1. Tourism

    What for you want to go on world tour — people everywhere are doing the same thing, eating, sleeping, mating, and defending — each in some slightly different way, but same substance is there. There are the same streets, same people, same cars, same trees, etc. everywhere, somewhere a hill, somewhere sandy, somewhere some water […]
  2. One guru, and servant-gurus

    There is only one guru — Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So those who simply repeat His words, they also become guru. But of course a guru never thinks himself as being God. He only thinks himself as the servant of the servant of the servant. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Mr. Himtsinh J. […]
  3. Bhoga and tyaga, thievery and lunacy

    The world contains those engaged in bhoga and those engaged in tyaga. However, we will not be happy by following either of these paths because it is not our proper position to either enjoy or renounce. Since everything belongs to Krsna and nothing belongs to anyone else, whatever we possess is actually Krsna’s property (isavasyam […]
  4. Fate-changing

    Fate can be changed by Krsna consciousness. Krsna says, “I shall give you protection from all the resultant action of your sinful life.” That is fate changed. If you don’t surrender to Krsna, then you have to suffer or enjoy the actions of your fruitive activities. But when you surrender to Krsna, He takes charge […]
  5. Doctors

    Svarupa Damodara: I have many medical friends. They frankly admit that oftentimes they kill the patients in the name of treating. It turns out that it was their own medicine that they gave. Prabhupada: Yes. Recently that Dalmia secretary… What is his name? Tamala Krsna: Hitsaran Sharma. Prabhupada: In pathology his prescription was replaced by […]