Srila Prabhupada explains transmigration of the soul and how we perceive it happening. June 19 1974 Germany Prabhupāda: Yes. What is transmigration? Transmigration means the first body you lose; you enter a second body, a third body, fourth. So your childhood body is not existing. Therefore you are in different body. Satsvarūpa: Well, that example […]
Meeting a pure devotee is no accident-must be sincere, otherwise get cheated Devotee: Srila Prabhupada, why has it taken so long for a pure devotee to come to the West? Has the West been so sinful that no pure devotee has come before Your Divine Grace? Prabhupada: Don’t be sorry. At that time, you were […]
The following description is why the devotee performs austerity-to completely remember what we have forgotten- the Ocean of all beauty, our Source and the Original Soul Mate- Krsna ! The Vedic hymn which is known as Kamagayatri describes the Face of Krishna as the king of all moons. In metaphorical language there are many different moons, […]
Hare Krsna—Above is the outfit I put on Sri Sri Gaura and Nitai this morning, and as you can see, it is beautiful along with all the spring flowers we now have outside . Just having fresh flowers, Srila Prabhupada once told is real opulence. In this age practically nobody has any opulence on their […]
Hare Krsna-In the below one purport we find an immense wealth of useful information.First of all Srila Prabhupada tells us that for actual cent percent devotees, there is not need to fear any place, even hellish places. Secondly Srila Prabhupada tells us that in even heaven or hell there is no engagement in the Lords service-and […]
compliments of the Prabhupada Connection–Our ever well Wisher, Srila Prabhupada “Hṛda means heart, and su means good, good heart. A devotee, a mahātmā, is good heart. How he is good heart? He sees everyone that ‘This living entity,’ especially human being, ‘he is engrossed in the clutches of māyā. He is suffering. Let me try to make him […]
Hare Krsna-below we have a few descriptions from The Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita and lectures, of the actual characteristics of a mukta purusa, or liberated person-and only this type of person is liberated from the material energy, known as maya. As you can see, these qualifications are enormous and only a fraction of the qualities […]
“For a materialistic person, material wealth and opulence are only illusory. Actually they are not possessions but entanglements because by enjoying the material world a conditioned soul becomes more and more entangled by incurring debts for his present enjoyment. Unfortunately, a conditioned soul considers property for which he is in debt to be his own, and he is very busy […]
Its the Bhakti Krsna wants-There is no “Krsna must eat what I have made”—NO Hare Krsna-below we have a few instructions by Srila Prabhupada where he explains the rules of what and how to offer food to the Lord, who Krsna will accept this food from and who He wont accept it from. These are […]
