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 […]
Preach or few years-all gone !! Dec 12 1973 LA So we have to take the responsibility to understand who is actually a pure devotee and what is our duty to the people in general, and then you make advancement. Then you become madhyama-adhikārī. Madhyama-adhikārī, advanced devotee. Just like these people, either in India or here, they […]
SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM 8 CHAPTER 16 TEXT 61 ta eva niyamāḥ sākṣāt ta eva ca yamottamāḥ tapo dānaṁ vrataṁ yajno yena tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥTRANSLATION-This is the best process for pleasing the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Adhokṣaja. It is the best of all regulative principles, the best austerity, the best process of giving charity, and the […]
SB class 1.2.5 NV purport…. So kuṇape tri-dhātuke, these things are manufactured by three dhātus, elements, kapha, pitta, vāyu. Kapha mucus, pitta bile, and air. These things manufacturing. These things are going on. After eating, these three things are being manufactured, and if they are in adjustment, parallel, then body is healthy, and if there is more or less, then there is disease. Well, according to the Āyur-vedic—that is […]
SB 8.16.24–Śrī Kaśyapa Muni said: When I desired offspring, I placed inquiries before Lord Brahmā, who is born from a lotus flower. Now I shall explain to you the same process Lord Brahmā instructed me, by which Keśava, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is satisfied. PURPORT-Here the process of devotional service is further explained. Kaśyapa […]
