Prabhupada:sa vai pumsam paro dharmoyato bhaktir adhoksajeahaituky apratihatayayatma suprasidati[SB 1.2.6]This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, Chapter Two, text number six. There was a big meeting of great sages, saintly persons, abou
Prabhupada:mattah parataram nanyatkincid asti dhananjayamayi sarvam idam protamsutre mani-gana iva[Bg. 7.7]The controversy about the Absolute Truth, whether the Absolute Truth is form or formless... There are many philosophers. They, some of them are
Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.) Translation: "Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which are all living entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe."Prabhupada
(translated into Spanish by Hrdayananda dasa:)Prabhupada:dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsaranam satamvedyam vastavam atra vastu sivadam tapa-trayonmulanamsrimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte kim va parair isvarahsadyo hrdy avarudhyate 'tra kr
Nitai: "Now hear, O son of Prtha (Arjuna), how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt."Prabhupada:sri bhagavan uvacamayy asakta-manah parthayogam yunjan mad-asrayahasamsayam
Prabhupada: So here it is said that asamsayam. Asamsayam means without doubt. Without doubt. And samagram, samagram means in complete. Those who are philosophers, speculating what is God, what is the Absolute Truth, they cannot know. That is stated i
Prabhupada:Yesterday you were putting forward the logic, "Machine." Machine, we also accept. In Bhagavad-gita it is mentioned, this body is machine, yantra. Yantra means machine. So at the same time, you said, "Growing." Do you grow machine Ford car?
Prabhupada: So blind and the lame man combined together will perform a great task. [break] ...blindly, simply accumulating money, but they do not know how to utilize the money. They should take direction, authorized direction from us, and then it wil
Prabhupada: What is there? He is digging? [break] Just see the fun.Devotee: Of all the four pillars of sinful activity, is meat-eating the worst?Prabhupada: Everything is worst. Sinful is sinful. Disease is disease. This body, either it is living or
Prabhupada:What the atheist will say? Has the atheist any experience that any machine works without operator? Has he got any experience?Paramahamsa: No.Prabhupada: Then why does he say?Paramahamsa: But this whole universe -- we cannot compare the who
Prabhupada: Actually, if we become successful then all these things will be finished. Yes. [break]Devotee: They are attracted by wonderful things such as Sai Baba. He is doing so many wonderful things. People...Prabhupada: That is, means rascal. He d
Satsvarupa: We always say that the best way to water the tree is from the root, but he says that the way that nature actually waters is from the top.Prabhupada: So wherefrom the top water comes?Svarupa Damodara: By evaporation of the ocean.Prabhupada
Prabhupada: Yes. The main point is that "In God we trust," on this slogan... So the same point that, "What do you mean by God and what do you mean by trust? That you do not know." So you have to explain what is God and what is trust, thoroughly, from
bandhur atmatmanas tasyayenatmaivatmana jitatmanaanatmanas tu satrutvevartetatmaiva satruvat"For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy." (Bhagava
The Supreme Lord is said to be 'SachidanandaVigraha' in the revealed scriptures. 'Sat' means eternal. 'Chit' means fully cognizant and 'Ananda' means joy, and 'Vigraha' means specific Personality. Therefore the Lord or the Supreme Godhead who is one
isavasyam idam sarvamyat kinca jagatyam jagattena tyaktena bhunjithama grdhah kasya svid dhanamisa--by the Lord; avasyam--controlled; idam--this; sarvam--all; yat kinca-- whatever; jagatyam--within the universe; jagat--all that is animate or inanimat
By constant chanting, then one come to realize Parabrahman (the Supreme Brahman), or the Absolute Truth.Any person, under any circumstances, can reach an elevated state of consciousness by properly hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, and then, by constantly c
