The essence of devotion The Lord accepts the essence of one’s emotions. There is no fooling Him, for He is witness to all our internal desires and external actions. More important than the activities is the consciousness with which they are performed
True humility One of the most glorious attribute in a devotee is humility. It is an essential pre-requisite to offenseless chanting. In the beginning stages, humility is understanding that God is infinite and we are infinitesimal. As one progresses t
Recently there was quite uproar at a prominent public figure admitting to an illicit affair. The outcry was not really directed at the illicit affair - in fact there were quite a few indulgent winks and understanding nods for that. What really upset
Prabhupada: That is the most successful. Wherever book distribution is going on nicely, that is successful, because people are in gross ignorance. They are taking this temporary life as everything. Very horrible condition. We are trying to explain wh
Prabhupada: ...scientists can change it? Nature. Nature. Nature should be one kind. Why there are two kinds, varieties? [break] ...migration of the soul is clearly understood or not? Explain how the transmigration takes place.Madhavananda: Dehino 'sm
Prabhupada: Oh. [break] ...plan for wasting time. (devotees laugh) So the material world means they have got different devices for wasting time, not for utilizing time. Is it correct?Prajapati: It is considered one of our major problems, leisure time
Prabhupada:The Mayavada is a very dangerous philosophy. It has made the whole world atheistic. Hare Krsna. Jaya. Mayavadam asac-chastram pracchanam bauddham ucyate. They cannot understand that this is a dangerous philosophy.Yasomatinandana: He comes
Prabhupada: Just like, just like if you want to give me some food to eat. So you should give me to my mouth, not to my rectum. (laughter)Dr. Patel: But they are doing it now. We are giving enema. We treat with enema in America. (laughs) He said, he s
Prabhupada: Just like bodily action. Now you feel call of nature. So you have to pass urine.Chandobhai: No, that is correct.Prabhupada: That's allDr. Patel: Does not attach.Chandobhai: That action, you're not attached.Prabhupada: Yes.Dr. Patel: At le
Chandobhai:idam tu te guhyatamampravaksyamy anasuyavejnanam vijnana-sahitamyaj jnatva moksyase 'subhatPrabhupada: Yes, the first qualification is anasuyave.Dr. Patel: Anasuyave, one who is not cajoling against God.Prabhupada: No. One who is not envio
Prabhupada: Why the law of gravitation is violated?Svarupa Damodara: They say the cells are alive when the...Prabhupada: They say. They have got this cell theory. Therefore under condition, this law of gravitation works. It is not unconditional. Then
Prabhupada: ...difficulty for the scientist to understand God? What is their difficulty? We understand God very easily.Svarupa Damodara: They find it very hard to see the spirit, the soul in... It is very doubtful, they say.Prabhupada: No, no, spirit
Prabhupada: ...has done a great mistake. I never expected... (noise) ...all of a sudden... [break] You see the so-called swamis and yogis. They could not do anything, because they are outsider. They are not within the jurisdiction of Krsna. One must
Those who are intelligent never ask Krishna for anything. They only want Krishna. Although they may apparently seem to be very poor, wretched and distressed, actually they are very, very wealthy persons. Therefore they are known as maharajas, kings o
vipadah santu tah sasvattatra tatra jagad-gurobhavato darsanam yat syadapunar bhava-darsanam"I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repea
Now today is our Radhastami ceremony. So, so far Radharani, Radharani, today is the birthday of Srimati Radharani. Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. Krsna is the Supreme Brahman. Just try to understand. Krsna is the Supreme Brahman. Param b
So today is the Disappearance Day of my guru maharaj. As I told you, thatsadhava jiva ma maro va. There was a nice story, the other day I told you that a sage is giving different kinds of blessings to different types of persons. So to a king's son, a
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the golden avatara, appeared in India nearly five hundred years ago. It is the custom in India that when a child is born, an astrologer is called for. When Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared five thousan
