Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Generally, in the material world everyone is necessity of gratifying his senses. So sometimes, under the cover of religiosity, they want to satisfy senses. The same thing… Just like one goes to church or temple to mitigate some material necessities. Just like the Christians go to the church for meeting the problems of bread; similarly, […]

Srila Prabhupada pronounced that because of so much sex indulgence in our previous lives, we had become physically and mentally zero with no brains. Our only hope was Krsna consciousness, which was beyond any mental and physical considerations. TKG’s Diary

There was news that he was either going to come to London or somewhere else. Like San Francisco or New York or somewhere else that was going to have a Ratha-yatra. And so every day we would hear “yeah he is going to come here.” And then the next day we would be disappointed, “no […]

For persons who are not inclined to clean the dust from their hearts and who want to keep things as they are, it is not possible to derive the transcendental result of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra. From NoD ch 12 by Srila Prabhupada

Actually, a Vaisnava is above this varnasrama-dharma. But we don’t claim that we have become perfect Vaisnava. We are not so impudent. Srila Prabhupada Srimad-Bhägavatam 1.8.41 Lecture 21 October 1974

Prajapati Daksa cursed Narada Muni by saying that although he had the facility to travel all over the universe, he would never be able to stay in one place. In the parampara system from Narada Muni, I have also been cursed. Although I have many centers that would be suitable places of residence, I cannot […]

If one chants the holy name of the Lord, even in a helpless condition or without desiring to do so, all the reactions of his sinful life depart, just as when a lion roars, all the small animals flee in fear. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 6.2.7

Please see that they are all chanting 16 rounds on their beads and following the rules and regulations. We have to become very strict in this matter. To go back home, back to Godhead is not an easy thing. It requires great discipline of body and mind, and performance of pure devotional service. Srila Prabhupada; […]

The public must be educated so that they may not elect another big dog or big camel or big ass to the exalted post. It is the public’s fault. Nowadays it is democratic days. So why should you complain against such-and-such person or president? You have elected him, and now you find fault with him. […]

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught His principles through four chief followers. Among them, Ramananda Raya is exceptional, for through him the Lord taught how a devotee can completely vanquish the power of Cupid. By Cupid’s power, as soon as one sees a beautiful woman he is conquered by her beauty. Sri Ramananda Raya, however, vanquished Cupid’s […]

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 […]