Srila Prabhupada Lila: SP want to go to Krsnaloka for Laddus and Kacauris
One day, while Prabhupāda was sitting in his room receiving his massage, he began talking and laughing. As he sat on the floor with one leg tucked under his body and one leg outstretched before him, he told the two or three devotees present how Kṛṣṇa, carrying the lunch HisContinue Reading
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 material opulence for sense gratification. Therefore when a pure devotee is seen to possess exalted material opulence, itContinue Reading
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 is never hampered. Bhukti, material enjoyment, and mukti, liberation, are only by-products of devotional service. A devotee need not work separately toContinue Reading
GBC become more than Guru Maharaja?
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 students. But this didn’t happen as you read below His thoughts. Srila Prabhupada was constantly dragged back intoContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada describes the word ‘HINDU’ from cultural point of view not religious point of view
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 it is called Sindhu. The sindhu was misspelled by the Europeans as Indus, and from Indus the wordContinue Reading
The Duty of the Government to Kill at Once all Bad Social Elements
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 good name, duration of life and good rebirth vanish when all kinds of living beings are terrified byContinue Reading
How does Srila Prabhupada Define as One Who is Liberated
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 Mahaprabhu, He is God — [Cc. Adi 7.71]: “My Guru Maharaja saw Me fool number one, and heContinue Reading
Is America Really Materially Advanced
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 the USA. Material advancement means there is amply opportunity for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. Superficially, itContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada experienced the Universal Form – Visvarupa
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 Bhagavad-gītā on the universal form of Kṛṣṇa, when He revealed Himself to Arjuna, and He said that theContinue Reading
Preaching by Moonlike Devotees
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, when I was coming out of a store, I received this Back to Godhead magazine. So I tookContinue Reading