Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Prabhupada: If you don’t follow the Christian principles, then how you are a Christian? Just to make a show-bottle. They don’t believe in next life, don’t believe in the Ten Commandments. Morning Walk — May 28, 1975, Honolulu

Rupa Gosvami was accompanied by Anupama, his younger brother. Anupama’s son is Jiva Gosvami, the celebrated scholar in the line of disciplic succession. When his father and uncle went away from home, this Jiva Gosvami was only ten years old, but he was such an intelligent boy that he decided, “My father and my uncle […]

If we do not follow strictly our regulative principles, routine work, then the whole scheme will be failure. Then, instead of Christianity it will be “churchianity.” You know this word “churchianity”? You know? Yes. Everywhere this churchianity is going on. And the real aim is how to enjoy sense, under different cover. That is going […]

If you come to Vrndavana and arrange for a visaya-bhoga — ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunam — then Vrndavana is far away. Visaya chadiya. The whole Krsna consciousness movement is on the basis of visaya chadiya. And Sri Locana dasa Thakura also sings, visaya chadiya se rase majiya, mukhe bolo hari hari. Visaya chadiya. If… Of course, in the […]

Our Krsna consciousness movement is transcendental, paro dharmah. Sa vai pumsam paro dharmah. Para means “above,” above the so-called religious system. So this is not our manufactured things. It is said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam in the beginning, dharmah projjhita-kaitavah atra: “Any kind of kaitavah, pretentious or false, illusory,” kaitavah. Kaitavah means cheating. “Cheating type of […]

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, in Kimpurusa-varsa the great devotee Hanuman is always engaged with the inhabitants of that land in devotional service to Lord Ramacandra, the elder brother of Laksmana and dear husband of Sitadevi. A host of Gandharvas is always engaged in chanting the glories of Lord Ramacandra. That chanting is […]

Try to introduce our books there and it will be a great missionary success. One Krishna book sold means we go forward one step in our Krishna Consciousness. We should always remember this. Srila Prabhupada; letter to Visnujana – 4 April, 1971

My dear Ramesvara,Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your telegram dated Dec. 17, 1974 reading as follows: “Great success, book sales for weekend of Dec. 13 thru 15. Tripurari BBT Party 1346 big books, L.A. 1002 big books, N.Y. over 950 big books, Atlanta Airport over 650 big books, in one […]

According to Vedic economics, one is considered to be a rich man by the strength of his store of grains and cows. With only these two things, cows and grain, humanity can solve its eating problem. Human society needs only sufficient grain and sufficient cows to solve its economic problems. All other things but these […]

First offense is guror avajna, defying the authority of guru. This is the first offense. So one who is offensive, how he can make advance in chanting? He cannot make. Then everything is finished in the beginning. Guror avajna. Everything is there. If one is disobeying the spiritual master, he cannot remain in the pure […]

Although God has given us all facilities to live peacefully on this earth, cultivate Krsna consciousness, and finally to come to Him, in this age we’re unfortunate. We are short-lived, and there are so many people without food, shelter, married life or defense from the onslaughts of nature. This is due to the influence of […]

Regarding sales figures, please endeavor in this way. The sales figures – this is the only solace in my life. When I hear that my books are selling so nicely, I become energetic like a young man. Letter to Ramesvara — Vrindaban 13 August, 1974