Nothing is Necessary-just Krsna– (Below we see how Srila Prabhupada explains the defects in out thinking process where we “think” so many things are “necessary”) 1.)July 14 1975 Philadelphia Ravīndra-svarūpa: What is the advantage of a tree, Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: You see how they are standing there for five thousand years. You cannot do it. […]
Dec 8 1973 LA lecture- Everyone can attain that bhāva stage. There is process. This process is described by Rūpa Gosvāmī how to come to the bhāva stage. Bhāva stage means just prior to perfection. One must come to the bhāva stage, next stage is perfection. Next stage is full perfection. So how to come to this bhāva stage, […]
Discussion with Srila Prabhupada about the philosopher John Stuart Mill pg 708 Vol #6- Śyāmasundara: But how do we determine that God is the cause behind everything? Prabhupāda: Because then we know that God is the ultimate pusher, the pushing begins from there. So it may come through various agents. Just like one railway wagon is pushed by the engines, […]
1.) SB 4.30.27 purport–Deity worship in the form of temple worship is the most valuable benediction given by the Lord to beginners. All neophytes must therefore engage in the worship of the Lord by keeping the arcā-vigraha (arcāvatāra) at home or in the temple. 2.) Jan 4 1973 letter-The greatest danger to our movement will come when we manufacture and […]
june 18 1972 Prabhupāda: Yes. This bow down… Even the children, they are imitating, bowing down, but it has got the effect. Not that the children, they have no seriousness about… Seriousness or no seriousness, simply if he bows down, he gets the result. He gets the… Dancing, he’s dancing. He’s getting the result. He’s becoming a […]
Hare Krsna- Below we have put some discussions with Srila Prabhupada about the nature of the soul, its size, and the propensity to fall down being marginal energy of the Lord. That independence and propensity Srila Prabhupada says to fall down into this material world is always there. But once experienced, we will not do that […]
SB 7.2.57 purport- Yamarāja once asked Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, “What is the most wonderful thing within this world?” Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira replied (Mahābhārata, Vana–parva313.116): Hundreds and thousands of living entities meet death at every moment,but a foolish living being nonetheless thinks himself deathless and does not prepare for death. This is the most wonderful thing in this world.Everyone has to die because everyone is […]
Hare Krsna- Below we have put some discussions with Srila Prabhupada about the nature of the soul, its size, and the propensity to fall down being marginal energy of the Lord. That independence and propensity Srila Prabhupada says to fall down into this material world is always there. But once experienced, we will not do that […]
Hare Krsna–Winter seems over here for us, bulbs and flowers are popping out of the ground, rhubarb is coming up, the weather is mild, and I am beginning to clear out from the gardens what is left from over wintering plants. Below is a tray of purple brussel sprouts (very high in anti oxidants)and the […]
Philosophy discussions-Srila Prabhupada about Bergson-with Symasundar Śyāmasundara: So someone can understand, someone can know what the life force is going to do in the future, how it will manifest itself in the future? Prabhupāda: The future, because he is eternally servant of God, so now he has forgotten. He wants to become master, and the […]
