Author: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

There’s no need of contraceptive method. If one is trained up to indulge in sex only for begetting nice children, there is already contraceptive method. There is no necessity of unnecessarily producing cats and dogs children. So that requires training, determination. So sastra says you should not become father if you cannot train up your children to save […]

Amogha: Srila Prabhupada? When people in the street hear Krsna’s name, the chanting, or they get some literature, does that mean they will not take birth as an animal? Prabhupada: No. They’ll get birth in good family. Sucinam srimatam gehe [Bg. 6.41]. If they simply appreciate, “It is very nice,” then in his next life, human life is guaranteed. […]

Just be attached to Krishna and try always to think how to please Him, and He will personally rescue His devotee from all kinds of unfavorable situations. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Badarinarayana  —  Delhi 18 November, 1971

The devotee beside me, he puts up his hand and he says, “Srila Prabhupada, is it possible for a pure devotee to ever forget Krsna?” Prabhupada looks at Radha Gokulananda, and closes his eyes like this for a moment, he opens them again and looks at the devotee next to me and says very slowly, […]

There is a story that a lion was killed by a rabbit. Sasakena nipatitah. Why? Now, buddhir yasya balam tasya: "One who has got intelligence, he has got power." A lion is very mighty, ferocious animal, and a sasaka, a ordinary rabbit, he killed a lion. How? Now, the lion was disturbing all animals, so all the animals held a meeting and called the lion: "Sir, you do not

Train up your mind, God, godly mentality. Then you'll be transferred next life, back to home, back to Godhead. That is required. This Krsna consciousness movement is training the people for being promoted to the highest standard of life. This Krsna consciousness movement is so important. We are giving chance to the people not to become next life cats and dogs and

We are advocating cow protection and encouraging people to drink more milk and eat palatable preparations made of milk, but the demons, just to protest such proposals, are claiming that they are advanced in scientific knowledge. They say that according to their scientific way, they have discovered that milk is dangerous and that the beef obtained by killing cows is

A grhastha's first duty is to be fully dependent on Vasudeva, Krsna, and to try to satisfy Him in all respects by executing one's prescribed devotional service. This devotional service will depend on the instructions of authorities and the association of devotees who are actually engaged in devotional service. The beginning of devotional service is sravanam, or

If we become pure devotee of Krsna, then my love will be extended to everyone. Not only my society, but to everyone. It is not that "This is my children; that is other's children." All children. All human being. Not my countrymen — all other countrymen. Not only human being, but even animals also. That is sneha. It is not that "I am safe, and let the animals be killed

Makhanlal: In the Sixth Canto of the Bhagavatam you made a statement that if a devotee chants the holy name even once inoffensively, this protects him eternally. Is it possible for a devotee... Prabhupada: Why you take advantage of chants one? Why not sixteen? Opportunist. [laughter] Not devotee. Makhanlal: If one has even some small amount... Prabhupada: This

We are trying to present Bhagavad-gita, or Krsna, as He is. And by the grace of Krsna, it is coming out successful. For thousands of years Bhagavad-gita was being read in foreign countries by big, big scholars, philosophers, but there was not a single devotee of Krsna. But we have started this movement, not even five years old, we have got sixty branches, and there

King Pariksit continued: "The ability to talk can be perfected only by describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The ability to work with one's hands can be successful only when one engages himself in the service of the Lord with those hands. Similarly, one's mind can be peaceful only when one simply thinks of Krsna in full Krsna consciousness. This does