Leaders must be perfect. Therefore, according to Vedic civilization, at least three persons in the society... The first: the priest or the spiritual master, who are engaged in teaching people about religiosity, he must be perfect, above suspicion. Similarly, public leader, he must be also above suspicion. A brahmana... Brahmana means priest also. He must be above

Guest (1): She is also doing that japa. And while this mala, doing mala, and doing the japa, the mind doesn't remain fixed in God. You know, it wanders about. So what is the way of fixing the mind? Prabhupada: To hear. "Hare Krsna." Chant and hear. Guest (1): Speak loudly. Prabhupada: Yes. Guest (2) [Indian lady]: Speak loudly but still the mind goes away here and

Yes, the students should agree to be malleable by the Spiritual Master, then his success is sure. In your western part of the world, people are falsely taught not to become slavish. Everyone wants to assert his personal views and opinions, without following any authority. That is the general tendency. But although such persons claim not to be slaves, actually they are

That is the desire of Krsna, or God, that the state executive head should be as pious as Maharaja Yudhisthira. That is the scheme. Unfortunately, people do not want that. They have now discovered this democracy. Democracy... ‘Demon-cracy.’ Shortcut of ‘demon-cracy’ is ‘democracy.’ All the demons and rogues, they gather together, somehow or other votes, and occupy the

Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham. This happiness of the grhamedhi, family attachment... Family you can utilize, grhastha. If you are inconvenienced to accept sannyasa or brahmacari life, remain in household life, but the purpose is the same, to develop Krsna consciousness. If one is in the family life and is trying to advance in Krsna consciousness, he is

This kind of election is rascal election. It has no meaning. Therefore the public must know whom to elect and how to elect. That should be our propaganda. Because nowadays it is democratic government, teach people how to select the real leader. Real leader means who does not commit mistake, who is not illusioned, who does not cheat and who has no imperfect senses, who

Amogha: Srila Prabhupada, I remember once I heard a tape where you told us that we should not try to read the books of previous acaryas. Prabhupada: Hmm? Amogha: That we should not try to read Bhaktivinoda's books or earlier books of other..., our acaryas. So I was just wondering... Prabhupada: I never said that. Amogha: You didn't say that? Oh. Prabhupada: How is

Bahulasva: Srila Prabhupada, what can we do to curb down these rascals? Prabhupada: Chant Hare Krsna. Bahulasva: That will curb them down. Prabhupada: Yes. They will be purified. The more you chant Hare Krsna, they will be purified. All problems are there on account of misunderstanding. What we are distributing? We are simply moving misunderstanding and bringing them

So I simply request you, you are doing the greatest service to the world by giving up everything for preaching this Krishna philosophy, you please continue just as you are doing. Introduce this process of chanting Hare Krishna, distribute as much prasadam as possible, and if possible see that all our books are translated and distributed as widely as possible. This is

Disunity between individual souls is so strong within this material world that even in a society of Krsna consciousness, members sometimes appear disunited due to their having different opinions and leaning toward material things. Actually, in Krsna consciousness there cannot be two opinions. There is only one goal: to serve Krsna to one's best ability. If there is

You have written to say that your wife and you have a problem on which you require my help. The whole world, beginning with the highest planet to the lowest in this material world is facing this problem. Combination of husband and wife is a necessary satisfaction of the sex urge. The foolish people see everyday this problematic situation, still they are not

In India we have got many things to do. Because the business in India is important in this respect, that partly due to their subjugation by foreigners, their original culture has been killed. Just like in India, they did not know drinking tea, drinking wine, meat-eating, illicit sex. They did not know. Even fifty, a hundred years before, they did not know. These