Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Bhakti means when he realizes, God realization, then naturally he becomes unattached to material activities. That is the test. Not that simply by having tilaka or kanthi, one becomes a devotee. How much he is detached to the material attraction, that is the test. That is the test. Vasudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah prayojitah janayaty asu vairagyam […]

Guest (2): I have very many questions to ask. Prabhupada: Yes, that’s nice. But you cannot assimilate all the answers in one day. That is not possible. You have many questions, but ask in many days, not in one day. Otherwise you will get indigestion. [laughter] You will not be able to… Simply you go […]

This Deity, description of Krsna, is there in the temple, in the book. So if you always simply think of this beautiful form of Krsna, that is called perfect meditation. If you simply think of. That is very easy. If you… We are always attracted by beautiful things. So Krsna is the most beautiful. So […]

Greedy government officers take to politics for exploitation, to become minister and exploit, that’s all. Everyone knows it. Their profession is just like thieves and rogues. Srila Prabhupada; Room Conversation with John Papworth and E. F. Schumacher — August 4, 1973, London

Krsna consciousness movement means solution of all problems, teaching people not to become sinful. Because a sinful man cannot become Krsna conscious. To become Krsna conscious means that he has to give up his sinful activities: no illicit sex life, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. These are the four pillars of sinful life. So […]

Krishna consciousness philosophy is as old as 120 million years at the least. So nothing can be compared with our philosophy either in the matter of antiquity, philosophy, ethics, science, morality, etc., all in correct vision and approved by great stalwart acaryas. So far others are concerned, they cannot be compared even. From Srila Prabhupada’s […]

Yes, that is our aim, to destroy the position of the mundane scholars. Mundane scholars are called adhyaksika, which means simply sense perceivers, no realization. Stick to your principles and be Krsna conscious. We have to prove to the world that anyone who is not Krsna conscious is a duskrtina and mudha. Srila Prabhupada; letter […]

Sukadeva: In Seattle not only do they eat cows, but they run out of cows and they start eating horses. They have stopped eating cows in Seattle. It is very famous now to buy horsemeat. They have horse steaks instead of cow steaks. They have become so degraded now that they are eating horses. Prabhupada: […]

…strength of sastra we are challenging that “You have never gone to the Moon planet.” Who can do so? The whole world is accepting they have gone to Moon planet, and we are challenging, “You have never gone to Moon.” Srila Prabhupada; Morning Walk, Bombay, November 14, 1975

There are so many things to understand from Srimad-Bhagavatam, full knowledge, all knowledge, as it is required by the human society. So we have to study from all angles of vision, not simply by sentiment. This is Srimad-Bhagavatam. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.10.2 June 17, 1973, Mayapur

The Krsna consciousness movement is based upon this instruction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that one must chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra regularly and according to the prescribed principles. We simply ask our Western students to chant at least sixteen rounds a day, but sometimes we find that they fail to chant even these sixteen rounds, […]

We should not accept this karma-vada or the bauddha-vada or Mayavada — there are so many vadas. We shall simply take krsna-vada. Simply, simply accept Krsna. And whatever He orders, whatever He likes, for His satisfaction, we shall do anything and everything. That is our morality. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 2.26-27 — August […]