There is no comparison. There is no literature throughout the universe like Srimad-Bhagavatam. There is no comparison. There is no competition. Every word is for the good of the human society. Every word, each and every word. Therefore we stress so much in the book distribution. Somehow or other, if the book goes in one […]

Distribution of books and magazines is our most important activity. Without books, our preaching has no solid basis. From Srila Prabhupada’s Letter to Cyavana – Bombay, 26 December, 1971

tasmad gurum prapadyetajijnasuh sreya uttamamsabde pare ca nisnatambrahmany upasamasrayam[SB 11.3.21] “Any person who seriously desires to achieve real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of his spiritual master is that he must have realized the conclusion of the scriptures by deliberation and be […]

Our first duty is to worship Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We keep the Deity. In the first we offer our obeisances to Caitanya Mahaprabhu along with His associate, and then, Guru-Gauranga… Then we offer Radha-Krsna or Jagannatha. So because this is the process of Kali-yuga, yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah, if you perform this sankirtana, simply this […]

If we want Krsna, He will give us a chance to have Him, and if we don’t want Krsna, He will give us a chance to forget Him. If we want to enjoy life forgetting Krsna, forgetting God, Krsna will give us all facility so that we can forget, but if we want to enjoy […]

In the spiritual world service is voluntary, some devotees want to serve Krishna as flower; so they become flower there. If I want that, to be a flower I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Krishna, then he becomes flower, voluntarily, and he can change his, from flower to human body. That is […]

Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura has sung that the devotees of Lord Caitanya are so powerful that each one of them can deliver a universe. Srila Prabhupada; Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.24.58, purport

As soon as I see that there is such increased book distribution figures, I take that to mean that all other programs are successful. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Jagadisa – Bombay, 5 January, 1973

A man has served the family with heart and soul throughout the whole life, and when he is old man, if he asks permission from his wife, “My dear wife, now I have served so much. Let me take sannyasa now,” the wife will never give permission. She will say, “What you have done? I […]

When one is educated or trained up by this varnasrama institution, then his human life begins. Otherwise he is animal. One who does not take to this varnasrama-dharma, he remains in the animal life. Srila Prabhupada, SB 6.1.24 Lecture, Chicago July 8, 1975

The holy name of the Lord is as powerful as the Lord Himself. Therefore, simply by chanting and hearing the holy name of the Lord, many men can be fully protected from fierce death without difficulty. Thus a devotee is saved. By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, at the time of death, […]

Ms. Nixon: How can one tell a bona fide spiritual master from a fake? Srila Prabhupada: Whoever teaches how to know God and how to love Him — he is a spiritual master. Sometimes bogus rascals mislead people. “I am God,” they claim, and people who do not know what God is believe them. You […]