June 2 1974 Geneva lecture…. We are now entangled. Actually, our position in this material existence is not very good. Everyone sees it practically. Still, they want to adjust, “Let us make it good. Let us make it good.” That is called punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām [SB 7.5.30], again and again chewing the chewed. Just like […]
Jan 22-23 1976 Mayapur. Prabhupāda: Yes. Then in Tretā-yuga one-fourth diminished. And then Dvāpara-yuga, half diminished. And in Kali-yuga, three-fourth diminished. Seventy-five per cent are all rogues, and twenty-five per cent… That is expected, but that is now diminishing. They are all rogues with the advancement of Kali-yuga. Mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ [SB 1.1.10]. Therefore there is […]
March 6 1974 Mayapur Prabhupada:There is that story that one old woman, she was suffering. And she had to collect woods from the forest and sell in the market. So one day, how do you say, she was praying to Kṛṣṇa, or God, that “Kindly help me. I am in very poverty-stricken.” So one day, […]
Gargamuni Das In india in the early 70’s Srila Prabhupada performed ”kirtan pandals” all over india. He publicly referred to the foreign devotees as ”dancing white elephants”–Brahmananda prabhu gives a nice analasyis of this statement– -Brahmananda: I’m thinking what Srila Prabhupada, when we came here, what he called us. You may know. What did Prabhupada […]
These texts below show why the Srimad Bhagavatam is the ripened fruit of all Vedic knowledge These few verses were spoke by the great Jada Bharata to King Rahugana SB 5.12.10-Since this universe has no real ultimate existence, the things within it—shortness, differences, grossness, skinniness, smallness, bigness, result, cause, living symptoms, and materials—are all imagined. […]
Chapter Eleven-Jada Bharata instructs Kind Rahugana In this chapter the brāhmaṇa Jaḍa Bharata instructs Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa in detail. He tells the King: “You are not very experienced, yet you pose yourself as a learned person because you are very proud of your knowledge. Actually a person who is on the transcendental platform does not care […]
He may accept or not accept our service, but the only means to satisfy the Lord is through the service attitude, and nothing else. Dec 13 1973 LA lecture…This patraṁ puṣpam is not important thing. The important thing is bhakti, devotion. That is wanted. Without bhakti, if you offer Kṛṣṇa very big plate, Kṛṣṇa is […]
This is the business of the disciple, how to glorify the spiritual master, paramparā. I glorify my spiritual master, you glorify your spiritual master. If we simply do that, glorify, then Kṛṣṇa is glorified.” (Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Vrindavan, August 4, 1974)
Hare Krsna-right now I am reading during morning prasadam the SB 5th Canto and have come to this story of Bharata Maharaja and his little deer friend. This is very instructive for us all for many different reasons. SB 5.8.8-Gradually Mahārāja Bharata became very affectionate toward the deer. He began to raise it and maintain […]
Srila Prabhupada regarding what is “spiritual advancement”-and finding a “bona fide guru” Every devotee knows or should know the definition of pure devotional service. BG 7.16 purport…”One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called […]
