Non-Aryan means not civilized, and Aryan means civilized. This is the distinction. Now people are very much fond of calling themselves as civilized, Aryan, belonging to the Aryan family. Where is the Aryan civilization? Aryan civilization means this Vedic civilization. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on SB 1.8.47 — Mayapura, October 27, 1974

The education cultivated by so-called learned scholars who do not believe these statements of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is like the tumultuous croaking of frogs. The croaking of the frogs in the rainy season resounds very loudly in the forest, with the result that snakes, hearing the croaking in the darkness, approach the frogs and swallow them. […]

And all over the world… There are many Bhagavad-gitas. There are about six hundred and forty different editions. But still ours, this Bhagavad-gita As It Is, it is being accepted very widely, and therefore we are very much hopeful. And as practical example you can see so many European, American, they have taken to this […]

Visnujana: How do you make everything so simple to understand? Prabhupada: Because the whole philosophy is so simple. God is great; you are not great. Don’t claim that you are God. Don’t claim that there is no God. There is God, and He is great and you are small. Then what is your position? You […]

This is the sum and substance of our Krsna consciousness movement. We are simply requesting human society to follow in the footsteps of the teacher of Bhagavad-gita. Follow the instructions of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and your life will be successful. That is the summary of the Krsna consciousness movement. Srila Prabhupada, SB 8.1.16, purport

Death is stopped as soon as you take Krsna consciousness very seriously, immediately, from that moment, as soon as you are initiated. You promise before the spiritual master, “Yes, I am initiated, I shall act like this,” and if you follow, then your death is stopped from that point. No more death. No more death. […]

You are maintaining so many slaughterhouses, and when it will be mature, there will be war, the wholesale murder. Finished. One atom bomb — finished. You’ll have to suffer. Don’t think that “Innocent animals, they cannot protest. Let us kill and eat.” No. You’ll be also punished. Wait for accumulation of your sinful activities, and […]

The Lord Himself appears before the mundaners to bestow upon them the highest form of spiritual realization and also personally relish its essence. The Lord is so merciful that He Himself descends to take the fallen souls back home to the kingdom of Godhead, where the erotic principles of Godhead are eternally relished in their […]

Because we want something sublime and yet want it cheaply, we put ourselves in a position to be cheated. This means that we actually want to be cheated. If we want something valuable, we must pay for it. We cannot expect to walk into a jewelry store and demand the most valuable jewel for a […]

Vrndavana-dhama, ordinary man cannot see. Therefore Narottama dasa Thakura says, rupa-raghunatha-pade haibe akutikabe hama bujhabo sri yugala-piritivisaya chadiya kabe suddha ha’be manakabe hama herabo sri-vrndavana Vrndavana, if you come from anywhere by the train and aeroplane and see Vrndavana, that is not seeing Vrndavana. Vrndavana-seeing means, visaya chadiya kabe suddha ha’be manakabe hama herabo sri-vrndavana […]

When Krsna and Balarama entered the village of Vrndavana along with Their friends, They played Their flutes, and the boys praised Their uncommon activities in the forest. Their faces were decorated with tilaka and smeared with the dust raised by the cows, and Krsna’s head was decorated with a peacock feather. Both He and Balarama […]

Vrndavana is actually experienced as it is by persons who have stopped trying to derive pleasure from material enjoyment. “When will my mind become cleansed of all hankering for material enjoyment so I will be able to see Vrndavana?” one great devotee asks. The more Krsna conscious we become and the more we advance, the […]