Advaita Acarya is another principal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s and an incarnation of Maha-Visnu. Thus Advaita Acarya is also the Lord, or, more precisely, an expansion of the Lord. The word advaita means “nondual,” and His name is such because He is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord. He is also called acarya, teacher, because […]

Devotee (6): Srila Prabhupada, I was asked a question by a man. He asked that Lord Siva… Lord Ramacandra was praying to Lord Siva in the Ramayana, and so he’s taking Lord Siva as being God. And we didn’t have a clear answer to him. Prabhupada: Lord Ramacandra worshiped His devotees. Just like sometimes Krsna […]

Because Lord Siva is a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he loves all the devotees of the Supreme Lord. Lord Siva told the Pracetas that because they were devotees of the Lord, he loved them very much. Lord Siva was not kind and merciful only to the Pracetas; anyone who is a […]

A man becomes increasingly entangled in household affairs, so much so that leaving them becomes almost impossible. Thus the household becomes grham andha-kupam, a dark well into which the man has fallen. For such a man to get out is extremely difficult unless he is helped by a strong person, the spiritual master, who helps […]

Just see how the economic problems will be solved simply by one movement, this Krishna consciousness movement. Try to understand. Because mahi [earth] will produce everything. Just like here in this Letchmore Heath there are so many, so much land lying vacant. You produce your own food. Why you are going to London, to the […]

CC Adi 7.23 Translation by Srila Prabhupada In distributing love of Godhead, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates did not consider who was a fit candidate and who was not, nor where such distribution should or should not take place. They made no conditions. Wherever they got the opportunity, the members of the Panca-tattva distributed love […]

Whether one is a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, American, Englishman, Indian, etc., one can execute devotional service anywhere and everywhere in the material existence simply by offering prayers unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Hare Krsna maha-mantra is also a prayer, for a prayer addresses the Supreme Personality of Godhead by His name and […]

It is the government’s duty to see that nobody is rascal, either the scientist is rascal or the priest is rascal. There must be real understanding. That is government’s duty. Otherwise, if the priest says, “The scientist speaking against religion; therefore he should be hanged,” so that is not good government. Government must see that […]

The Krsna consciousness movement is teaching this higher knowledge of retiring from materialistic life to return to Godhead, but unfortunately many parents are not very satisfied with this movement. Aside from the parents of our students, many businessmen are also dissatisfied because we teach our students to abandon intoxication, meat-eating, illicit sex and gambling. If […]

Living with Prabhupada in India was a real pleasure. It was so wonderful to watch how he dealt with the high-class people. It also gave me a vision, or a deep understanding of what Prabhupada’s plan was. He really wanted Indians to take up to their own culture. His original plan was to come to […]

One should chant Hare Krsna and preach about the urgency of making this life perfect in all respects. One should thus engage in the devotional service of the Lord and follow in the footsteps of previous acaryas, beginning with Lord Brahma and others. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.24.67

Satsvarupa: So if all the land belongs to God, then who decides who will distribute it to the people? Prabhupada: You don’t distribute. You live only, till the ground and take your food. Where is the question of distribution? Whatever you can till, you take so much land. God has enough land. Why do you […]