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green island of Govindadwipa in Ireland! Come and immerse yourself for a few
days in some wonderful Krsna Katha on the Sacred Island Mandir, Govindadwipa.
For details see the poster!
In service of Srimati Vrinda Devi,
Deena Bandhu dasa
SRILA PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT
INCREASING POPULATION NO PROBLEM
This conversation between Srila Prabhupada and some journalists took place in London, England, on August 18, 1971.
Srila Prabhupada: Now India is faced with so many problems on account of imitating Western civilization.
Guest: Not simply because of the increased population?
Srila Prabhupada: There is no question of increased population. This idea, I say always, is foolishness.
Guest: Foolishness?
Srila Prabhupada: The birds and beasts are al
The Yoga of Attachment
A lecture given in San Francisco, March 26, 1968
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness
To know Krsna we must learn the secret that will inspire Him to reveal Himself.
sri-bhagavan uvaca
mayy asakta-manah partha
yogam yunjam mad-asrayah
asamsayam samagram mam
yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Prtha, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of
| "Do Unto Others..." |
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
- Thoreau
I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.
- Gandhi
Each year about 134 million mammals and 3 billion birds are killed for food in America. But few people make any conscious connection between this slaughter and the meat products that appear
| Beyond Vegetarianism |
If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it.
- Bhagavad-gita (9.26)
Beyond concerns of health, psychology, economics, ethics, and even karma, vegetarianism has a higher, spiritual dimension that can help us develop our natural appreciation and love for God.
Walking through a supermarket, people may forget a very basic fact of nature - it's not man but God who makes food. There's something mystical about the way food grows. You put
Karma and Reincarnation |
In human society, if one kills a man he has to be hanged [or punished]. That is the law of the state. Because of ignorance people do not perceive that there is a complete state controlled by the Supreme Lord. Every living creature is the son of the Supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even and ant's being killed. One has to pay for it.
- Srila Prabhupada
Capital punishment is the state's ultimate act of reprisal, and no sacrifice surpasses offering one's life for the sake
Health and a Meatless Diet |
The central question about vegetarian diets used to be whether it was healthy to eliminate meat and other animal foods. Now, however, the main question has become whether it is healthier to be a vegetarian than to be a meat eater. The answer to both questions, based on currently available evidence, seems to be yes.
- Jane E. Brody
New York Times News Service
Today, with increasing evidence of diet's critical effect on good health and longevity, more and more people are inv
The Hidden Cost of Meat |
In his 1975 bestseller, The Eco-Spasm Report, futurist Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock and The Third Wave, suggested a positive hope for the world's food crisis. He anticipated "the sudden rise of a religious movement in the West that restricts the eating of beef and thereby saves billions of tons of grain and provides a nourishing diet for the world as a whole."
Solving the Hunger Problem
Food expert Francis Moore Lappé, author of the best-selling
A Higher Taste |
(Excerpts from the writings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)
The Myth of Scarcity
With the good will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead there can be enough fruits, grains, and other food stuffs produced so that all the people in the world could not finish them, even if they ate ten times their capacity. In this material world there is actually no scarcity of anything but Krishna consciousness. If people become Krishna conscious, by the transcendental will
Demon Hiranyakashipan, performed vigourous tapas to Lord Brahma for taking revenge on Devas as his brother Hiranyaksha was killed by Lord Vishnu,and to conquer the universe.
After performing tapas for a long time the demon Hiranyakashipan got a boon from brahma such that he cannot be killed either by a human being or an animal,neither demon nor god,nor with a weapon,and nei
Instead of coming once in a yuga, once in a millennium, once in a century, once in a decade or a year, they are coming in every hour, every minute, every second. NEW AVATARAS!!! Of course these are not real a
Now devotees following in Lord Caitanya’s footsteps chant the holy name of the Lord to spiritually uplift everyone. Devotees have become a familiar sight in many citites and towns around the
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
Srila Prabhupada, you wanted your sannyasis to do big things.
"Make more disciples than me.
Write more books than me.
Open more temples than me."
To fulfill even one of these dictums seems for me almost impossible, but the challenge is relishable. I don't want to do anything cheaply, in a
sriyah patir yajna-patih praja-patir
dhiyam patir loka-patir dhara-patih
patir gatis candhaka-vrsni-satvatam
prasidatam me bhagavan satam patih
sriyah -- all opulence; patih -- the owner; yajna -- of sacrifice; patih -- the director; praja-patih -- the leader of all living entities; dhiyam -- of intelligence; patih -- the master; loka-patih -- the proprietor of all planets; dhara -- earth; patih -- the supreme; patih -- head; gatih -- destination; ca -- a
People fighting for causes, right or wrong, are trying to make an arrangement to be happy until death, but however long we may enjoy our triumph before we die, we will have much longer to live afterward.
If our cause cannot help us go beyond death, then whatev
Lord Caitanya has come to show the way.
The Maya witch has held you in her sway.
Too long you've let illusion take its toll.
You've been asleep. You've long forgot the goal.
Now chant the Mahamantra night and day.
Wake up, wake up, and chant, O sleeping soul.
Lord Caitanya has come to show the way.
You've roamed this world of night from pole to pole,
Although you promised once you'd never stray.
You've wept for what is only crumbling clay,
But Krsna's blessed
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami
When Radha saw Krsna enjoying affectionate exchanges with all the cowherd maidens in the groves of Vrndavana, she became indignant because he had not acknowledged her eminence. She immediately departed for another part of the forest and hid herself inside a shady bower that resounded with the drone of bumblebees. Bewildered by love for Radha, Krsna was sitting in a dense grove on the Yamuna riverside feeling deeply depressed. Radha’
