Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

When Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that all over the world His message will be broadcast, does it mean that it will be simply a cinema show? No. He wanted that everyone should become perfect Vaisnava. That is His purpose. It is not to make a farce — some lecturing or some mutual praising society. No. It […]

Unless we cooperate with the Supreme Lord, our life is baffled. I have given the example many times that a screw which has fallen from a machine has no value. But when the same screw is again attached to the machine, it has value. Similarly, we are part and parcel of God. So without God, […]

This life of material existence is just like hard wood and if we can carve Krsna out of it, that is the success of our life. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Krsna Devi — Los Angeles 26 January, 1968

Not that perform Krsna consciousness fifteen minutes’ meditation, and then do all nonsense thing twenty-four hours. No, no, no, no. Not that kind of… Twenty-four hours engaged in Krsna consciousness, that is wanted. That is called asakrt. Twenty-four. So you have to make your formula of life in such a way that not a single […]

There are four classes of men: lazy intelligent, busy intelligent, lazy fool and busy fool. First-class man is lazy intelligent. So first-class man is lazy intelligent. Just like you’ll see the high-court judges, they’re very lazy and most intelligent. That is first-class man. They are doing everything very soberly. And the next class: busy intelligent. […]

One who seeks pleasure externally, he is materialist, and one who seeks pleasure internally, he is spiritualist. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 5.17-25 — Los Angeles, February 8, 1969

Mistakes there may be in our life, but if we stick to Krsna consciousness, Krsna will surely put us on the right path. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Krsna Devi — Los Angeles 26 January, 1968

It is so nice to see how enthusiastic you are in executing this process of devotional service and how much you like your engagement there in New Vrindaban. So you continue in this way, always thinking of Krsna, chanting 16 rounds, reading the books, and doing your daily chores all on behalf of Krsna. As […]

In God’s creation there is male and female even in the spiritual world and there is purpose for such creation. This purpose is so that male and female may join together, not for sex-life, but to glorify the Lord. In Vaikuntha the women are much more beautiful in their figure, smiling, dressing, etc., but the […]

If one is situated in real Krsna consciousness, he can face the most severe type of adversity and remain completely undisturbed. Srila Prabhupada; as quoted in Journey of Self-discovery 7.3: Psychoanalysis and the Soul

We must all become ideal in our character and then people will be very impressed with such purity. A devotee is faultless. He has no flaws. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Batu Gopala — Honolulu 1 February, 1975

It is described that by hearing the vibration of Krsna’s flute, Lord Siva becomes very puzzled and begins to cry so loudly into space that the demons become vanquished and the devotees become overwhelmed with joy. From “The Nectar of Devotion” by Srila Prabhupada