SB 10.2.26 purport…The devotees who are fully engaged in spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, more than ten thousand men and women all over the world, have no steady or permanent occupation, yet we actually see that they are maintained very opulently… One devotee friend of mine wrote me this recently….. “There are some that say that Prabhupada didn’t have […]
Hare Krsna-below we have a few verse sequence from SB where the pastime of lord Indra assumes to be a sannyasi, steels the sacrificial horse, and in this way sets the bad example for sannyasis in kali yuga. Srila Prabhupada explains how this deception continues in this age, even amongst some of his disciples today. […]
March 13 1975 Tehran Prabhupāda: So do that. Don’t approach the cheater guru, bluffer guru, and be cheated. Stop this business. This has spoiled the whole spiritual atmosphere of the world. Take guru, the supreme guru, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, when in Mahābhārata when Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira performed rājasūya yajña, in the rājasūya yajña one person is elected the […]
Devotee:. We have to appraise that if Your Divine Grace leaves us, what will be the result both to ISKCON society, to each of you disciples individually, and to the entire planet. Srila Prabhupāda: That I am thinking, that such a big society, the aims and object may be dismantled. I am thinking from that vision. Srila Prabhupada […]
“To chant without offense one must become a preacher”–SP 1.) June 7 1968 letter Gargamuni For serving the Lord, we require to sacrifice our life, our wealth, our intelligence, and our words. One can serve the Lord with these four possessions; if not, with three, if not, then with two or even one, and that is sufficient […]
1.)April 1 1974 Bombay conversations Prabhupāda: …important thing, mām, Kṛṣṇa. They practice it, always remembering Kṛṣṇa. Then at the end of life, ante nārāyaṇa-smṛti. That is perfection of life. But how one will remember, ante, then? There is a verse of… Just wait. Chandobhai: Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran… [Bg. 8.6]. Prabhupāda: No. Just wait. There is […]
May 12th 1975 Perth Indian boy: Is it possible that I live on my own and still be a devotee? Prabhupāda: That will take long time. That, also, if you follow the regulative principles… It is difficult, little. But easier method is to live with the devotees because the situation and atmosphere in your home is different from devotion. So it is not very helpful. You have got other members […]
Below are some words taken from this important work of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur regarding Association. Bhaktivinoda Sri Bhaktyaloka This particular paper delves into devotee association and non devotee association and how to prepare oneself for it Sanga tyaga-giving up non devotee association There are two types sanga-association an attachment. Association is of two types-with non […]
quotes compiled by Yasoda nandan das \”…But in devotion, there is no karma-bandha. As Kṛṣṇa is free from all reaction, similarly Kṛṣṇa’s devotee who wants to satisfy Kṛṣṇa only, he is also free from all reaction. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān nāva-manyeta karhicit [SB 11.17.27]. \”The ācārya is as good as I am,\” Kṛṣṇa says. Nāva-manyeta karhicit, \”Never neglect him.\” Na martya-buddhyāsūyeta, \”Never be envious of […]
March 6 1974 Mayapur There is that story that one old woman, she was suffering. And she had to collect woods from the forest and sell in the market. So one day, how do you say, she was praying to Kṛṣṇa, or God, that “Kindly help me. I am in very poverty-stricken.” So one day, she was […]
