Hare Krsna means, “O Krsna, O Hara, Krsna’s energy, Radharani, Hara…” Hari, Hara. So this addressing, “O Krsna, O Krsna’s internal potency…” Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, chanting, addressing: “O Lord Krsna, O the internal energy of Krsna.” So They will respond that “Why you are calling Me, or Us?” You have […]

He knows that this position — nice position, very good atmosphere, nice children, nice wife, nice house, nice bank balance, nice relative, nice position, everything, prime minister and everything — very all right. But it will be finished. He knows that. But he, although knows, he does not care for it. This is called vimudhan. […]

That is the thankless task of the devotees, to turn these vimudhan from this maya-sukha to real sukha. This is the business of the devotee. They have no other business. Their business is not for making money. Money, they have got enough, and Krsna supplies all their money. So there is no such problem for […]

God is also an individual person as you are individual person, I am individual person, but the difference between God and you and me is this, that you know your business, I know my business, but God knows everyone’s business. That is the difference. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.5 — 3 April, 1972, […]

God’s another name is ajita. A means “not,” and jita means “conquered.” Nobody can conquer God. That is God. God is never conquered by anyone. He conquers everyone. God is conquered by His devotee, not by the demons. The demons are conquered by God. But devotee can conquer. Ajito ‘pi, jito ‘pi. Although God is […]

We can ask favor from anyone, but we must know that nobody can favor us unless it is sanctioned by the Supreme Person. We must always know. Not that because one is very, in a superior position, he can favor me. No, he cannot favor you unless it is sanctioned by the Supreme. Suppose we […]

Ramesvara: …that if there is a war between Russia and America, there would be a nuclear war, and they would pollute the whole atmosphere with radioactive particles, which would kill everyone. Prabhupada: It is already polluted. Ramesvara: They say that this radioactive fallout… Prabhupada: The whole material world is polluted. Who will live here? [laughter] […]

To serve the servant of Krsna is better than to serve directly Krsna, because if the servant of Krsna promises something, if the servant of Krsna says, “I’ll take you to Krsnaloka,” you must go there. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.29 — 7 March, 1976

Simply try to understand Krsna. Why does He come? What are His activities? Where does He come from? Why does He come in the form of a human being? We only have to try to understand this and study Krsna as He explains Himself in Bhagavad-gita. What is the difficulty? God personally explains Himself as […]

His activities appear very ordinary. Extraordinary things happen in his presence, but his personal behavior is not at all extraordinary. And those of you who have associated with Srila Prabhupada, you must have been impressed how simple Srila Prabhupada lived. His table would just have a few items. And his room, unless someone decorated, would […]

Simply by the advent of Krsna, the entire world became filled with all kinds of auspiciousness. Wherever there is no existence of the Supreme Lord, the path of argument is prominent and the path of disciplic succession is attacked. Sri Krsna, who enjoys variegated spiritual pastimes, is an ocean of nectarean mellows. Wherever a relationship […]

Hamsaduta: So Prabhupada, a neophyte devotee, he may think it might be very nice to be Krsna’s friend, but he may actually be a blade of grass and he’ll be fully satisfied when he comes to that stage. Prabhupada: No. If he thinks like that, then he should cultivate that knowledge in that way. Yes. […]