1. A Vaisnava’s real qualification

    We are in one of the universes. And Caitanya Mahaprabhu has described, "As there are many multimillions of mustard seed within a bag." Just imagine. If you bring one bag of mustard seed, round, round, so that round, round seed, that each and every universe. So one devotee of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Vasudeva Datta, he prayed to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Sir, You have come.
  2. Not by mundane scholarship can sastra be understood

    Many scholarly, learned scholars, Sanskrit scholars, they cannot understand Bhagavatam. I have seen many scholars, they cannot understand Bhagavata. Sanskrit scholars, they will read, but they will not be able to understand. Similarly, Bhagavad-gita also. If anyone studies Bhagavad-gita from scholarly point of view, a-b-c-d, he'll not understand. Krsna therefore says
  3. War against this godless civilization

    Preach as much as possible, by sankirtana, big sankirtana. Big sankirtana is book distribution, and small sankirtana is with mrdanga. Big sankirtana is going on all over the world; small sankirtana locally. Overflood the demons' godless civilization. Our declaration of war against this godless civilization. Srila Prabhupada — December 31, 1976, Bombay
  4. Book production: There is so much scope

    You should always remember the Gita Press example. They had third-class printing and doubtful subject matter, yet they were maintaining seventy-five big printing machines. There is so much scope. If we give first-class printing and first-class subject matter, there is huge scope. Whatever the price, Hindi-speaking people will pay; they are not poor. Print huge stock
  5. Ideal mode of grhastha living

    This is Indian attitude. They do not care for the modern, civilized way of life, wasting time reading some nonsense book or going to the bars, the cinema, talking unnecessarily. They do not like. Those who are old style, they do not. They have no time to waste time in that way. They must be inclined that "I must prepare something nice so that my husband, my children
  6. Control lusty desire by Krsna consciousness

    The brahmacari is educated in that way. Up to twenty-five years he cannot see a young woman. He cannot see even. This is brahmacari. He cannot see. Then he is trained up in that way, that he may continue a brahmacari life. Naisthika-brahmacari. But if he's unable, then he's allowed to marry. That is called grhastha life, householder life. Because between twenty-five
  7. Stop this suicidal policy

    Now we see the sky, the sun, how nice it is. This is life. Green, down, and up, clear sky, sun. This is life. We get rejuvenation in this atmosphere. What is this nonsense, all skyscraper building, no air, no light? Jagato 'hitaya. The mind becomes crippled, the health becomes deteriorated, children cannot see even the sky — everything is spoiled. Improve this mode of