Guest: If man wasn't meant to eat meat, why in nature do the other animals kill to eat?
Prabhupāda: Are you other animal?
Guest: Well, we're all animals.
Prabhupāda: You count amongst the animals? You classify yourself with the animals?
Guest: Well, we'r
Read more…Sandy Nixon: What are the methods used in attaining Kṛṣṇa consciousness? How does one get to...
Prabhupāda: Yes, by Kṛṣṇa consciousness you achieve the goal of life. In the present condition we are accepting one body, and we are dying after a few days
Read more…Bharadvāja: Śrīla Prabhupāda, there's still, within all the different species, there are still different varieties. What accounts for all these varieties?
Prabhupāda: Varieties of the body, according to the mentality.
Bharadvāja: According to karma?
Pra
Read more…Hari-śauri: Just it gives a little taste, though. But that is also important. How did you like the pomegranate juice?
Prabhupāda: Good.
(Room conversation-------Vrndavana).
Prabhupāda: They make very nice puffed rice in Melbourne.
Atreya Ṛṣi: How do th
Read more…Director: But how do we reconcile the fact that our doctors tell us we should eat meat because of the protein?
Prabhupāda: That is a foolishness. They are not eating meat for the last ten years. Do you think they are reduced in their health? Rather pe
Read more…Bali Mardana: According to Vedic culture, is seaweed edible?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Bali Mardana: Seaweed? Is that edible?
Prabhupāda: I don't find. Why they should eat seaweed?
Bali Mardana: In Asia, many people eat seaweed. Certain types of plants that grow i
Read more…Devotee (2): Prabhupāda? Your Divine Grace? I have a question. I was always under impression or understanding from your teachings, that one never eats in front of the Deities. Can you please explain that? Cause I understand you are pure devotee.
Śyāma
Read more…Hari-śauri: Do you want the peanuts roasted in ghee or just dry roasting?
Prabhupāda: No, no, they are... They... It is roasted.
Hari-śauri: They didn't get already roasted.
Gargamuni: Dry roasted.
Hari-śauri: They're roasted in the shells.
Prabhupāda: Ro
Read more…Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But brāhmaṇa initiation should be strict.
Prabhupāda: Very strict. Very strict means he must be observed that he is actually chanting sixteen rounds, following the regulative principles. That's all.
(Morning walk------Chicago).
Indian ma
Read more…Satsvarūpa: Should you count every day how much japa you do?
Prabhupāda: That is... He's doing at least sixteen times.
Guest (4): No, suppose if we don't count?
Prabhupāda: No, the mālā is counting.
Guest (4): No. Suppose if we don't follow it, it's not
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You have asked some questions, and I will answer them herewith. The first question is, "When making arati offerings, is it proper to meditate on the different parts of the Lord's Body?" The answer is that there is no need to meditate in that way. Th
Jñāna: Śrīla Prabhupāda, is it sometimes more appropriate to worship arca-mūrti of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi than Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?
Prabhupāda: That will be recommended to you by your spiritual master according to your position. There is no stereoty
Read more…Pañcadraviḍa: I went to wake a devotee up, I woke him up at a quarter to four. I said "Prabhu, you want to get up now, it's four o'clock, time to wake." So he didn't wake but I, I went ahead and bathed because I wanted to do that, and then I come bac
Read more…Guest: What is the purpose of the Deity worship?
Madhudviṣa: What is the purpose of Deity worship?
Prabhupāda: Deity means Kṛṣṇa's Deity. Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's Deity is not different. The whole idea, spiritual knowledge, means to understand God. So vedaiś
Read more…Devotee: How does one practice to keep the mind from being restless?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Devotee: How does one practice to keep the mind from being restless?
Prabhupāda: To have good association.
(Morning walk-------Los Angeles).
Guest: How many minutes do
Read more…Bali-mardana: He's saying did you think of these things yourself, to chant on the beads and follow the program in the morning, have you made these up yourself?
Prabhupāda: No, this is the disciplic process.
(Interview-------New York).
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrī
Read more…Devotee 8: They have to do full Deity worship to have these Deities? Dress the Deities every day?
Prabhupāda: They are supposed to do so, but whether they are able to do so, that is the point. If you can worship properly, that's all right. But whether
Read more…Kern: Is the prayer communal, where all take part in the prayer, or is it individual?
Prabhupāda: But there are different classes of men. So therefore nine methods of devotional service. And the general method is hearing. Hearing about God.
Scheverman:
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I am so very glad to learn that Srimati Tulasi Devi has favored you so much. If you can actually grow this Tulasi plant, and I am sure you will do it, then you must know it for certain that your devotion for Krsna is testified. I was very much anxio
Guest (2): Daily how many times you'll utter the names of Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Prabhupāda: Twenty-four hours. Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ (CC.1:17:31). There is no question of "How many times?" But if you have got other business, make some minimum quantity.
Guest (2)
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