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.

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 […]

You are all my limbs of my body. Unless you cooperate, my life will be useless. The senses and life are correlative. Without life the senses cannot act and without sense, life is inactive. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Brahmananda — 17 July, 1968

(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 […]

Buffalo will certainly gradually grow to a nice center, because there is a sincere devotee like you. When Vidura met Maharaja Yudhisthira received him by saying that, your good self can make any place a sacred place of pilgrimage because you always carry within your heart Lord Krishna. So that is the real truth. Anyone […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Think of Krishna always and try to work sincerely, and everything will come automatically. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Aniruddha — 7 July, 1968

You are mine and I am Krishna’s, therefore you are also Krishna’s. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Gargamuni — 18 June, 1968

That is the real preaching, selling books. Who can speak better than the books? At least whoever buys, he will look over. If you have to sell books, do it by hook or by crook. The real preaching is selling books. You should know the tactic how to sell without irritating. What your lecture will […]

(From Srila Prabhupada’s Arrival Lecture on Farm — May 25, 1975, Hawaii) I am very glad that you are living here. So kindly stick to this place and make an ideal island so that others may see also. Plain living, high thinking. Produce your own food; keep cows, milk. If there is food grain and […]