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
On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service
When my Guru Maharaja was present even big, big scholars were afraid to talk with his beginning students. My Guru Maharaja was called Living Encyclopedia, he could talk with anyone on any subject. He was so learned -- so we should be like that as far as possible. No compromise -- Ramakrishna, avataras, yogis, everyone was enemy to Guru Maharaja -- he never compromised. Some Godbrothers complained that this preaching was chopping technique and it
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 23
bhutair mahadbhir ya imah puro vibhur
nirmaya sete yad amusu purusah
bhunkte gunan sodasa sodasatmakah
so 'lankrsista bhagavan vacamsi me
bhutaih -- by the elements; mahadbhih -- of material creation; yah -- He who; imah -- all these; purah -- bodies; vibhuh -- of the Lord; nirmaya -- for being set up; sete -- lie down; yat amusu -- one who incarnated; purusah -- Lord Visnu; bhunkte -- causes to be subjected; gunan -- the three modes of nature; sodasa --
By Kripamoya das
Of course we do. Why would anyone ask such a challenging question? ISKCON is a preaching mission, a worldwide O fellowship of compassionate Vaisnavas, completely dedicated to the topmost welfare work for mankind. We sacrifice our entire lives in order to reach out to others and give them the greatest gift: love of God. At least, this is how we like to see ourselves. So it always comes as a surprise when we are asked the above question by members who do not live in one of our 500
One in every 10 Americans missed a mortgage payment in the first quarter of this year -- a new record.
One in 10 Americans' credit-card usage is being written off -- also a new record.
One in six Americans are either unemployed or underemployed. Over four in 10 of those jobless
Americans have been out of work for at least six months and there are five unemployed workers competing for every job opening.
One in four Americans with a mortgage have negative equity in their homes.
Only one in 50 Americ
