No. Guru means the representative of God. As God is one, similarly, guru is also one. There cannot be different gurus “So, these students, European, American students, they are offering respect to their spiritual master. Outsiders may think that the spiritual master is very puffed up, and he is sitting and taking respect from the […]
So 4 books by Srila Prabhupada and their revised versions have been compared in the 4 links below. Please have a look in detail at each of these. Some interesting differences: 1. They have removed many verse references in revised editions. 2. They have put their new edition translations for select verses. 3. They have […]
Letter to: Svarupa, RanadhiraMayapur-3 February, 1976Los AngelesMy dear Svarupa and Ranadhira,Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated January 30th, 1976 with the important enclosures.The membership pamphlet is very nicely done. That you have got $20,000 in 1975 from the members is certainly very noteworthy. Develop the program more if […]
More– on the Glories of Lord Nityananda Prabhu Adi 5.114–Unable to see Him, the demigods go to the bank of the ocean of milk and offer prayers to Him. PURPORT-The denizens of heaven, who live in the planetary systems beginning from Svarloka, cannot even see Lord Viṣṇu in Śvetadvīpa. Unable to reach the island, they […]
Aug 10 1976 Tehran Prabhupāda: Law given by the state, that is law. If you create a law at home, that is not law. Dharma means what is ordained by Kṛṣṇa, God, that is dharma. And other things, that may be temporary. You can create some laws within your family, but that is not generally applicable to others. But […]
Adi 5.1-–Let me offer my obeisances to Lord Śrī Nityānanda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose opulence is wonderful and unlimited. By His will, even a fool can understand His identity.Adi 5.5–They are both one and the same identity. They differ only in form. He is the first bodily expansion of Kṛṣṇa, and He assists in […]
CC Adi chapt 5 introduction—#15This chapter is chiefly devoted to describing the essential nature and glories of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and His first expansion in a form for pastimes is Śrī Balarāma.Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many […]
CC Adi chapt 4 .103 principal causes for Lords appearance–#14 Adi 4.103–There is a principal cause for Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance. It grows from His own engagements as the foremost enjoyer of loving exchanges. Adi 4.104–That most confidential cause is threefold. Svarūpa Dāmodara has revealed it. Adi 4.105–Svarūpa Gosāñi is the most intimate associate of the […]
Prabhupāda: You can show Bhagavad-gītā.Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: A very authoritative presentation. For example, here’s the original Sanskrit śloka, word for word…Guest (3): For example, sāṅkhya-yoga. You have a separate book? Then sthita-prajñā. You have a separate…?Prabhupāda: No separately. It is there in the Bhagavad-gītā.Guest (3): But that way, your volumes are dealing with each chapter of […]
PRODUCE GREENNESS EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE FARM, FARM, FARM, FARM” Everywhere I go and say, “How these rascals…?” So much land is lying, and these rascals are not developing. And they are making… What is that? Coal stone. Coal.They are interested with these bricks and stones, not green vegetables.Such a rascal government.Give them facility.We know how to […]
