Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

We had shifted from downtown to our new land in Juhu Beach. And there were very few devotees and too much work to do; we literally had no manpower. Tamal Krsna Goswami was discussing the problem with Srila Prabhupada, and Prabhupada called for me. So I went there and Prabhupada said, “So, what shall we […]

There were six great Gosvamis of Vrndavana — Srila Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha, Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Dasa Raghunatha — and none of them inherited the title of gosvami. All the Gosvamis of Vrndavana were bona fide spiritual masters situated on the highest platform of devotional service, and for that reason they were called gosvamis. […]

Lord Krsna, as the teacher of human society, personally showed by His acts that the mercantile community, or the vaisyas, should herd cows and bulls and thus give protection to the valuable animals. According to smrti regulation, the cow is the mother and the bull the father of the human being. The cow is the […]

[Sukracarya to Lord Visnu]: There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and observing the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be discrepancies in regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. But when Your Lordship’s holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless. PURPORTSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended: harer nama harer namaharer namaiva kevalamkalau nasty eva […]

Srila Prabhupada said, “Krsna is very strict and Radharani is very nice.” He continued, “A woman, unless she is unnatural, is very softhearted and very kind-hearted. And Radharani is not unnatural.” From: The Art Of Spiritual Life by Jadurani dasi

Our treatment is for the spiritually diseased person. When a person is afflicted with a disease, there are no distinctions between a poor man and a rich man. They are both admitted to the same hospital. Just as the hospital should be in a place where both the poor man and the rich man can […]

This kind of writing that convinces people to the point of taking some action is very special. I know because I have done a lot of writing . . . to write letters to people to convince them to donate for some particular cause. And it’s very, very difficult — to have someone to just […]

Devoid of Krsna consciousness, every living being suffers in this cycle of birth and death perpetually. To relieve them from this bondage and enable them to become blissful and happy, bhakti-yoga should be taught. A foolish civilization neglects to teach people how to rise to the platform of bhakti-yoga. Without Krsna consciousness a person is […]

Prabhupada: My idea is that all our centers should be self-supported. We do not like that idea that for your support you have to go 100 miles to get your bread. That is a very dangerous drawback. You produce your food locally and then support yourself. The main problem is what to eat, where to […]

The personal weapon used by Lord Krsna, the disc, is called hari-cakra, the disc of Hari. This cakra is the wheel of time. It expands from the beginning of the atoms up to the time of Brahma’s death, and it controls all activities. It is always revolving and spending the lives of the living entities, […]

Never mind whether you are in a factory or in hell, in a shack or in a skyscraper — it doesn’t matter. Just go on chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. There is no expense, there is no impediment, there is no caste, […]

Cities and towns does not mean big, big slaughterhouse, cinema, brothel, and factories and all dirty things. Here it is not mentioned. Here Kuntidevi says, ime jana-padah svrddhah supakvausadhi-virudhah (SB 1.8.40). She never said that “These towns and cities are flourishing on account of having so many industries, slaughterhouse, brothels, cinema, clubs, nightclubs.” Not like […]