Sometimes we have to cheat, sometimes we have to be injured — so many things. The only device is how people can become Krsna conscious. That is our mission. Some way or other these rascals should be converted to Krsna consciousness, either this way or that way. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Sri Isopanisad, Mantra […]

We should be careful not to eat anything which is not offered to Krsna, prasadam. That should be determination. We cannot purchase things from the market and eat. No. That is not possible. We cannot eat. We can simply eat such things which are offered to the Deity, Krsna. That is yajna-sistasinah [Bg 3.13]. Even […]

In his purport to Gita 18.64, Srila Prabhupada refers to the next verse as “the most important instruction in all Vedic literature.” The next verse is: man-mana bhava mad-bhaktomad-yaji mam namaskurumam evaisyasi satyam tepratijane priyo ‘si me Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will […]

Anyone who is under the bodily concept of life is no better than animal. If we say frankly, everyone is in the bodily concept of life. Therefore the modern civilization is animal civilization. It is not human civilization. Human civilization will begin when one will understand that “I am not this body; I am spirit […]

Krishna Consciousness philosophy is as old as 120 million years at the least. So nothing can be compared with our philosophy either in the matter of antiquity, philosophy, ethics, science, morality, etc., all in correct vision and approved by great stalwart acaryas. So far others are concerned, they cannot be compared even. For example, if […]

Only the purified soul can attain the perfection of associating with the Personality of Godhead in complete bliss and satisfaction in his constitutional state. Whoever is able to renovate such devotional perfection is never again attracted by this material world, and he never returns. SB 2.2.31, Srila Prabhupada’s translation

Hindus do not purchase meat from Muslims’ shops. That is impure. [laughter] The same thing: stool this side and that side. They are eating meat, [chuckles] and Hindu shop is pure, Muslim shop is impure. These are mental concoction. Religion is going on like that. Therefore fighting: “I am Hindu,” “I am Muslim,” “I am […]

In this material world, to say this is good and this is bad has no value. To us, everything material is bad as it is lacking Krsna consciousness. Just like wet stool and dry stool. Stool is stool, but somebody is saying that wet stool is better than dry stool. What is this good and […]

When inaugurating the first publication of The Nectar of Devotion on 23 June 1970, Srila Prabhupada instructed: Every one of you should read this Nectar of Devotion repeatedly. The whole substance of Vaisnava philosophy and activities, everything is there. So every one of you read this Nectar of Devotion once, twice, thrice. Everything is very […]

Don’t take anything which is not Krsna prasadam and don’t talk anything which is not Krsna. Then you become liberated. Your path of liberation is open. Two things: don’t talk anything except Krsna, don’t eat anything except Krsna prasadam. Is it very difficult? Srila Prabhupada, Initiation Lecture — December 1, 1968, Los Angeles

One day on a morning walk, Prabhupada was explaining Prabodananda Sarasvati’s verse where he states, “I take a straw in my teeth and bow before you and ask you to hear about Lord Caitanya.” One of Prabhupada’s sannyasi disciples said, “That is a very humble statement.” Prabhupada replied, “A humble statement for giving you a […]

People from the three worlds used to come visit Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Anyone who saw Him received the transcendental treasure of love for Krsna. The inhabitants of the seven higher planetary systems-including the demigods, the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras-and the inhabitants of the even lower planetary systems [Patalaloka], including the demons and serpentine living entities, […]