I am your Spiritual Father, and Krishna is your Spiritual Husband. A girl can never forget either her father or her husband. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Jadurani — 8 July, 1967

I don’t say, “Follow me.” I say, “Follow Krsna.” Krsna says, “Surrender unto Me.” I say, “Surrender unto Krsna.” Is there any difference? My position is simply repeating because Krsna says, “Anyone who preaches this confidential subject matter, he is My dear.” Srila Prabhupada, 18 January, 1971

As your devotional service becomes mature you shall see Krsna more and more, and more and more you shall realize the qualities of the holy land of Vraja. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Hladini — Calcutta 28 January, 1973

Create Vrndavana. Keep Krsna here, cows here, calves here; produce your own food. It will become Vrndavana. This is Vrndavana. Where there is Krsna, where there are cows, where there is agriculture, that is Vrndavana. See the life of Krsna. He advised His father to worship Govardhana Hill. He said, “My dear father, Govardhana Hill […]

SB 5.26.25 TRANSLATIONA person who in this life is proud of his eminent position and who heedlessly sacrifices animals simply for material prestige is put into the hell called Visasana after death. There the assistants of Yamaraja kill him after giving him unlimited pain. PURPORTIn Bhagavad-gita (6.41) Krsna says, sucinam srimatam gehe yoga-bhrasto ‘bhijayate: “Because […]

Cleopatra — you have heard the Grecian history — was very beautiful, and she conquered many great warriors. So beauty sometimes can conquer even the greatest man, but that does not mean beauty can conquer God. To conquer God is bhakti. If you are advanced in devotional service, then you can conquer God. Just like […]

My dear Lord, what can I say about the opulence of Your Vrndavana? Simply the ornaments on the legs of the damsels of Vrndavana are more than cintamani, and their dresses are as good as the heavenly parijata flowers. And the cows exactly resemble the surabhi cows in the transcendental abode. Therefore Your opulence is […]

So these are all symptoms of love for Krsna. That is the highest perfection of life, to shed tears for Krsna. Yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us this method of worship in separation, vipralambha seva. Not that “Oh, I have seen yesterday. Last night, I have seen Krsna. He was snatching my […]

To live in Vrindaban is the highest perfection and to grow up in Vrindaban the greatest fortune. Who can compare Vrindaban to the nasty western culture? Even to live in Mathura-mandala for a fortnight guarantees one liberation. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Jayatirtha — Mayapur 20 January, 1976

“O my beloved friend Vrnda, where are you coming from?”“I am coming from the feet of Sri Hari.”“Where is He?”“In the forest on the bank of Radha-kunda.”“What is He doing there?”“He is learning dancing.”“Who is His master?”“Your image, Radha, revealing itself in every tree and creeper in every direction, is roaming like a skillful dancer, […]

You can go to Krsna and see Him. That requires qualification. It is very easy. It is simply, as we are teaching our students, just become a devotee, offer namaskar, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto [Bg. 18.65], always think of Him, and you will go to Him. It is not at all difficult. From Srila Prabhupada’s Morning […]

Once the Lord desired to go early in the morning with all His cowherd boyfriends to the forest, where they were to assemble together and take lunch. As soon as He got up from bed, He blew His buffalo-horn bugle and called all His friends together. Keeping the calves before them, they started for the […]