The capitalists, they are engaging these rascals, asses, in the factory, and he enjoys life. That is intelligence. That is not escaping. You know the story of the stag and the jackal? The jackal fell in the well water. So he was not..., unable to com
O demigods, fulfilling one's own interests is so important that one may even have to make a truce with one's enemies. For the sake of one's self-interest, one has to act according to the logic of the snake and the mouse.
Due to constant engagement in devotional service—hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping the Deity, etc., as prescribed in nine varieties—there are different symptoms which appear in the body of a devotee. These eight bodily transformations, which
All the previously mentioned thirty-three symptoms of ecstatic love are called vyabhicārī, or disturbing. All these symptoms refer to apparently disturbed conditions, but even in such disturbed conditions there is acute ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Thes
(4) gita sugita kartavya, kim anyaih sastra vistaraihya svayam padmanabhasya, mukha-padmad vinihsrtaOne should always very nicely sing with devotion this Gita,the divine song which has emanated from the holy lotus mouthof the Supreme Lord Himself, Lo
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(1) gita sastram idam punyam, yah pathet prayatah pumanvisnoh padam avapnoti, bhaya sokadi varjitahOne who, with a regulated mind,recites with devotion this Bhagavad-gita scripturewhich is the bestower of all virtue,will attain to a holy abode such a
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Srila Prabhupada states in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.36, " The Lord definitely says that no one is more dear to Him than one who is always engaged in the preaching work of the Lord's name and fame all over the world." Although we are not
ONE. Pranam dearest devotee. Hare Krishna. 1. Why judge people ? They are who they are and we are who we are. Why not judge ourselves ? This is better. 2. We can observe regularly what thoughts we entertain in the mind and judge whether they are bad
Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here to participate in this Krsna consciousness movement. We are calling everyone to go back to home, back to Godhead. This is our movement, Krsna consciousness movement. Just now we describ
Prabhupada: If you want to understand Him, then you increase your attachment for Him. Everything will be all right. Just like the same story... not story, it is a fact. Caitanya Mahaprabhu... when He was traveling in South India, He saw one brahmana
"The glory of the Lord is always worth singing, for His glories enhance the glories of His devotees. One should therefore meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead and upon His devotees. One should meditate on the eternal form of the Lord unti
agaty-eka-gatim natvahinarthadhika-sadhakamsri-caitanyam likhamy asyamadhuryaisvarya-sikaramAgaty-eka-gatim natva. So the author of this Caitanya-caritamrta is offering his respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya. So he says, agaty-eka-gatim natva.
sa vai pumsam paro dharmoyato bhaktir adhoksajeahaituky apratihatayayatma suprasidati[SB 1.2.6]Yayatma suprasidati. Everyone is seeking after happiness. Atyantika-duhkha-nivrttih. The struggle for existence is to minimize miserable condition of life
Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming to this meeting. Thissankirtana movement is very authorized, according to the Vedic literature. Most of you are well acquainted with the studies of Bhagavad-gita, and in the Bhagavad-gita yo
Srila Prabhupada: (chants Jaya Radha-Madhava)kiba vipra, kiba nyasi, sudra kene nayayei krsna-tattva-vetta, sei 'guru' haya[Cc. Madhya 8.128]This verse we were discussing last night, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's statement that Krsna consciousness is not res
Madhudvisa: Do you want the window to be open?Prabhupada: Yes. Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami... (devotees respond) (sings)Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami. (Prabhupada chants Brahma-samhita verses, devotees respond) So our program is to
Prabhupada: (sings) Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami... (audience responds)So we are interested in capturing the original person. We are not interested with any subordinate. Govindam adi-purusam. But if one can capture the original person, then
