Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Ramesvara: They have given too much power to the people, so the people demand so many things. Prabhupada: Therefore they’re suffering. Ordinary people, what they’ll do? Anarthas. Actually it is anartha. They have created so many things. Ramesvara: They are very much afraid if we close down the gambling houses and the prostitution houses that […]

Your report of the book distribution there is very encouraging. Make program to distribute our books all over the world. Our books are being appreciated by learned circles, so we should take advantage. Whatever progress we have made, it is simply to distributing these books. So go on, and do not divert your mind for […]

In the education circles they are made fools. Education means he’s a more fool, that’s all. That is education. Mudha. Mayayapahrta-jnana. These fools and rascals, their actual knowledge is taken away, and they are coming out as educated. That we are protesting. Srila Prabhupada; “Life Comes From Life” Slideshow Discussions – July 3, 1976, Washington, […]

The other day I was invited by some Christian monks to come to their very large monastery in the countryside near Melbourne, and they were so much appreciating our Krsna consciousness philosophy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and they read our Bhagavad-gita every night, and they are all very nice persons and have stopped eating meat. […]

The first principle of spiritual life is non violence. They will say Killing in this matter means actually Murder, but accepting even this argument, it means that the society in which Christ was preaching were composed of Murderers, so what kind of men they were, and practically we see it is a fact that because […]

The purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement is not to make Christians into Hindus or Hindus into Christians but to inform everyone that the duty of a human being is to understand his relationship with God. Srila Prabhupada, Krsna Consciousness, the Matchless Gift, ch. 6.

One time our godbrother Ishan Prabhu was with us in Delhi, poor fellow he was in a knot as what to do. He would ask me. I had ideas of what to say to him. Srila Prabhupada was going to visit us in a couple weeks. I knew that he was very close with Srila […]

I want to see simply distribution of books in any language. That I want. Room Conversation – July 27-28, 1977, Vrndavana

Our main business is to distribute my books and people will come gradually. Everything should be done for that purpose. Srila Prabhupada; letter to Ramesvara, 7 November, 1976

(Spoken shortly before his disappearance) I have upset many persons’ minds. Many may have considered me their enemy because I was obliged to speak the plain truth of service and devotion toward the Absolute Godhead. I have given them all those troubles only so that they might turn their face toward the Personality of Godhead […]

Atreya Rsi: Yes. That’s the difference between Your Divine Grace and all these other bhogis. They make it according to the taste of the people. They change. That’s why this movement is so solid: no compromise. Prabhupada: No. Why compromise? My Guru Maharaja never made any compromise. Room Conversation — June 29, 1972, San Diego

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that saralata, or simplicity, is the first qualification of a Vaisnava, whereas duplicity or cunning behavior is a great offense against the principles of devotional service. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to CC Antya 2.117