Devotee: It seems that people are so attached to sense gratification, if we tell them we want to stop all these facilities for drinking, cinema, women, like that, they become angry. Prabhupada: That is natural. If you give good instruction to a rascal, he’ll be angry. Murkhayopadeso hi prakopayati na santayi. Murkha, a rascal, if […]

Jayadvaita: Prabhupada, if Krsna had already done all the work at Kuruksetra, why was He so eager to have Arjuna work? Prabhupada: Just to show example, that “Don’t sit idly, rascal. Work.” Krsna has already done, but you must work. This is the example. Srila Prabhupada; Morning Walk — March 15, 1974, Vrndavana

Suppose if I say, “You have no eyes. You are blind,” this is not favorable. The nondevotees, Mayavadis, say that God has no eyes. So it is indirectly saying, “God is blind.” If I say, “You are blind. You nonsense, you are blind,” is it favorably talking? Most unfavorable. Directly insulting. So those who are […]

Krsna is the Supreme Lord, the original Lord [SB 1.3.28]. Prahlada Maharaja is our guru, and Krsna is our worshipable God. As advised by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc 2.19.151]. If we can be successful in getting the mercy of Prahlada Maharaja and also that of Nrsimhadeva, then our Krsna consciousness movement will […]

29 September, 1967 My Dear Jayananda,Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter undated. I congratulate you on your being elected as president of ISKCON San Francisco branch. Your election as president is a recognition by Krishna and therefore I have got full support for you. Mukunda and other members have […]

“My dear friends, O sons of the demons, it is certain that no one bereft of knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has been able to liberate himself from material bondage at any time or in any country. Rather, those bereft of knowledge of the Lord are bound by the material laws. They are […]

Devotee (2): Prabhupada, how can one know whether he’ll be going back home to Godhead in this lifetime? Prabhupada: Yes, believe in Krsna. He gives His word. Janma karma me divyam yo janati tattvatah [Bg 4.9]. Krsna says, “Anyone who understands Me in truth,” tyaktva deham punar janma naiti, “he doesn’t accept any more material […]

“Waves in the ocean. Let it be stopped. Then I shall start my boat.” It will never come. Start boat immediately, in whatever condition.” First of all let us become economically fit. Then we shall consider our spiritual.” This is nonsense. Srila Prabhupada; Morning Walk — March 9, 1974, Mayapur

The flies are finding out where is sore, and the bees are finding out where there is honey. So two animals, they have got two business: fault-finding and collecting the good things. Similarly, there are many rascals who are simply fault-finding. Blasphemy means you have good qualities, but still, I am defaming you. Srila Prabhupada […]

Devotees are very much attached to glorifying the activities of the Lord, whereas the Mayavadis cannot even think of these activities. According to them the Absolute Truth is impersonal. Without personal existence, how can there be activity? The impersonalists take the activities mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic literatures as fictitious stories, and […]

Indian man (1): Many religious institution, they welcome the rich peoples. Those who are coming by cars, and those who are coming gorgeously, and they are donating much to the institutions, they are welcomed by the people, management of these institutions. And this is your version. It is just contradictory. I accept your version. It […]

So sane man, intelligent man, should consider that “If I have to prepare myself for going, for being elevated to the higher planetary system, but we have to come back again, ksine punye punar martya-loka, why not endeavor for going back to Krsnaloka?” That is intelligence. But there are big, big yogis, they elevate themselves […]