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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 3
sarvam hy etad bhavan veda
bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh
karamalaka-vad visvam
vijnanavasitam tava

sarvam -- all and everything; hi -- certainly; etat -- this; bhavan -- your good self; veda -- know; bhuta -- all that is created or born; bhavya -- all that will be created or born; bhavat -- all that is being created; prabhuh -- you, the master of everything; kara-amalaka-vat -- just like a walnut within your grip; visvam -- the universe; vijnana-avasitam --

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

The Krsna consciousness movement declares war against bogus incarnations. The bogus propaganda put out by people claiming to be God has killed God consciousness all over the world. Members of the Krsna consciousness movement must be very alert to defy these rascals who are presently misleading the whole world. One such rascal, known as Paundraka, appeared before Lord Krsna, and the Lord immediately killed him. Of course, those who are Krsna's ser

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 2
yad rupam yad adhisthanam
yatah srstam idam prabho
yat samstham yat param yac ca
tat tattvam vada tattvatah

yat -- what; rupam -- the symptoms of manifestation; yat -- what; adhisthanam -- background; yatah -- from where; srstam -- created; idam -- this world; prabho -- O my father; yat -- in which; samstham -- conserved; yat -- what; param -- under control; yat -- what are; ca -- and; tat -- of this; tattvam -- the symptoms; vada -- please describe; tattv

On the day of Aksaya Tritiya in Vrindavan, all large Goswami Temple Deities are covered with chandan Paste and not a bit of cloth used to cover the deities in the afternoon. The festival is also celebrated in our ISKCON Vrindavan temple and it usually continues for 21 days with the Utsava Vigrahas covered in chandan. The Deities are covered completely

with chandan

(sandalwood paste), which provides the Lord relief from the scorching heat of summer in the month of Vaisakha/Jyestha (May/June).

Once,

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

In 1975 there was much protest in American newspapers over Srila Prabhupada's assertion that women are less intelligent than men. Several women reporters came to interview Srila Prabhupada, but he would not compromise with them. Totally frustrated, a lady journalist once stormed out, slamming the door. Srila Prabhupada just laughed. The press coverage went from bad to worse, but Srila Prabhupada stood by his principles.

A critic might contend that

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 1
narada uvaca
deva-deva namas te 'stu
bhuta-bhavana purvaja
tad vijanihi yaj jnanam
atma-tattva-nidarsanam

naradah uvaca -- Sri Narada said; deva -- of all demigods; deva -- the demigod; namah -- obeisances; te -- unto you as; astu -- are; bhuta-bhavana -- the generator of all living beings; purva-ja -- the firstborn; tat vijanihi -- please explain that knowledge; yat jnanam -- which knowledge; atma-tattva -- transcendental; nidarsanam -- specifically direct

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

At a public lecture in Glasgow, a young man stood up and loudly declared, ''I am God!'' ''You are not God,'' Srila Prabhupada retorted, ''you are dog!" (From Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol. 5 Ch. 4) And that man also thanked Prabhupada.

At a pandala program in Delhi, Srila Prabhupada called a belligerent American hippie onto the stage in the middle of his lecture.

"Have you realized yourself ?" the young man demanded. "Have you realized the soul in

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 24
namas tasmai bhagavate
vasudevaya vedhase
papur jnanam ayam saumya
yan-mukhamburuhasavam

namah -- my obeisances; tasmai -- unto Him; bhagavate -- unto the Personality of Godhead; vasudevaya -- unto Vasudeva or His incarnations; vedhase -- the compiler of the Vedic literatures; papuh -- drunk; jnanam -- knowledge; ayam -- this Vedic knowledge; saumyah -- the devotees, especially the consorts of Lord Krsna; yat -- from whose; mukha-amburuha -- the lotuslike