Author: Abhaya Caranaravinda Das

Amogha: Srila Prabhupada, I remember once I heard a tape where you told us that we should not try to read the books of previous acaryas. Prabhupada: Hmm? Amogha: That we should not try to read Bhaktivinoda's books or earlier books of other..., our acaryas. So I was just wondering... Prabhupada: I never said that. Amogha: You didn't say that? Oh. Prabhupada: How is

Bahulasva: Srila Prabhupada, what can we do to curb down these rascals? Prabhupada: Chant Hare Krsna. Bahulasva: That will curb them down. Prabhupada: Yes. They will be purified. The more you chant Hare Krsna, they will be purified. All problems are there on account of misunderstanding. What we are distributing? We are simply moving misunderstanding and bringing them

So I simply request you, you are doing the greatest service to the world by giving up everything for preaching this Krishna philosophy, you please continue just as you are doing. Introduce this process of chanting Hare Krishna, distribute as much prasadam as possible, and if possible see that all our books are translated and distributed as widely as possible. This is

Disunity between individual souls is so strong within this material world that even in a society of Krsna consciousness, members sometimes appear disunited due to their having different opinions and leaning toward material things. Actually, in Krsna consciousness there cannot be two opinions. There is only one goal: to serve Krsna to one's best ability. If there is

You have written to say that your wife and you have a problem on which you require my help. The whole world, beginning with the highest planet to the lowest in this material world is facing this problem. Combination of husband and wife is a necessary satisfaction of the sex urge. The foolish people see everyday this problematic situation, still they are not

In India we have got many things to do. Because the business in India is important in this respect, that partly due to their subjugation by foreigners, their original culture has been killed. Just like in India, they did not know drinking tea, drinking wine, meat-eating, illicit sex. They did not know. Even fifty, a hundred years before, they did not know. These

If one is trained to honor and worship the cows and brahmanas, he is actually civilized. The worship of the Supreme Lord is recommended, and the Lord is very fond of the cows and brahmanas (namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca). In other words, a civilization in which there is no respect for the cows and brahmanas is condemned. One cannot become spiritually

Two things are there, daivi sampad [godly qualities] and asuri sampad [demonic qualities]. Asuri sampad means more and more entanglement and bondage within this material world. And daivi sampad means your freedom from material world. So first of all we must decide what we want. Whatever you want, you will have.

So we should be callous with all these political, social... We should simply go on. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He was callous. Family affairs, wife responsibility, for mother's responsibility, for... Nothing. Simply chant Hare Krsna. Kirtaniyah sada harih [Cc. Adi 17.31]. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's life. Even didn't care for anything, no responsibility. "My only

Everyone should be dedicated, I or you. That is the success of life. Dedicate your life for Krsna. That is the perfection. Even there are some faults, dedicated life is noble life. Maybe, due to our past habits, we may commit some faulty action, but that dedicated life is sublime. Srila Prabhupada — March 4, 1974, Mayapur

In this Krsna consciousness movement we require everyone to rise early in the morning, by four o'clock, and attend mangala-arati, or morning worship, then read Srimad-Bhagavatam, perform kirtana, and so forth. From Srila Prabhupada's purport to NoI: verse 3

So-called happy family life means that we have a very loving wife and loving children. Thus we enjoy life. But we do not know that this enjoyment is false, that it is resting on a false platform. At once, in the twinkling of an eye, we may have to give up this enjoyment. Death is not under our control. From the Bhagavad-gita we learn that if one dies while too much