Prabhupada: Surrender is willing. If you don’t like to surrender who can make you obliged to surrender? Surrender is voluntary. “Yes, I surrender.” Determination, “Yes I surrender.” Who can make you obliged to surrender? Nobody can make. Even Krsna can not work. This is a false pretense, “Please be mercifulContinue Reading
December 18, 1972 : Bombay Every morning Srila Prabhupada, Shyamasundara Dasa and I would take Kartikeya’s car, an Ambassador, and drive to a waterfront area for walking. After one morning walk, we returned to the car and Shyamasundara could not get the key to work in the ignition. “Srila Prabhupada,Continue Reading
Anuttama: This is 439 Henry St. in Brooklyn, New York. The temple was here from 1970 to 1975. I first saw Srila Prabhupada here in 1971. I was staying here and serving here from 1972 to 1975. This is exactly how I saw Prabhupada in 1971 for the first timeContinue Reading
Prabhupada is keen for the Western devotees to learn Hindi and has engaged Mr. Saxena in the task of teaching them. Regular classes are now being held, and all the devotees are expected to attend. He has several times asked Mahavira Prabhu if he is learning, and this morning heContinue Reading
A SERVANT REMEMBERS Shri Nanda Kumar Dasa ( Craig Joseph ) This article has been originally posted on the Mithuna Twiins Astrological Services Facebook group. Regarding the stories about stealing, here are several things that come to mind. It’s kind of long, but I hope it has value to helpContinue Reading
“Prabhupāda: Hitler one side, fought with the Britishers, smashed them. This is one cause. Another cause = Hitler helped Subhas Chandra Bose to organize I.N.A. Two causes, the Britishers to go away. Otherwise, Gandhi’s noncooperation movement was started in 1917, and we got our independence in 1947. Indian man: ThirtyContinue Reading
Jagannatha dasa, the BBT Sanskrit editor has just returned from Vrndavana. This afternoon he reported to Srila Prabhupada. Just a week ago Prabhupada received news that Jagannatha and Nitai dasa were no longer working on his books. Jagannatha informed Prabhupada Nitai is now the head pujari in Vrndavana. JagannathaContinue Reading