If we become pure devotee of Krsna, then my love will be extended to everyone. Not only my society, but to everyone. It is not that "This is my children; that is other's children." All children. All human being. Not my countrymen — all other countrymen. Not only human being, but even animals also. That is sneha. It is not that "I am safe, and let the animals be killed

Makhanlal: In the Sixth Canto of the Bhagavatam you made a statement that if a devotee chants the holy name even once inoffensively, this protects him eternally. Is it possible for a devotee... Prabhupada: Why you take advantage of chants one? Why not sixteen? Opportunist. [laughter] Not devotee. Makhanlal: If one has even some small amount... Prabhupada: This

We are trying to present Bhagavad-gita, or Krsna, as He is. And by the grace of Krsna, it is coming out successful. For thousands of years Bhagavad-gita was being read in foreign countries by big, big scholars, philosophers, but there was not a single devotee of Krsna. But we have started this movement, not even five years old, we have got sixty branches, and there

King Pariksit continued: "The ability to talk can be perfected only by describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The ability to work with one's hands can be successful only when one engages himself in the service of the Lord with those hands. Similarly, one's mind can be peaceful only when one simply thinks of Krsna in full Krsna consciousness. This does

You have to take this sword of Krsna consciousness. Then you become free. The knot [of material entanglement] is cut by this sword. How we can get this sword? Simply, with faith, try to hear. You'll get the sword. We are getting the sword one after another, simply by hearing. I started this movement in New York. I had no actually any sword. Just like in some religious

Most of our preparations are made from milk products. Therefore we are so much fond of cow protection. It gives the basic principle of palatable foodstuff. But these people, they do not know. They simply cut the throat of the cow and boil it and with salt. [laughter] They do not know how to keep the cow and take milk from it and prepare hundreds and thousands of nice

Naturally a woman is under the control of the man. That is our Vedic system, and natural system also. However the woman may claim equal rights, they are under the control of the man. That is natural

Indian man (1): Prabhupada, there's a very important question in my mind all the time, that how a Godbrother should treat the Godbrother with great [indistinct] to produce more love of Godhead and to [indistinct] in them? Prabhupada: You show example. If other Godbrother is not treating you well, you treat him well. Then it will be right. Why you should deviate, that

We have to become very simple and pure. Then it is possible to relish the transcendental chanting

Devotee: How do you develop a service attitude? Prabhupada: By service. In the material world, if you give service you become tired. But transcendental world if you give service, you more become enthusiastic. Yes. More service. That is happening. I do not pay these boys. Rather, they pay me, and they engage the service. They pay and serve. In the material world, as

From a BTG article By Yadurani Devi Dasi IN NEW YORK CITY, 1967, in Srila Prabhupada's Second Avenue apartment, he asked me to paint a picture of Lord Nrsimha-deva, the half-man, half-lion incarnation of Lord Krsna who appeared many millennia ago. In a print Prabhupada's disciple Hayagriva Dasa had brought from India, Lord Nrsimha-deva had about ten arms, and He was

If the Supreme Lord is all-powerful, why should He try to reform His devotee by putting him in distress? The answer is that when the Supreme Personality of Godhead puts His devotee in distress, it is not without purpose. Sometimes the purpose is that in distress a devotee's feelings of attachment to Krsna are magnified. For example, when Krsna, before leaving the