Someone was asking that when they do service at the temple can they get paid for it. They said that they were told that it was going on in many of the temples with some people getting big, big salaries. I don’t know offhand the statistics on this, or howContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada used to like to sit in his garden in Vrindavan especially in the mornings. He liked to hear his books read to him daily. One time Yasodanandan Prabhu was reading Sri Isopanisad when Srila Prabhupada stopped him and asked him to reread the last paragraph. After hearing itContinue Reading
I remember back over 50 years ago when we joined our beloved Srila Prabhupada what the amazing affect this hearing had on our consciousness. The details of the topics we had read would come up later on in the day and as devotees shared what they had read or heardContinue Reading
There are deeply rooted misconceptions about many aspects of the Krsna consciousness philosophy that have been passed down from the beginnings of ISKCON that form the basis of many of the problems we face in ISKCON today. Persons who would profit from these misconceptions, and those without the intelligence toContinue Reading
Brahmānanda: In your lecture you quoted Cāṇakya Paṇḍita that a man must see every woman other than his own wife as mother. How should a woman see other men? Prabhupāda: As son. (laughter) Brahmānanda: That was my idea. Prabhupāda: Yes. If I see woman as mother, she must see meContinue Reading
I just listened to one podcast of this devotee Nama Rasa Prabhu, he invited some ladies to discuss women in ISKCON, the poster said “Not this body”. It was an interesting discussion for me, for I am also a mataji. It was very thought-provoking. Why do we ever get hurtContinue Reading
The thing I want to point out is that having done this at this one part of this one book [Sri Krishna Samhita], Bhaktivinode Thakura never does it again. Shukavak admits that to me. It was a one-time thing. And later on in his many songs, Bhaktivinode Thakura has manyContinue Reading
While browsing a few websites such as Youtube, Google etc., I came across quite frequently an advertisement of a religious website “Y-Jesus.com”. Out of curiosity, I visited the website and after going through it for some time, I thought of asking them a few questions by writing to them inContinue Reading
“Srila Prabhupada instructed both to avoid naming philosophical adverseries and charlatans, and also to openly name and attack certain cheaters. Which of these approaches to follow poses a dilemma. On the one hand, not naming them helps to keep the discussion more philosophically focused, which is actually the point, sinceContinue Reading
