One must come to the understanding that the holy name of the Lord and the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself are identical.One cannot reach this conclusion unless one is offenseless in chanting the holy name.By our material calculation we see a d
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Similarly, yogis, they also want power, material power. Anima laghima siddhi. Asta-siddhi. So if you have some power, you can fly in the air, you can walk over the water, you can get anything you desire immediately. These are yoga-siddhi. So that is
When one has got that vision, transcendental vision, samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhakti, then the devotional service begins. Not that with blunt eyes and senses one can serve God, devotional service.
atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih sevon
So these six Gosvamis, they were not ordinary men, but still, for Caitanya Mahaprabhu's service, they left everything. Tyaktva turnam asesa-mandala-pati-srenim sada tucchavat bhutva dina-ganesakau karunaya kaupina-kantasritau. So krsna-bhakti, devoti
Pradyumna: (reading) "A living entity is offered a particular type of body as a result of his action in the present body. These activities are taken into account by superior authority known as daiva, or the authority of God. This daiva is explained i
Harikesa: This is a recording, conversation, Sunday, 5 o'clock, June 22nd.Dharmadhyaksa: With Dr. Allen Gerson. [break]Dr. Gerson: ...beginning of a two-year study on the devotees trying to demonstrate to the people in the material world the psycholo
Harikesa: Anyone. Some people say that life is to be enjoyed. Life is simply there for enjoyment.Prabhupada: So the answer is that whether you are actually enjoying life.Harikesa: Well, right now I'm not actually enjoying life, so...Prabhupada: Yes.H
Prabhupada: We have come to give this message of Krsna. That is our business. We are not tourists.Michael Gordon: What does being a devotee of Krsna involve? Does it...?Prabhupada: Krsna involved means you are.... Every one of you, you are Krsna's pa
Yogesvara: ...and Mr. Lallier has a reputation among young literary circles in France as being a very good poet.Prabhupada: He's good poet?M. Lallier: No. (laughs)Jyotirmayi: (French) Before he came, he already knew a little Bhagavad-gita, little Ved
Prabhupada: Now, the Krsna says that bhumir apo 'nalo vayuh kham mano, bhinna me prakrtir astadha [Bg. 7.4]. So it has emanated from Krsna. Yato va imani bhutani jayante. This is the statement of the Vedas and... So how would you explain that a perso
Prabhupada: They make modernized meaning of Bhagavad-gita. That is insanity. Do you agree or...Reporter (1): What would you regard to be the essence of Bhagavad-gita?Prabhupada: Bhagavad-gita means that there is God, and we are part and parcel of God
Prabhupada: Yes. You find out this verse: manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye.Harikesa:manusyanam sahasresukascid yatati siddhayeyatatam api siddhanamkascin mam vetti tattvatah[Bg. 7.3]"Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for pe
Prabhupada: ...is not knowledge. If the tenant thinks that "This apartment is mine, I am owner," then he is wrong. If he knows perfectly well that it belongs to the landlord, "I have given for use," then it is knowledge.Dr. Wolf: Srila Prabhupada, an
Guest (1): We've got to live here of course. It seems to me almost daily that the next processes in life are the much more interesting and exciting ones. But when I hear you speak of Bhagavad-gita and so on, I know nothing about these people. So now
Darby: ...don't need education then to...Prabhupada: Yes. We are coming from Detroit? There are so many factories for four-wheel vehicles, and there is no factory to educate man to the right path. Perhaps... This is our little attempt, this Krsna con
Mental equilibrium is to fix the mind on Lord Krishna.Mere peacefulness without Krishna consciousnessis dull and useless state of mind.Discipline means first to control one`s own senses.If one wants to discipline one`s children, disciplesor followers
In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana, in a conversation with Ganga Devi, Lord Krishna describes that after 5,000 years of Kali-yuga have passed, His mantra upasaka, the great sage and worshiper of Krishna's holy names, will appear and spread the chanting of
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Lord Kṛṣṇa enlightened Brahmā with the knowledge of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam before the creation of this universe.The first verse of the Bhāgavatam states, tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye: "Lord Kṛṣṇa expanded perfect knowledge into the heart of Lord Brahmā.
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Simply by chanting Hare Krishnaone can be freed from all undesirable habits.Chanting Hare Krishna with strong attachmentone achieves the fruit of love of God very soon.By chanting Hare Krishna we are engaging in the devotional service,the divine s
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