“Sex life is already known to the people. Where is the necessity of education?”— Lecture, Dec 16, 1971 “They are giving sex education to the children. This is the way of destruction.”— Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.17 Lecture, Los Angeles, September 26, 1972 “Sex education means: ‘You go on enjoying, and here is how you enjoy.’ That’s all. […]

In modern times, the Krsna consciousness movement is trying to introduce the right principles of management for human society, but unfortunately the governments of Kali-yuga do not properly support the Hare Krsna movement because they do not appreciate its valuable service.  The Hare Krsna movement is the right movement for ameliorating the fallen condition of […]

The Perfection of YogaThe mind is cancala, flickering, and it changes very strongly. Therefore Arjuna admitted that controlling the mind is not at all possible; this would be as difficult as controlling the wind. For example, if one were in a boat moving according to the wind on a river or the sea, and the […]

Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand that the endeavor for sense gratification is a useless waste of time. Being forgetful of his own interest, he tries to be happy in the material world, centering his interests around his home, which is based on sexual […]

Two classes of men: the communist and the non-communist. Not exactly communist and capitalist, but communist and non-communist. Out of these two, the communists are going to be powerful. This is the world tendency. So if the world becomes full of communists, then the human civilization will be finished. All rogues and rascals, that’s all. […]

The members of this Society must always remember that if they stick to the regulative principles and preach sincerely according to the instructions of the acaryas, surely they will have the profound blessings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and their preaching work will be successful everywhere throughout the world. Srila Prabhupada Cc. Adi 7.171 purport

It is not secret matter. When the father goes to beget child, he has to perform ritualistic ceremonies in the presence of relative, brahmanas. They will understand that “He is going now to beget a child.” It is not a secret thing. It is garbhadhana. And if in a brahmana family the garbhadhana-samskara is not […]

Devotees generally do not fall down, but if circumstantially they do, the Lord, because of their strong attachment to Him, gives them protection in all circumstances. Thus even if devotees fall down, they are still strong enough to traverse the heads of their enemies. We have actually seen that our Krsna consciousness movement has many […]

In this age the spiritual revolution was recommended by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He demonstrated that the Yuga Dharma for this age is the Sankirtana chanting of the holy names. If we want the degraded mass of people to be elevated, we must stop their sinful activity. To stop sinful activity one must purify the mind […]

According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, there are two kinds of impediments to devotional service. The first is an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava. This is called vaisnava-aparadha. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu warned His devotees not to commit vaisnava-aparadha, which He described as the mad elephant offense. When a mad elephant enters a […]

Ramesvara: Many people think that if you become a Hare Krsna you have to shave your head. Prabhupada: That is very good. Ramesvara: But it scares them and it keeps them from joining us. Prabhupada: No, you save so much barbers’ expenses. (laughter) January 11, 1977

That is nice that you are distributing many books. I do not want money, or buildings or anything else, I simply want to see that my books are being distributed and because you are doing that I am quite happy. Letter to Prahladananda, 28 August, 1973