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Striyah sudras tatha vaisyah, including woman and sudras and vaisyas, they are considered as less intelligent. They are considered as less intelligent. Therefore, according to Vedic system, a boy born in a brahmana family, he is allowed all the samskaras, reformatory, purificatory process, but the girl is not. Why? Now, because a girl has to follow her husband. So […]

Some way or other, if you take to Krsna consciousness, your reluctance for sense gratification will automatically come. You haven’t got to train yourself “How to stop my sense gratification?” if you simply go on chanting Hare Krsna sincerely. And what is that process? Chanting and hearing. When you chant, you hear, and you will enjoy. And you will […]

When you work, intentionally or unintentionally, we are committing so many sinful activities. Take, for example, that we are not in favor of animal killing; but when we walk on the street, unintentionally we are killing so many animals. You cannot get out of this entanglement. When you are drinking water, you are killing so many animals. When […]

On February 2, 1966, before he had made any Western disciples, before he had founded his ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada bought a reel-to-reel tape recorder for $54.02. On February 19 and 20, he recorded his “Introduction to Geetopanisad.” This is the earliest recording in the Bhaktivedanta Archives. When I listen to it, aware of his struggle to endure in a […]

You shall always hold classes. Read these books, discuss, try to understand. Then time will be properly utilized. Don’t talk useless things. Some engagement. So long you are engaged in service of the Deity, that is very good. Otherwise, you should hold class, read these books, discuss among them. Then the proper utilization of time. Avyartha-kalatvam [Cc. Madhya 23.18]. Advancement […]

During the rainy season, lightning appears in one group of clouds and then immediately in another group of clouds. This phenomenon is compared to a lusty woman who does not fix her mind on one man. A cloud is compared to a qualified person because it pours rain and gives sustenance to many people; a man who is qualified […]

At the present moment everyone is engaged in technological advancement, which is described in Bhagavad-gita as ugra-karma — extremely severe endeavor. This ugra-karma is the cause of agitation within the human mind. Men are engaging in many sinful activities and becoming degraded by opening slaughterhouses, breweries and cigarette factories, as well as nightclubs and other establishments for sense enjoyment. In […]

The truth is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the enjoyer and that the living entities are meant for His service and enjoyment. One who knows this truth, and who tries to engage all resources in the service of the Lord, escapes all material reactions and influences of the modes of material nature. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to […]

Don’t be diverted from the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, and don’t be afraid of because there is some danger. Take shelter of Krsna’s lotus feet, chant Hare Krsna mantra, and dangers will be over. But we should not create such position, dangerous. It is already dangerous. Because Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also very cautious about spiritual life. Sannyasira […]

Prabhupada: In Delhi, we established that center. Ananda Niketan. Full of foreign embassies. So nobody came. Brahmananda: They came the first night, and that was it. Prabhupada: Nobody came. Brahmananda: Neither were they very friendly. Prabhupada: They thought that “We are living so nicely, embassy and ambassador, and living in such a nice house, comfortably. What is […]

You are working so hard not for your benefit, personal, and that is sannyasi. That is sannyasi. Anasritah karma-phalam karyam. “Oh it is my duty to serve Krsna.” And he is sannyasi. Anyone who has got this consciousness that “It is my duty to serve Krsna. I must serve Him with my life and soul and everything,” he’s a […]

Now, actually, people are surprised: “What this Hare Krsna mantra has got power that it is changing so quickly?” And on the other hand, it is to be admitted, unless it has got power, how it is changing? So we have to keep that power. Don’t make it an ordinary musical vibration. It is a different thing — spiritual. […]