3 short bits of nectar from Srila Prabhupada
1. 72-05-24.Gir Letter: Giriraja Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated May 9, 1972 and I have noted the contents carefully. Actually it is the duty of the spiritual master to find fault with his students so that they may make progress, not that he should always be praising them. So if […]
Ritvik initiations in four different countries
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below we have some pictures of an initiation ceremony held recently (Nrsimhadevs appearance day) in New Zealand. And below that, is a letter sent to us from another group of newly initiated Prabhupadanugas in Malasyia.(also on Lord Nrsimhadevs appearance day) In Jaipur India, there is a […]
“Everyone is trying to become fortunate”–SP
■750716SB.SF Lectures Everyone is trying to become fortunate. Now, Canakya Pandita gives three things, formula, “If you want to be fortunate, then do these three things.” What is that? Murkha yatra na pujyante: “Do not give any credit to the rascal.” That is first qualification. Don’t be carried away by the rascal. Murkha yatra na […]
This is spiritual tendency–SP
750304mw.dal Conversations Prabhupada: The thing is that here material world means that whatever you want, you have to work for it. That is material world. Things are there, but you have to work for it. In the spiritual world there is no need of working. You get all necessities. That is the difference. The […]
Cleanliness is next to Godliness–SP
67-10-03.Nan Letter: Nandarani, Krsna Devi, Subala, Uddhava …I am always with you. Our procedure is very simple and consistent. We chant, we read from Bhagavad-gita & Srimad-Bhagavatam and we distribute prasadam. Another thing I request is that everything in the Temple should be kept nice and clean. Everyone should wash hands before touching anything […]
“We are not painting the tin car”-SP
750301r3.atl Conversations Madhava: Can we say that the living entity is there, and that he is the one that makes the molecules and the atoms come together to form a body just like the scientists give explanation? No? We can’t? Prabhupada: No. Because the living entity is there for the formation of his body, so […]
How to Act and Who is liberated-SP
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Yesterday for our weekly Saturday Feast program, we looked carefully at the verse in BG 3.9 which states that all work must be done for Lord Vishnu otherwise all that work is Karma, or binding the soul to the wheel of birth and death. […]
No More Jagai and Madhais after chanting Hare Krsna !
750301rc.atl Conversations 373300/530501 Indian man (1): Swamiji, my main question is: although spiritualism is the Absolute Truth, can we not in some way make spiritualism in such a way, modify in such a way, as to help the common people, the masses? Prabhupada: Yes. Yes, that we are doing. Indian man (1): They have been […]
Lord Ramchandra Ki Jaya!
Hare Krsna-pranams below are some random quotes from SB for Lord Ramchandras appearance day…. SB 9.10.20 The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandr Angada and the other commanders of the soldiers of Ramacandra faced the elephants, infantry, horses and chariots of the enemy and hurled against them big trees, mountain peaks, clubs and arrows. Thus the […]