Conversations-July 26 1975 Laguna beach California Guest: Sir, are you familiar with Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship and the practice of recruiting wealthy people as patrons for people who are sincerely interested in following a spiritual pursuit? Prabhupāda: Hm, what is…? Rāmeśvara: He asked if you were, Śrīla Prabhupāda, if you were familiar with another yoga society […]
“Your ambition for chanting Hare Krishna exclusively is very good. But sacrificing the results of action is as good. A concrete example is Arjuna. He fought very chivalrously under the instructions of the Lord, and the Lord certified him to be the best devotee and friend of the Lord. So there is no distinction between […]
72-08-26 letter My Dear Gaurasundara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 20, 1972, and I am quite surprised to read it. This does not sound like you. All along I have been discouraged in every way by my Godbrothers, but still I have stuck to my duty, keeping […]
May 24 , 1972 : Los Angeles Srila Prabhupada was sitting in his garden with the parents of a young brahmacari. Kirtanananda Maharaja and I were also present. “A devotee is very proud to be Krishna’s servant,” Srila Prabhupada said. “A devotee has that pride. We are not ashamed that we are Krishna’s servants.” Then speaking […]
I shall be happy in 4 different ways-wanting to become something Prabhupāda: Not supreme. He says this is of the person, different ways of thinking. But everywhere He is stressing bhakti. Just like generally people are karmī. Karmīs. They are working hard. And he has made his plan. He has made his plan that, “In this […]
TOUCHING SRILA PRABHUPADA’S FEETBy Isana dasa One evening, as Srila Prabhupada sat in his chair in the courtyard and I sat on the marble floor next to his glorious lotus feet, I asked him to elaborate on a statement he had made earlier while in his sitting room.“When the Indians touch my feet,” he said, “they […]
Srila Prabhupada speaks – “Chain is broken when there are false spiritual masters. Otherwise it is not broken. “ Lokanātha: …five thousand years back, until now, there’s only thirty ācāryas…Prabhupāda: Chain is broken when there are false spiritual masters. Otherwise it is not broken. Chain is broken if a so-called spiritual master speaks something manufactured. […]
ADVANCEMENT IS BY HIS PERSONAL MERCY Compiled by Isana dasa There are two aspects of the mercy of the pure devotee: 1)One aspect concerns the ability to become detached from material gratifications. 2)The other aspect is the ability to have devotional feelings. BG 4.34 purport excerpt ………….One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master […]
DEVOTION BESTOWED BY THE MERCY OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER Compiled by Isana dasa But when you get chance of a bona fide spiritual master, a great soul, if you try to please him, to satisfy him, that will make you eligible to have taste for kṛṣṇa-kathā, on the topics of Kṛṣṇa So, it is the […]
Flaws of Iskcon’s “law book” Hare Krsna, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, and all Vaishnavas. A full pdf of this can be found here: https://ia600205.us.archive.org/15/items/IskconLawBook/IskconLawBook.pdfFull text link: https://archive.org/stream/IskconLawBook/IskconLawBook_djvu.txtThis so-called law book tends to deviate a lot from the transcendental non-adulterated teachings of Srila Prabhupada and some of their nonsense rules and regulations contrary to the teachings will be […]
