Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

In those days, there was no political meeting. Political meeting was not necessary, because there was no democracy. It was monarchy. The kings, they were so trained up that there was no necessity of democracy. Actually, the modern government, democracy… We are experiencing, especially the great democratic country, America, so the democracy, the president elected […]

This verse gives the sum and substance of devotional life. One must first become a servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord (dasanudasa). Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised, and He also showed by His own example, that a living entity should always desire to be a servant of the servant of the servant […]

All glories to the chanting of Hare Krsna mantra or Krsna sankirtan movement. All glories. All victory. How it is victory, all victory? If you chant this Hare Krsna mantra, then the dirty things which have accumulated in your heart due to material contamination will be cleared off. Even not immediately, it will begin to […]

Communist is not a problem. It is good proposal, but they are missing one point. They are making Lenin the leader. If they make Krsna the leader, then the Communistic idea will be very fruitful. They are picking up a rascal leader, but if they pick up the nice leader, God the supreme dictator, then […]

This, all these Vedic scriptures, they are interrelated. They are not contradictory. If somebody says that “We find some contradiction from Vedic literature, from this literature to that literature,” no. There is nothing at all any contradiction, even, even in the preachings of the great acaryas. I am speaking of India. There were many great […]

Prahlada Maharaja could have asked Nrsimhadeva, “My Lord, do not kill my father.” He could have asked, and immediately his request would have been granted. But he did not do that. He was standing and seeing. But he knows that “This killing of the body of my father is not killing. I shall save him. […]

Jayananda looks like Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. [laughter] Yes. He was tall and stout and strong, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. [laughing] Yes. Very good. And in Vrndavana, when Kirtanananda was given sannyasa, he was looking so nice with this dress and danda, oh, practically all the devotees of Vrndavana came to offer him respect. Yes. On Janmastami day […]

When one is engaged in devotional service, he is often surrounded by envious people, and often many enemies come to try to defeat him or stop him. This is not new in this present age, for even in the days of yore Prahlada Maharaja, who was engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, was […]

Narayana-parah sarve na kutascana bibhyati (SB 6.17.28). A pure devotee of Narayana is never afraid of any material danger. There are many examples of devotees such as Prahlada Maharaja, who was tortured by his father but was not at all afraid, although he was only a five-year-old boy. Therefore, following the examples of Ambarisa Maharaja […]

(Hiranyakasipu said:) In due course of time, various types of diseases are manifest in those who are sinful. Similarly, in this world there are many deceptive friends in false garbs, but eventually, because of their false behavior, their actual enmity becomes manifest. Srila Prabhupada’s translation of Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.27

Caitya guru: Prabhupada, many times they tell us that “Prabhupada, he criticize us.” We said, “Yes, you are made to be criticized.” Devotee (3): Your stick is Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Prabhupada: They say? They say? Caitya-guru: Oh, yes. In Mauritius there are many cults. So they invited us. I went to two, three. So […]

After an LA lecture, a woman asked him, “How do you know if you do something for Krsna, you know He likes it or He is happy and that what you’re doing, all the service and living in the temple is worthwhile, is there some benefit? Is Krsna actually seeing all this and is He […]