March 2 1970 letter Bhagavan The pradhana is the ingredient part of material energy. Yes, the Maya is covering all the material energies. Therefore one who is materially advanced, covered with riches, covered with learning, covered with fame or covered with any material opulences, is understood to be covered with Maya. Srila Bhaktivinode says, jada vidya […]
July 2 1975 Denver Devotee (1): Śrīla Prabhupāda, is it true that our advancement in devotional services… Is it influenced a lot by our past karma, how many sinful activities we have committed? Prabhupāda: No, no, no. Bhakti is not under karma. Bhakti is under your good will. If you accept to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, you can do that […]
Hare Krsna- “he is undoubtedly a good soul, but lately he has been attacked by maya.”..SP writing about Kirtanananda The following letters to various devotees describes the effect Maya had upon Kirtnananda in the earliest days. We are not trying to pick a quarrel with one devotee, but simply using his unique history to point […]
The symptom of love, by Haripada dasaYears ago, a devotee named Devarsi prabhu translated some things from the books of conversations into Spanish and gave me those translations. I remember reading an interview there between Sria Prabupada and one of his disciples. Srila Prabhupada said that I will play the Christian and you will play […]
Srila Prabhupada Speaks out: Guru must be completely realizedcompiled by Isana dasaSrila Prabhupada…”Yes. A spiritual master must have seen Kṛṣṇa. Without seeing, he cannot be spiritual master. But how Kṛṣṇa can be seen? Kṛṣṇa can be seen by love. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena [Bs. 5.38]. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti. Just like if you are in love with somebody, […]
Two different approaches to living in the material world both real but each contradictory to the other. TQK Ch 26…. The letter pa is for pariśrama, which means “labor.” In this material world, one must work very hard to maintain oneself. In Bhagavad-gītā (3.8) it is said, śarīra-yātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ: “one cannot even […]
July 2 1975 Denver Devotee (1): Śrīla Prabhupāda, is it true that our advancement in devotional services… Is it influenced a lot by our past karma, how many sinful activities we have committed? Prabhupāda: No, no, no. Bhakti is not under karma. Bhakti is under your good will. If you accept to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, you can do that […]
Here is yet another story of 8 bricks short of a full load in iskcon-and they have no idea where these “bricks” can be found anymore September 21, 2021 in Articles by Damaghosa dasa Dear Anuttama dasa(Iskcon communications minister) Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Recently I received news that iskcon is now holding and giving guru seminar classes for its “gurus”. […]
Hare Krsna Dandavats. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Below is a link to the video recording of the initiation ceremony which was officiated by Yasoda nandana Prabhu that occurred on May 15, 2022 for the following devotees: Bhatin Girlie (Philippines) Bhakta Jonathan (USA) Bhaktin Adina (USA) Bhakta Gianpietro (India) Bhakta Vittorio (Italy) Bhakta Gian Franco […]
KB 1-29 Introduction to Rasa dance ….Mahārāja Parīkṣit heard Śukadeva Gosvāmī explain the situation of the gopīs who assembled with Kṛṣṇa in the rāsa dance. When he heard that some of the gopīs, simply by concentrating on Kṛṣṇa as their paramour, became freed from all contamination of material birth and death, he said, “The gopīs did not know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They accepted Him as a beautiful boy and considered Him to be their […]
