Author: Abhaya Caranaravinda Das

I am very much stressing at this point that all of my students shall be very much conversant with the philosophy of Krsna consciousness and that they should read our books very diligently at least one or two hours daily and try to understand the subject matter from varieties of angles.

Atreya Rsi: Higher class. Very intelligent, educated... Prabhupada: The low class, they purchase that big roti. [laughs] That's all. Atreya Rsi: Big capati. Prabhupada: They cannot come to the restaurant. Parivrajakacarya: No. Atreya Rsi: Some people even come, higher class people, and work. They give their service

Indian culture is lost because they wanted to make compromises. This Vivekananda and company, they are preaching yata mat, tata patha. "You manufacture your way, and that is also all right." Krsna says mam ekam, and he has manufactured, "Whatever you manufacture is all right." Yata mat, tata patha. And spoil the whole country.

If we put on the garb of a devotee and become busy with non-devotional activities, if we are absorbed in material enjoyment and that becomes a priority, or if we take the tridanda and want to kidnap Sita, like Ravana, then we are stabbing ourselves to death. We are doing something terrible in the name of hari-bhajana. If for millions of

This is the business of acarya, to spread bhakti cult. Acaryam mam vijaniyat navamanyeta karhicit [SB 11.17.27]. It is said by the Lord that "You should accept the acarya..." Acarya means one who transmits bhakti cult. Bhakti-samsanat, spreading, gosthyanandi. One who is not spreading — he is cultivating Krsna consciousness for

Prabhupada: We simply believe in the words of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, that's all. I was attracted, "Oh, he is speaking nicely: ‘Krsna can be seen.' " So I was attracted, like that: "Krsna is not dead. He is living." In the beginning [laughs] that enlightened me. From the very beginning of our life we were trained, "Krsna is God. Krsna is person." Later on, in our school, college days, by

Collecting and eating more than necessary also causes prayasa, or unnecessary endeavor. By God's arrangement, anyone in any part of the world can live very peacefully if he has some land and a milk cow. There is no need for man to move from one place to another to earn a livelihood, for one can produce food grains locally and get milk from cows. That can solve all economic problems. Fortunately, man has been given higher intelligence for

[Srila Prabhupada is condemning false teachers] That is not our life, to become an impostor. It must be real person. By training, yah sastra-vidhim siddhih, by training under the teaching of a bona fide spiritual master, the sastra, and then you'll automatically, the more you become a sincere servitor of the spiritual master, the more you become qualified to become a teacher in the future. Otherwise where is your qualification? You may cheat others that

If we act impiously, we have to suffer. But for a devotee, karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhajam [Bs. 5.54]. Karmani nirdahati. Others, for sinful activities, they will have to continue, but if a devotee is in sinful activities, in one life it is finished. But don't take this concession. We should be very much careful not to commit.

Girl devotee: Why does Krsna have an external energy? Prabhupada: Why not? First of all say why not? What is your objection? Girl devotee: Well, if He is pure, everything about Him is pure... Prabhupada: He is pure. He is pure, always pure. Suppose you are very nice girl, nice, but because you pass some urine or stool, does it mean that you are bad? Does it mean? Then

One should remain in household life with the aim of understanding the ultimate goal of life (tattva jijnasa). Then household life is as good as the life of a yogi... As soon as one deviates from the injunctions of the sastra, the purpose of household life is immediately lost in confusion.

Gaura-Nitai, we can establish many temples, and simply chanting before Him and... [indistinct]. Yajnaih sankirtana-prayair: chant, dance and distribute prasada. You don't require even education. Simply before Lord Nityananda and Gaura, simply chant and dance. You will become the first-class advanced spiritual.