Hare Krsna to all below we have different memories of Srila Prabhupada-one from Yamuna devi one from Praghosh the book distributor and one from Ramesvara about book changes Each are good in their own unique way- damaghosa das Praghosh memories of book distribution-this is fired up !! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTtfI1fnXBc Yamuna memories […]
Svarupa Damodara: That is called acintya. Inconceivable. Prabhupada: Yes. Yes, everything is acintya. No scientist can explain anything. Even a straw. What is the constitution of the straw. They cannot do. Svarupa Damodara: Cellulose, they’ll say. They’ll say this is cellulose. Prabhupada: But they cannot produce. That is the difficulty. They’ll speak all nonsense, but cannot produce. No experiment. Simply theoretical observation. […]
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What… Śrīla Prabhupāda, what are the qualifications of a perfect leader? Prabhupāda: No mistake, no illusion, no cheating, no imperfection. Anyone who commits mistake, he’s illusioned, he’s a cheater and imperfect—he cannot lead. So bring any leader of these rascal groups and test with these four principles; he is misleader. Trivikrama: They’re all servants of their senses. Madhudviṣa: They will also say that within our movement the […]
As Brahmā, the first created being, had to undergo tapasya to get information from the Supreme… The Supreme Lord is within you. He’s there. But He will advise. When you are fixed up by tapasya,determined with vow, then He will talk to you. He’s ready to talk, but you require to acquire the qualification to hear Him. And what […]
Room conversation March 11, 1972 Vrndavana So this boy, Jīva Gosvāmī, when he saw that his father and uncles all left home, why he should remain at home? So he also left, and he first of all went to Benares, which is called Vārāṇasī. It is a great center for learning Sanskrit. So he finished his education in Sanskrit grammar, specifically, he was a great scholar in Sanskrit […]
How NOT to question Srila Prabhupada- Below is one conversation some “disciples” had once with Srila Prabhupada-and the jist of this was that they just couldnt wrap their limited minds around inconceivable things in spiritual life. They had what is called, the basic fault finding mentality. The entire attempt to “quantify” the Unlimited is […]
NY BG April 27 1976 So here it is said, rasa–varjaṁ raso ‘py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate[Bg. 9.59]. One who is forcibly refrained from material enjoyment, oh, that sort of forcibly material enjoyment cannot last. Cannot last. There are many examples. There was a great muni, great sage, whose name was Viśvāmitra Muni, Viśvāmitra. He was formerly a very powerful king. Now, in his later life he gave […]
1.) In your country the dog is protected, and the cow is killed. The dog is passing stool and urine in the street, he is considered the best friend of man, and the cow is all pure,stool, urine, and milk, but they are taken to the slaughter house and killed for food. What kind of civilization is this? Rupanuga letter Dec 7 1975 2.)Now, there are so many scientists. They are discovering vitamin value from foodstuff. Now, what is the vitamin value in the dry grass? Can any […]
The material mind is like a sheet of impenetrable darkness that completely shuts out the light of the soul. The soul is by his nature self-effulgent and has nothing to do with the material mind which acts as a screen to cut off the light of the soul from the view of the observer who uses the […]
https://www.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/in-pics-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-tallest-temple-640967.html Speech of President of India: https://presidentofindia.nic.in/speeches-detail.htm?357 Vrindavan, 16 November 2014 The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee attended the Anantha Sthapana Puja at the Chandrodaya Mandir being established by ISKCON at Vrindavan today (November 16, 2014). Speaking on the occasion, the President said India is one of the oldest and culturally rich civilizations in […]
