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Srila Prabhupada’s own words presented as the post: book purports, lecture, conversation or letter excerpts, quote posts.
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…
In 1970 Srila Prabhupada appointed the first GBC to manage the daily affairs of ISKCON so Srila Prabhupada could simply write books as this was His main aspiration and inspiration for His…
Hindu means the culture of the Indians. India happens to be situated on the other side of the Indus River which is now in Pakistan which is spelled Indus -- in Sanskrit…
yasya rāṣṭre prajāḥ sarvās trasyante sādhvy asādhubhiḥ tasya mattasya naśyanti kīrtir āyur bhago gatiḥ eṣa rājñāṁ paro dharmo hy ārtānām ārti-nigrahaḥ ata enaṁ vadhiṣyāmi bhūta-druham asattamam Translation O chaste one, the king’s…
Prabhupada: Liberated soul never says that "I am liberated." As soon as he says "liberated," he's a rascal. A liberated soul will never say that "I am liberated." That is liberation. Caitanya…
Your seventh question, "How is it that there is so much material "advancement'' in the USA even though there is no formal demigod worship? '' Prabhupada: Actually there is no material advancement…
In 1942 Srila Prabhupada experienced the ''UNIVERSAL FORM-VISVARUPA'' of the Supreme Personality of Godhead KRSNA and heard the deafening sound '' chiiiii-goww ''--- Devotee: Prabhupada, we were reading earlier this morning in…
Danavira: I'm in charge of the New Bhakta program in Los Angeles, and yesterday one boy called up the temple, and he was seventeen years old, and he said, "Five years ago,…
"So śāstra-cakṣusā. Everything we have to take from the śāstra. Because we are blind now. Śāstra-cakṣusā. Our, the śāstra-jñāna, because the spiritual master enlightens the disciple with śāstra-jñāna, therefore he is spiritual…
The more one feels imperfect in Krishna's service, the more he is advancing in Krishna Consciousness. Even the topmost devotees feel they are inadequate in their service to the Lord. So it…
