1. Householder brahmacari

    One who, however, follows the rules and regulations of married life, having a sexual relationship only with his wife (and that also under regulation), is also called a brahmacari. Such a restrained householder brahmacari may be accepted in the bhakti school, but the jnana and dhyana schools do not even admit householder brahmacaris. They require […]
  2. Women in varnasrama college

    Satsvarupa: Srila Prabhupada, is this school for women also, or just for men? Prabhupada: For men. Women should automatically learn how to cook, how to cleanse home. Satsvarupa: So they don’t attend varnasrama college. Prabhupada: No, no. Varnasrama college especially meant for the brahmana, ksatriya and vaisya. Those who are not fit for education, they […]
  3. Asat-sanga-tyaga

    Association with persons who are not spiritually advanced is forbidden. Lord Caitanya advised, asat-sanga-tyaga: one should avoid persons who are attached to the temporary. Asat is one who is too materially attached, who is not a devotee of the Lord and who is too attached to women or enjoyable material things. Srila Prabhupada SB 3.29.18, […]
  4. Narottama dasa Thakura’s riches

    Narottama dasa Thakura says: dhana mora nityananda, radha-krsna-sricaranasei mora pranadhana “My real riches are Nityananda Prabhu and the lotus feet of Sri Radha and Krsna.” He further prays, “O Lord, kindly give me this opulence. I do not want anything but Your lotus feet as my property.” Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has sung in many […]
  5. Vigorous propaganda should be inaugurated

    By prasadam, by chanting, by drama, somehow or other bring them. That is our mission. Congregational chanting. Always festival, and we shall spend for that. Immediately arrange. Bring them, somehow or other. We want to propagate this Krsna consciousness movement town to town, village to village, by attracting them with musical demonstration of sankirtana, dramatic […]