Dharmaviruddho bhutesu kamo ‘smi bharatarsabha. Sex is allowed only for the begetting of children, not for enjoyment. One can indulge in sex to beget a good child for the benefit of the family, society and world. Otherwise, sex is against the rules and regulations of religious life. A materialistic person does not believe that everything is managed in nature, […]

Srila Prabhupada recounted as follows: “When I was five or six years old, any carpenter I saw I would ask him why don’t you make a Rathayatra cart for me. ‘Yes, why not,’ they would say. I would have my father take me to the carpenter shop, but none of them would make it. One old lady saw […]

I remember in Hyderabad during the temple opening in August 1976 a devotee asked you about Visnujana Maharaja. You looked concerned for a moment then said he was on a higher planetary level continuing his devotional service. Bhavabhuti Prabhu, who was then co-temple president of ISKCON Madras [Chennai], then asked you about taking sannyasa. “I understand the value of taking […]

Visnujana: When Bhaktivinoda Thakura stated that he was leaving this planet with his work unfinished? Prabhupada: Then let us finish. We are descendant of Bhaktivinoda Thakura. So he kept unfinished so that we shall get the chance to finish it. That is his mercy. He could have finished immediately. He is Vaisnava; he is all-powerful. But he gave […]