Author: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

  1. Effect of performing sankirtana yajna

    In this age the spiritual revolution was recommended by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He demonstrated that the Yuga Dharma for this age is the Sankirtana chanting of the holy names. If we want the degraded mass of people to be elevated, we must stop their sinful activity. To stop sinful activity one must purify the mind and the best process for purifying the mass mind is the chanting of the maha mantra Hare Krishna. This can be done in public...
  2. Unmotivated devotional service

    Actually, devotional service rendered to the Supreme Lord not for my satisfaction, but rendering devotional service to the Lord, the self is automatically satisfied. If I make a motive that "I shall render service to the Lord so that I will be very much satisfied..." No. No. That becomes motivated. That "I will be satisfied," that is the first consideration. There should be no motive at all. I may be satisfied, not sati..., that is not my business, but...
  3. Impatience due to lack of determination

    Determination means that one has to continue with patience and perseverance. I'm not getting the desired result. "Oh what is this Krsna consciousness, I give up." No. Determination. It is a fact. Because Krsna is saying this it must happen. There is nice example. That a girl is married to a husband. She's hankering after a child. So if she thinks that "Now I am married, I must have immediately a child." Is it possible? Just have patience. You...
  4. There must be war, pestilence, famine

    The more people will be materialistic, the world will be burdened. Therefore there must be war, pestilence, famine, to clear these rascals, clear out. You'll find these things. In Europe, every ten years, twenty years, there is a fight, war. It is the history. From the Greece history, Roman history and Seven Years War, Hundred Years War -- wars. There must be war, because they are sinful. The same sinful, killing animals continually. So there is war, reaction. So...
  5. Srila Prabhupada came to America for this purpose

    I came to America for this purpose. Papi-tapi jata chilo hari-name uddharilo, tara saksi jagai madhai. Hari-name uddharilo, simply by chanting Hare Krsna mantra, Caitanya Mahaprabhu delivered all sinful men, suffering humanity. Is it? What is the evidence? Tara saksi jagai madhai. Just see, Jagai and Madhai was drunkard. So I thought, "Why one Jagai and Madhai? Why not hundreds and thousands of them, if hari-nama has got so much power?" So actually it has done so. Now you...
  6. Boil the milk

    So especially you must encourage the students to read our books throughout the day as much as possible, and give them all good advice how to understand the books, and inspire them to study the things from every point of view. Better to boil the milk very vigorously and make it thick and sweet--that is the best progress. So let us concentrate on training our devotees very thoroughly in the knowledge of Krsna consciousness from our books, from tapes,...