April 12 1975 Hyderabad And Kṛṣṇa says, man-manā bhava mad-bhakta. There is no difficulty to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Not at all. But people will not take it, that is the difficulty. They will argue simply. Kūṭaka. Kṛṣṇa says, man-manā bhava mad-bhakta, where is the argument against it? You are saying that, they may not think […]
April 7 1975 Mayapura Rāmeśvara: Śrīla Prabhupāda, you said that the children in the West, in the materialistic culture, they become hippies. They’ll say that at least they’ve had the choice, at least they were given… Prabhupāda: Again, again you are bringing the same question, Eastern-Western. Rāmeśvara: Materialistic. Prabhupāda: Materialistic means that is the ultimate […]
May 11 1975 Perth Devotee (1): So if we as devotees in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are transcendental to these modes, does that mean that we can… Prabhupāda: You are not transcendental. You are trying to be transcendental. You should always remember that “We are trying to be transcendental.” When you are actually on transcendental state, you will not be […]
May 14 1975 Perth Śrutakīrti: He’s drawing a big salary for studying. He’s getting a big research salary. Paramahaṁsa: And he’s teaching others how to study the problems, but there’s no solution. Amogha: They have no solution actually. Prabhupāda: The solution is there. They won’t take it. Solution is there, that everyone produce your […]
Hare Krsna *.The first part of this article shows the principle of giving 50% of ones income to the society for Krsna Conscious purposes. And if one cannot do this he is disobeying the guru. And as a result his outside work is “un authorized” *.Then Srila Prabhupada paints a picture thru letters of […]
March 14 1975 Iran Prabhupāda: Whole world, whole universe, they are made of these five elements. Atreya Ṛṣi: All the creation, the material creation, is made of five elements. Yoga student: What is the fifth besides earth, air, fire and water? Prabhupāda: Ether. Yoga student: Ether. How does ether distinguish… Prabhupāda: Yoga student: How is ether distinct from […]
Feb 19 1975 Caracas Prabhupāda: No, we must first of all understand that our senses are imperfect. Just like we are sitting in this room. We have got our eyes, but we cannot see what is there, going on, beyond this wall. The sun is fourteen hundred thousand times bigger than this earth, and we […]
Srila Prabhupada’s clearly explains the reasons for ISKCON’s decline after Prabhupada’s departure (Author unknown) The following conversations of Srila Prabhupada clearly explains the reasons for ISKCON’s decline after Prabhupada’s departure. Though Srila Prabhupada was speaking about the failure of the Gaudiya Matha, amazingly it perfectly matches ISKCON’s own post-samadhi history, line for line. Seven sentences have been […]
April 17 1971 letter to Vrndavan chandra Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18th February, 1971 and have noted the contents. You write to say that this Hare Krishna Movement is perfect in all respects. Thank you very much. And it is a fact that “Sankirtana will keep you happy and the books will keep you convinced”, so make your program in that way and become fixed up in Krishna […]
