Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Krsna is stealing butter. That means Krsna has stealing propensity. But the difference is that Krsna’s stealing butter is worshiped, and my stealing is beaten with shoes. [laughter] That is the difference. So we should not imitate Krsna. Srila Prabhupada /Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.26.19 – December 28, 1974, Bombay

Krsna is always ready to help us, provided if we take His help. Krsna is so nice. As Paramatma, He is living within the heart, and He is always ready to give us good advice and guide us. Caitya-guru, the guru within the heart. And this external spiritual master, he is Krsna’s representative. When He […]

In the modern civilization especially, they are being trained up to work very hard and to get strength, eat meat, and to digest meat, drink wine, and then become infuriated and work very hard. This is the modern type of civilization. But Vedic civilization is different. Vedic civilization is not meant for working so hard. […]

Kardama Muni is teaching Sankhya philosophy, Krsna is teaching Bhagavad-gita, and if we do not take advantage of these things, then again we are in the oblivion. Again this cosmic manifestation will be annihilated, and we will remain in slumbering state for many millions and millions of years. Again there will be creation: bhutva bhutva […]

… your chanting, the name, the form, the quality, the pastimes, everything will be revealed. As we go on cleansing our dirty heart by chanting Hare Krsna mantra, and as we chant faultless, offenseless harer nama, Krsna reveals. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adhah. By service attitude, if you chant Hare Krsna mantra without […]

Devotional service to the Lord is very much obliging to Him. There are many transcendentalists in different fields of spiritual activities, but devotional service to the Lord is unique. Devotees do not ask anything from the Lord in exchange for their service. Even the most desirable liberation is refused by devotees, although offered by the […]

Prabhupada: Our first proposition is that he says that there was no human beings some millions of years ago. That’s not a fact. Because we see all different species of life existing along with human beings. Therefore it should be concluded this is always existing. Human life is always existing. That is our first charge […]

A son is born. Oh, you are very glad, “I have got a son.” But if you study it philosophically, no, birth is not… He is not born; death is born. Because the growing of the child means he is dying. It is dying. The dying process. The very day, the very moment the child […]

According to the laws of nature, when one is extremely opulent one becomes degraded, and this is true both individually and collectively. … We are now actually seeing this in America. The entire American nation has tried to advance in material opulence without striving to produce ideal human beings. The result is that Americans are […]

Pancadravida: …went to America, what was your idea of what would be your program when you got there? Prabhupada: This idea: I shall speak to don’t eat meat, and they’ll immediately kick me out. [laughter] That was my program. And I was going to say that “Don’t eat meat. No illicit sex,” and immediately they […]

Even a person perpetually condemned to the miseries of material existence can get relief from bondage if he simply agrees to hear only krsna-katha. In this Age of Kali, the process of hearing krsna-katha is the most effective means of gaining release from unwanted family affection and thus finding permanent freedom in life. The Age […]

That is Vrndavana atmosphere. Everyone loves Krsna. Everyone is overwhelmed with love of Krsna. When they cannot find Krsna, they become mad. Although they do not know that Krsna… When they see some wonderful activities of Krsna, they think, “Some demigod might have come here. Otherwise, how this wonderful thing is possible?” So this is […]