Author: bvks editor

One who understands and appreciates the disciplic succession is certainly advanced, and we should always be very careful to give full respect to those who have so carefully handled this Divine Fruit of transcendental knowledge before us. Even a slight change will spoil it. That is why I have always been so careful to give you only […]

The common moral teachings and the Vedic civilization is to accept any woman except his own wife as mother. Matrvat para-daresu. Para-daresu. Everyone is supposed to be married. Dara means wife. Para-daresu, other’s wife. It doesn’t matter if she is younger or older, but she should be treated as mother. Therefore it is the system […]

We want to unite the world on the platform of Krsna Consciousness under one state, one government, one religion and one scripture. It will be successful if we work cautiously and maintain our standards. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Tamala Krsna — Los Angeles 13 December, 1973

One should not think of personal loss or gain. “Krsna desires it, so I have to do it,” that’s all. There is no personal consideration. That is real Krsna consciousness. “Krsna, You are asking me to do this. I do not like to do this. You give me some other work.” That is not Krsna consciousness. There is no […]

Srila Prabhupada wrote in his purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.9.29:  “Anyone who does some responsible work successfully but does not give credit to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is certainly falsely proud and cannot execute anything nicely.”

One should try to purchase a ticket to go back home, back to Godhead. The price of such a ticket is one’s intense desire for it, which is not easily awakened, even if one continuously performs pious activities for thousands of lives. All mundane relationships are sure to be broken in the course of time, but […]

For Krishna we can work like anything, but one lick done for maya it is useless, overendeavoring. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Govinda — Bhaktivedanta Manor 28 July, 1973

In the Vedic literature we find, eko bahunam vidadhati kaman. That Supreme Lord is supplying everyone food. Why do you think of human society? What is the human society? Out of 8,400,000 forms of life there are only 400,000 и forms of human life. And 8,000,000 forms they are lower animals, birds, beasts, aquatics. Who is supplying their foodstuff? […]

If we practice devotion of God, then next life is to become the associate of God. That cintamani-prakara-sadmasu — we are transferred to that planet. These are simple things. The whole thing is in my hand. If I want to be degraded, I can prepare myself in this life for such degradation in the next life. And if we […]

The mantra delivers the conditioned soul from his bondage; so simply by chanting the mantra Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, one can gain deliverance from any condition. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.24.42

Everyone will have to die. Even you accept this place of suffering, and if you are assured that you will live here permanently, still, you become happy, “All right, I will not die.” But that is also not possible. Therefore asasvatam. Even if you make your arrangement very nicely that you will not suffer, but you will […]

Jayantakrid das:  I remember Prabhupada in our small temple in Switzerland. At one time he gave a class, and he was describing how we should create a very nice singhasan in our heart and invite Krishna there and it should be as beautiful as we can. It can be in gold, it can be in jewels, diamond, and […]