“So let us try to make an attempt to organize a New Vrindaban scheme, and I shall request all my students to develop this idea and show a good example to this Western part of the world where people are always engaged in ugra-karma, asuric-karma.” “Everyone has to earn his livelihood by agriculture,..” “Every man […]
Hare Krsna– Below we have a nice explanation by Srila Prabhupada of modern society where the vast majority of people work for a small number of “masters”. This is called dependent living where your entire existence is dependent upon so many others, instead of living independently and depending upon God, or Krsna for maintenance.And the […]
Anyone who has a natural tendency for rejecting sense-gratification is considered to be advanced or liberated in spiritual life. Your appreciation of Maya as false and Krishna as the only reality is a great asset. Nobody has ever gained anything by becoming a tool in the hands of Maya, but everyone has become eternally happy by serving Krishna. – Srila […]
Books : Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 3: “The Status Quo” : SB 3.33: Activities of Kapila : SB 3.33.34 : PURPORT : It is understood that Kapila Muni first went towards the Himalayas and traced the course of the River Ganges, and He again came to the delta of the Ganges at the sea now known […]
Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krishna. – Sri Chaitanya […]
Śrīla Prabhupāda Says – [Regarding the actual meaning of ‘material advancement’] [Letter to Rūpānuga: Hawaii 14 March 1969] Your seventh question, “How is it that there is so much material “advancement” in the USA even though there is no formal demigod worship? Is a man after economic development automatically worshiping Lord Śiva whether he is […]
compiled by Padmapani dasa The Prabhupada Connection (Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Ottawa, Canada) “I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.” (Caitanya-caritamrta Adi 1.2) […]
Sunday, January 41 2014 (Mayapura, West Bengal,India time) Srila Jiva Goswami tirobhava tithi [disappearance] Srila Prabhupada glorifies Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhupada Compiled by Damaghosa dasa-and Yasoda nandana dasa So far as my taking botheration in coming to your country, I must take this so-called botheration for Krishna. But what botheration I have taken? You know […]
