I am very glad to hear that you are keeping yourself busy preaching. Don’t become a dead man. Always preach. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Tusta Krsna — Melbourne 20 May, 1975
The Lord is the protector of cows and the brahminical culture. A society devoid of cow protection and brahminical culture is not under the direct protection of the Lord, just as the prisoners in the jails are not under the protection of the king but under the protection of a severe agent of the king. […]
[Chand Kazi to some devotees of Lord Caitanya]: “No one should perform sankirtana on the streets of the city. Today I am excusing the offense and returning home.” Such orders stopping sankirtana in the streets of the world’s great cities have been imposed upon members of the Hare Krsna movement. We have hundreds of centers […]
[Narada Muni to Dhruva]: After sitting on your seat, practice the three kinds of breathing exercises, and thus gradually control the life air, the mind and the senses. Completely free yourself from all material contamination, and with great patience begin to meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Purport In this verse the entire yoga […]
Arjuna was thinking not to fight, but when he heard very minutely, listened Krsna’s instruction, he changed his decision: “No, Krsna wants it. Krsna wants this fight, so I shall do this.” This is krsnanusilanam, cultivating Krsna consciousness — not his decision. His decision was not to fight. A Vaisnava does not want to kill […]
The clothing is already painted on the Jagannathas, even there is no cloth. And even Krishna is naked, that does not make any difference. But when we dress Him, our service is appreciated. From Krishna’s side, naked or dressed, He is Krishna. And from our side, if we nicely dress Krishna and nicely feed Him, […]
Devotee: Srila Prabhupada named you aptly. You are acyuta in debate and fun loving. Acyutananda: Prabhupad would “wrestle’ with me by proposing mayavada arguments and I would answer and he would go on. Like that we would tussle and I always won. Acyutananda Das, Memories of Srila Prabhupada
Today many scholars defend the science of religion, and they have some conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but religion without practical experience of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is no religion at all. Srimad-Bhagavatam describes this as a form of cheating. Religion means abiding by the orders of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of […]
Of course you should not be thinking to sell any of the crops for profit. That is not our purpose. The village organization is that the local people produce their necessities like grain, vegetables, milk, and cloth; for recreation they have the chanting of Hare Krsna. They should live there comfortably and have spiritual recreation. […]
Anyone who is against the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu should be considered an atheist subject to be punished by Yamaraja. Be he a learned scholar, a great ascetic, a successful householder or a famous sannyasi, one who is against the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is destined to suffer the punishment meted out by […]
Lord Caitanya taught Krsna consciousness and chanted the name of Krsna. Therefore, to worship Lord Caitanya, everyone should together chant the maha-mantra – Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. To propagate worship in churches, temples or mosques is not possible, because people have lost […]
On the absolute plane, there is no exploitation. Everyone wants to serve; no one wants to take service. In the transcendental world, everyone wants to give service. You want to give service to me, and I want to give service to you. This is such a nice attitude. This material world means that I want […]