One time, maybe in the early 1970’s, when the movement was starting to spread a bit, Prabhupada was with some disciples in his room in Los Angeles. The temple was big and opulent, for those days. And Govinda Dasi had made Prabhupada a coat with peackock feather tassles to tighten its hood, and someone had […]

One should not give up anything which can be utilized in the service of the Lord. That is a secret of devotional service. Anything that can be utilized in advancing Krsna consciousness and devotional service should be accepted. For instance, we are using many machines for the advancement of our present Krsna consciousness movement, machines […]

Radhavallabha: In one BTG article, you described increase in women population as a natural disaster. Prabhupada: Yes. Radhavallabha: So when one woman read this article, she became very angry. She came back and was very angry. Prabhupada: She may be angry. She is woman and man. Actually this is physiological. If a man is too […]

If one is intelligent he will associate with those who are trying to elevate themselves to the platform of self-realization through one of the various forms of yoga. The result will be that those who are sadhu, or realized, will be able to sever their attachment to this material affection. Because Arjuna is attracted to […]

In the Kali-santarana Upanisad it is stated: hare krsna hare krsnakrsna krsna hare harehare rama hare ramarama rama hare hareiti sodasakam namnamkali-kalmasa-nasanamnatah parataropayahsarva-vedesu drsyate “The sixteen words – Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare – are especially meant for counteracting the contaminations of Kali. […]

Human being means when he’s civilized, cultured, then he’s human being. If he’s not civilized, if he’s not cultured, simply having two hands, he’s animal. So that culture begins, civilized, in the Aryan families. Therefore they are called Aryans, “advanced.” Aryan means advanced. People want to group themselves in the Aryan family. Just like Hitler, […]

Carol Jarvis: If you want your thoughts to be passed on to other people, why do you sell the books and make money out of them? Prabhupada: Otherwise you’ll not read it. If I give you free, then you’ll think, “Ah, this is something nonsense. They are giving free.” Carol Jarvis: Not necessarily give them […]

Finally, we came to Bombay and Prabhupada happened to be there, and there was one life member who knew me from before and was donating some property in Hyderabad. Prabhupada very much needed somebody to manage the temple in Hyderabad. I was enjoying my sannyasa, traveling and preaching; I even had plans now to go […]

We want to see that everyone is becoming a perfect lover of God. This is our definition of God. It may be, due to circumstantial changes in the country, the Muslim religion may be little different from Hindu religion so far the ritualistic ceremonies are concerned, but actually we want to see whether you have […]

Cow is especially recommended in the Bhagavad-gita, krsi-go-raksya vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava-jam.  [Bg 18.44]: “Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaisyas…] That you must produce enough food grains by agriculture and give protection to the cows. That means if you have got enough food grains to eat and if you have […]

SB 5.14.29, TranslationThe personal weapon used by Lord Krsna, the disc, is called hari-cakra, the disc of Hari. This cakra is the wheel of time. It expands from the beginning of the atoms up to the time of Brahma’s death, and it controls all activities. It is always revolving and spending the lives of the […]

I am simply surprised that you want to give up your child to some other persons, even they are also devotees. For you, child-worship is more important than deity-worship. If you cannot spend time with him, then stop the duties of pujari. At least you must take good care of your son until he is […]