Indian literary history, warned that in literary terms, India is on the verge of becoming a country as brand-new as America. He gave the keynote speech opening the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday morning. 'It is now entirely gitimate to ask, if dismaying and disturbing, if within two generations there will be anyone in India who will have the capacity of reading Indian literature produced before 1800,' he said. 'I have a feeling that that
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Indian literary history, warned that in literary terms, India is on the verge of becoming a country as brand-new as America. He gave the keynote speech opening the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday morning. 'It is now entirely gitimate to ask, if dismaying and disturbing, if within two generations there will be anyone in India who will have the capacity of reading Indian literature produced before 1800,' he said. 'I have a feeling that that
One thing Prabhupada liked about California was that it was easy for him to obtain eucalyptus twigs there. Prabhupada used them for brushing his teeth in the morning. He liked them cut the thickness of the little finger and about six inches long, and they were soaked in water overnight before he used them. At this time Krsnadasa was going out in the morning to pick them. He would keep a good supply wrapped up in tin foil in the refrigerator. Hearing that eucalyptus trees were uncommon in Americ
Thinking there might be some significance to his dream, I asked him what dreams were.
Prabhupada replied in a general way, saying that they are impressions stored within the mind, not just
Nitai's lotus feet are more cooling than the shining of millions of moons. Their shade gives solace to the universe. O brother, without a personality such as Nitai, it is not possible to attain Radha & Krsna. So hold on very tightly to His lotus feet-(Srila Narottama das Thakura )
CRY OUT FOR THE MERCY OF LORD NITYANANDA! WE ARE FOOLS WITHOUT YOUR MERCY WE CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND YOUR MERCY. WE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD PARCHED BY THE HOT SUN OF SENSE GRATIFICATION JUST LIKE A PERSON LOST IN THE DESERT WITHOUT A DROP OF WATER. THERE COMES THE SOOTHING COOLING RAYS OF A THOUSAND MILLION MOONS TO RELIEVE US, AND NOURISH US WITH THEIR LOVING MERCY AND THAT IS NONE OTHER THAN THE LOTUS FEET OF NITYANANDA PRABHU.
HOLD ON TO IT! HOLD ON TO IT! NEVER
He was so troubled by the poor standard
Srila Prabhupada explained in class this morning the duty of government. Interestingly, despite his many criticisms of the British, he used them as an example of good government. "So two brahmastra weapons released, one by Asvatthama and by Arjuna, it created havoc, catastrophe, and the people were suffering. So this is the duty of the government, to see that everyone is in peaceful condition. During Maharaja Yudhisthira's time they were so happy that
I was surprised that he sought my opinion; how could my view of anything be of any possible use to Prabhupada? How could I give advice to
When I entered his room, Harikesa was sitting
Srila Prabhup
In describing the Vedic educational system of training a person to work according to his varna
Prabhupada cut in. "No, no. If he resides in everyone, then why he has special claim?"
"Yes. Well, he says he has remembered."
"He remembers?" Prabhupada asked. "How God can forget?"
"That he says here. He says that, 'Take paddy or ric
