Devotional service to the Lord is very much obliging to Him. There are many transcendentalists in different fields of spiritual activities, but devotional service to the Lord is unique. Devotees do not ask anything from the Lord in exchange for their service. Even the most desirable liberation is refused by devotees, although offered by the […]

Prabhupada: Our first proposition is that he says that there was no human beings some millions of years ago. That’s not a fact. Because we see all different species of life existing along with human beings. Therefore it should be concluded this is always existing. Human life is always existing. That is our first charge […]

A son is born. Oh, you are very glad, “I have got a son.” But if you study it philosophically, no, birth is not… He is not born; death is born. Because the growing of the child means he is dying. It is dying. The dying process. The very day, the very moment the child […]

According to the laws of nature, when one is extremely opulent one becomes degraded, and this is true both individually and collectively. … We are now actually seeing this in America. The entire American nation has tried to advance in material opulence without striving to produce ideal human beings. The result is that Americans are […]

Pancadravida: …went to America, what was your idea of what would be your program when you got there? Prabhupada: This idea: I shall speak to don’t eat meat, and they’ll immediately kick me out. [laughter] That was my program. And I was going to say that “Don’t eat meat. No illicit sex,” and immediately they […]

Even a person perpetually condemned to the miseries of material existence can get relief from bondage if he simply agrees to hear only krsna-katha. In this Age of Kali, the process of hearing krsna-katha is the most effective means of gaining release from unwanted family affection and thus finding permanent freedom in life. The Age […]