Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada We had a very nice Janmastami/vyasa puja festival here at Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Mandir on Aug 11, in Sedro Woolley, Wash. Because the actual event took place on thru/fri, and most of our congregational members have to work and come from long distances we […]
from Damaghosa dasa, Yasoda nandana dasa, Dravinaksha dasa and other Prabhupada anugas Srila Prabhupada re Acarya may make little changes. They are mahājanas. So we have to follow Prahlāda Mahārāja. He is our guru, pūrva-ācārya. Nārada is pūrva-ācārya.He is disciple of Nārada. Therefore he is ācārya, and his disciplic succession… There are sampradāyas: Brahma-sampradāya, Kaumāra-sampradāya… […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below is two different things-but the same idea in both-namely if we use our senses, given to us by God, for any purpose other than to satisfy Him, we become implicated in papa, or sinful activity, also known on the street as– “bad ju ju”. […]
740531r2.gen Conversations You cannot expect that your audience should be all highly brain. No. Preaching is required because they have no brain.Therefore your duty is to tolerate all difficulties and bring them to the sense of brain. Not that “These people are animals; we shall not mix with them.” Then you have no missionary activities. […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Last night before taking rest I was reading this below in the conversation books. Srila Prabhupada was talking to a Mr Hennis from the United Nations Labor Organization and he was trying to help this man understand that if human society had no brain to […]
741221SB.BOM Lectures So we have come to this material world. Krsna is always anxious to get us back to home, back to Godhead. Therefore He comes. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati. What is that dharma? That dharma is not this dharma, Hindu dharma, Mussulman dharma. No. That dharma is sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below is a short conversation with Srila Prabhupada about rain, food, and chanting. He says the karmis (and we see that today even the devotees) dont like the idea of producing their own food. He calls it “their disease”. He then talks about the former […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below is a very interesting conversation wherein Srila Prabhupada explains the difficult situation all kali yuga inhabitants find themselves. Machines and so called “easy living” vs. working hard in a rural setting and producing your own food. The first is easier for that kind of […]
740524r2.rom Conversations Prabhupada: There was a cartoon. When I… One leader is approached for food, that “We are in scarcity of food.” The leader says, “Of course, it is very difficult to assure you for food grains. But from next week you will have television.” (laughter) Next week you will have television. So these improvements […]
681110SB.LA Lectures Similarly, the scriptures, the sages, the saintly persons, the devotees, the representative of Krsna, God, they’re very much anxious to take us back to Godhead, back to home. That is nihsreyasaya. That is the ultimate benediction. To be enamored by the temporary society, friendship and love. And it has become a thankless task […]
