Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

  1. Governments run by low-grade men

    In the modern setup of the democratic states, the people themselves are fallen to the qualities of the sudras or less, and the government is run by a representative of theirs who has not been trained according to the scriptural mode of administrative education. Thus the whole atmosphere is surcharged with sudra qualities, manifested by […]
  2. Who needs a wife?

    To maintain such a life of strict vigilance, one needs encouragement from his wife. In the varnasrama-dharma system, certain classes, such as the brahmanas and sannyasis, do not need encouragement from the opposite sex. Ksatriyas and grhasthas, however, actually need the encouragement of their wives in order to execute their duties. Indeed, a grhastha or […]
  3. Everyone can become cent per cent devotees

    Ramesvara: It seems that if one day the Krsna conscious movement has actually achieved some powerful position in America… Prabhupada: That we want. Ramesvara: …we will have to tolerate all these things-cinema, nightclubs. How can we close all these things? The people want these things. Prabhupada: No. If you educate people, if you give them […]
  4. My God does not accept bribes

    Sridhara Swami remembers: There is a very famous temple in Tirupati, the Balaji temple. And everybody knows that if you have some work to be done, you can go there and offer a donation to Balaji and you get some result. So Mr. Mohatta, one of the League of Devotees members who donated to Prabhupada […]
  5. How to achieve Krsna’s lotus feet

    tate krsna bhaje, kare gurura sevanamaya-jala chute, paya krsnera carana “If the conditioned soul engages in the service of the Lord and simultaneously carries out the orders of his spiritual master and serves him, he can get out of the clutches of maya and become eligible for shelter at Krsna’s lotus feet.” Srila Prabhupada’s rendering […]
  6. Demon-cracy

    Shortcut of “demon-cracy” is “democracy.” All the demons and rogues, they gather together, somehow or other votes, and occupy the seat, and the business is plundering. The business is plundering. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.18 — 28 September, 1974
  7. Varnasrama-dharma

    To maintain proper social order and help the citizens gradually progress toward the goal of life—namely spiritual understanding—the principles of varnasrama-dharma must be accepted. Unless human society is regulated by varnasrama-dharma, it is no better than a bestial society of cats and dogs. Srila Prabhupada, SB 5.1.29, ppt.