Dec 16 1976 Hyderabad press conference Dr. Ramachandra: I only want that your movement should utilize my services because I believe service to mankind is service to God. Prabhupāda: No, no, service to God is [not] service to mankind. If you pour water in the root, then it is service to the tree. And if you pour water on the leaf, […]

Jan 10 1974 LA Prabhupāda: Yes. So this yajña means to satisfy the Lord. Yajñārthe karma. So when you miss this yajña, then everything becomes disturbed. When you become godless then the whole thing will be disturbed. And practically also, if you pay income tax, then government arrangement is everything, nicely going on. And as […]

Srila Prabhupada below explains the three basic paths one can take in this material world. Karma kanda, jnana kanda and Upasana kanda. Only in bhakti is there ananda-real pleasure.    March 6 1974 Mayapur Prabhupāda: And in Burma, my Guru Mahārāja opened a branch. So when they were frying puri, the,nice ghee, all the tenants, […]

Below, is one short paragraph of a lecture by Srila Prabhupada explaing to us how we can realize or see  God-Krsna.  The actual  voice soundtrack of Srila Prabhupada explaining this is included in the short youtube video     Hare Krsna damaghosa das —————————– Sept 8 1973 Stockholm So you are all fortunate, or you are […]

Humility pridelesness, tolerance and simplicity-then grow your own food SB 2.7.37 Translation When the atheists, after being well versed in the Vedic scientific knowledge, annihilate inhabitants of different planets, flying unseen in the sky on well-built rockets prepared by the great scientist Maya, the Lord will bewilder their minds by dressing Himself attractively as Buddha […]

1.)SB 3.21.24 While the sage stood looking on, the Lord left by the pathway leading to Vaikuṇṭha, a path extolled by all great liberated souls. The sage stood listening as the hymns forming the basis of the Sāma Veda were vibrated by the flapping wings of the Lord’s carrier, Garuḍa. PURPORT In the Vedic literature it is […]

March 4 1974 Vrndavana- conversation about Varnasrama and its application Hṛdayānanda: Not necessary. So in this varṇāśrama college there would be two divisions, varṇa and āśr… Learning a materia… Prabhupāda: First of all varṇa. And āśrama, then, when the varṇa is perfectly in order, then āśrama. Āśrama is specially meant for spiritual advancement, and varṇa is […]

Going to Krsna Means no more material desires. 1.)Oct 6 1974 Mayapur class So therefore Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī, he remained niṣkiñcana. And his disciple, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, he also remained niṣkiñcana although he possessed so many temples, because nothing was for his personal…, but for Kṛṣṇa. So one may question that “Your Guru Mahārāja was sitting […]

Srila Prabhupada gives some practical examples of the existence of God   LA morning walk conversation Dec 16 1973 Prabhupāda: …need of God or not? Whether there is need of God? Prajāpati: The scientists say no, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: That is rascaldom. Prajāpati: They say there’s neither need, nor usefulness. Prabhupāda: That is their rascaldom. […]

Sept 5 1973 Stockholm So you are all fortunate, or you are so kind that you have joined this movement despite all these obstacles in this country. Not in this, all over the world. So don’t be disappointed. Go on preaching this philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There are many innocent people; they do not know what […]