Indian: Initiated devotee, and he follows those four regulative principles and chants sixteen rounds, will he go back to Godhead? Prabhupada: Oh, yes. Mam evaisyasi asamsaya. Krsna says. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru mam evaisyasi asamsaya [Bg. 18.65]. Asamsaya, without any doubt. Indian: But by taking initiation, will that speed up the process? Prabhupada: […]

A householder may have wife, may have sex life, but that is for having children only, that’s all. A householder does not mean he gets license to legalize prostitution. That is not householder. Householder can simply have sex life to beget nice child, that’s all, no more. That is householder life; completely controlled. Householder does […]

Anyone who is a sincere devotee of Krishna and who is rendering service by preaching His message is to be considered as hero. So you are all heroes of your country and your humanity. Hero means someone who others want to follow as example of the best type of person. So you all become like […]

Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami supplied all the ornaments of the Govinda Deity. He never talked of nonsense or worldly matters but always engaged in hearing about Krsna twenty-four hours a day. He never cared to hear blasphemy of a Vaisnava. Even when there were points to be criticized, he used to say that since all the […]

Ravana was so devotee of Lord Siva that he was cutting his head and offering to the deity. So why he is called raksasa, not a saintly person? What is the reason? In Delhi have seen Rama-lila, the effigy of Ravana is beaten with shoes sometimes. But actually he was a great devotee of Lord […]

On the farm project you should try to become self-sufficient in food grains, milk, vegetables and so on. You may live very nicely, be healthy, and chant ‘Hare Krishna’. You do yourself, and teach others. That is success. We have full facility there for plain living and high thinking. We do not very much appreciate […]

In the material world, all distresses are due to extravagance. One acquires money extravagantly and also spends it extravagantly. Such activities are sinful. All property belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all living beings, who are sons of the Supreme Lord, have the right to use the Supreme Father’s property, but one cannot […]

Cc Madhya 21.53 TRANSLATIONThe abode of the external energy is called Devi-dhama, and its inhabitants are the conditioned souls. It is there that the material energy, Durga, resides with many opulent maidservants. PURPORTBecause he wants to enjoy the material energy, the conditioned soul is allowed to reside in Devi-dhama, the external energy, where goddess Durga […]

Sometimes a person, the proprietor of the house, after death, remains in that house as serpent, sometimes as dog, sometimes as tree. Being too much attached to the possession, they cannot get better life. And sometimes we can get the body of a hog and monkey in Vrndavana also. Srila Prabhupada, speaking in Vrindavan, November […]

Material existence is always full of anxiety. People are always trying to find many ways to mitigate anxiety, but because they are not guided by a real leader, they try to forget material anxiety through drink and sex indulgence. Foolish people do not know that by attempting to escape anxiety by drink and sex, they […]

The body of Krsna, the ocean of the eternal beauty of youth, can be seen to move in waves of beauty, and there is a whirlwind at the sound of His flute. Those waves and that whirlwind make the hearts of the gopis flutter like dry leaves on trees, and when those leaves fall down […]

They are very much proud of their scientific advancement. Everything see, the flowers and leaves, so artistically, beautifully manufactured that simply by seeing them you’ll feel pleased. How the man can manufacture it? And still they are denying the existence of God and taking all the credit. How foolish they are. Mudha. [laughter] Yes. Yes, […]