Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

  1. Importance of morning program

    We had a flat in Napean Sea Road in Bombay, and we were going out preaching every day. It was quite a schedule. Eventually Prabhupada called it “the joint mess” because our schedule was that we would stay up very late on preaching programs, and then we would get up very late in the morning. […]
  2. Who is Advaita Acarya?

    Advaita Acarya is another principal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s and an incarnation of Maha-Visnu. Thus Advaita Acarya is also the Lord, or, more precisely, an expansion of the Lord. The word advaita means “nondual,” and His name is such because He is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord. He is also called acarya, teacher, because […]
  3. Why Rama worships Siva

    Devotee (6): Srila Prabhupada, I was asked a question by a man. He asked that Lord Siva… Lord Ramacandra was praying to Lord Siva in the Ramayana, and so he’s taking Lord Siva as being God. And we didn’t have a clear answer to him. Prabhupada: Lord Ramacandra worshiped His devotees. Just like sometimes Krsna […]
  4. The maha-mantra is a prayer

    Whether one is a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, American, Englishman, Indian, etc., one can execute devotional service anywhere and everywhere in the material existence simply by offering prayers unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Hare Krsna maha-mantra is also a prayer, for a prayer addresses the Supreme Personality of Godhead by His name and […]
  5. Government as a set of fools

    It is the government’s duty to see that nobody is rascal, either the scientist is rascal or the priest is rascal. There must be real understanding. That is government’s duty. Otherwise, if the priest says, “The scientist speaking against religion; therefore he should be hanged,” so that is not good government. Government must see that […]
  6. Unsatisfied parents & businessmen

    The Krsna consciousness movement is teaching this higher knowledge of retiring from materialistic life to return to Godhead, but unfortunately many parents are not very satisfied with this movement. Aside from the parents of our students, many businessmen are also dissatisfied because we teach our students to abandon intoxication, meat-eating, illicit sex and gambling. If […]