Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

It is natural for those who have developed intense love for Krsna not to care for personal inconvenience and impediments. Such devotees are simply determined to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative, the spiritual master. In all circumstances, even amidst the greatest dangers, they undeviatingly carry on with the […]

We are praying to Laksmiji with sambrahma, “Mother, give me little money. Give me little favor, I may be happy.” We are worshiping Sri. Still, she does not remain, Sri. Sri’s another name is Cancala. Cancala, she is in this material world. Today I may be millionaire; tomorrow I may be beggar in the street. […]

We are selling our books unexpectedly; therefore we shall have never scarcity of money. Never. Either in India or abroad. Whatever you are doing by selling these books, that this is a great opportunity. We are not existing like others, simply by the contribution of others. Srila Prabhupada, Room Conversation — February 2, 1977, Bhubaneswar

The neophyte should also read and hear Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. If we simply try to see and don’t listen, the results will not be permanent. In some temples there are Deities but no discussion about Krsna. People attend for some time, but after a while they lose interest. Thus there must be two activities. The […]

Tamala Krsna: These two pujaris, the two brothers… Prabhupada: They’re ideal. Tamala Krsna: …they look like they’re out of the Caitanya-caritamrta. They appear as two persons right out of that book. Prabhupada: Yes. Very good boys. Tamala Krsna: Vaikuntha men. Prabhupada: Oh, yes. They do not know except the Deity. Very good boys. Tamala Krsna: […]

One may engage in any business — material or spiritual — but the purpose should be the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This verse presents a perfect picture of Vedic civilization. People training to become devotees should be respectful not only to the Supreme Personality of Godhead but also to those who are […]

If you catch up Krsna’s lotus feet very tightly, then you will not fall down. But if you make a show of so-called brahmacari, so-called grhastha or so-called sannyasi, then you will fall down. We are experiencing that. Then you must fall down. Krsna will not tolerate a defaulter, a pseudo devotee. Maya is very […]

If you go in the villages, you’ll find that the villagers rising early in the morning, they’re taking bath, changing cloth, and chanting Hare Krsna as far as possible. Still in the mass of people of India, the Krsna consciousness is still existing; it is not yet lost. And they believe in the next birth, […]

Prabhupada: That is the duty of the preacher, four things: isvare tad-adhinesu balisesu dvisatsu ca [SB 11.2.46]. The preacher should see four things. First of all isvara, the Supreme Person, God. So that vision must be there. He knows what is isvara, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then tad-adhinesu, those who have taken shelter […]

The modern civilization has trained up educated people in such a way that the more you think yourself, “I am this body – ‘I am American,’ ‘I am Indian,’ ‘I am brahmana,’ ‘I am this, I am that’ ” – and you feel and act like that and create trouble like that – then you […]

Nitai: Once I met a little old lady on the streets of Denver when I was distributing books. Prabhupada: Old lady. Nitai: Very old. She was walking down the street. She was all bent over. And she asked me what I was doing, and I showed her our magazine and explained that we were teaching […]

Our conclusion: that anyone who is not Krsna conscious, he is dogs, hogs, camels, asses, that’s all. No brain. Animal. Animal has got brain: how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex life. So these people, they have got brain for that purpose only. That is animal life. Actually, they do not know […]