In devotional service there are certain activities which are called determined, such as fasting on certain days, like the eleventh day of the moon, Ekadasi, and on the appearance day of the Lord. All these rules and regulations are offered by the great acaryas for those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association […]

Any path you follow, you have to follow the regulative principles as they are enacted by authorities. So in our disciplic succession, previous acaryas, they have advised that you should have your dress like this, you should have your head like this, you… So we have to follow that. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah [Cc. […]

Radharani thinks always Herself as the lowest of the devotees. She thinks always. She sees always that the gopis, other gopis, they are better qualified to serve Krsna, and She is not qualified, so much qualified. Therefore in Vrndavana, you’ll find the devotees approach Radharani: “Jaya Radhe,” because if Radharani advocates for him to Krsna, it is […]

Why Radharani is worshiped by the devotees? His (her) spirit is like that. If anyone, She finds a nice devotee of Krsna, She immediately recommends to Krsna, “How nice this devotee. He can render better service than Me. Please accept him.” This is spiritualism. This is spiritualism. Who can give better service than Radharani? She is so […]

Unless you love Krsna, why you should be interested to make others Krsna conscious? Let them go to hell. Why you should be so much working hard to make them Krsna conscious, unless you love Krsna? This is the sign of love. “I love Krsna, but I do nothing for Krsna,” that is nonsense. That […]

In human society, therefore, the brahminical culture, ksatriya culture and vaisya culture must be maintained, and people must be taught how to be satisfied with only what they need. In modern civilization there is no such education; everyone tries to possess more and more, and everyone is dissatisfied and unhappy. The Krsna consciousness movement is […]

Our material disease lies in wanting to satisfy our senses. Advancement of civilization means advancement of sense gratification, but bhakti means just the opposite. As long as we are interested in sense gratification, there is no question of bhakti. We have to reduce our tendency for sense gratification and increase our devotional activities. (From Teachings of Lord […]

I am so much pleased to learn that you are taking sankirtana as your life and soul. There is no doubt about Krsna’s being pleased very much upon those who are engaged in such sankirtana movement and that is admitted by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita and Caitanya-caritamrta. Now you form a strong party for opening centers […]

A learned man takes the essence of knowledge from all places, just as a bumblebee collects honey from each and every flower. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.18.2

Don’t spoil your children. The modern educational system without any knowledge of Bhagavan, I may tell you frankly, not only in India, everywhere, they are practically slaughterhouses. Srila Prabhupada; Pandal Lecture — November 20, 1971, Delhi

Here we have to practice to become siddha, perfect. But there, in the Siddhaloka, they are so perfect that they can go from one planet to another. The yogis can go, but they are born yogis. This is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. We have seen in this Second Canto, there is Siddhaloka. So many planets are there, […]

Preaching means that you have to turn the rascals and unfortunate to become intelligent and fortunate. That is preaching. Unless they are fortunate and intelligent, they cannot take to Krsna consciousness. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita As It Is 16.6, South Africa, 18 October, 1975