Los Angeles 25 January, 1969 69-01-25 My Dear Mr. Levine, Please accept my blessings. I am so pleased to read your letter of January 21, 1969 and to learn of your sincere eagerness to serve Krishna in the best capacity of your talents. There is a Sanskrit proverb that says that there is not any better […]
How by our behavior, we give pain to the Lord in our Heart The Medicine for this age is to chant the Holy Names-AFTER the ways of the great Authorities. How to chant? This article is about that very process and the science or form behind it. June 6 1974 Geneva In the Bhagavad-gītā, […]
namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ. “My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brāhmaṇas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world.”
June 6th 1974 Geneva …And Bhagavad-gītā says, annād bhavanti bhūtāni [Bg. 3.14]. The maintenance of the living entities—bhūtāni means living entities—can be done by production of food grains. Annād bhavanti bhūtāni. Then parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ. And then it is said, parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ, yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavam [Bg. 3.14]. This formula is given in the Bhagavad-gītā, […]
FAITH EXPLAINED BY SRILA PRABHUPADA This is a very nice conversation with Srila Prabhupada regarding the beginnings of God/Krsna Consciousness-which is faith, without which we cannot go forward, as he says, one inch. He tells us how to develop it, why purity is necessary, and that we should associate with devotees. Hare Krsna damaghosa das […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ1c7O6ASIE&feature=youtu.be June 26 1971 paris Every one of us who are sitting in this meeting must admit that he is giving service to somebody else. Somebody is rendering service to his family, somebody is rendering service to his country or to his society,or if one has nobody to serve, sometimes he keeps a pet like […]
June 13 1975 Philadelphia-conversations Father: Does that mean to say that you can’t live a happy life without being religious? Prabhupāda: Yes, certainly. Father: I am eons away from this whole thing because I don’t believe any religion. My son knows this. Prabhupāda: You do not follow any religion? Father: None at all. I will […]
Dec 28 1969 Boston So our propagation is to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is, without any nonsensical commentation. There is no need of nonsensical commentation. Bhagavad-gītā is as clear as the sunlight. As you do not require to see the sun with another lamp, similarly, you do not (chuckling) require to study Bhagavad-gītā with another […]
“In this material world everyone is struggling to survive. But who is surviving? That way, materialistic way of life, will not help you to survive. That is… Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni(BG 3.27). Nature is so strong that you must die. ‘I am very strong.’ You may be very strong, that’s all right, but you must. There is […]
SB 6.2.5-6–Translation-People in general are not very advanced in knowledge by which to discriminate between religion and irreligion. The innocent, unenlightened citizen is like an ignorant animal sleeping in peace with its head on the lap of its master, faithfully believing in the master’s protection. If a leader is actually kindhearted and deserves to be […]
