ULTIMATELY, EVERYTHING IS SPIRITUAL Hare Krsna Below we have a lot of statements by Srila Prabhupada regarding how everthing is spiritual-as long it is connected with Krsna that is. When the marginal energy (us) decides we want to utilize anything for our selves or our sense gratification, then that thing or person becomes part of […]
July 10 1976 NY CC Madhya 20.104 The beginning of spiritual life is to understand that “I am not this body.” That is the beginning. So if I am properly trained up to understand that “I am not this body,” then where is my tāpa–traya, miserable condition? Because miserable condition is due to this body.… So when one understands […]
Srila Prabhupada quotes on rising during brahma muhurta Chanting japa should be done early in the morning with full concentration preferably during the Brahma Muhurta time. Concentrate fully on the sound vibration of the mantra, pronouncing each name distinctly and gradually your speed in chanting will increase naturally. Do not worry so much about chanting fast, most […]
Hare Krsna Some “ritvik” common sense- The people in iskcon say Prabhupada is not physically present therefore he cannot initiate anybody today. They say you need a physically present person to connect one to the param para. The followers of the”ritvik order” say no, Srila Prabhupada can and does initiate anybody today who […]
Wash DC July 6 1976 lecture This is Indian mission. Para–upakāra. Not exploit others—to give something. That is Indian mission, that he has to give something. He has nothing to take. He has to give something. And what is that? ThatCaitanya Mahāprabhu teaches, that āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ eideśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. Even if you cannot deliver the whole world or very expansive area, at least, wherever you are, you just deliver them.Āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra ei deśa. “You become a guru by My order.” So one may say that “I have […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Yesterday (and Thursday) we observed as a group the annual Gaura Purnima Mahotsava. Beginning with an arotik, and kirtan,then some bhajans, next followed by listening to an ecstatic lecture given by Srila Prabhupada in Mayapura 1976 ,some discussion of this lecture, then bhajans and abhisek […]
Srila Prabhupada re: the rarity of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s avatara on this planet. Devotee (8): Śrīla Prabhupāda, does Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu also appear every day of Brahma. Srila Prabhupāda: Yes, following Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa comes in the Dvāpara-yuga. There are four periods of each yuga: Sattva, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali. So Kṛṣṇa comes at the end […]
Therefore the common saying is that “Man proposes; God disposes.” Therefore a devotee, he never depends in himself. He never considers himself, “I am independent.” He simply depends on the supreme will of the Lord. That is devotion. “If God desires… If Kṛṣṇa desires…”Whenever we used to ask our Guru Mahārāja something, “Is it going to be happened like that?” some work, he never […]
Rāmeśvara: Śrīla Prabhupāda, we were painting one painting for the last volume of Seventh Canto which shows that Kṛṣṇa is in the heart of all living entities. Now, the question came up whether Kṛṣṇa…. Since Kṛṣṇa is inside every atom, are there living entities in every atom? So I said that you had already answered that, that Kṛṣṇa is never alone, so there must be […]
Hare Krsna– Below we have a short note about the CIA investigating sounds coming from the North Star, or the universal pole star. They said they heard the Hare Krsna Maha mantra coming in beams from there ….. If these people had any real intelligence they could just go to a bona fide Hare Krsna […]
