Los Angeles 6 August, 1970 My Dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated August 4, 1970 and have examined the contents. A reply to your last letter was previously sent. Now all my disciples must work combinedly and with cooperation to spread this Sankirtana Movement. If you cannot […]
Lectures : Arrival Addresses and Talks : February 9, 1975 : 750209AR.LA : Prabhupāda: This life is meant for reviving our lost Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There is Kṛṣṇa consciousness… (babies crying) Otherwise how it is happening that this place was a church and nobody was coming, so much so that they had to sell it to […]
Article by: Damagosha dasa Hare Krsna What follows is a few quotes from Srila Prabhupada where he nicely explains how important is the one quality of submissiveness. We hear it briefly given in BG 4.34 about approaching a bona fide spiritual master in service and submission and then our natural spiritual inquires will be fruitful, […]
Article by: Narasimha dasa Submitted by: Yasoda nandana dasa Great devotees in our Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya never desire to end their lives out of mundane frustration or pain, like conditioned souls often do. Such an idea is certainly a ridiculous apa-siddhanta concoction. Sometimes we hear that maya-iskcon is full of pure, hardworking devotees. This is […]
Article by: Damagosha dasa Sri Nimbarka Debates a Jain Monk Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada …It is said that one day a sannyāsī from a Jain sampradāya came to Mathura and invited all the learned scholars there to a debate on the scriptures. This Jain sannyāsī scholar desired to conquer the entire country by proving […]
Lectures : Festival Lectures : His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day, Lecture — Bombay, December 22, 1975 : 751222DB.BOM : So the kaniṣṭha–adhikārī, in the beginning… It is not that kaniṣṭha, beginning, if anyone immediately becomes so advanced. It is not advancement; it is foolishness. Just like somebody, they declare that “Kṛṣṇa is everywhere. Why should […]
690323LE.HAW Lectures 245873/530501 We have created a civilization that one must earn thousands of dollars, then he can live like a gentleman. Is that successful life? And for earning that thousands of dollars he has to work so hard, just like animal, beast. No. That is not successful life. Successful life is that, that we should make […]
760706rc.wdc Room Conversation — July 6, 1976, Washington, D.C. Prabhupāda: You economically prove that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is simple and inexpensive life. Devotees: Yes, jaya, mercy. Prabhupāda: Food, diet, living condition, healthy, hygienic, everything. You prove that this is the best way of life. That’s a fact. From all sides, prove that Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is essential for the human society, to make them happy in this and the next life. That is a fact. Note- Sometimes we get criticized about what […]
Hare Krsna- Recently I have been sending out articles detailing why and how we should grow our own food. Many of you probably wonder- what is wrong with this person? Why should I pack it all in and move to the country? Is he crazy? Why would I do this, when I have my paycheck coming […]
730711r6.lon Conversations 337713/530501 So in this way, either of these three, sufferings going on. But those who are sleeping, they cannot understand that this is suffering. Just like animals. They cannot understand. That is sleeping stage. And when one is awakened, he will think “I don’t want all these sufferings. Why they are imposed upon […]
