Srila Prabhupāda: Today is the second day of Lord Caitanya’s birth ceremony. The Lord has appeared yesterday, 4th March. Not exactly 4th March. It is called, according to Vedic calendar, Gaura pūrṇimā, the full moon day of the month of Phālguna. Phālguna means up to 15th March. From 15th February to 14th March is the […]
“… So Kṛṣṇa is advising Arjuna, “Don’t excuse this rascal brahma-bandhu. Don’t excuse.” This is Kṛṣṇa’s advice. But it does not mean that we can do anything and everything under the pretext of Kṛṣṇa’s advice. You must be first of all a confidential friend or servant of Kṛṣṇa. You must receive direct order from Kṛṣṇa. Then you […]
Sripad Madhavendra Puri Tirobhava tithi [Disappearance day ]-Saturday, March 4, 2023 [Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata Bhumi time] Srila Prabhupada explains the exalted position of Madhavendra Puri in the Gaudiya Sampradayacompiled by Damaghosa dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa
By Haripada dasa Srila Prabhupada always said that the devotee must be serious and sincere in his Krishna consciousness practices. This also applies to others; serious and sincere means that one does not deceive himself or others. In others In other words, one is not a hypocrite. We in a practical way show Srila Prabhupada […]
The National Geographic Society recently devoted an entire issue to Charles Darwin and his speculations regarding the origin of species. Their agenda was to show how Darwin’s ideas are now widely accepted by scientists and researchers while most religious leaders reject Darwin due to their blind faith in scriptures. They quoted Srila Prabhupada briefly, and […]
Life Comes from Dirt Superstitions: The ancient Greeks, specifically the renowned philosopher Aristotle (384 B.C – 322 B.C.), believed that living things were spontaneously generated from non-living matter. Aristotle was a naturalist who loved to observe animals and nature while taking long walks through the country. He noticed that ponds were full of various species, such as […]
Srila Prabhupada re Madhvacarya The specific mention of Draviḍa-deśa refers to the five Draviḍa-deśas in South India. All are very strong in rendering the preliminary devotional processes (śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam). Some great ācāryas, like Rāmānujācārya and Madhvācārya, also came from Draviḍa-deśa and became great preachers. They were all situated on the platform of sakhyam ātma-nivedanam. [Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.30 Purport] madhvācārya-sthāne āilā yāṅhā ‘tattvavādī’uḍupīte ‘kṛṣṇa’ […]
The Vedic scriptures teach us (as cited in Bhagavad-gita As It Is and throughout Srila Prabhupada’s other transcendental books) that there are 3 primary modes of nature, or gunas. From these three gunas – goodness, passion, and ignorance (sattva, rajas, and tamas) – all varieties of creations in this world are manifest. Similarly, there are […]
June 23 1976 New Vrndavana conversations Devotee (1): Śrīla Prabhupāda, when one returns to his svarūpa, his natural form, how does… Prabhupāda: First of all, anartha–nivṛtti. You are accustomed to so many bad habits. First of all try to rectify it, then talk of svarūpa. Where is your svarūpa? Simply wasting time. A man is diseased, he’s thinking, “When I shall be cured I shall eat, go to this hotel, I shall eat like this.” First […]
Hare Krsna-It seems there is a mood these days by some, of understanding that this bhakti yoga is somewhat mechanical, and that we dont have any present day love for Prabhupada or Krsna. They think this love will come sometime in the “future” if we just follow enough rules and regulations.. This is a wrong conception as one […]
