Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Locana dasa requests everyone, bhajo bhajo bhai, caitanya-nitai: “My dear brother, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nityananda with firm conviction and faith.” Don’t think that this chanting and dancing will not lead to the desired goal. It will. It is the assurance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that one will get all […]

Sankirtana is the process of going to a place, sitting down, chanting the Holy Names, and attracting others to come and chant the Holy Names. Then when the others were practiced in chanting the Holy Names enough to go out on their own, you move on to another place and chant the Holy Names. [Srila […]

In the modern setup of the democratic states, the people themselves are fallen to the qualities of the sudras or less, and the government is run by a representative of theirs who has not been trained according to the scriptural mode of administrative education. Thus the whole atmosphere is surcharged with sudra qualities, manifested by […]

Krsna conscious means completely free from all sinful activities. As soon as there is complete eradication of sinful activities in the state, then there will be no more war, pestilence, famine or natural disturbances. Since the leaders of society have a poor fund of knowledge and the citizens in general are rogues and thieves, there […]

To maintain such a life of strict vigilance, one needs encouragement from his wife. In the varnasrama-dharma system, certain classes, such as the brahmanas and sannyasis, do not need encouragement from the opposite sex. Ksatriyas and grhasthas, however, actually need the encouragement of their wives in order to execute their duties. Indeed, a grhastha or […]

Ramesvara: It seems that if one day the Krsna conscious movement has actually achieved some powerful position in America… Prabhupada: That we want. Ramesvara: …we will have to tolerate all these things-cinema, nightclubs. How can we close all these things? The people want these things. Prabhupada: No. If you educate people, if you give them […]

Sridhara Swami remembers: There is a very famous temple in Tirupati, the Balaji temple. And everybody knows that if you have some work to be done, you can go there and offer a donation to Balaji and you get some result. So Mr. Mohatta, one of the League of Devotees members who donated to Prabhupada […]

The spiritual master is never without his followers, so to serve the spiritual master also means to be the servant of his disciples. When you want to serve the king, you must also serve his minister, secretary, and everyone who serves him. And to serve his servants may please him more than to serve the […]

Devotee (1): Most of the people are still ignoring God. They are so weak-willed. They are so weak-willed that they are easily swayed by, you know, when somebody comes and claims that… Prabhupada: Well, if one is weak, he may be infected by some disease. It requires some resisting power. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that, […]

In India, Tirupati, I think that Deity is richer than many kings in the world. Daily, 100,000 rupees, not less, daily. [break] …few kings who has got so much money? If you organize, you can take the whole income for cause of Krsna consciousness, if you are really organized. Srila Prabhupada > Morning Walk — […]

Shortcut of “demon-cracy” is “democracy.” All the demons and rogues, they gather together, somehow or other votes, and occupy the seat, and the business is plundering. The business is plundering. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.18 — 28 September, 1974