Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

O my dear lord, you are the friend of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the friend of all living entities. You are therefore equal to everyone, and you are free from the bodily conception. Although I have committed an offense by insulting you, I know that there is no loss or gain for […]

The more you please the Deities with your service, the more they shall reciprocate by bestowing upon you love for Sri Sri Radha Krsna. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Hladini — Calcutta 28 January, 1973

Mayapur Chandrodaya temple is meant for transcendental United Nation. What the United Nation has failed, that will be achieved here by the process recommended by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Prabhupada — Mayapur, January 15, 1976

If you want perfection in your business, then you must try to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise you are simply wasting your time. Srila Prabhupada, as quoted in Journey of Self-discovery 6.3: Spiritual Advice to Businessmen

This modern civilization is always artificial. You are actually learning in New Vrindaban the self-sufficient mode of living, simple living, high thinking, that is our policy, and as long as Krsna remains in the center of all these activities, then you are actually in Vrindaban. So I am always looking forward to coming back to […]

You said that your job is maya, but you must know that maya is illusion. As soon as there is absence of Krishna Consciousness — that is maya. But you are working just to help and push Krishna’s interest; therefore, it is not maya. Anything dovetailed in Krishna Consciousness is real renouncement. From Srila Prabhupada’s […]

The more you cleanse the temple, the more you decorate the Deity, more your heart becomes cleansed and you become spiritually decorated. So cleanliness is next to godliness. Material world means dirty things and spiritual world means clean. Srila Prabhupada, Arrival Lecture — Calcutta, February 4, 1977

My dear boys and girls, you are working so hard for broadcasting the glories of Lord Krishna’s lotus feet and thus my Guru Maharaja will be so pleased upon you. Certainly my Guru Maharaja will bestow His blessings thousand times more than me and that is my satisfaction. All Glories to the assembled devotees. From […]

The flies, they are finding out where is sore, and the bees, they are finding out where there is honey. So two animals, they have got two business: fault-finding and collecting the good things. Similarly, there are many rascals who are simply fault-finding. Blasphemy means you have good qualities, but still, I am defaming you. […]

A snake can be charmed by herbs and mantra, but the man, envious, cannot be. Therefore he’s more dangerous than the snake. Srila Prabhupada/ Morning Walk Conversation — January 25, 1977, Puri

Unless one becomes detestful of this material world, it is to be understood that he has not yet entered in the spiritual understanding. This is the test of bhakti. If one has entered the domain of devotional service, this material world will be not at all tasteful for him. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam […]

A cheater is taking the place of teacher. Therefore the whole world is degraded. You can cheat others that “I am in dress of a devotee, so I am…” What is your character? What is your actual value? That has to be judged. That is called bona fide teacher. Srila Prabhupada — January 17, 1974, […]