Sp re Why should you interpret my intention with your intention? Srila Prabhupāda: “Oh, yes. You have no right. Suppose I have written one book. So I have got some intention. So why should you interpret my intention with your intention? What right you have got? You have no right. If you want to speak something […]
Srila Prabhupada speaks out on false Gurus 15. July 2018 by Prabhupada News 2 Comments Beautiful Painting of Srila Prabhupada Srila Prabhupada speaks out on false Gurus Cheaters and the cheated We should be very careful before accepting a Guru “The sastras enjoin that before we take a guru we study him carefully to find out whether we can […]
1.) SB 2.7.19 purport… The whole process is that all living entities, being constitutionally parts and parcels of the supreme living being, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, have proportionately minute independence of action also. So the preliminary qualification for entering into the devotional service of the Lord is that one become a willing cooperator, and as such one […]
July 2 1975 Denver Devotee (2): What does he experience when he cuts off the outer senses and is able to… Prabhupāda: Outer senses, what do you mean by outer senses-dead? Devotee (2): His bodily senses. Prabhupāda: There is no question of outer senses. Senses purified. What do you mean by outer senses? Devotee (2): The […]
Fasting to get rid of disease instead of taking medicines Denver July 3 1975 Devotee (4): Śrīla Prabhupāda, if a devotee gets sick, should he go and take medicine? Prabhupāda: Better not to take. Devotee (4): Just depend on Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: Yes, that is very good. What is this? Kuruśreṣṭha: Rosehips. (Horse hips(?) Forceps(?)) Yadubara: You said the other day, […]
Hare Krsna–below is a link to facebook where you can hear and see Srila Prabhupada describing how city living is Maya. He said so many things about the city, but the ultimate point he was trying to make was that his disciples/followers should try to go to the rural areas, and grow their own food. You […]
1.) Madhya 12.135 purport In this connection Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that even though one may become free from the desire for fruitive activity, sometimes the subtle desire for fruitive activity again comes into being within the heart. One often thinks of conducting business to improve devotional activity. But the contamination is so strong that it may […]
Adi 9.42 Translation—“It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.” PURPORT-There are two kinds of general activities-śreyas, or activities which are ultimately beneficial and auspicious, and preyas, or those which are immediately beneficial and auspicious. For example, children are fond […]
July 3 1975 Denver Prabhupāda: No, no. Yes. No, material nature’s business is beating and kicking. That’s his only business. But we are so fool, we are taking, “Oh, very nice kicking.” That is the disease. We accept the kicking as very nice. That is foolishness. We are suffering always by three kinds […]
SB 2.6.36 purport… It is said in the scriptures, brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam: spiritual happiness is unlimited. Here it is said that even the Lord cannot measure such happiness. This does not mean that the Lord cannot measure it and is therefore imperfect in that sense. The actual position is that the Lord can measure it, but thehappiness in […]
