1. Shameless women

    In India, woman drinking or taking meat is a horrible crime. And what to speak of smoking? That is most shameless. Srila Prabhupada, in conversation with Yogi Amrit Desai of Kripalu Ashram, Pennsylvania, USA — January 2, 1977, Bombay
  2. We are going to Krsna

    We are confident what is God, what is His father's name, what is His name, what is His address — everything. No samsaya, no doubt! Everything complete. Asamsayam. We are confident that we are going to Krsna, back to home, back to Godhead. There is no doubt
  3. Big-time Indologists

    This Bhagavad-gita is the science of Krsna consciousness. No one can become Krsna conscious simply by mundane scholarship. One must be fortunate enough to associate with a person who is in pure consciousness. A Krsna conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of Krsna, because he is satisfied with pure devotional service. By realized knowledge, one becomes
  4. We are the Mayavadis

    When Srila Prabhupada first began lecturing in New York in 1966, he would often attack the Mayavadi impersonalists in his talks, and not understanding this I joked with friend: "Mayavadi? When was the last time you saw a Mayavadi?" None of us could understand who Srila Prabhupada was talking about; we all thought that the Mayavadis were a little group of philosophers
  5. Vedic system of instruction

    Especially instruction are given to men. All literatures, all Vedic literatures, they are especially meant for instruction to the men. Woman is to follow the husband, that's all. The husband will give instruction to the wife. There is no such thing as the girl should go to school to take brahmacari-asrama or go to spiritual master to take instruction. That is not
  6. Motorcars means slaughterhouses

    You have seen the picture, Krsna, Vrndavana picture, Krsna's father transferring Krsna — they were going on bullock carts, no motorcar. You have seen the picture. So formerly, transport was bullock carts. The cows and the bulls, the bulls were employed for agricultural purpose, for drawing the carts. So there was no necessity of motorcar. Now you have got motorcar
  7. Response to Sanaka Rsi Dasa

    Your case largely rests on the assumption that the CPO is highly trustworthy, makes no mistakes, and has no bias or political agenda. A different picture of the CPO appears in at least two articles (posted on this website, Sampradaya Sun), which I urge readers of this letter to peruse.
  8. Regarding Child Abuse

    There are many horrible things going on the world. One of them which is widespread in the modern world and has also severely impacted ISKCON is child abuse. Although within our society now there are all kinds of systems that are meant to prevent that, it seems that it is impossible to totally prevent.
  9. Brave Prabhupada

    Brahmananda: ...Calcutta, on the Maidan, there's that big building, that big memorial. Is that... Prabhupada: Oh, Victoria Memorial. Brahmananda: That was built for the king when he was coming? Prabhupada: No, that was built in memory of Victoria. It was done imitating the Taj Mahal. It took twenty years. Sir Rajendra Nath Mukherjee of Martin Company, he took the