Srila Prabhupada Telling a Story of Charlie Chaplin Movie
The London party, now ready to go, went for a final meeting with Prabhupāda. He was sending them to start a center in London and thus fulfill his spiritual master’s dream. The sannyāsīs Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī had sent to London had lectured in a few places, posed for photos with lords andContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada: I am Imperfect but I know What is Perfection
Prabhupāda attended a more formal ecumenical meeting, a religious conference. About fifty people, including Prabhupāda and a group of his devotees, attended. A panel, representing various religions, honored Prabhupāda as the main speaker as well as a member of the panel. Prabhupāda lectured. After the lecture, a Catholic priest askedContinue Reading
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 27, 1969 on Lord Ramachandra’s appearance. Lectures So this process should be adopted, how to become sukrtina. SukrtiContinue Reading
Q/A with Srila Prabhupada on Sarnagati (Surrender)?
Govinda dāsī raised her hand. “Prabhupāda,” she asked, “what does it mean exactly to surrender?” “Surrender,” Prabhupāda replied, “is to know that ‘I am nothing…’ ” As Prabhupāda spoke, Govinda dāsī, accustomed to taking dictation, wrote down the answer, while other devotees – some seated on the floor around Prabhupāda’sContinue Reading
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. There such men and women are beaten with whips. The man is forced to embrace a red-hot ironContinue Reading
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 painful to the human being. However, first-class human beings — brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas — are developed inContinue Reading
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 is an atheist. People do not even believe in God, what to speak of following His words. TheContinue Reading
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