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 […]

Even in Vrndavana there is anxiety. Radharani is in anxiety that “Krsna is not here. How Krsna will come?” The gopis are also in anxiety. Gopis are so in anxiety that about them it is said that when Krsna used to go to the forest for tending the cows, so gopis were thinking at home […]

Don’t be after these motorcars, television, and all nonsense things, sporting, wine, women. Don’t be after these. Simply eat sufficiently, keep your health nicely, chant Hare Krsna, realize Krsna, and go back to home. This is our philosophy. From Srila Prabhupada’s Morning Walk Conversation at Villa Borghese, 25 May, 1974

An inordinate desire for economic development is considered to be like straws and grains of sand within the heart. If one is overly engaged in material activity, the heart will always remain disturbed. As stated by Narottama dasa Thakura: samsara visanale, diva-nisi hiya jvale,judaite na kainu upaya In other words, endeavor for material opulence is […]

Worship in separation is considered by the Gaudiya-Madhva-sampradaya to be the topmost level of devotional service. According to this conception, the devotee thinks of himself as very poor and neglected by the Lord. Thus he addresses the Lord as dina-dayadra natha, as did Madhavendra Puri. Such an ecstatic feeling is the highest form of devotional […]

Where is that president? They’re all drunkards, woman-hunters, meat-eaters. This is Kali-yuga’s king. Nrpa-linga: dressed like king, but sudra. Very expert in cow killing. Third-class, fourth-class men, dressed like president and king. Business: plunder money from the citizens and kill cow. Srila Prabhupada — September 17, 1976, Vrndavana

We are in Vrndavana-dhama. So why Vrndavana-dhama is worshiped? Because the Vrndavana-dhama is not different from Krsna. When you take little dust of Vrndavana-dhama and take it, that means you are taking the dust of Krsna’s lotus feet, and you take it. Vrndavana-dhama, so important. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.2.14 — September 17, […]