SB 4.20.25 purport…A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord, taking shelter of His lotus feet, and therefore he has a direct connection with the saffron mercy-particles that are strewn over the lotus feet of the Lord. Although when a pure devotee speaks the articulation of his voice may resemble the sound of […]
Conv june 23 1976 NVRNDevotee (4): The difficulty is that we cannot understand, we cannot feel what pleases Kṛṣṇa now, yet we can feel what pleases us, and that is the difficulty? Prabhupāda: You have no feeling, that everyone knows. Therefore you have to carry out the order of spiritual master, that’s all. Devotee (1) : If we […]
1.)The question may be raised that if the living entity has to act as the superintendent of the activities of the bodily combination, then how can he be indifferent to the activities of the body? 2.)The question may be raised here that if everyone engaged in spiritual activities to attain salvation and became indifferent to the activities […]
Action in freedom- has meaning Songs Purport to Gay Gaura Madhur Sware 251005/530501 So Bhaktivinode Thakura advises, “Never mind, you are in distress or happiness, but go on chanting this maha-mantra.” Maya-jale baddha ho’ye, acho miche kaja lo’ye. You are entrapped by the network of illusory energy, maya-jale baddha ho’ye, just like the […]
Śrīla Prabhupāda first published this essay in India, in the old tabloid version of his then-fortnightly magazine Back to Godhead (November 20, 1958). It contains the unforgettable story of “liquid beauty,” in which Śrīla Prabhupāda dramatically exposes the underlying principle of human sexuality. This illuminating exposition on the nature of truth and beauty is timeless […]
SB 10.2.26 purport…The devotees who are fully engaged in spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, more than ten thousand men and women all over the world, have no steady or permanent occupation, yet we actually see that they are maintained very opulently… One devotee friend of mine wrote me this recently….. “There are some that say that Prabhupada didn’t have […]
Hare Krsna-below we have a few verse sequence from SB where the pastime of lord Indra assumes to be a sannyasi, steels the sacrificial horse, and in this way sets the bad example for sannyasis in kali yuga. Srila Prabhupada explains how this deception continues in this age, even amongst some of his disciples today. […]
March 13 1975 Tehran Prabhupāda: So do that. Don’t approach the cheater guru, bluffer guru, and be cheated. Stop this business. This has spoiled the whole spiritual atmosphere of the world. Take guru, the supreme guru, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, when in Mahābhārata when Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira performed rājasūya yajña, in the rājasūya yajña one person is elected the […]
Devotee:. We have to appraise that if Your Divine Grace leaves us, what will be the result both to ISKCON society, to each of you disciples individually, and to the entire planet. Srila Prabhupāda: That I am thinking, that such a big society, the aims and object may be dismantled. I am thinking from that vision. Srila Prabhupada […]
“To chant without offense one must become a preacher”–SP 1.) June 7 1968 letter Gargamuni For serving the Lord, we require to sacrifice our life, our wealth, our intelligence, and our words. One can serve the Lord with these four possessions; if not, with three, if not, then with two or even one, and that is sufficient […]
