(Sri Radha Raman, Vrindavan) “Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva. (BS 5.38). Sadaiva means constantly, without any cessation, you can see God always, everywhere. Everywhere. Sthāvara jaṅgame dekhe, nā dekhe tāra mūrti. You will see tree, but you will not see the tree; you will see there Kṛṣṇa. You will see a bird, but you will see there Kṛṣṇa. That stage […]
“You are very intelligent and nice boy and girl, and trying to understand Krishna Consciousness, and I can simply pray that you shall try to understand more and more about this transcendental science, and whenever possible, try to talk about Krishna Consciousness to your friends or whomever you may meet.Simply by this attempt you will […]
Nov 6 1976 discussion with a philosopher in Vrndavana If we propose-Become first class truthful man-they will all laugh— Prabhupāda: And if I teach that “I’ll teach you how to become truthful,” they will laugh. People will say, “Can anyone exist nowadays, simply becoming truthful?” Then damaḥ, self-controlled. If I say, “Come here. […]
Srila Prabhupada explains transmigration of the soul and how we perceive it happening. June 19 1974 Germany Prabhupāda: Yes. What is transmigration? Transmigration means the first body you lose; you enter a second body, a third body, fourth. So your childhood body is not existing. Therefore you are in different body. Satsvarūpa: Well, that […]
This article is about body consciousness– from smarta brahmanas and all others who think devotees belong to a certain class. Aug 14 1975 Bombay lecture– (The word suci basically means clean or pure, and muci means dirty or impure) …Śuci means brāhmaṇa, and muci means non-brāhmaṇa. There are two words still current in the […]
This material world is often described as an ocean of nescience. In such an ocean, everything is agitated. The mind of a great devotee is also like an ocean or a very large lake, but there is no agitation. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 2.41): vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana. Those who are fixed in the service of the […]
Hare Krsna-below we have two separate lectures parts. The first one explains that if we want to become happy- we must love God, for without that love, nothing we do will satisfy our craving for love or happiness. The second one Srila Prabhupada explains HOW we Love this person Krsna. Very simple explanations, both lectures. […]
From the Prabhupada Connection Meeting a pure devotee is no accident-must be sincere, otherwise get cheated Devotee: Srila Prabhupada, why has it taken so long for a pure devotee to come to the West? Has the West been so sinful that no pure devotee has come before Your Divine Grace? Prabhupada: Don’t be sorry. […]
compilation by Prabhupada Connection “There is no difference between Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. Both are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply they are expansions of the same Absolute Truth.” (Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Delhi, November 20, 1971) “Lord Kṛṣṇa is Rāma Himself, and wherever Lord Rāma is, His eternal servitor Hanumān and His eternal […]
