I was distributing books in a factory in a town in the CIS and had just signed up one hundred workers to each take a set of books (fifteen books per set). When I went to see the director for payment, he sent me to the chief accountant, but she refused to give me the […]
At ISKCON Mayapur a devotee, Jitavrata Dasa, was publicly humiliated for speaking the truth about the book changes. He was asked to stop his vyasa puja offering. Read the complete vyasa-puja offering below (the part that Jitavrata Prabhu was not able to speak has been marked with bold). Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krishna prestaya bhutale Srimate […]
SB 2.2.26 purport…For a common man, both modern science and Vedic wisdom are simply to be accepted because none of the statements either of modern science or of Vedic literature can be verified by him. The alternative for a common man is to believe either of them or both of them. The Vedic way of understanding, […]
1.) SB 10.13.1 purport- Unless one is very advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one cannot stick to hearing the pastimes of the Lord constantly. Nityaṁ nava-navāya-mānam: even though advanced devotees hear continually about the Lord for years, they still feel that these topics are coming to them as newer and fresher. … Parīkṣit Mahārāja, therefore, is addressed […]
Hare Krsna-This Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto Part 3 (Chapter 13) is the last book put out by the BBT where Srila Prabhupada was dictating all the purports to the translations. After this book, somebody else , without authorization from Srila Prabhupada, took over the job. Nonetheless, this pastime of lord Brahma, the creator of this universe, […]
Hare Krsna– Happy Janmastami andSrila Prabhupada Vyasa puja !!! Below are a few pic’s at Sila Puri, Kanhaiya’s ashram in Snohomish Wash, where they held two festivals for janmastami- One on the day before (Sunday) where over a hundred devotees showed up, and then the pic’s below are the next day on Janmastami day where some […]
Hare Krsna-Below we have summarized (in 8-quotes summary form) what Srila Prabhupada thinks about thebuilding and developments of Vrndavana and New Vrndavana-he does NOT want economic development in either of these areas but instead wants it to remain simple, clean, and free of the modern mentality of “industrial development”. Please read these statements below and let […]
Vyasa Puja Homage to Srila Prabhupada by Yasoda nandana dasa Srila Prabhupada, I simply want to pay my obeisances […]
1.) Conversation 760530R1: HONOLULU 30 May 1976 “So all my disciples are expected to become śikṣā-guru on my order…” Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, I am just trying to clarify—I don’t want to offend anyone—but no disciple of yours should call himself dīkṣā-guru or śikṣā-guru. Am I right? Prabhupāda: Well, everyone is engaged to become śikṣā-guru, but one […]
SB 3.3.26–After arriving there, all of them took bath, and with the water of this place of pilgrimage they offered their respects to the forefathers, demigods and great sages and thus satisfied them. They gave cows to the brāhmaṇas in royal charity. PURPORT– Amongst the devotees of the Lord there are several divisions, mainly nitya-siddhas and sādhana-siddhas. The nitya–siddha devotees never […]
