March 18 1976 morning walk Mayapura Prabhupāda: So why the moon is, particularly rises from the eastern side? The moon, according to the… Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Scientists. Prabhupāda: The moon is going round like this. So why the moon is rising from the eastern side? It is going around. Why it appears from the eastern side? Devotee: They […]
WHY WE DONT EAT EGGS–SP Lots of peas and zucchini coming in now-who needs eggs? June 23 1975 LA conversation with Dr John Mize John Mize: The question has been asked about the unfertilized eggs, why they should not be eaten. Prabhupāda: Unfertilized, but there is potency of fertilization. You check the progress of one living […]
Feb 26 1976 Mayapura Conversations Prabhupāda: …no more desire of material enjoyment he is fit for sannyāsa. Anyone who sees: “Oh, this car is very nice. This beautiful wife is very… A very beautiful woman is very nice,” he should not think of taking sannyāsa. Viṣa-bhakṣaṇād apy asādhu: “Such desires is most abominable, more […]
Dec 7 1975 conversations Vrndavana Prabhupāda: Yes. On the other land. Make a shed immediately and keep some cows. And Viśvambhara, he is experienced. He will help. [break] …necessary vairāgya, there is no need. We don’t approve that. Yuktāhāra-vihāras ca. What you require for keeping health but not to eat too much. But what is absolutely required must be done. Aksayānanda: I heard […]
Adi 7.48-–On the basis of scriptures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which reveal these confidential directions, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī regarding all the regular activities of a devotee. PURPORT-In the paramparā system, the instructions taken from the bona fide spiritual master must also be based on revealed Vedic scriptures. One who is in the line of […]
April 16 1976 Bombay conversations Dr. Patel: That is Albert Einstein, and that was the grandfather of the modern scientists. So I say the scientists are not as atheist as people think. Abhirāma(?): When Albert Einstein suggested that there must be a supreme universe, then the other scientists began to say that he was crazy. They said, “He has become […]
April 7 1976 Vrndavana morning walk Akṣayānanda: [break] …thread from the Deity, the old sacred thread, and they tie it on their wrist. They tie it here. Prabhupāda: Who? Akṣayānanda: Some of the devotees have started to do that now. Prabhupāda: Why? Akṣayānanda: I don’t know. It’s just like wearing beads. The sacred thread from the Deity, after replacing, they […]
May 25 1969 letter So I don’t think there is any cause of discouragement because we are working on a different platform. Recently when I was in Columbus there was a big meeting, and more than one thousand students attended. Poet Allan Ginsberg was there with me for chanting, and all the students were responsive […]
March 16 1976 Mayapura conversation Prabhupāda: You have got the same eyes, but when it is dark you cannot see. Then what is the value of your eyes? You see under condition. That is not absolute. [break] …should be informed that why you have changed? Now, the Russian and Chinese, first of all they […]
Hare Krsna—Below we have assembled some nice verses and quotes which, according to Srila Prabhupada exactly explain our positions of purity or impurity within these bodies and minds. If we have ever wondered why devotional things take so long to get done, or not even at all, here below are some clues as to why. […]
