Prabhupada: (chants mangalacarana prayers) So ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly participating in our, this Krsna consciousness movement. As you know, from the very name, "Krsna consciousness,"... When this society was regist
Prabhupada:variyan esa te prasnahkrto loka-hitam nrpaatmavit-sammatah pumsamsrotavyadisu yah parah[SB 2.1.1]Srotavyadisu yah parah. The... Here in this material world we are busy in questioning and answering, or hearing. Question, hearing, and answer
Prabhupada: ...great responsibility of preaching the message of Bhagavad-gita throughout the whole world. It is meant for the human being and -- do not mind it -- it appears that rarely a human being is found there to take up the responsibility in In
Prabhupada:om ajnana-timirandhasyajnananjana-salakayacaksur-unmilitam yenatasmai sri-gurave namah[I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness o
Dayananda: Prabhupada? That was the realtor on the phone. He said he'll have the lease ready Monday.Prabhupada: Oh, that's all right.Baby: Jaya. (cries)Mother: Jaya.Prabhupada: Jaya. Jaya. Jaya. Very nice. The first vibration is jaya. (laughs) (aside
Prabhupada:kaumara acaret prajnodharman bhagavatan ihadurlabham manusam janmatad apy adhruvam arthadam[SB 7.6.1]yatha hi purusasyehavisnoh padopasarpanamyad esa sarva-bhutanampriya atmesvarah suhrt[SB 7.6.2]I am reciting some verses from Srimad-Bhaga
Prabhupada:...yogam yunjan mad-asrayahasamsayam samagram mamyatha jnasyasi tac chrnu[Bg. 7.1]Sri bhagavan uvaca. Bhagavan means the Supreme Being. That is also dictionary word. In the... I consulted the Oxford Dictionary, "God." God means "the Suprem
Prabhupada:This is the greatest drawback of modern education, that not only in your country or any country they have completely neglected what is meant by God. And in India, they are especially... Now, as soon as there is any question of God, they se
Prabhupada: Tapo divyam [SB 5.5.1]. Divyam means we are combination of matter and spirit. That spirit is divya, transcendental. Apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakrtim para [Bg. 7.5]. That is para prakrti, superior. If there is the superior identity... A
Prabhupada: varnasrama-dharma, four varnas and four asrama -- brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra -- so the Vedic culture means to execute the varnasrama-dharma. Now we are known as Hindus. The Hindu word is not to be found... [break] A little disturba
Prabhupada: Goloka-namni nija-dhamni. There is a planet in the spiritual world. The material world, you can see the material sky, limit of the sky, the horizon, but you are not able to reach even the moon planet, the nearest planet. But within this u
Prabhupada:...avidya-karma-samjnanyatrtiya saktir isyateThis is a verse from Visnu Purana. It is stated there that visnu-saktih para, "The energy of the Supreme Lord is spiritual." Energy and the energetic, they are nondifferent. Just like the sunshi
Prabhupada: ...yajno danam tapas caiva pavanani manisinam. There are four stages of spiritual life. The brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa. For brahmacari, yajna. Yajna means to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Varnasramacarava
Prabhupada: Hare Krsna.nunam pramattah kurute vikarmayad indriya-pritaya aprnotina sadhu manye yata atmano 'yam(asann api) klesada asa dehah[SB 5.5.4]The real problem of life is not to adjust things materially, change from one form of government to a
Prabhupada: When they first met Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they offered this prayer:namo maha-vadanyayakrsna-prema-pradaya tekrsnaya krsna-caitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah[Cc. Madhya 19.53]These ministers were, by caste, brahmana, but because they accepted
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 t
Prabhupada:...Mr. Reddy and Ladies and Gentlemen, I cannot speak in Telugu. Kindly excuse me. This Krsna consciousness movement is very, very old, at least five thousand years old. And if we take history before that, then it is at least forty million
Q. What qualification should a chanter of the Holy Names of Krishna possess ?A. One should have the following symptoms in order to constantly chant the holy names of Krishna:-1. Humility.2. Compassion.3. Freedom from envy.4. Freedom from false pride.
Prabhupada: (chants:) Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami **. (devotees respond)cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantamlaksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanamgovindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami[Bs. 5.29]So we ar
