In the Durga-puja, Devi-puja, they ask, after offering Mother Durga all sorts of paraphernalia, then they puspanjali, they pray favor, dhanam dehi rupam dehi balam dehi. Dehi, dehi. Dehi means “give me.” Therefore it is called puja. Puja, just like in business circle, if you want to take some business from a big merchant, so you satisfy him, flatter […]

Now I am especially concerned to distribute grains, rice, wheat in the form of dahl and rice prasadam to hungry people all over India. The people here are very disturbed because, partly due to the punishment of Nature, and partly due to the mismanagement of the demon class of men, food is not available. If the people do not […]

What was the business of Ramacandra? To kill Ravanas. To kill all the atheists. That was the Ramacandra’s business: to kill Ravana. Ravana was a very powerful atheist, and he was working with the ten heads. Just like materialistic karmis work very hard, and they have got good brain also for wording hard. So Ravana had ten heads. But […]

Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was very rich man’s son, and he left home. So he joined Lord Caitanya.He was the only son, very beloved son, very nice wife. Left everything. And left means stealing, without saying anything. Somehow or other he left home. And the father could understand he has gone to Lord Caitanya at Puri. So he sent […]

Hrdayananda: He wants to know how we can increase our desire for sankirtana. Prabhupada: By performing sankirtana. Just like if a man drinks and if he drinks, drinks, then you become a drunkard. (laughter) Drink more and you become drunkard. Similarly, chant more and you become perfect chanter. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 2.11 — Mexico, […]

Krsna consciousness is for those who have come to detest this material world. They are good candidates for developing Krsna consciousness. Srila Prabhupada, Topmost Yoga System ch. 3

Here in Los Angeles, we have found that there is a group of about 40 devotees who privately meet to discuss the intimate pastimes, artificially thinking that they can enter into the understanding of the gopis prematurely. This will create havoc in our society, and the result will be that if this is allowed to go on, our preaching […]

A demon never cares for any good instruction. He is just like a determined thief: one can give him moral instruction, but it will not be effective. Similarly, those who are demoniac or atheistic by nature can hardly assimilate any good instruction, however authorized it may be. That is the difference between demigods and demons. Those who can accept […]

In this way, you have to understand by studying carefully the philosophy. We have got so many books now, and I want all of my disciples to read them carefully. Soon we shall be instituting Bhaktisastri examinations, and all brahmanas will have to pass. (Srila Prabhupada; letter to Upendra, January 7. 1976)

The Gurukula must be based on the principle of renunciation; vairagya vidya nija bhakti yogam [Cc. Madhya 6.254]. Bhakti is based on the principle of the renunciation of material desires beginning from the earliest age; kaumaram acaret prajna dharman bhagavatan iha [SB 7.6.1]. From the very beginning, a boy must be trained to perform devotional service to the Supreme Personality […]

Therefore there is need of Krsna consciousness movement to understand the way of God. The rascals do not understand what is God, they do not know what is the feature of God, and still, they will not accept this Krsna consciousness movement. We are giving, “Here is God. Here is the form of God. He is so nice. […]

We must always remember that chanting of Hare Krishna Mahamantra is our life and soul. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Madhusudana — Los Angeles 30 January, 1970