Hare Krsna-Below we have found many quotes from the Bhagavad gita which are very similar to those found in the Christians Bible Often times devotees like to criticize others religions thinking themselves “superior” in some way. But as Srila Prabhupada says below, …”The test of any scripture is how one is developing love of God. […]
Krsna Wants His money back Hare Krsna- Below Srila Prabhupada gives us some good instructions on how to love Krsna, starting with –giving Him His money back !! He then goes on to explain how love is developed, and if we don’t learn how to sacrifice for God, then we will still have to […]
May 3 1976 Honolulu conversations Prabhupāda: This is our position. Gradually they will show Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. In India also, although India’s… They will want to crush down this movement. So this will be up to Him. Kṛṣṇa or Kṛṣṇa’s movement, the same thing. And Kṛṣṇa was attempted to be killed by Kaṁsa class of men and his company, the demons. So it will be there; it is already there. Don’t be disappointed, because that is the meaning that […]
SB 6.4.24-As the sense objects [form, taste, touch, smell and sound] cannot understand how the senses perceive them, so the conditioned soul, although residing in his body along with the Supersoul, cannot understand how the supreme spiritual person, the master of the material creation, directs his senses. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that Supreme Person, who […]
June 5 1976 conversations LA Rādhāvallabha: If he gets a book in an unusual place, they always say, “You people are everywhere.” Rāmeśvara: When we tell the public that we only have maybe ten thousand devotees, they are very surprised there are so few Hare Kṛṣṇa devotees, because they see us everywhere. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Therefore we’re the most enthusiastic missionaries in the world. Prabhupāda: [break]…say that all […]
Ethics from Canakya pandit slokas ch 1 verse 16–One must accept nectar from the midst of poison, gold even from an impure place, good instructions from a low class person and a jewel even from a girl from a wicked family” Note-I have always liked this sloka because it tells us to be intelligent enough to be able to see what is […]
Hare Krsna-below is a few amazing stories the devotees told Srila Prabhupada of how his books were changing peoples lives. For some reasons, certain devotees don’t even like to hear devotees names who later on became infamous instead of famous. Personally, if it is connected with sankirtan book distribution, I love to hear them. Who among us […]
June 3 1976 conversations LA Bharadvāja: Śrīla Prabhupāda, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is considered to be the watering process, and sometimes from chanting, the weeds, from watering, the weeds also grow along with devotional service—the weeds of different desires. I don’t understand how it is possible that from chanting that these weeds grow. Prabhupāda: Chanting is purifying all material desires. It will […]
Hare Krsna I am presently reading about how Srila Prabhupada wanted a bona fide accounting system implemented in all his temples. One reason was for governmental accountability, another reason public trust, and finally, to stop whimsical spending. Some may not think these topics important, but anyone who has any business sense knows these things […]
April 22 1976 Melbourne Brian Singer: Do you find that in the translation from the thoughts and the Sanskrit to the English words, then from the English words to the mass of the people’s heads, do you find that there is much loss? Prabhupāda: No, if you have grasped the thought, that you can express in any […]
