Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

A pure devotee always thinks himself as not-devotee. If one thinks he is big devotee that is not good, thinking that he is first degree. We should not be puffed up. A devotee avoids it, remaining always in the second degree. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Sukadeva — Calcutta, 4 March, 1973

Depend on Krishna, because after all, He is the ultimate Master of all situations. It is not the doctor, or the medicine, or the place, but it is ultimately Krishna Who is the Master to do everything. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Rayarama — Hawaii 20 March, 1969

In the material world we want to minimize our activities and take rest more but in the spiritual world, there is no rest and there is no limit of activities. Krishna is unlimited, His service is unlimited, and the energy of His servants is unlimited. Although we are in the midst of ignorance, still if […]

So far as your working engagement is concerned, certainly you are not a karmi. Any person whose constant occupation is Krishna Consciousness, he is not a karmi; he is a devotee in all circumstances. So you should accept the best source of monetary income and use it for Krishna. And that is better than sannyasa. […]

We act according to our whims, and the resultant action is there immediately. The nature’s law, God’s law, is there. We have got experience that if we infect some disease, contaminous disease, then we must suffer from that disease. So it is not God’s creation that somebody is suffering from some painful condition and somebody […]

Everyone is being controlled by God, but a devotee is so exalted that Krsna says that “I wish to be controlled by you.” This is Krsna’s position. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.1 — Vrndavana, March 16, 1974

Keep your health in good condition and work very hard for Krishna. That is our motto of life. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Rayarama — Hawaii 6 March, 1969

To serve the servant of Krsna is better than to serve directly Krsna, because if the servant of Krsna promises something, if the servant of Krsna says, “I’ll take you to Krsnaloka,” you must go there. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.29 — Mayapur, March 7, 1976

Sometimes you have seen somebody takes his bird in the field and let him loose, out of the cage, and the bird goes and he also goes behind. This human form of body is just like let loose. Now you get the freedom of flying away from this mrtyu-samsara-vartmani, but that we’ll not do. We’ll […]

Simply by changing dress, one does not improve unless he seriously takes the principles of devotional service. But in the Kali-yuga, they’ll think, “Because I have changed my dress, I have become a big sannyasi.” You see? “Because I have got a sacred thread, now I am a brahmana.” No. There must be regular training. […]

This Krsna consciousness temple is the hospital for the diseased spirit soul. And everyone is diseased. Come to this hospital. We shall take care of you and cure your material disease. Srila Prabhupada, Town Hall Lecture — Auckland, April 14, 1972

(DMK is a Tamil political party — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam) From a letter by Srila Prabhupada to Aksojananda — 4 Dec 1974: If you can convince the DMK party about the importance of Vaisnava philosophy, it will be a great triumph. The DMK party is unnecessarily antagonistic to Lord Ramachandra. Lord Ramachandra took action on the misdeeds […]