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 […]
Jan 5 1972 letter to Niranjana Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter dated 1st January, 1972 and am glad that you have received my letter. The four sinful activities which one must avoid if there is to be any hope for spiritual advancement are the eating of meat, fish and eggs, the use of intoxicants, […]
June 28 ,1976 New Vrndavana Prabhupāda: So these people, these mahājanas, they know what is the principles of religion. Religion means bhagavata-dharma, to understand God and our relationship with God. That is religion. You may call it Hindu religion or Muslim religion or Christian religion, but real religion is that which teaches how to love […]
June 24 1976 New Vrndavana Prabhupāda:Thisisnastycivilization, unnecessarily increasing necessities of life.Anartha. Kīrtanānanda: We would not have understood you if you had said that eight, ten years ago. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Kīrtanānanda: Ten years ago I know I could not have understood you if you had said that. Now I understand a little bit. Prabhupāda: Now suppose these electric lights. So, […]
Jan 20 1952 letter to Nehru, President of India(and they knew each other earlier) In the old days life was not so much conditional and encumbered. The simple problems were then the problems of bread, clothing and shelter which were solved by the simplest process. By agriculture they used to solve the bread, clothing and shelter problems and industrialization was unknown to them. Thus they had no idea of living in big palatial buildings at the cost of sacrificing the boon of […]
