Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

A devotee, by his personal devotional service, can influence all the people of the whole world to become devotees of the Lord. If there is only one pure devotee in pure Krsna consciousness, he can change the total consciousness of the world into Krsna consciousness. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.8.80 Srila Prabhupada wanted […]

I am very pleased to see that you are distributing 40-60 books daily. Please go on doing this; it is very good. Tripurari Maharaja is well advanced in this art and your intelligence combined will produce a good effect. Please stick to this engagement, and in that way you will be successful. From Srila Prabhupada’s […]

Cc Adi 8.7 TRANSLATIONThe education cultivated by so-called learned scholars who do not believe these statements of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is like the tumultuous croaking of frogs. Srila Prabhupada’s PURPORTThe croaking of the frogs in the rainy season resounds very loudly in the forest, with the result that snakes, hearing the croaking in the darkness, approach […]

It appears that now it is the government policy to curb our activities. The zoning problem is another harassment. The general policy is to stop our Movement. That has begun, in so many ways; by the parents, by the municipality, by the government, by zoning; somehow or other to check this Movement. We are enemies […]

Yoga means training the mind and the senses to be fixed on the Self. This is not possible by meditating only fifteen minutes a day and then going out and doing whatever the senses dictate. How can the problems of life be solved so cheaply? If we want something precious, we have to pay for […]

Nadi (river) means not dirty nadi. Very clear water, and waves are flowing. By the modern civilization I have seen so many rivers in Europe, in Paris, in Moscow and in Germany — all rivers are very, very dirty. Very, very dirty. You cannot take bath, what to speak of drinking water. So dirty due […]

My dear king, in the place where pure devotees live, following the rules and regulations and thus purely conscious and engaged with great eagerness in hearing and chanting the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in that place if one gets a chance to hear their constant flow of nectar, which is exactly like […]

In the “World of Hare Krishna” video, Tom Hopkins noted how Prabhupada once told a devotee, “Go out and start a magazine.” The devotee didn’t know anything about starting a magazine, but Prabhupada said, “Krsna will help you.” I saw that also. He would look for enthusiasm, for a spirit of depending on Krsna, and […]

I am very glad to hear that you are keeping yourself busy preaching. Don’t become a dead man. Always preach. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Tusta Krsna — Melbourne 20 May, 1975

The Lord is the protector of cows and the brahminical culture. A society devoid of cow protection and brahminical culture is not under the direct protection of the Lord, just as the prisoners in the jails are not under the protection of the king but under the protection of a severe agent of the king. […]

[Chand Kazi to some devotees of Lord Caitanya]: “No one should perform sankirtana on the streets of the city. Today I am excusing the offense and returning home.” Such orders stopping sankirtana in the streets of the world’s great cities have been imposed upon members of the Hare Krsna movement. We have hundreds of centers […]

[Narada Muni to Dhruva]: After sitting on your seat, practice the three kinds of breathing exercises, and thus gradually control the life air, the mind and the senses. Completely free yourself from all material contamination, and with great patience begin to meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport In this verse the entire yoga […]