From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Balavanta December 13, 1972 Now I want that we shall recruit more and more our men amongst the intelligent class of men. They, because they are little educated or they have got some wealth or fame or ability, so they will be sometimes little puffed-up, but that is all right, they deserve it. […]

Your statements expressing your surrender to your spiritual master is proper. If this principle is followed you will remain pure and always protected by Krsna. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Hansadutta  — 1 October, 1974

If actually they want peace and prosperous they should spend their money for performing this yajna everywhere. In Calcutta there was sometimes so many Durga-puja-pandals; kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante ‘nya-devatah [Bg 7.20]. [Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.] But now, […]

Ishan dasa recalls: A time in Sridham Mayapur, somewhere between 1973-75, the main building was not yet completed at that time. Srila Prabhupada was on the second floor in his then temporary quarters.  Bhavananda’s room was down the porch on the same floor.  And all of the kirtans that could be heard from the large kirtan […]

Mahatma Gandhi is supposed to be a great personality, but what is his teaching? He remained in designation, that’s all. “Feel like Indian and drive away the English.” By one designation, you drive away another designation. This is going on. And he took Bhagavad-gita and never said, “Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” (Srila Prabhupada — August 8, […]

(London, August 6, 1971) Our great leader in India, in the later days, he was so much disgusted, because he wanted Hindu-Muslim unity. But the result was that Muslim partisan made a partition, and they took away the Pakistan. He wanted nonviolence, but actually there were so many violences, the Hindu-Muslim riots. During the last days of the British […]

Just like we are trying to spread this Krsna consciousness movement all over the world because on account of love. Someway or other, we have come in contact with Krsna. We are understanding that these people are in maya, or in ignorance; they do not know how to become happy. So our little attempt is, “Let them become Krsna […]

When I first joined in Sydney, we used to have really nice lunches — two or three different subjis, homemade bread, rice, dal, chapatis, sweets; this was our daily lunch. When Prabhupada came, he immediately stopped it. He said, “Rice, dal, and chapatis. Bas! For the Sunday feast, they can eat opulently. But it is not good for spiritual […]