nara-matiḥ. Narakī, if anyone thinks arca-vigraha, the Deities as made of stone, made of earth, or made of something material, and guru, the spiritual master, “He is an ordinary man”—these are forbidden. So why guru is to be considered sākṣād dharitvena samasta-śāstrair […]
