1. Crazy fellow

    This crazy fellow is fully under the control of material nature, and he’s still thinking that he is independent. That is craziness. Everyone is thinking like that, so everyone is a patient of psychiatrist. How we can declare independence? There is no independence. We are completely dependent on the laws of material nature. Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah. Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam [Bg. […]
  2. Indians are born devotees

    At least we Indians, we are trained up like that. Not only trained up, we are born devotees. Anyone who has taken birth in India, that is special  facility. In their previous birth, they had performed many austerities, much austerities. Even the demigods, they desire also to take birth in India to get this opportunity. From Srila Prabhupada’s […]
  3. Mam hi partha vyapasritya

    Striyah sudras tatha vaisyah, including woman and sudras and vaisyas, they are considered as less intelligent. They are considered as less intelligent. Therefore, according to Vedic system, a boy born in a brahmana family, he is allowed all the samskaras, reformatory, purificatory process, but the girl is not. Why? Now, because a girl has to follow her husband. So […]
  4. Chant, hear, enjoy, and advance

    Some way or other, if you take to Krsna consciousness, your reluctance for sense gratification will automatically come. You haven’t got to train yourself “How to stop my sense gratification?” if you simply go on chanting Hare Krsna sincerely. And what is that process? Chanting and hearing. When you chant, you hear, and you will enjoy. And you will […]
  5. To be safe from sinful reactions

    When you work, intentionally or unintentionally, we are committing so many sinful activities. Take, for example, that we are not in favor of animal killing; but when we walk on the street, unintentionally we are killing so many animals. You cannot get out of this entanglement. When you are drinking water, you are killing so many animals. When […]
  6. Don’t waste time

    You shall always hold classes. Read these books, discuss, try to understand. Then time will be properly utilized. Don’t talk useless things. Some engagement. So long you are engaged in service of the Deity, that is very good. Otherwise, you should hold class, read these books, discuss among them. Then the proper utilization of time. Avyartha-kalatvam [Cc. Madhya 23.18]. Advancement […]
  7. Ugra-karmis spoiling their lives

    At the present moment everyone is engaged in technological advancement, which is described in Bhagavad-gita as ugra-karma — extremely severe endeavor. This ugra-karma is the cause of agitation within the human mind. Men are engaging in many sinful activities and becoming degraded by opening slaughterhouses, breweries and cigarette factories, as well as nightclubs and other establishments for sense enjoyment. In […]
  8. The truth

    The truth is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the enjoyer and that the living entities are meant for His service and enjoyment. One who knows this truth, and who tries to engage all resources in the service of the Lord, escapes all material reactions and influences of the modes of material nature. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to […]
  9. Go on chanting, depend on Krsna

    Don’t be diverted from the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, and don’t be afraid of because there is some danger. Take shelter of Krsna’s lotus feet, chant Hare Krsna mantra, and dangers will be over. But we should not create such position, dangerous. It is already dangerous. Because Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also very cautious about spiritual life. Sannyasira […]
  10. Governors, embassies — no use

    Prabhupada: In Delhi, we established that center. Ananda Niketan. Full of foreign embassies. So nobody came. Brahmananda: They came the first night, and that was it. Prabhupada: Nobody came. Brahmananda: Neither were they very friendly. Prabhupada: They thought that “We are living so nicely, embassy and ambassador, and living in such a nice house, comfortably. What is […]
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