Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

  1. Persian civilization, very high

    Atreya Rsi: It’s your mercy, Srila Prabhupada. (Prabhupada chuckles) They respect you a lot in Tehran. The royalty respects you. The businessmen respect you. They really respect Prabhupada. Prabhupada: Persian civilization, very high, Aryan civilization. Atreya Rsi: There was this Persian boy who was translating Bhagavad-gita. He had come with me last month to Vrndavana […]
  2. Samadhi by book distribution

    One should engage in practical service to the Lord. In our Krsna consciousness movement all our activities are concentrated upon distributing Krsna literature. This is very important. One may approach any person and induce him to read Krsna literature so that in the future he may also become a devotee. Such activities will always remind […]
  3. You do not know how to pronounce Sanskrit

    The slightest error that Syamasundara would make in the Sanskrit, Srila Prabhupada said “you still have, do not…” Srila Prabhupada was very strong. To Syamasundara he said “you still don’t know how to pronounce Sanskrit. Why not? You’re travelling for so many months with me but still you do not know how to pronounce.” Told […]
  4. Bhagavad-gita is directly Krsna

    Sometimes some people say — it is rascaldom — that “Arjuna heard directly from Krsna, but we don’t find Krsna in our presence, so how can I accept it?” It is not a question of direct presence, because you have no idea of the absolute knowledge. Krsna’s words, Bhagavad-gita, is not different from Krsna. It […]
  5. All benefits from Bhagavad-gita

    We are preaching this Krsna consciousness movement strictly on the basis of this Bhagavad-gita. In the Bhagavad-gita, there is everything explained. So if people take to it, if people are educated, then things will change in a different way. They’ll be happy and they will be peaceful, nice. And above, over and above them, they […]
  6. Advice to hatha-yogis in Mexico

    There was one man that was staying with us. His name was Visansalo Alphonso Arisa  and he was doing the translating work and Srila Prabhupada was very much pleased with him. He was a lawyer, and I had gotten him.. Between he and I we were translating the first books: Easy Journey To Other Planets […]
  7. What is real education?

    Education is required to help culture. Not that to take degrees from the university and remain a dog. That is not education. Here is education, as Canakya Pandita outlined: matrvat para-daresupara-dravyesu lostravatatmavat sarva-bhutesuyah pasyati sa panditah Here is a description of pandita: first of all learn how to see other woman as your mother. There […]
  8. Sex according to the order of the guru

    TRANSLATIONAll the rules and regulations apply equally to the householder and the sannyasi, the member of the renounced order of life. The grhastha, however, is given permission by the spiritual master to indulge in sex during the period favorable for procreation. PURPORTIt is sometimes misunderstood that a grhastha, a householder, is permitted to indulge in […]