So in this way, if we actually establish… Establish means re-establish. It is already established. We have got different types of relationship. That is called svarupa-siddhi. Svarupa-siddhi. When you are perfect in spiritual life, you will understand what is your relationship with Krsna automatically. That is called svarupa-siddhi. You have got original relationship with Krsna. […]

Actually, the purpose of our life is to please Krsna. That is the business of the older children, to serve the father. So there is a test for knowing if I am pleasing Krsna: If He reveals Himself to me, if I see Krsna, then I know I am pleasing Krsna. And another test is […]

SB 4.19.34We should always remember that if something happens by providential arrangement, we should not be very sorry. The more we try to rectify such reversals, the more we enter into the darkest region of materialistic thought. Purport by Srila Prabhupada: Sometimes the saintly or very religious person also has to meet with reversals in […]

If anyone surrenders unto Krsna, catches His lotus feet very strongly, “Krsna, save me,” Krsna promises, “Yes, I’ll save you.” Aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah. “Don’t worry. I shall save you.” From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on, The Nectar of Devotion, Vrndavana, November 11, 1972

Krsna wanted to preach Krsna consciousness in the Western countries, so He gave me the chance to take the credit, that’s all. It is Krsna’s arrangement. But He liked that one of His devotee may take the credit. That’s all. Srila Prabhupada, Morning Walk, April 9, 1976, Vrndavana

TRANSLATIONThe strong bodily desires and needs of a person disturbed by hunger and thirst are certainly satisfied when he eats. Similarly, if one becomes very angry, that anger is satisfied by chastisement and its reaction. But as for greed, even if a greedy person has conquered all the directions of the world or has enjoyed […]

Dhama aparadha. The greatest offence is to live in Vrndavana and have illicit sex. The greatest offence.. And other things also. These things are prohibited, no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, no meat-eating. So such function is most offensive in Vrndavana. In other places it may be excused but here it is the greatest […]

Satsvarupa: Prabhupada, we are only neophytes. How we can know if our anxiety is still material when we feel anxiety in devotional service? Prabhupada: No, no. If you feel anxiety for Krsna, then it is not material. That anxiety is not… That is love. That is pure love, that… Why you become anxious for our […]

In America especially, they are never satisfied. They are manufacturing another machine, another machine, another machine. That hankering after another, another, they think it is really progress. Srila Prabhupada, Conversation regarding philosopher Kierkegaard

We all belong to the Aryan family. Historical reference is there, Indo-European family. So Aryan stock was on the central Asia. Some of them migrated to India. Some of them migrated to Europe. And from Europe you have come. So we belong to the Aryan family, but we have lost our knowledge. So we have […]

Prabhupada: Before leaving my family life I wanted to get my all sons and daughters married, but some of them disagreed, some of them… My wife disagreed. Let them go to hell, I don’t care. Time is up. Never mind you are married or not married. Then see [to] your own business. Then who will […]

bhakta-svabhava,-ajna-dosa ksama karekrsna-svabhava,-bhakta-ninda sahite na pare Translation: A characteristic of a pure devotee is that he excuses any offense by an ignorant rascal. A characteristic of Krsna, however, is that He cannot tolerate blasphemy of His devotees. Purport: The characteristic of a Vaisnava and the characteristic of the Lord mentioned in this verse are very […]