Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Ramesvara: Many people think that if you become a Hare Krsna you have to shave your head. Prabhupada: That is very good. Ramesvara: But it scares them and it keeps them from joining us. Prabhupada: No, you save so much barbers’ expenses. (laughter) January 11, 1977

That is nice that you are distributing many books. I do not want money, or buildings or anything else, I simply want to see that my books are being distributed and because you are doing that I am quite happy. Letter to Prahladananda, 28 August, 1973

To speak frankly, I find it difficult to find even one real Christian. The so-called Christians do not abide by the Bible’s order. One of the ten commandments in the Bible is, “Thou shalt not kill.” But where is that Christian who does not kill by eating the flesh of the cow? The process of […]

When Krsna says, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65) — “Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me” — they comment that it is not Krsna to whom we must surrender. Thus they derive imaginary meanings from Bhagavad-gita. The Krsna consciousness movement, however, strictly follows bhagavata-dharma, […]

Is there any science that gives us the knowledge by which we may become immortal? Yes, we may become immortal, but not in the material sense. We cannot receive this knowledge in so-called universities. However, there is knowledge contained in the Vedic scriptures by which we may become immortal. That immortality is our better position. […]

The age we live in is called Kali-yuga, the age of forgetting God. It is an age of misunderstanding and quarrel, and the people’s hearts are filled with dirty things. But God is so powerful that if we chant His holy name we become purified, just as my disciples have become purified of their bad […]

Srila Prabhupada: There is no question of minority. Support the right person. Krsna supported Maharaja Yudhisthira in place of Duryodhana. So formerly it was monarchy. That is perfect politics. This democracy is useless. It has proved. One man, the king, he should be properly educated how to rule, what is the aim of ruling, how […]

We must understand that we are all born rascals and fools and that we have to be enlightened. We have to receive knowledge to make our lives perfect. If we do not perfect our lives, we are defeated. What is this defeat? The struggle for existence. We are trying to obtain a better life, to […]

Love of Godhead is dormant in everyone. Simply we have to awaken. That process which awakens very quickly is first-class religion. Srila Prabhupada Conversation, 24 May 1974

The book distribution in Los Angeles during the six day period is transcendental samadhi. They are working in trance, not on the material platform. No common man can work so hard, it is not possible. Working without sleep means no death. Sleeping is dead condition. “Jiv jago, jiva jago, gauracanda bole, kota nidra yao maya-pisacira […]

Householder is not bad. That is not condemned. Real thing condemned: apasyatam atma-tattvam. That is condemned. Because they do not know what is the aim of life. That is missing. All these people… Ask anybody that “What is the aim of your life?” Nobody… Nobody will be able to say. Any householder, any businessman, ask. […]

The Krsna consciousness movement is not very popular with the karmis because this movement recommends that one refrain from illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. These are restrictions that karmis very much dislike. Nonetheless, in the presence of so many enemies, this movement is progressing, going forward without impediments. If the devotees continue to spread […]