If one actually wants to solve the problems of life in this age, then he has to take to this process of kirtana. That is the recommended process. harer nama harer namaharer namaiva kevalamkalau nasty eva nasty evanasty eva gatir anyatha[Cc Adi 17.21] In this age, Kali-yuga, one cannot execute any process of self-realization or […]

Seeking after sex in Vrndavana, means such person will have to take birth as monkey next life. Monkey. Because they have taken shelter of Vrndavana, and still they’re indulging, monkey’s business, so they have to… It is Krsna’s mercy. Tat te ‘nukampam su-samiksamanah [SB 10.14.8]. In Vrndavana the land, transcendental land, that will not go […]

The topmost surrendered devotee are the gopis. There is no more higher exalted devotees than the gopis. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommended that the gopis, ramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena ya kalpita. There is no better type of worshiping Krsna than the method by which gopis worship Krsna. They, their love was so intense that they did […]

It was here, Srila Prabhupada, that you had all the children come one by one by your desk while you personally handed them a morsel of prasadam. One little boy, Bhakta Visvareta, was very expert at chanting prayers and could even lead kirtana. You had spoken with him several times in Los Angeles. However, when […]

Regarding your second question, whether a person who is a Negro, Chinese, Indian, etc. are they different species of life making up the 400,000 species. Yes, so far their body is concerned. Your question whether woman in each one of these species is another separate species, no, the species means both man and woman of […]

So go on with your organization for distribution of my books through press and other modern media and Krishna will certainly be pleased upon you. We can use everything — television, radio, movies, or whatever there may be — to tell about Krishna and outside of devotional service all these modern paraphernalia are just so […]

We have often heard of Krsna’s rasa-lila with the cowherd girls in Vrndavana. That is not like ordinary exchanges that take place between these material bodies. Rather it is an exchange of feelings through spiritual bodies. One has to be somewhat intelligent to understand this, for a foolish man, who cannot understand what real happiness […]

The Krsna consciousness movement is especially meant for creating an atmosphere in which people can take to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. One must begin with faith, and when this faith is increased by chanting, a person can become a member of the Society. We are sending sankirtana parties all over the world, […]

You cannot ever overcome, because you are all weak. Daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya [Bg 7.14]. Unless you are very strong, maya is very, very stronger than you. How you can avoid it? Daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya, mam eva ye prapadyante. Only one is very, very strong in capturing the lotus […]

That is pleasure, serving God. Just like Rupa Gosvami, just see, in the cottage. They are minister. They are ministers. Tyaktva turnam asesa-mandala-pati-srenim. They are living most aristocratically, and now they are taking the place of mendicants living in the cottage, no bodily comfort, no servants, nothing of the sort. Does it mean they are […]

In this place you [Srila Prabhupada] manifested your divine anger when the devotees foolishly cut down very large and beautiful tree that had been standing in the courtyard. It had been one of the real opulences of the temple. The heavy winds of a Texas storm had knocked it over so that it was leaning […]

(Told by ISKCON’s Sridhara Swami) Finally, he called me and said, “So you want to take sannyasa?” “Yes, Prabhupada.” “So would you like to wait till Mayapur next year and . . .” I had learned a phrase for preaching to businessmen. Lord Rama, when he shot an arrow and Ravana was dying . . […]