Prabhupada: Dictatorship is good, provided the dictator is highly qualified spiritually. Press Conference at Airport, July 28, 1975, Dallas

Whatever you have done sincerely, that is recorded in the book. In the Krsna’s book. Krsna has got accountant. He keeps nice account of the activities of His devotees. That’s a fact. Just like the nondevotees’ accounts are kept by Yamaraja for punishment. Similarly, devotees’ accounts are kept by Krsna, personally” Srila Prabhupada; October 20, […]

Therefore, womanly connection, man and woman living together without marital connection, that is papa, sinful life. That is the injunction of the sastra. Similarly, striyah suna. Suna means unnecessarily killing the animals. Just like slaughterhouse. You cannot maintain slaughterhouse in the human society and at the same time you want peace. It is not possible. […]

Haihaya: The communists, they kicked us from the university in Mexico, because we would always defeat them in the philosophy. It is very easy to defeat communists with this philosophy. Prabhupada: Yes. We have to do. There may be opposition, but what can be done? We have to speak that “There cannot be equality sir. […]

If the majority votes is in favor of something, even if I do not like it, I’ll have to accept it. That is, of course, the so-called democracy. That…, we do not accept that. Our obedience is to the spiritual master. Morning Walk, March 8, 1976, Mayapur — Srila Prabhupada

One who is in the line of disciplic succession cannot manufacture his own way of behavior. There are many so-called followers of the Vaisnava cult in the line of Caitanya Mahaprabhu who do not scrupulously follow the conclusions of the sastras, and therefore they are considered to be apa-sampradaya, which means “outside of the sampradaya.” […]

Just like we sometimes challenge these big, big scientists and others, and what is our strength? I am not a scientist, but how I can challenge? The Veda gaya. We have got evidence from the Vedas. Just like so many people are thinking that the moon planet is first. We are challenging, “No, moon planet […]

Pusta Krsna: One devotee, he asked to Christ, “How should I pray?” He said, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who […]

Yes, if it is any credit for me, that is what you have written that I tried to give aural reception to the words of my Spiritual Master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja, and thus I tried to engage my tongue in repeating the same words without any change. Actually I am the most unworthy servant […]

Vaisnava position is not very easy thing; above all qualities. Therefore Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura introduced not to become an imitation of Rupa Gosvami. Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana, the Gosvamis of Vrndavana, they are paramahamsas. And in Vrndavana you’ll find so-called babajis, they have imitated the dress of Rupa Gosvami — half loincloth — but a […]

In London he was on television, and the interviewer… So Prabhupada began to explain, he said, “A society without religion is a society of cats and dogs.” So the interviewer said, “Do you mean to say that we are all cats and dogs?” Prabhupada said, “No. Not only you, the whole world.” Lecture, Hamsaduta Dasa, […]

The most important thing is that we must be ideal Krsna Conscious persons, and then we can attract others. This means chanting, reading my books, going on sankirtana, following the regulative principles and worshiping the deity. Whoever take part in these things, no matter what he has done of sinful activities before, will automatically advance […]