Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Retirement means to become cured from the diseased activities but to place yourself in healthy activities. That is Krsna consciousness. From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 4.11-18 — Los Angeles, January 8, 1969

In our temple everyone is engaged for Krsna, offering mangala-aratrika and cleansing the temple and cooking for Krsna various nice prasadam, offering it, and writing articles for Krsna, typing for Krsna. Everything is for Krsna. This is practical. Srila Prabhupada, Conversation regarding philosopher Kant

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that [Lord Caitanya] is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Caitanya with His associates. Lord Caitanya is in the middle, accompanied by His principal associates — Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, and Srivasa. One simply […]

Swamiji says in the taxi, “There is no question of separation. The sound vibration fixes us up together, even though the material body may not be there. What do we care for this material body? Just go on chanting HARE KRISHNA, and we will be packed up together. You will be chanting here, and I […]

Unless Krsna gives, there is no question of happiness. Our business should be that we may not be uncomfortably living which will disturb our progress of Krsna consciousness — that much. Other things? Depend on Krsna. If He wants to make you Indra, you become Indra. There is no happiness even by becoming Indra. Indra […]

Simple method: simply try to purify yourself by this transcendental vibration, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare… Try to chant always: kirtaniyah sada [Siksastaka 3]. This is the beginning of spiritual life, and this is the end of spiritual life. Not that at the end we shall have to give it up. No — […]

Women should be taken care of — as daughter, as wife, as mother. Bas. No freedom. Then prostitution. Then spoil the whole thing. Unwanted children, contraceptive, abortion. Very dangerous. In our society there are girls. They should live separately. They should be given full engagement, taken care of. No mixing. Then it will be spoiled. […]

Let them engage in kirtana. There will be more water for gardening, and it will be moist, and then produce fodder for the animals and food for you. And animal gives you milk. That is Vrndavana life. And they are absorbed in this so-called opulence. Krsna has taken birth. They are bringing so many nice, […]

The real problem of life is not to adjust things materially, change from one form of government to another form of government. These things are temporary things. It will not give relief. And this fighting between one party with another amongst the politicians or the ksatriyas or the administrators, they are going on perpetually. That […]

(From Giriraj Swami’s Vyasa-puja offering 2016) Dhananjaya Dasa told me that at his initiation Srila Prabhupada said, “Dhananjaya means ‘winner of wealth,'” and added, moving his arms all around, “Money is flying in all directions — you simply have to learn the art of catching it.” The next morning Dhananjaya raised a question related to […]

Therefore present policy is that “Engage them in work only, and never mind. There is no need of spiritual education. There is no need of jnana. You throw them out, then. Now work just like ass. That’s all.” This is the modern policy of the whole world: engage them. In England and other countries, they […]

To fix the mind always in the service of the Lord. That we are trying to teach, that’s all. Bhakti. That we should hanker after, how to fix up our mind always in the service of the Lord. That we are trying to teach, that’s all. Srila Prabhupada; Lecture, Calcutta, February 23, 1972