Jan 31 1977 Bhuvanesvara. Prabhupāda: So what is the report in France? Paris atmosphere is all right? Yogeśvara: Paris? Paris, there is good enthusiasm because there is saṅkīrtana party. It is more difficult at the farm, because there is no saṅkīrtana. Prabhupāda: Why? There are so many men. There is no saṅkīrtana? Yogeśvara: Yes. It is far […]

Hare Krsna-below we have a very instructive discussion whereby Srila Prabhupada is telling us that to become an actual “Vaisnava” is not so easy and therefore Varnashram system is necessary. And while working within this system, one should go on chanting Hare Krsna Maha Mantra and hearing from Krsna’s bona fide pure devotee representative.    Feb 14 […]

“The neophyte Vaisnava devotees’ ringing the bell even once during worship of the Deity of the Supreme Lord is a MILLION TIMES MORE VALUABLE spiritually and otherwise, than the charitable fruitive workers building many hospitals, feeding thousands of the poor, or building homes, or even the empirical philosophers’ Vedic studies, meditation, austerities, and penances.” N98:RTW2.9 Following in the footsteps […]

May 21 1975 Melbourne Madhudviṣa: …cannot become a medical practitioner by simply reading the books. He must study under a medical practitioner. So in the case of your books, is it possible to become a devotee without actually having personal association with you? Just by reading your books? Prabhupāda: No, it is not that you have to […]

(Hare Krsna-below is a very nice conversation with Srila Prabhupada where devotees ask him many different questions to explain some of the verses in Bhagavad gita.) For example-what is is like in terms of perception when your senses are purified: or how do you take on different bodies life after life: or do you feel […]

“Yes our next program is to organize farming”–SP May 15 1975 Perth Prabhupāda: This man is unemployed, and if we engaged him for plowing, will he do that? Paramahaṁsa: I don’t think so. (laughter) Prabhupāda: Just see. Amogha: That’s too hard, that’s work. “We don’t want to work like that, we just want some easy job.” Prabhupāda: Then you […]

 …Everyone can see God—                         (The Journey of self Discovery2-Everyone can see God)   People sometimes ask, “Have you seen God?” or “Can you show me God?” Sometimes we meet these questions. So the answer is “Yes, I am seeing God. You can also see God; […]

SB 2.6.18-The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the controller of immortality and fearlessness, and He is transcendental to death and the fruitive actions of the material world. O Nārada, O brāhmaṇa, it is therefore difficult to measure the glories of the Supreme Person. PURPORT–The glories of the Lord, in the transcendental seventy-five percent of the […]