Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah: [Cc. Madhya 17.186] “We have simply to see that great personalities, as they have taken up, we have to follow. That’s all.” Just like in your Christian religion you may not understand all the Biblical injunctions or you may not have the time, but you’ll simply, if you follow the […]

Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden strictly, that avaisnava-mukhodgirnam putam-hari-kathamrtam, sravanam na kartavyam [Padma Purana]: “Don’t hear from the professional men who are not situated in the Vaisnava behavior.” One must be…, behavior in Vaisnava. Sadacara-sampannah. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has warned that “Don’t mix it with Vaisnava who is not well trained up, well behaved.” You […]

It is all individual. One has to take it seriously, personally, that “Krsna wants, so I’ll surrender. Krsna said, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66], so I’ll do it.” Not that “When my father will do, then I shall do,” or “My husband will do, then I shall do,” or “My wife will […]

A devotee must execute his prescribed duties, which are glorious, without material profit.  Without excessive violence, one should regularly perform one’s devotional activities. The devotee should regularly see My statues in the temple, touch My lotus feet and offer worshipable paraphernalia and prayer.  He should see in the spirit of renunciation, from the mode of […]

Do you think that because you are very strong and stout, a big wrestler with muscles, you’ll live? No. For Yamaraja there is no consideration that “Here is a weak person, lean and thin, and here is a very strong person; therefore the strong person should be left over and the lean and thin will […]

bhagavad-bhakti-hinasyajatih sastram japas tapahapranasyaiva dehasyamandanam loka-ranjanam If one is born in a high family like that of a brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya but is not a devotee of the Lord, all his good qualifications as a brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya are null and void. Indeed, they are considered decorations of a dead body. From Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya. […]

If there is some discrepancy anywhere, some non-cooperation, fighting, or if the work is slow or not to the standard, it is to be supposed that the person or persons in charge are not very much attached to Krishna. That means they will discriminate: my engagement is not good, other’s engagement is good, like that. […]

The Lord can award anyone and everyone liberation (mukti) from the bondage of material existence, yet He rarely awards the privilege of love of Godhead, as confirmed by Narada (muktim dadhati karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam). This transcendental devotional service of the Lord is so wonderful that the occupation keeps the deserving devotee always rapt in […]

Krsna is present here in this temple. This temple is meant for this purpose, that you come here, see Krsna and become attached to Him. Then you will see Him twenty-four hours. This is the process. Not that, I have several times explained, that this Krsna is marble statue. No. This is naraki-buddhih. Arcye visnau […]

BG 18.66sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me Purport: (…) According to the devotional process, one should simply accept such religious principles that will lead ultimately to the devotional service of the Lord. One may perform a particular occupational duty according to his position in the […]

An easygoing life and attainment of perfection in transcendental realization cannot go together. The Lord is more clever than any living entity; therefore He wants to see how painstaking the devotee is in devotional service. The order is received from the Lord, either directly or through the bona fide spiritual master, and to execute that […]

The society must be brahminic. Vedic culture means to create every person a brahmana, not to keep him sudra. But they do not know how to elevate. Therefore there is so much trouble. The elevation should be… There must be some purpose, end. What purpose education is being given? It is purposeless education. Mostly, at […]