Author: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

  1. Yamuna D.D. recalled

    [Srila Prabhupada said] "I am making an experiment with this Governing Board. I do not know if it will succeed, but I am making the experiment. My Guru Maharaja had the idea for a Governing Board. And although he tried to implement it, it was a failure within the Gaudiya Matha. And I am also trying to implement. But if there is no success, then once again I will have
  2. Krsna played football

    Siddha-svarupa: Football they call soccer here. [break] Prabhupada: ...men in one party? Manasvi: Eleven. Devotee: Did Krsna play that? [laughter] Prabhupada: Unless Krsna played, how you can play? [break] Football play is very popular in India, and rugby. What is that called, rugby? Manasvi: No, that is hockey. Prabhupada: Hockey, hockey, yes
  3. Bhaktivedantas

    The bhaktivedantas are impartial in distributing the transcendental knowledge of devotional service. To them no one is enemy or friend; no one is educated or uneducated. No one is especially favorable, and no one is unfavorable. The bhakti-vedantas see that the people in general are wasting time in false sensuous things. Their business is to get the ignorant mass of
  4. How the whole economic problem can be solved

    Actually as I have already discussed in my Srimad-Bhagavatam, for economic problem one requires a little land and a few cows. Then the whole economic problem is solved. We should utilize our time for elevating ourselves in Krishna Consciousness than for so-called economic development. If we are satisfied with plain living, with minimum time and the balance time is
  5. Srila Prabhupada as past and future guru

    Govinda dasi: Srila Prabhupada? So, our relationship with you as spiritual master has existed eternally in the past, or will exist eternally? Prabhupada: That don't bother with it. Go on, do with minimum. Past and present, you are present, the commentary is just carry out the orders, that's all. When you have accepted spiritual master, carry out, that's all. cakhu-dan
  6. Nitya-siddha, Srila Prabhupada

    There are many devotees who are eternal servants of the Lord. They are specifically known as nitya-siddha, eternally perfect. Although the nitya-siddhas appear in the material world and seem to be common members of the world, they never forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any condition. This is the symptom of a nitya-siddha. The nitya-siddha never forgets his
  7. Krsna comes, feeling pain for us

    This is the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, that you go and preach and make propaganda about krsna-upadesa. This is Krsna consciousness movement. We are teaching all our men how to spread krsna-upadesa, how to spread Krsna consciousness. Then anartha upasamam saksat. Then all the unwanted things he has contaminated will be finished. Then pure consciousness... Pure