Krishna and Bhakti
Don’t Remain in Darkness
A man engages in sinful activities because he does not know what he did in his past life to get his present materially conditioned body, which is subjected to the threefold miseries.…
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Purports and Excerpts
Srila Prabhupada’s own words presented as the post: book purports, lecture, conversation or letter excerpts, quote posts.
Purports and Excerpts
Panacea for all the Problems of Life
We must know the present need of human society. And what is that need? Human society is no longer bounded by geographical limits to particular countries or communities. Human society is broader…
Education and Gurukula
Srila Prabhupada Instructs about Education, Including Montessori
Your idea to start a nursery school in New Vrindaban is very good proposal and you may immediately try for it by cooperatively consulting amongst yourselves how to do it. always attending…
Purports and Excerpts
Certain Demoniac Sections are Disregarding the System of Varṇasrama-Dharma
Śrīla Rāmānujācārya writes in his book Vedārtha-saṅgraha: evaṁ-vidha-parābhakti-svarūpa-jñāna-viśeṣasyotpādakaḥ pūrvoktāharahar upacīyamāna-jñāna-pūrvaka-karmānugṛhīta-bhakti-yoga eva; yathoktaṁ bhagavatā parāśareṇa — varṇāśrameti. nikhila-jagad-uddhāraṇāyāvanitale ’vatīrṇaṁ para-brahma-bhūtaḥ puruṣottamaḥ svayam etad uktavān — “svakarma-nirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tac chṛṇu” “yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena…
Festivals and Holy Days
Rama Navami: Lord Rama Appearance Day
The following quotes are from His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Lord Rama’s Appearance day. There is also a lecture (below this) by Srila Prabhupada given in Hawaii, March…
Purports and Excerpts
Punishment for Illicit Sex is Hell known as Taptasūrmi
A man or woman who indulges in sexual intercourse with an unworthy member of the opposite sex is punished after death by the assistants of Yamarāja in the hell known as Taptasūrmi.…
Krishna and Bhakti
Who Kills Insignificant Creatures God Punishes by Putting them into Hell Andhakupa
By the arrangement of the Supreme Lord, low-grade living beings like bugs and mosquitoes suck the blood of human beings and other animals. Such insignificant creatures are unaware that their bites are…
Krishna and Bhakti
One’s Own Set of Religious Principles Lead to Hell Asi-patravana
There is actually only one religious principle: dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam. The only religious principle is to follow the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unfortunately, especially in this Age of Kali, everyone…
Krishna and Bhakti
Two Kinds of Opulence One from Karma and Other is Spiritual
There are two kinds of opulence. One, which results from one’s karma, is material, whereas the other is spiritual. A surrendered soul who fully depends upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not want…
Krishna and Bhakti
Bhukti and Mukti are Only by Product of Devotional Service
One who becomes a devotee, free from material desires and motives, regards all opportunities, both material and spiritual, as benedictions from the Lord, and in this way his service to the Lord…
