1. By namaparadha we cannot understand Krsna

    If we keep ourself on the material platform, then for thousand years we may chant, it will be difficult. That is called namaparadha. Of course, holy name is so powerful that even by chanting with offense, gradually he becomes pure. Therefore we should not give up chanting. Any circumstances, we should go on chanting Hare Krsna mantra. But the warning is that if we
  2. Dr. Radhakrishnan, Tagore, and others

    Dr. Radhakrishnan Born: 5 September 1888, Thiruttani Died: 17 April 1975 Prabhupada: Dr. Radhakrishnan was a good man, brahmana, but he was victimized by the Western culture. He got some money from Oxford University; therefore he took the Westerner as his father-mother. That is his qualification. Whatever the Westerners say, they will say, he will say, "Yes, this is
  3. Srimad-Bhagavatam, the torchlight to see things in proper perspective

    Srimad-Bhagavatam is the philosophy of devotional service and the scientific presentation of man's relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Prior to the age of Kali there was no need for such a book of knowledge to know the Lord and His potential energies, but with the beginning of the age of Kali human society gradually became influenced by four sinful
  4. The real business of India

    If you actually serious about becoming immortal, then you should study the Vedic literatures from India. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission, that in India there is the process, how to become immortal. So He recommended, therefore, He desired, that Indians, you Indians, you have got the facility. Don't spoil your life by imitating the so-called rascal scientists of
  5. Women first in everything

    Srila Prabhupada told how seventy years ago there was a comic book by a famous author in Bengal, India, about women going to work and men staying home. Women met and one said, We have taken over equally in all affairs except we still have to bear children. One woman from East Bengal stood and said, "We are the first in everything. We shall be the first ones to have