There are two verses in the Canakya Sloka how a family or an institution can be glorified or burned into ashes by one person. Canakya Pandit says that if there is one tree in the forest producing nice aromatic flower, that one tree can glorify the whole forest by the flavor of its flower. Similarly […]

This body belongs to Krishna and therefore we must always keep it in healthy condition to the best of our ability, but if due to some past sinful activities, we are suffering some bodily miseries we should not become discouraged. Devotional service must continue under all circumstances. This material body is actually a bad bargain […]

*Jnana das aka Nemi Maharaj:*  In Africa I had the most interaction with Prabhupada than anywhere else because there weren’t many devotees there at that time. I went on the morning walks with him a couple of times, and after class I would ask a question because I heard that he was happy when we […]

Another significant point of this verse is that one has to observe the prescribed rules and regulations. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, yuktahara-viharasya. When one engages in devotional service in Krsna consciousness, he still has to eat, sleep, defend and mate because these are necessities of the body. But he performs such activities in a regulated […]

My dear boys and girls, you are working so hard for broadcasting the glories of Lord Krishna’s lotus feet and thus my Guru Maharaja will be so pleased upon you. Certainly my Guru Maharaja will bestow His blessings thousand times more than me and that is my satisfaction. All Glories to the assembled devotees. From […]

Hamsaduta: I think all of us had thought when you called us to India, “Now we will have to starve.” So we came, and there is so much to eat. Revatinandana: When we left New York City, the last Sunday, Rsi-kumara cooked a tremendous feast. So we ate until we couldn’t move, ’cause we thought […]

Krishna can change anything, therefore we worship Him as the greatest scientist. If a man knows swimming he can stay up. So if this much power has a man, what to speak of God. So we see that Ramacandra has the art how to make stones float. It is a question of knowing the art. […]

At the present moment throughout the entire world, the atheists are extremely numerous. Thus the material world is becoming more and more godless, and consequently everything is in a disturbed condition. If this continues, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will certainly take action, as He did in the case of the demon Hiranyakasipu. The demons […]

I wish that every one of you should be Lion’s descendant. Our Lord Krishna assumed the form of Lion & killed the atheist, Hiranyakasipu, & by disciplic succession we shall also kill all impersonalist atheist. Absolutely there is no Krishna Consciousness for the impersonalist. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Madhusudana — Navadvipa 2 November, 1967

Hiranyakasipu was so powerful that even the demigods were afraid of him. And Krsna took away everything in a second by the nails. Tava nakha kara-kamala vare nakham adbhuta-srngam. Wonderful nails. He wanted to be secure: “I’ll not die this way. I’ll not die that way.” But he forgot to say that “I’ll not die […]

Prahlada Maharaja sometimes felt that the Lord was far away from him and therefore called Him loudly. When he saw that the Lord was before him, he was fully jubilant. Sometimes, thinking himself one with the Supreme, he imitated the Lord’s pastimes, and in separation from the Lord he would sometimes show symptoms of madness. […]

Srila Prabhupada said: The most important thing you need in order to teach children is to lovethem. Told by Krsnanandini-devi Dasi (edited). Recorded in Memories of a Modern Day Saint Vol. 5 by Siddhanta das