Author: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

  1. Srila Prabhupada’s awareness of the importance of agrarian culture

    Varsana Swami: Prabhupada went for a morning walk in Talavan [New Vrindavana]. Prabhupada came out in this open field, and as soon as he stepped out of the woods and onto the field he stopped and looked at the devotees. He had a serious concern in his countenance and he asked, “Why are these fields fallow and why aren’t there any men working these fields and where is
  2. Come and live with the devotees

    Those who are actually engaged in Krsna consciousness, in devotional service, associate with them. Don't think that at home you will be perfect. That is not possible. At home there is no such facilities. Here you will get the facilities. Here the devotees, they are actually following the instruction of mad-asrayah, one who has taken the shelter. They are rising early
  3. Social acts of the Hare Krsna movement

    Indian man: Is there are social act which this Hare Krsna movement has taken? Prabhupada: So what is the best social activity? Our is the best social... Mr. Reddy: Serving the poor and the needy. Prabhupada: Everyone is poor. Who is rich? First of all find out: who is rich? Mr. Reddy: Rich in the sense, luxurious living. Prabhupada: He is not living very luxuriously
  4. For Ramanavami

    Due to His causeless mercy upon all living entities within the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His plenary extensions, appeared in the family of Maharaja Iksvaku as the Lord of His internal potency, Sita. Under the order of His father, Maharaja Dasaratha, He entered the forest and lived there for considerable years with His wife and younger
  5. Ramayana and Rama-carita-manasa

    Ramayana... This Tulasi, actually it is not Ramayana. It is called Rama-carita-manasa. Ramayana means Valmiki Ramayana, but people have taken it as Ramayana. Actually, Tulasi dasa has expressed his own feelings about his devotion to Lord Rama, and therefore he has named it Rama-carita-manasa, his mind full with service attitude for Lord Rama. That is the real meaning
  6. Training for girls

    You ask about marriage, yes, actually I want that every woman in the Society should be married. But what is this training to become wives and mothers? No school is required for that, simply association. And it is not necessary to say that women only can instruct the girls and men only can instruct the boys, not when they are so young. At 12 years, they may be
  7. Krsna maintains

    The Supreme Lord, Krsna, He's maintaining everyone: yoga-ksemam vahamy aham [Bg. 9.22]. And He'll not maintain a person who has fully surrendered to Him? No. How it can be? Suppose a gentleman is maintaining so many others' children. And he does not maintain his own children? Surely he does. Therefore our principle should be we should not think about our personal
  8. Put the quantity printed on the book

    Radha-vallabha: That... We have one big framed stat showing the English. You have five or six books that have over one million copies in print. Tamala Krsna: This is very good, putting the quantity on the cover. It's very impressive. [devotees exclaiming among themselves about books] It's like McDonald's. They advertise... Prabhupada: This is the combination of
  9. Prabhupada was not equal to women

    From a talk by Tamal Krishna Goswami 8-24-2000, Hungary I will give you some instances to show you that Prabhupada was not equal to women. I was sitting with Prabhupada at 7 Bury Place, our first temple in London. He told me that if Jamuna Devi who was the wife of the temple president, had been a man, it would have been she that would have been the temple president.
  10. Every paisa for books

    One time in winter Keshava Maharaja and Narayana Maharaja came to visit Srila Prabhupada at Radha Damodara. He had a severe cold but he would sleep on the cold floor on a thin grass mat. "Why dont you buy a bed?" they asked him. He replied, "I want to spend every paisa on books." Recalled during speeches, Srila Prabhupada disappearance festival, Vrndavan, 1983; noted