So I am very pleased that you are keeping this center nicely in our own standard by performing yajna, by sankirtana, and today is Radhastami. You perform. Our yajna is sankirtana, and Srimati Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. Radha krsna-pranaya-vikrtir hladini saktir asmad ekatmanav api deha-bhedam gatau tau, sri-caitanyakhyam prakatam adhuna tad-dvayam caikyam […]

Prabhupada visited France several times. On August 10, 1973, he installed Radha-Parisisvara in a simple ceremony. I was standing next to the vyasasana. As the devotees bathed Srimati Radharani, Prabhupada thought that the marble on Her cheek had become discolored from the abhishek. Prabhupada got off his vyasasana and with so much concern and care […]

One day Srimati Radharani was churning curd for Krsna. At that time the jeweled bangles on Her hands were circling around, and She was also chanting the holy name of Krsna. All of a sudden She thought, “I am chanting the holy name of Krsna, and My superiors—My mother-in-law and My sister-in-law—may hear Me!” By […]

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, “Among all worshipable objects, which is the chief?” Ramananda Raya replied, “The chief worshipable object is the holy name of Radha and Krsna, the Hare Krsna mantra.” Srila Prabhupada’s translation of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 8.256

Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that we should only beg God for His service life after life. This is the actual meaning of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. When we are chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare Hare, we are actually addressing God and His energy, […]

Great personalities of the material world are very eager to render welfare service to human society, but actually no one can render better service than one who distributes the knowledge of spiritual realization in relation with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Srila Prabhupada; SB 4.22.47 purport)

My first concern is that my books shall be published and distributed profusely all over the world. Practically, books are the basis of our movement. Without our books, our preaching will have no effect. (Srila Prabhupada; letter to Mandali Bhadra, January 20th, 1972)

Prabhupada: I used to call his wife didi, as my sister, eldest sister. That man was old. At that time he was at least seventy years old. And his wife died, so he had no children, so he married again. Old husband, young wife, but the relationship was so nice, great devotee, and wife devoted. […]

Tamala Krsna: I don’t think in Vrndavana there’s so much of this meat-eating. Prabhupada: No. Here they eat meat very secretly, some. Tamala Krsna: Very secretive? Prabhupada: Yes. Openly they’ll never. Tamala Krsna: No, it’s hard to even find a butcher shop here. Prabhupada: No, no, no. In Mathura there is slaughterhouse. Tamala Krsna: Wow! […]

Prabhupada: Chicken-eating has become very common. This Tarun Kanti and Tushar Kanti, they eat daily. Tamala Krsna: Yeah. All over his land he has chickens running. Prabhupada: Yes. Tamala Krsna: Tarun Babu. Prabhupada: Without chicken, this Tushar Kanti Ghosh cannot eat. And one Cinmayananda… They are maintaining that sadhu. So he was giving prasadam with […]

Prabhupada: In Bengal there are professional gurus. They travel from one house to another. Our paternal guru was coming like that. Tamala Krsna: You had a professional guru also? Prabhupada: Yes. I was initiated by that professional guru at the age of twelve years. Later on I rejected him. Tamala Krsna: I wonder if he […]

Similarly, the whole atmosphere… Because we were children, we were going here and there, the neighboringhoods, all houses… Everyone devotee. Tamala Krsna: Must have been a wonderful atmosphere. Prabhupada: Wonderful. We do not find such atmosphere now. Even maidservant, servant. Their character was not very good — still be devotee. And this was the opportunity. […]