In Rigveda 1 051 08 it is said: vi jānīhyāryān ye ca dasyavo barhiṣmate randhayā śāsadavratān | śākī bhava yajamānasya coditā viśvet tā te sadhamādeṣu cākana || That Āryas and Dasyas (those who are enemies of Vedic culture) must be discerned well. By the laws of material nature they –Continue Reading
Surrender to Krsna is a gradual process. It is not that we just find out that we are the low man on the totem pole and Krsna is the boss, and so and so is there in some bodily chain of command whom you had better submit to and justContinue Reading
It is impossible to ever consider ISKCON’s giving in to the X———–X camp’s cherished desire to “just everyone get along and have mutual respect for each other,” and be one big happy family, etc., because it will only serve to give them a better chance to promote their agenda withContinue Reading
Woman guest (2): Could you… Do you think you could explain to me about the Deities and how it’s different from idol worship? Because no one has been able to explain that to my understanding. Prabhupāda: Idol means your imagination. And Deity is not imaginary. Deity is installed by theContinue Reading
Krsna is there intimately at every moment within our hearts, and He is aware of our every thought, “as one smells the aroma of a rose.” We always forget this, and thus all our problems in the material atmosphere begin. Of course, if i tell you “Krsna is there insideContinue Reading
Everyday there are innumerable choices to make. So to develop this mood of surrender to Krsna we can practice making the right choices, though some of them can be difficult. Krsna informs us in the Bhagavad gita that our activities in sense enjoyment and our attraction to material opulence bewildersContinue Reading
The ocean of nescience is very difficult to cross because it is infested with many dangerous sharks. Although those who are nondevotees undergo severe austerities and penances to cross that ocean in search after happiness, recommendation is that we simply take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, byContinue Reading
vedaḥ smṛtiḥ sadācāraḥ svasya ca priyamātmanaḥ | etaccaturvidhaṃ prāhuḥ sākṣād dharmasya lakṣaṇam || Manu 2.12 || The Veda, the Smṛti, the Practice of cultured Men, and what is agreeable to oneself—these directly constitute the fourfold means of knowing Dharma. So, but there are few more points to consider in understandingContinue Reading
Lecture on SB 7.6.8 — New Vrindaban, June 24, 1976 So family attachment is the greatest impediment in the matter of advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but if the whole family is Kṛṣṇa conscious, that is very nice. Just like Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. He was a family man, but all of the,Continue Reading
Letter No. 18 To Billy Reyburne 3.12.72 Regarding your question about writing songs about Krishna, this is not very important thing. You can write, but one cannot take it very seriously. If any Vaisnava is writing song about Krishna, that should be from one who himself has realized Krishna, justContinue Reading