1. Facing severe adversity

    If one is situated in real Krsna consciousness, he can face the most severe type of adversity and remain completely undisturbed. In our Krsna consciousness movement, we are giving people this ability. Srila Prabhupada, as quoted in Journey of Self-discovery 7.3: Psychoanalysisand the Soul.
  2. Inauspicious comet

    Bali-mardana: There’s a comet in the sky and they’re saying that some very inauspicious… Prabhupada: And what is auspicity now? We are describing all inauspicity, even without the comet. [laughter] Where do you find the auspicity? One man said that “He has kicked me, he has beaten me with shoes, and again he has said […]
  3. Srila Prabhupada’s Holy Places

    (Tommorow, 14 Jul 2020, is the anniversary of the incorporation of ISKCON in New York in 1966) One time we were showing Prabhupada some slides of Lord Nrsimha temples and other holy places we had visited in South India. Prabhupada was interested to see them and even said he had also visited a few of […]
  4. Uplifting advice from Srila Prabhupada

    Do not be depressed. All along my godbrothers gave me only depression, repression, compression — but I continued strong in my duty. So never mind there is some discouragement, continue with your work in full enthusiastic Krishna Consciousness attitude of service. Go on with your work and do not for one moment feel depressed because […]
  5. Farms: extremely important

    Our farm projects are an extremely important part of our movement. We must become self-sufficient by growing our own grains and producing our own milk, then there will be no question of poverty. So develop these farm communities as far as possible. They should be developed as an ideal society depending on natural products not […]
  6. How education makes unemployment

    There are uneducated laborer, just like carpenter. He doesn’t require any education. He doesn’t require to become M.A., Ph.D. All these laborers are working so nicely. So why they should waste their time in going to school and college? As soon as he’s ten years old only, let him learn practically how to weave cloth, […]