feb 10 1977 Conversations Jayapatākā: There’s one good news, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Gargamuni called last night. Mahendra had informed him that we’re going to have our 747 jumbo jet land in Calcutta. Prabhupāda: Oh. Jayapatākā: It will be the first commercial flight. They have 310 people coming on the flight. Prabhupāda: So the government will receive. […]
On Chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder and Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method for reviving our […]
SB 4.31.24 purport-Here it is seen that by hearing the glories of the Lord from a realized devotee the Pracetās easily attained strong attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then, meditating on the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord at the end of their lives, they advanced to the ultimate goal, Viṣṇuloka. It is […]
Sept 16 1972 LA So we are advancing in science, but at the same time, the so-called science, at the same timewe are creating many disadvantages. Many disadvantages. From practical experience I say that when I came to your country… In India it is very difficult to get a telephone. You have to wait in […]
Antya 20.52-“I do not mind My personal distress. I only wish for the happiness of Kṛṣṇa, for His happiness is the goal of My life. However, if He feels great happiness in giving Me distress, that distress is the best of My happiness. Purport-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that a devotee does not care about […]
SB 4.29.58-The results of whatever a living entity does in this life are enjoyed in the next life. PURPORT-A person generally does not know how one body is linked with another body. How is it possible that one suffers or enjoys the results of activities in this body in yet another body in the next […]
SB 4.29.46-When a person is fully engaged in devotional service, he is favored by the Lord, who bestows His causeless mercy. At such a time, the awakened devotee gives up all material activities and ritualistic performances mentioned in the Vedas. PURPORT- In the previous verse, those who are in knowledge have been described as unable […]
SB 4.29.31-The living entity is exactly like a dog, who, overcome with hunger, goes from door to door for some food. According to his destiny, he sometimes receives punishment and is driven out and at other times receives a little food to eat. Similarly, the living entity, being influenced by so many desires, wanders in different […]
“Kṛṣṇa means Jagannātha. Jagat. Jagat means this world, and nātha means master, or proprietor. So Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram: (BG 5.29) ‘I am the proprietor of all the planets.’ Therefore He is Jagannātha. Jagannātha means the proprietor of all the world, all the planets.” (Srila Prabhupada Lecture, San Francisco, July 4, […]
You should read all this. You don’t read. In the first volume of Bhāgavata these things are explained. But I don’t think you read all these things. Do you read? So if you don’t read, then you will feel restless: “Oh, let me go from Japan to India, from India to Japan.” You are restless […]
