By HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“Because of my state of complete foolishness and paucity of pious activities, although the Lord offered me His personal service, I wanted material name, fame and prosperity. My case is just like that of the poor man who, when he satisfied a great emperor who wanted to give him anything he might ask, out of ignorance asked only a few broken grains of husked rice.”
PURPORT
In this verse the word svārājyam, which means “complete independence,” is very sig
Voluntary restraint and the acceptance of discipline form essential parts of Vaishnava initiation.
Did you hear the story of the man who rode up to the gates of our Mayapur, West Bengal, temple to sell ice cream? He had one of those tricycles you see a lot in India—the ones with a refrigerated box on the back. Nothing sells quite like ice cream on a hot day. Only he wasn’t selling ice cream at all.
He opened the lid of the icebox, pulled out a hand bell and a bunch of papers, then began ringing
