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: 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: 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:...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:...am aprameyam anagham nirvana-santi-pradam brahma-sambhu-phanindras tebhyo 'nisam vedanta-vedyam vibhum sura-gurum maya-manusya-harim vande 'ham karunakaram raghu-varam bhu-pala-cudamanimThis is a verse composed by a great devotee, Tulas
Prabhupada: We have to pass through 900,000 forms of aquatic bodies within the water. Then, gradually, we come to the form of trees and plants. There are 2,000,000 varieties. Then we get the bodies of the insect. There are 900,000 forms of body. Then
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:...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: 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: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: ...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: (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: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: (chants mangalacarana prayers) Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for coming to this meeting, sankirtana movement. This sankirtana movement is very authorized, according to Vedic literature. Most of you are well acquainted with t
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
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
Prabhupada: (sings) Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami **. (audience responds) Somebody is helping him? Yes, it is all... So we are interested in capturing the original person. (chuckles) We are not interested with any subordinate. Govindam adi-pu
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
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