JARASANDHA-VAISNAVA compiled by Mahesvara dasa [Mahesh Raja UK] Srila Prabhupada: Yes. He, he was worshiping Visnu at home, and he was trying to kill Krsna. SIMILARLY, THERE ARE MANY VAISNAVAS LIKE JARASANDHA–APPARENTLY WORSHIPING VISNU–BUT TRYING TO KILL KRSNA. JARASANDHA-VAISNAVA. Devotee: So what is the value of such worship of Visnu? Srila Prabhupada: Eh? Devotee: SO […]
Srila Prabhupada explains the exalted position of Madhavendra Puri in the Gaudiya Sampradaya compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa Books : Bhagavad-gita As It Is – Macmillan 1972 Edition : Bg: introduction : 1) Kṛṣṇa, 2) Brahmā, 3) Nārada; 4) Vyāsa, 5) Madhva, 6) Padmanābha, 7) Nṛhari, 8) Mādhava, 9) Akṣobhya, 10) Jayatīrtha, 11) Jñānasindhu, 12) […]
Very strange and curious things, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa In this life I have seen very strange and curious things, I am going to share some of them. I heard a news that several countries have made a giant device that costs 8 billion euros to launch it into space, what a strange […]
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Honolulu, January 20, 1974) “If you love these material things, then you should know that you are not in love with God. If you are in love with God, then you’ll forget material love. That is the test. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra syāt (SB 11.2.42). Bhakti, love of Godhead, the symptom is that he’s no more […]
SB 7.2.57 purport- Yamarāja once asked Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, “What is the most wonderful thing within this world?” Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira replied (Mahābhārata, Vana–parva313.116): Hundreds and thousands of living entities meet death at every moment,but a foolish living being nonetheless thinks himself deathless and does not prepare for death. This is the most wonderful thing in this world.Everyone has to die because everyone is […]
Sri Jagannatha dasa Babaji tirobhva tithi [disappearance day] – Friday, February 16, 2018 = Mayapura India time compiled by Padmapani dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa THE PRABHUPADA CONNECTION Compiled by Padmapani dasa .Honoring Srila Jagannatha das Babaji gauravirbhava-bhumes tvam nirdesta saj-jana-priyah vaisnava-sarvabhaumah sri-jagannathaya te namah “I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagannatha das […]
Nothing is Necessary-just Krsna– (Below we see how Srila Prabhupada explains the defects in out thinking process where we “think” so many things are “necessary”) 1.)July 14 1975 Philadelphia Ravīndra-svarūpa: What is the advantage of a tree, Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: You see how they are standing there for five thousand years. You cannot do it. […]
Sri Isvara puri Tirobhava Tithi (Disappearance day) Monday, February 12, 2018 [Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata Bhumi time] Srila Prabhupada glorifies Sri Isvara Puri Srila Prabhupada describes the authorized Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya disciplic succession though Sri Isvara Puri Letters : 1968 Correspondence : February : Letter to: Upendra — Los Angeles 13 February, 1968 : 68-02-13: There are […]
Dec 8 1973 LA lecture- Everyone can attain that bhāva stage. There is process. This process is described by Rūpa Gosvāmī how to come to the bhāva stage. Bhāva stage means just prior to perfection. One must come to the bhāva stage, next stage is perfection. Next stage is full perfection. So how to come to this bhāva stage, […]
Discussion with Srila Prabhupada about the philosopher John Stuart Mill pg 708 Vol #6- Śyāmasundara: But how do we determine that God is the cause behind everything? Prabhupāda: Because then we know that God is the ultimate pusher, the pushing begins from there. So it may come through various agents. Just like one railway wagon is pushed by the engines, […]
